Got an email the other day indicating I was 30 weeks along in the pregnancy which totally freaked me out. I knew it was close, but was living in denial. When you consider that the C-section is scheduled for the 21st of March, that puts us at under eight weeks to go and I have no idea how I am going to accomplish all of the things I think “need” to be done by that point. There’s that little thing called work which includes opening and closing a production in February plus getting everything in order to “leave” for two months, on top of all the stuff around the house that suddenly seems VERY urgent. God, I had it easy the last go around!
I’m sure I am making K CRAZY, but he is weathering it like a champ. He must have learned something the first time around and following the aforementioned meltdown (previously characterized as “minor” but you all know me better than that), we’ve hopped to it.
#1 Order the backyard prefab “office” so that we can turn the inside office into Abby’s room. CHECK
#2 Get fabric for nursery so that Gigi (K’s mom) can begin to make new bedding. CHECK (So excited about this!)
That’s a photo of the fabric for the bumper (flowers) and the bed skirt (brown). And here’s some other fabric I am going to use on the walls in some fabulous configuration.
It’s a much calmer vision than the one I had for Jack’s nursery. For Jack, I wanted stimulating and bold. Now the poor kid is stuck with orange sherbet colored walls. For Abby, I need something soothing. So, yes, I recognize it is all about me. But I do wonder, will it have any affect on their personalities? I’m hoping it may mean Abby will be a better sleeper. Wishful thinking? A girl can dream.
I’m also not convinced this will all come together before she arrives, but it feels good to have laid the groundwork so that things can now progress. So much has to be done in the interim. So, of course, being the anal compulsive meticulous planner that I am, I measured our bedroom and all it’s furnishings, made a sketch to scale with little cut out furniture and rearranged it until I was happy with a new layout including room for some kind of bassinet-like feature. Side note: what’s the deal with bassinets? Why are they so butt ugly frilly? OK, this part is slightly selfish. Have wanted to rearrange our bedroom for ages, but now it seems urgent (and justifiable?). It’s like nesting on steroids. Terrible, I know, but I can’t stop myself.
#3 Transfer Jack into a “big boy bed.” CHECK
Lined up along the wall, are all of his current favorite animals: the homemade “Pokey Little Puppy,” a “Sneetch,” “Blue,” “Monkey,” and “Bear” which is actually a stuffed reindeer but Jack remains unconvinced. There’s also an elephant that often makes the rotation, but these seem to be something we must have on hand for a proper “night night.” Who’s in charge? And yes, that is Elmo on the blanket. It makes him happy and it’s pretty damn cute when he wakes up and says hello to Elmo and the animals.
The bed is from Ikea and really pretty cool. That bar that seems to be going around the top is actually an alternate base. When Jack gets older we can flip the entire thing over and it is like a mini-bunk bed with space underneath for a “secret” play area (or extra mattress when a friend stays over-egads that’s hard to fathom at this point!).
I wanted to get him into a new bed well before the baby came as we are transferring a lot of his furniture into her room. He has been doing really well with it (knock on wood). I think he likes the independence. And as my lap decreases, we’ve found story time increasingly uncomfortable so I like that I can lie down with him in it for a pre-sleep book and snuggle.
#4 Buy new car. CHECK
Yep, we’ve bit the bullet and bought a second car. We know it will be absolutely necessary once Jack hits preschool (thoughtful post on that maddening process at a later date) which could be as early as May depending. The one car status has served us well, but lately we’ve hit more than a few scenarios in which life would be a lot easier if we had two on hand. The good news is that we lucked into a used Civic Hybrid…good news due to fuel economy as well as a smaller “city” car AND it has the HOV sticker making the days when I drive into the city much more time efficient.
Now I won’t continue with the hundred or so other things that are on must get done list…clearly I am writing this just to make myself feel good about all that we have accomplished. Plus some people really wanted pictures of that bed!
