Wall Letter Mania

Before I begin, let me start by saying, "see, I told you so". This post really could go either here on this blog, or on Mini Me's blog. Hence the earlier post about combining the blogs at some point. Anyway....

Today I have continued to make progress on the girls' room. I just spent an eternity an hour with my arch nemesis the iron in an attempt to make the curtains all pretty. After attempting to use the wrinkle release feature on my dryer, which made the situation worse, then the iron, I will simply claim that the fabric is just "crinkly". Yeah, that's it. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with my incompetence with an iron. Nothing at all. ::runs out to buy Downy Wrinkle Release Spray::

Mini Me's bed is all set, the wrinkled crinkly fabric curtains will be up once Mini Me wakes up from her nap, and the closet will be organized by the end of the day. After that, all that is left to do is get a freakin' lamp. Why is that taking me forever??? And, finally the wall letters.

Here's the dilemma with the wall letters:

I need to move Mini Me's wall letters over to her side of the room. OK. That presents 2 issues:

1. The nails in the wall where her letters used to be, need to be moved because they are not centered over the crib in it's current position. And besides, the number of letters may or may not match up for the new baby's name. Of course, in my obsessive state right now, that will also involve at least touching up the holes so they are not as obvious. Otherwise, it will drive me nuts.
2. The letters I painted are OK, but I don't *love* them in the newly decorated room. The colors are a little off from the rest of the scheme. So, I'm thinking about repainting them. But, of course in true pregnant hormonal fashion, I tear up at the very thought of "destroying" her original wall letters that I painted days after coming home from the hospital with her. I seriously need to get a grip. Everything is making me cry these days, and it's getting out of hand.

I think I will end up painting new wall letters. I will keep her "original" ones, and just paint new ones for her. That's the best solution I can come up with to satisfy both the perfectionist/nesting side of me, and the hormonal, sentimental side. Because, every kid needs 2 sets of useless wall letters, right? Right?

Also, while we have not officially named this baby and won't until she is born, I do believe we have come to agreement on a likely name for her. It is taking everything in my being to resist running out to get the letters to start painting. And, yes, I know there are several of you reading this that are now practically drooling at the possibility of learning her name. Sorry, we still aren't sharing. Not even with Mini Me. Imagine the confusion for her, should we tell her that her sisters name is going to be "xyz" and we come home with a baby named "abc". We wouldn't want her to think we came home with the wrong kid and insist we take it back, now, would we? No, I think not.