Man, what a weekend.
Thursday was just a horrible day between my doctor's appointment and putting Kobe to sleep. I'm glad we both decided to take Friday off. I can honestly say it was a "mental health" day.
Saturday, we put things into high-gear with nursery prep. We're still no where close to where I'd like to be and we waivered from my schedule weeks ago. My goal was to have the nursery set up and ready to load in time for my shower next weekend.
Ha!
Todd and his brother worked on cleaning out the unfinished portion of our basement. Got rid of an old loveseat, a chain link kennel and some other old crap that was sitting down there for years. Why does that happen? I looked at some of the stuff and asked myself, "Why did we feel the need to keep that"? By cleaning it out, we now have more storage space so that's a plus.
While they were doing heavy man-things, I was assembling and installing the closet organizer. It was fairly easy work and most of it was done sitting on the floor. I figured I could work a screwdriver from anywhere.
Speaking of, that damn closet organizer was easy but also extremely frustrating. I'm fairly handy and pre-pregnancy, I would've had that sucker put together in hours. But now? It took me 15 minutes to screw something together because I couldn't maneuver myself close enough to see the screw. And in between? I'm huffing and puffing like I just ran a marathon. All of that while just sitting on the floor!
I was hoping to get the cribs assembled this weekend but the hours just went by too fast. I did manage to steam clean the carpet this morning and we moved the rocker/ottoman into the nursery so I can officially say there's furniture in there!
This afternoon, my sister and I did some shower shopping. Just little things like table cloths, gifts, etc.
For my shower, I decided to rent one of the meeting rooms from my homeowners association. I thought it would be easier to hold it in a neutral spot so no one would have to fuss over cleaning and hosting it at their house. It cost an arm and a leg between all of the deposits. We stopped and looked at it today and it's pretty crappy. It's attached to the pool house. So, you walk in like you're checking into the pool and hang a left through a door. It's one big classroom with cinder block walls. There is a big glass sliding door that can let sunshine in but there's one problem.
The community pool is RIGHT there. Can you imagine? Right in the middle of my baby shower, someone who has NO BUSINESS wearing a bathing suit sits right in front of the window?
Hel-lo!
The website also boasted a kitchen facility so I thought, "Great! We can heat up food and not have to worry about transporting".
The kitchen facility is the snack bar complete with a sink and microwave. And, since my shower is smack-dab in the middle of a Saturday, I'm sure it'll be convenient to use it when 5 year-olds are ordering hot dogs and nachos.
But, it's reserved and we'll have to make it work. We bought table cloths and my mom/Todd's mom will bring flowers and balloons.
It's just for 3 hours and I'm sure no one else will care.
3 comments:
wow, so much to catch up on..
im sorry about kobe. it must be an odd feeling to be relieved yet sad. he is with kaly now, so that must be comforting.
sticking to a schedule is hard when pregnant. sounds like youre doing just fine.
that really stinks youre unhappy with the shower location. try to forget about it and revel in the day dedicated to you and your son and daughter!!
It will be so much better once the food and gifts and cake are in there. It's summer anyway and such a location is appropriate. I do understand what you mean though, they should fix it up a bit better and not advertise a kitchen!
HAHAHAHAHA! Your absentmindedness reminds me of myself. Hang in there and remmeber that youa re doing a LOT- cooking TWO babies!
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