The crib has landed!

Much like painting, furniture assembly at the Heerssen household is never a good thing. Inevitably, the man of the house will misread directions or forget a critical step and end up having to backtrack, leaving the woman of the house harping out of frustration and reading the instructions to him for the remainder of the project. We were reminded of this unhappy ritual when we recently purchased an IKEA entertainment center. If you've ever purchased anything from IKEA, well I don't have to explain the measure of desperation those cryptic assembly guides and small wooden pegs will create in the pit of your soul. For the rest of you, use your imagination.

Thankfully, our crib is not from IKEA. Joshua's parents were sweet enough to purchase our crib for us and have it delivered to our house for our assembly enjoyment. I use that word loosely.

Step 1 - Unwrap the pieces. Scatter the pieces. Decipher the instructions.

Step 2 - Begin. Let the cats help if they want.

Step 3 - Give the female the instructions for deciphering for the remainder of the project. Continue.

Step 4 - 90% completion. Assemble the Drawer Of Awesome.

It is important that I mention here that this drawer was 50% the reason I decided on this particular crib. I am a sucker for practical storage.

Step 5 - Completion!

Step 6 - Move into temporary position. Apply temporary ornamentation.

Step 7 - Insert baby here.

At the end of the day it wasn't all that bad really. It could have been worse... we didn't need to glue any critical pieces together so it was a win in my book. Also a win: the now undeniable fact that the queen bed will not fit in Squirrel's room along with the rest of her goodies. Which I knew from the beginning. Not that I'm bragging or anything.