quick update

Before I post the second instalment of getting our house in order, I wanted to come in and give a quick update, I'm sooo glad that things are coming together. We had to pick another crib for her room because my mom didn't know that the original crib is back ordered. So we picked another crib from baby's r us which came with an attached changing table. This crib is also convertible. It goes from crib, to toddler bed, to daybed, to full sized bed. I love this crib

 

We also ended up ordering a dresser for her because if we ordered one with the crib it would be an additional $100 off due to a sale that was going on.

Aaaaannnnnndddd my dad is going to go pick up my breast pump today since it was on sale also.

 And he's going to give me my brother old toy box, which is red and tan and I'm going to get it painted either pink, lavender, grey, or something similar to the dark color of the crib. I don't have a picture of that though.For now it will probaby be used for additional storage since she won't be playing with toys right away. We also picked out her bedding and added it to the registry.

Now I feel like her room is really coming together. The only furniture piece we really need to decide on now is the glider. But I think I'm going to wait until the black Friday sales start and see if I can get a really good deal. My dad volunteered to make the wooden letters of her name on the wall above her crib, so that's taken care of. probably sometime this month I am going to start on her mobile. This is what I am gonna do:

What else is going on? Well we have the breastfeeding class Saturday and maternity photos on Saturday. We also have the tour of the hospital after church on Sunday. I have alot of laundry to do between now and Saturday, but that's really it for my housekeeping. Other than vacuuming and mopping my floors. Oh and I need to do some dusting. For our maternity pics we are still working on clothes. For the ones in our house, we decided to wear white long sleeved button up shirts (mine unbuttoned to show my belly, and blue jeans. For the beach photos. If its not cold, then I will wear a colorful maxidress and hubby will wear a linen outfit. If it is cold, then hubby says that he will wear a polo sweater and some jeans and IDK what I will wear.
These are the kind of photos we like:

Checklist

I needed to make a checklist of everything else that I need to do by the end of my pregnancy, month by month: I'll hopefully update it as i go along

October:

• work out
• get maternity photo outfits together (pink, purple, red sundress for beach pics for me, and linen outfit for D, hopefully it won't be too cold, but I really want those nice beach shots. and black pants and a white button up for the pics in the house for me, and same for D). I also need to decide on jewelry, hair, nails, and make-up
• End of 2nd trimester!

November:

• Breastfeeding class
• maternity pictures
• Tea and Tour (hospital tour)
• Doctor's appointment
• Veteran's Day!
• Childbirth class (2 days)
• another doctor's appointment
• Thanksgiving! (which I am hosting this year)
• Black Friday (I definitely want to shop the sales to see if there are any small items we need for the house, or something I want to get for the baby)

December:

• Baby Shower!
• doctor appointment
• I'm also having another shower, given to me by my church but IDK when that is
• Some of the guys from my church are thinking about trying to give D a man shower lol. I was told that at a man shower you grill, watch the game, play video games and ping pong, and the guys give diapers, and gift cards to home depot and gift cards for baby furniture and stuff. Man stuff. lol. I think its a really cute idea and hopefully they decide to do it.
• Sometime after both showers, we will go down our lists and see what else we need and go pick everything up
• Do thank you notes
• Get crib put together
• Complete her room
• Do a birth plan
• Pre-register at hospital
• do any pre-certs required by our insurance
• get emergency lists and emergency kits together
• Start touring day cares
• Decide on a pediatrician and go on tours
• doctor appointment
• Christmas!
• Pack hospital bags and make sure everything is set up
• New Years Eve!

January:

• New Years Day!
• Dr appointment
• purchase whatever I am going to use for belly binding
• D's B-day
• Dr appointment
• wash newborn clothes
• Doctor appointment
• make sure house is totally in order
• doctor appointment
• Due Date!

Busy, busy, busy

Wow time is flying by. I have less than 100 days until baby due. I have soooo much on my plate to take care of.

For the month of November we have a weekend long childbirth/ infant care class, a breast feeding class, A tour of the maternity ward, 2 doctor's appointments (eek, I start my two week appointments next month!), and maternity pictures. Not counting the 2 holidays we have in November. Then I have my baby shower the first weekend in December. That's alot. I still need to figure out a birth plan, find a daycare and get on the waiting list, and find a pediatrician. I also would need to finish her room after my shower and pack our hospital bags, I plan on doing all that in December. I'm sure there are other things I'm missing also but I will figure it out as I go along.
 
I still need to finish organizing and unpacking (5 more boxes to go!) our new house, I also want to decorate for the holidays.I don't think we are really gonna do gifts this year, cause all our funds are going to baby, and I don't really need anybody to get us anything else. Unless they want to get me a prenatal massage or a mani and pedi.  I'm going to have to buckle down and finish our room in the next two weeks cause some of our pictures will be taken in there.
 
Oh yeah and did I mention that Hubby's family is coming over to see the house this weekend, I still have to figure out what we are wearing for the pictures, which poses I like, and what I am wearing for my shower? Yay me. lol. I am not complaining at all, this is the fun part of pregnancy. Its just a little overwhelming.
 
I need to start making my lists of things I need to do. I like checklists cause I feel a sense of accomplishment when I check stuff off or finish my list. I have an app on my phone called color notes that is great for this. I'm also going to make my lists here.
 
I am going to try to take a photo today. I've totally given up on my idea of doing a album of a photo a week, but I am going to do either a photo book or scrapbook of my maternity shoot and display it at my shower. That's why we are taking pics so early, I want people to be able to see them, not just have pics for us. I haven't decided yet which one I'm gonna do, photo books are really pretty but expensive, scrapbooks are nice, but they are more work and the presentation isn't as nice. I'm probably gonna go with the photo book, but we will see.

I'm going to make my checklist for the rest of this week and next week
I'm not going to put dates by things, cause I'm kinda paranoid about people knowing where I am and what I'm doing on any given date (probably why I don't update my status much on face book)

• Go grocery shopping for gathering
• Try to finish unpacking boxes
• Pick up clutter around the house
• host get together
• clean up after get together (lol)
• grocery shop for next week
• gym at least twice next week
• work on ideas for shower pictures
• continue to think about what we are going to wear for photos
• of course I have church and bible study included in there also

that's really all that I can think of right now. I know there is more I need to do this next week, but I cant currently wrap my mind around it. Oh well, I will update it as I go.

Oh yeah, I did finally finish my registry. I'm a little worried that people are going to think it's too many expensive items on there, but I was told not to register for small stuff or clothes, and that people would give those anyway. So the only thing left was the bigger items. I didn't want to register for things we didn't like just to have cheaper stuff on our registry. Then we would be stuck with a bunch of stuff we don't even like. I figure if a few people bought us the stuff on our registry, then great. We would just have to get the other things ourselves but at least I would have a list of the things that I need and want. I also finally picked out her bedding! It's light pink and lavender with butterflies on it. I love it so much. I want hubby to paint her walls a light grey, but I'm still working on that. lol. That will also be the theme and colors for my baby shower. And now that I decided on that, I can start working on her crystal mobile and the other things for her room. I'm going to get a wall decal with her name and butterflies for above her crib. My mom is buying her crib, so we still need to get a dresser for her room and get a glider. I will probably get this glider I saw in walmart. I love the pottery barn style gliders, but I do not want to spend $300-$800 on a chair. I will probably pick alot of stuff up during the after Christmas sales.