The Nursery

Yeah yeah yeah, I know lately this blog has become less about the Kenniverse being Pinoy and more about our future son’s approaching birth but I promise you this blog is forever dedicated to the wacky world of the Philippines.   Just think of the baby blogs as a pleasing commercial break between the regular scheduled Pinoy programming.  This blog today is no different:  a pleasing commercial break about our baby’s nursery.  The nursery is 100% up and running!  All we need now – something that’s pretty darn important for a nursery – is a baby!  Aimee is officially full term so the baby can come at any second.  Maybe … even … NOW!  Nope, not then, false alarm … but soon I promise you.  While you’re waiting for the birth of our first child ever, please enjoy the world premier broadcast of his nursery:

 

Our son’s toybox!  If you look closely you will see Quatchi, one of the mascots of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.  I’m trying to bombard my son with as many Canadian influences as possible.  You won’t see this from these photos but there are two small Canadian flags in his room as well as a moose wearing a Canadian hockey jersey.  Whether I’m bombarding him with Canadian stereotypes or not is unimportant, all that matters is that he’s fully aware of Canada’s existence.  I’m still debating if Canada’s Nation Anthem, ‘O Canada’ will be repeated constantly in the room.  It would probably drive me nuts after a while so probably not.

 

My son’s brave and gallant steed: the Bugaboo Cameleon!  A beast of a stroller that could put most Ford 4x4 trucks to shame.  What you see here in the bassinette attachment.  It also comes with a seat attachment for when the kid gets older.  This stroller is becoming a family tradition since my niece also uses one.  Maybe when my son is old enough him and his cousin can race them!

A kid-friendly bean bag cube.  I’m sure it has thousands of uses but sitting on, kicking around, throwing, and pooping on are the only things that come to mind.  My son officially owns it now so he can do whatever he wishes with it.  If he’s anything like Daddy he will probably just end up secretly selling it off on eBay.

 

The lamp is from Italy.  The weird lizard on the left and the hot air ballooned animals on the right are from Ikea.  It must be the German blood in me that’s subconsciously brainwashing him with European products.  Since he’s also part Chinese, Aimee and I really need to throw more Chinese-related products into the nursery… Oh, wait a minute… I bet most or all of this stuff was made in China anyhow … okay, moving on…

 

Hat rack.  It came with the set.  An odd thing to add to a nursery.  Do babies wear enough hats to justify owning a hat rack?  Currently we’re using it for hanging the odd piece of clothing.  Since I took the pictures I also took the liberty of displaying the ‘Daddy Loves Me’ shirt in the front.  Because, well, it’s true:  I love my little poop machine.  I can’t wait for him to come out!

Buck & Co. was a comic strip I was developing about 15 years ago about a group of British Columbian forest creatures who run a dam building business in the forest.  Although I stopped drawing these guys when I got into the film and video industry they’re still close to my heart.  I thought it would be a nice touch to add them to the nursery.  From the left to right let me introduce Ricardo, Babberwally, Jacque (yes, he’s a French Canadian squirrel) and Buckley, the beaver who owns and operates the dam building business.  You can’t get anymore Canadian than a beaver living in British Columbia can you? 

    

 

Cute dog on the left, laundry hamper for diaper stink fun on the right.

     

Various shots of his crib and Quatchi making another appearance(Damn Quatchi always stealing the limelight). 

Bowling pin animals.  I … er, ugh, I mean our son can’t wait to play with these.

So there you have it:  our son’s room!  Hip, happening, awesome and fun!  Aimee and I can’t wait for him to arrive and share our world.  The countdown continues…