Inside Maria Menounos’ Nursery for Newborn Baby Athena: Family Mementos, Target Decor and More!

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When it came to designing the perfect room for her newborn daughter, Athena, Maria Menounos knew it had to include several special touches.Menounos, 45, gave Us Weekly an exclusive tour of her baby girl’s nursery, during which she showed off her “favorite” and “most important” part of the room.“I [told my designer], ‘I have these cross-stitching pieces from my mom and my grandma, and I really want you to incorporate them into the room,” she shares. “And they were the last pieces that I have.”Hanging above Athena’s changing table is a cross-stitched picture of a little girl praying made by Maria’s late mother, Litsa Menounos, while a trio of floral and vintage cross-stitched designs resides about Athena’s crib.“That just lit me up when I saw this.

I was like, I wouldn’t have known even what to do and how to do it and of course they do ‘cause they’re the pros,” Maria — who shares Athena with her husband, Keven Undergaro — tells Us. “And so, for me, it’s not like I don’t want the Architectural Digest house.

I want something that means something.”Among Athena’s many toys is a “little pink elephant,” something Maria said she hopes holds great value to her daughter one day. “I still have my first stuffed animal my dad got me in the hospital and [I know] how much that’s meant to me,” she explains. “So, I wanted to be able to get her first toy or stuffed animal.

And so it’s this.”In addition to a well-stocked bookshelf, rocking chair and a large pillow for “tummy time,” Athena has plenty of adorable outfits for her parents to dress her in. “She’s got a little butterfly outfit,” the “Heal Squad” podcast host tells Us. “I call her my petaloúda, which is butterfly in Greek.