Busy Getting Ready

We have been extremely busy lately trying to get everything ready for the arrival of Baby Boy Haskins! Here's a list of just some of the things we've been up to:

• Cleaned out the garage! We put the old grill, old patio furniture and some other assorted things on our lawn for anyone to take. The grill was gone within 2 hours, the patio furniture 30 minutes tops!
• Painted the garage so you don't see the dry wall anymore
• Finished the registry! Overall, Babies R Us alone was a 2 day, 7 + hour affair!
• Cleaned up and rearranged the basement
• Took the guest room furniture down the basement and tried to make a studio apartment down there
• Bought Baby Boy some more clothes, including a onesiethat says "My sister is a Miniature Schnauzer" - I know, it's perfect!
• Ordered black out blinds for the room and to cover the large arch window
• Ordered insulated and black out curtains on top of that! If any sun gets into that room, I'll be shocked!

Ok, that's about all we can handle for now! I'm sure there is more we have done but my brain is so tired. Up next is painting the baby's room!

On Days Like These

So, I think I am a pretty together girl, but on days like these, I don't know how I'll ever juggle mommy-hood with anything else!
The day started out just fine - watched the results for So You Think You Can Dance and volunteered at the library for 3 hours (got paid in cupcakes too!). When I came home I just did not feel like doing any work and procrastinated, which turned out to be a bad choice. My afternoon was as follows:

• In opening the back door so Layla could sit outside, I let in a wasp that was huge and would not die. I showed it to Tom 7 hours later in the trash and he was still kickin' it!
• I decided to clean the bedroom but first sit and watch a tv show in there - fell asleep and woke 2 hours later.
• Decided I should make some coffee and chill in bed until the decaffeinated coffee's little caffeine kicked into my system. Have NO clue how, but I spilled an entire 12 oz. + cup of coffee on me and the bedspread. It then seeped through to the sheets and mattress pad. This led to panic and trying to figure out what to wash first (thank you hubby for your advice). It required a lot of soaking and detergent which got all over me and on my arms, making my arms itch like crazy!
• We decided to just scrap the night and go to a movie. I tried putting my 2nd last pair of contacts in and of course the one disappeared right out of my hand and into the bathroom somewhere! So now I'm down to just 1 new contact left!
• The movie theater had NO air conditioning! I spent the whole movie so hot and feeling my feet swell! I could barely walk when we left and Tom had to bring the car around to me!
• OH! And my belly is now a shelf! Ok, I admit, that is sort of fun!

I wanted to spend the day at the pool but thought I should be more responsible. Next time I'll remember, when the pool calls, you must go to it!

Baby's Room

Today was step one of getting the baby's room ready. My mom and I cleaned out the closet (which was FULL of board games and Browns gear) and drawers. I then put all our baby stuff we have so far into the closet.

Stay tuned for more room updates!

Registering

Last weekend Tom and I started our baby registry. We spent 3.5 hours walking around Babies R Us trying to figure out what we need and which one will work best. Humidifiers and vaporizers were the final straw - I didn't even know it came with warm steam. We made a lot of phone calls and emails to friends before and after registering to try to figure everything out. Regardless, we are about 1/2 done with that registry and done with our bedding registry. Of course everything with the bedding is back ordered! Let's hope this baby doesn't come early!

We are now registered at:
Babies R Us http://www.babiesrus.com/
Restoration Hardware Baby & Child http://www.rhbabyandchild.com/