Well, as you probably noticed I was so busy I didn't have a chance to write last week! No worries...I will fill you in on all that happened.
Last Monday we had our holiday photoshoot with Eric and the pictures turned out great! We took pictures for our Christmas cards which I will send out in December. I also wanted to start a tradition for us each year so we could see the changes from year to year and the holidays are the perfect excuse. Here are the pics if you'd like to see them.
Last weekend was the baby shower (which you all know about) and it was a blast! We got so many wonderful gifts and it was so nice to see and visit with everyone again. We got home about 11 and Greg headed to bed about 1 but I had too much organizing on my mind to get any rest until 2. Then a restless night of sleep lead me to wake up at 6 to get started on the day...needless to say I was tired by mid day but the peace of mind that everything was organized was worth it. Our house looked like Christmas morning on Sunday but we had everything cleaned by 10...we are pretty efficient! To see the pics from the photographer visit GarzaProductions on Facebook and look at the Baby Shower in the Skys album (I posted a link to it on my profile feed). Here are just a few from my camera but the most are on the photographers page. I will get the disc from him soon and put the pictures up on my Picasa Web Albums.
We started our childbirth classes on Monday last week and it was very interesting. We learned about the signs of preterm labor and actual labor and how the growing little one changes the female figure. We also learned some helpful exercises and some more do's and don't to add to the already long pregnancy list. I am looking forward to tonight's class...I can't remember what it's about (thank you pregnancy brain) but whatever it is will be interesting and help ease my mind.
Last week was super busy even on my day off. Wednesday I had several errands to run so I took the day off and took Gloria around on all my errands with me, or rather she took me on all my errands! I dropped my van off at the dealership to have new tires put on (Greg fought hard and won on an upgraded tire). Then we dropped off his dry cleaning, dropped off my pants at the alterations ladies and headed to Walmart to buy a few essentials (dog food) before my midwife appointment. Gloria got to meet Sharon and hear Haiden's heartbeat which was very special and a bit teary. How exciting!! Then we dropped off the dog food at the house and headed to the Town Center for lunch where we ate at Maggiano's and it was delish! Then we headed over to Babies R Us to return some duplicate items and stocked up on some much needed baby equipment like bottles, a changing pad for his dresser, a bath sponge for him to lay on and the trash can for the nursery. While we were there we found the perfect welcome outfit for Haiden...just what I had been looking for! It's a white cotton gown (think sleeper not Christening) with silver moons outlined on it and a matching hat. We got some adorable white socks to complete the ensemble, I can't wait for him to wear it!! Then we headed to Costco to buy the crib mattress but they only sell them online so we headed back to get my van. Then I went to the Chiropractor and went home. I was so exhausted from my busy day running errands that I made us some dinner and was in bed by 8:30. But that busy boy Greg was on a roll cleaning up and painting the hallway (which looks so much better now...thanks hun!).
I also made a trip to Burlington last week to try and get 3 more baskets (to match the ones Aunt Kathy bought for the shower) to put on his book shelves but I was out of luck in that department...but I found some adorable couldn't live without clothes and great deals for Haiden so it all worked out.
We have been busting our buns to get the house in working order...finally finishing some of those small yet tedious tasks and our to do list is finally shrinking! By Sunday, we had the french door panel installed and the back door painted, the crown molding up and painted in the dining room plus touch up, we installed and hung the curtain rods and curtains in the living room, Greg tiled the master bathroom shower and floor and we painted and installed Haiden's closet. By Sunday night we were exhausted!
We've also been busy the last 2 weeks working in Haiden's room to get things organized and ready. We have all the bedding on the crib except the sheets because we are still waiting on the mattress to arrive. I've got the books on the book shelves and toys in the baskets. The diapering area is set up and ready for use and the curtain rods and curtains have been hung and look adorable. Here are a few sneak peaks.
I can't wait for his laundry to be finished so I can organize and put away everything. I still need to see what kind of organizing baskets/bins I will need for the closet before I go buy them. And I need to find 6 baskets for his book shelves or the matching 3 for the ones he already has (which would be ideal since they are so cute and so perfect).
After the tile is put up on the walls for the shower I can start cleaning the office and moving the dogs into their new room...I don't like them being that far from us but there isn't really anywhere else for them to go and sleeping in our room just isn't an option (we tried it and they are just too noisy and they keep us up). Slowly but surely the house is coming along and I'm sure Greg and I will be ready for a remodeling break when Haiden get's here...just in time!
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