The Nursery: Cherry Blossoms Galore!

One of the drawbacks of being pregnant and having a baby in a foreign country is the lack of cute and readily available maternity and baby items. I thought putting together a beautiful nursery would be impossible. I was resigned to the fact that my baby wouldn't get a pretty room until after we moved back to the U.S. and I could freely roam a Target and Babies'r'Us. Sure, there's online shopping, but I'm a tactile person. I like to touch things and feel how soft they'll be. I want the option to buy something, take it home to see if it works out, and if not, return it. With online shopping, I had to take a gamble on some things and pray that they would work out because returning things from this side of the world is too much of a hassle, not to mention expensive.

Luckily, everything has worked out pretty well. My worries were all for naught. Despite the challenges, and with the help of my awesome husband, I was able to put together the baby girl nursery of my dreams- EVEN in Japan. The theme for Virginia Grace's nursery is cherry blossoms. She is, afterall, going to be a 'Japanese' baby.