Setting Up Mila's Baby Room
Building a Cocoon?
Before the holidays, before the surprises…
there were those slightly hazy days, caught between fatigue and excitement, when everything still needed to be done.
The baby’s room wasn’t ready.
Not completely.
It was missing that something that turns a space into a true cocoon.
Mila wasn’t alone.
Chris and Nala came to help her, naturally.
Without much discussion, everyone found their place.
Tinkering Together
Chris handles the heavy lifting.
He assembles the bed, adjusts, checks every detail.
Precise, calm, reassuring movements.
Nearby, Nala finishes the last details. A touch of paint here, a touch there.
She moves objects, harmonizes colors, adjusts the decor.
Her attentive eye gradually transforms the room.
Mila, for her part, keeps arranging.
She observes, chooses, moves things again.
She’s already imagining the nights ahead, the wake-ups, the quiet moments.
The room slowly takes shape.
The Little Details That Matter
The room is finally ready 
After all the preparations, the room is finally finished.
The bed is in place, the furniture has found its balance, the last details have been carefully adjusted.
What was once just a space finally becomes a true cocoon.
Silence slowly returns.
Chris and Nala take a step back, observing the result.
Everything is there.
Ready.
After they leave, Mila finally takes a break.
She settles into the rocking chair, the one she had imagined from the start as a refuge.
A moment to breathe.
To rest.
Between her hands, the needles slide slowly.
A few stitches, a repetitive gesture, almost soothing.
The knitting advances gently, to the rhythm of her thoughts.
In this now completed room, time seems suspended.
A simple, calm, precious moment.
Before the party, the birth.
Before everything changes.
