I realize having large heavy metal objects in a nursery is probably not a great idea.  Not because the baby will bash in someone’s (his own?) skull with them, but um, I’m pretty grumpy lately and a heavy metal object in arm’s reach will probably lead to me in lock-up with a dead husband and a baby being raised by my sister.  If she wants him, that is.  He might be a terrible little human.  I’m only guessing that because of the way he’s kicking my rib (OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN) right now.

BUT! I have started a little bit of a brass animal obsession.  It started with these awesome gazelle bookends that I picked up for $30 from eBay.

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And then I kind of got to browsing Etsy and, uh, this giraffe is going to be mine! (I mean, his…)

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And if I get the giraffe, I kind of need the elephant to go with it, right?

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And maybe these elephant bookends will look nice…

elephantbookeneds

Or these guys, because they look less stabby.

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Or, how about this camel!  (Did you guys know I had kind of a camel obsession as a child? Well, I DID.)

camel

Oh god, and then there’s THESE antelopes in action bookends!

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I mean, I’m not working, I’m not in labor, and I have a couple of shelves that seem to need this kind of thing.  This is nesting right?  That means I’m going to have this baby soon, doesn’t it?  PLEASE SAY YES.