Laundry Line

Here's to a look at our future. I think these little diapers are so cute in their own way.

TIme Crunch

Since the time crunch is really on, it's a good things the floors are coming together and the weather is starting to coorporate with us. Yea for cooler temps and lower humidity.

Here are some photos of the progress.  Doesn't Chris do fantastic work!

The stairs are sanded

LB's room is now sanded

The new flooring is installed

Let the staining begin.. I love the color

Our bedroom is making progress too

Both rooms are now stained

The Countdown

The countdown may be shorter than we originally thought. I went to the doctor last week because of some serious itching and breaking out starting at my scalp and running all the way down my back to my waist. Not to mention my forehead, chest and upper arms. It appears that I have what they call as PUPPS. It's pregnancy related and unfortunately only goes away once you give birth. So in the mean time just imagine having the worst case of chicken pox possible covered with mosquito bites. I want to scratch my skin off!!

So they ended up giving me steriods which I was very nervous about, but they assured me that it will not cross into the baby so we are safe.

With all this being said as of Friday they determined that they will induce me at 39 weeks due to the severity of the PUPPS, in conjunction with my high blood pressure. Which had never been a problem until this week. Seems like it's all colliding at once.

So if they induce me early that puts us right around our wedding anniversary, which in some ways is kind of cute. However, I do home LB has it's own birthday.

This weekend as much as I was supposed to be relaxing it's hard. I feel like there is still so much to do before LB arrives. All the while knowing that the baby is not going to know weather or not things are done, or if its closet is all put together or if it's room is done. The problem is I know and it will drive me crazy until it's all complete.

Chris has been working night and day to get the floors done, but unfortunately the weather out here is just not playing along. It's been so humid that we can't stain anything until that humidity drops, or else the polyurethane will bubble up and we will have to redo the floors again in the future.

I know he feels the crunch time too. I've tried my very best to be calm about the fact that our bedrooms is both in the living room and dinning room, everything is a dusty mess and there is just stuff everywhere!  So not the way I normally keep the house.

I guess it's a good thing that mom and dad are coming out after the baby's born. Maybe I will have some projects for them :)   Should they want to putter around the house.

At least I can look at all the stuff that is done, all the laundry is done, all the bags are packed for the hospital, all the freezer meals are made, and most of all my Tupperware cabinet is organized. Ha ha just kidding on being the most important thing.

I moved most of the cleaning stuff out of the bathroom so now it's all in one spot downstairs, not that my baby will be digging under the sink that fast but it's one less thing for me to keep in the back of my mind.

So take my mind off of everything I'm baking Chris chocolate chip cookies :) He defiantly deserves a special treat for all of his hard work!

Meals for the Momma's and Pappa's

I decided to make a bunch of freezer meals for us. Since I really don't know what to expect after the baby arrives I figure worrying about what to make for dinner should not be something I worry about since I can fix that problem prior to delivery.

So here are the meals I've put together :)

Mongolian Beef and Mashed Tatters

6 Salsberry Steaks marinated, 3 Steaks marinated in Old Bay Seasoning

All together now and ready for the freezer

Fresh yams with OJ, Cinnamon and brown sugar

Homemade Apple Cobbler

Orange Beef with Sweet Potatoes

Tuna Casserole to be divided and frozen

LB's Bag

Ok one bag down two to go. Oddly enough I found packing LB's bag both exciting and nerve raking. I've never spent so much time trying to figure out what to pack in my life. Maybe it's because I don't know if LB will be a girl or a boy. I wanted to pick something cute to bring LB home in, but it was a little overwhelming in the sense that I can't really wash anything until we know what the gender is.. (For the gender specific clothes). So I decided to just pack new stuff and I figure LB will be fine for the short car rid home.

So what did I pack:
1. The most important piece of the baby's bag. Its the Core Blood Kit that Aunti Erin gave us. I told Chris if we forget everything else this CBR Box has to come with us or else he is making a very fast trip back home to pick it up. You never know this may save LB's life.

2. Turtle Paci - Still not sure I'm going to use a paci, but just in case I want to have one with me.

3. Two receiving blankets from Aunti Tracy. I picked the goldfish one since she loves fish I thought it would bring good luck to us.

4. Three separate outfits that have multiple pieces to them. Mainly because I just couldn't decide what to pack. At least this way we will be covered for either a boy or a girl and one spare outfit... just in case LB has the same stomach reflexes as it's mother does. God knows we will need a lot of burp clothes if that's the case.

5. Two pairs of sleeper sacks to make things easier for mom and dad at night for those late night changes.

6. Two cute hats: boy hat is the red crab, and the girl had is white with a teal flower.

7. Nursing cover up. I don't care what anyone says about "not caring who sees what in the hospital" I care! Hence the cover up.

Nesting Part 2 -- Making Progress

The Car seat is installed.

The dresser is loaded. Blankets on the bottom, sheets and covers in the middle.

Diaper inserts and cloths on the top. 

Let The Nesting Begin

This weekend is all about nesting! The count down is on, only 30 more days if my due date is correct. I just realized today that if LB is born Aug 23rd it will be exactly on month off from it's MeMaw's birthday.  By the way Happy Birthday Mom on July 23rd.

So I wanted to do something special for Chris while he's at the hospital with me. So I went and picked up all his favorite snacks and a couple of magazines. It's important for him to feel loved too!

Check out my little bag for him:

Chris goody bag for the hospital

Another project that I just wanted to get completed before LB arrives is the organization of the closet that will hold all the feeding supplies. I think were pretty stocked up at this point. I'm sure it will deplete quickly.

I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Pretty organized I'd say.

 

Finally got all the cloth diapers I ordered in too. So they are loaded in the baskets and ready to be hung on the wall. With the exception of the fact that I need to wash them, but the special soap has not arrived yet.   (Just a side note, because I have pink diapers does not mean we are having a girl... we still don't know what we are having, but the pink ones were on sale and I'm a bargain hunter so I picked them up anyways. Hey I figure the kid is never going to know it had a pink diaper on. 

24 diapers should last about 2 days according to everything I've read. Good thing we have a high efficiency washer and dryer.

 

Books for Baby Barber

Check out all these awesome books we received for Baby Barber. I hope that our baby will love to read as much as I do.

I think this will be a great start to a wonderful book collection.

Gifts from my Family/Friends Shower

This weekend we had our Shower/BBQ with family and friends. The amount of generosity stuns me. I am always so taken back by how generous people are!

So the photos below are just the tip of the ice berg. We received lots of blanks, clothes, towels etc. But I thought these would the the fun things to post.

So enjoy.... I know we will.

The Extra car seat base is from Aunt Tina

The car seat and stroller is from mom and dad

The bath tub is from Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Sean

The pack n play is from Uncle Kevin and Aunti Jen

The High Chair is from Aunti Lesley, Uncle Russ and Aiden

The jumper is from Cousins Randy, Brenda and Sam

The playmat is from Elaines friends at work

The Mobile is from Aunti Kendra and Uncle JJ

The changer is from The Newlands

The bouncer is from the Newlands

The Mattress is from the Newlands

The carrier is from Uncle Corey

The bath spout is from Aunti Elizabeth and Uncle Sean

Most all of the toys are from Mrs. Stevens and the Civali Family

Stuffed Animals are from a variety of folks

Car and stroller things are from Aunti Lori

Eating items are mostly from Aunti Christine and Jason

Onzies from top left (Kristina, Russ, Kaylee, Aunti Lin, Maria) Bottom from left to right (Kevin, Lori, Mom, Erin and Aiden)

A painting from Aunti Molly

A stuffed fish from Aunti Molly