Cradle

Back when I was about 4 or 5 months pregnant we were talking with my parents and my dad brought up the idea of how fun it might be for he and Jeremy to make our baby a little cradle in the wood shop.  So they went to work.  They did have some plans that they went off of, but Jeremy redesigned those plans and made our cradle smaller and taller (per my request!).  They also added bead board on the ends which I just love!

The wood before and after.  They ran it through the planer and it looked SO much nicer.

I guess the pictures are showing after and before.

The wood was from an old walnut tree from grandma and grandpa Hjorth's.  So not only is it special for our kids because dad and grandpa made it, the wood is even special too!

We were thinking about doing a color stain, but the wood looked so beautiful we decided to just do a natural stain.

It did take a few weekends to make, so we would head down to Mapleton and spend a day or two.  Here Tessa and Jeremy are reading stories together!

Here the carpenters are with the finished product (the cradle . . . not Avery!)

She loved sleeping in it and did very well!  I liked having her in our room for the first few months too.  Now she is in her crib and looks oh so small!  But it was time for the move, she was getting a bit big.  When she would move her arms in the cradle in the middle of the night she would hit the slats on the side and wake us all up!

Sleeping peacefully in her big crib!

Thanks Jeremy and Grandpa for a beautiful cradle that we will treasure for a long time!