Busy Busy Bee

I have spent the last week working on a bunch of little and big projects! I must say that I have done so many things pregnant that I never thought I would (including tiling haha) but I digress…

I have been working on the many scrapbooks I have to do before Michael is born. I finished my 4^th on Thursday so now I am down to 6… I hope to work on another today! Joe has spent the week putting together some of Mikey’s things. He put together the bouncer, the pack-n-play and he installed the car seat. They pack-n-play was quite an adventure… it had him sweating as he fought to fit it all back in the bag! Kind of funny! We plan to use it as his crib when we go to NJ and Ohio this summer so learning how to break it down to its smallest size to fit in the provided bag is somewhat important… well we failed. But we did figure that the more we take it down and experiment with it the better shot we have. We are good with puzzles but this darn pack-n-play is bigger than a puzzle. There has to be a way... and it’s really bothering me that we can’t quite figure it out! Dad is a master packer and pretty darn good puzzle solver… maybe he will be able to figure it out :) I have no doubt we will be pros when we finally get home from our 2 weeks trip!

Today I hope to bring the car seat to the Fire Department to have them double check the safety. I love that they encourage new parents to come by to check. It really will put my mind at ease knowing he is as safe as he can be! Now it will be up to Joe and I to travel with him safely. I am anxious to have Joe drive us home after he is born, I want to see just how much different he will drive. I have a feeling with him in the car he will slow down a little… it will be cute! …but only time will tell!

I finished washing all of Michael’s things. Now all that is left is just getting it all organized. I plan to work on that today. I finished making his wood letters spelling his name. We painted the shelf that they will sit on. Once his clothes are organized and put away all that will be left to do in there will be to hang all the stuff on the walls.

The upper cabinet doors are almost done. Yesterday morning I was out in the garage in my nightgown, slippers (I know good image!) and I had a drill in my hand. I drilled all the holes for the knobs. They I put the glass in the cabinet. Today I will head out there (in my nightgown again I am sure) to clean and then frost the glass. Once that is dry, we will add just a little more silicone to make sure the glass is adhered to the door. Then it will be Joe’s job to get the doors back up on the cabinets. I would do this but I doubt my mother would enjoy knowing I was getting up on the counter haha! But we shall see!

As I sitting here I just remembered that we need a living will or whatever it’s call. So I have to state who will take over medical decisions if something were to happen to me (I think) and then we (Joe and I) have to decide and put down on paper who would get Mikey if something were to happen to the both of us… ugh just one more thing on my list! We are running out of time on this as well! Oh and I need to write up the birth plan! We know most of what we want by voicing it to each other but it needs to be written down so that the midwives know what we want and can do their best to follow our wishes. Plus in case of a hospital transfer they will have it as well! …So I will work on the birth plan today I guess as well!

Lets see… did I about cover everything that we have been working on? We are pet sitting another dog this week so they have been keeping each other busy allowing me to get some of these things done. They do have a lot of energy so that has some getting used to but lucky for us the weather has been very nice and not too hot so they spend most of the day rough housing outside… and then nap inside sometime in the middle of the day.

…ooo here is a Braxton hicks contraction! Nothing serious just a little tightening :) My feet have finally stopped swelling (well as of lately of course). If I do too much they just blow right up so I try and make sure to take some break in between.

Ok I am off to do some cabinet work… I can’t wait to finish the dang kitchen!