NESTING

NURSERY SET UP

So, yes I have become overwhelmed by the nesting instinct aa I cannot sit still knowing there is so much left to do! So, today we cleaned out a bunch of junk, (we have a lot and this will continue for awhile probably) re-organized our closets, moved furniture around, and made space for her crib and changing table in the nursery!!!!!

The crib is bigger than what I really wanted for the apartment, but it's very hard to find a small, safe crib these days, so we went with the one with the highest safety ratings from Babies R Us. The changing table is from IKEA and the drawers will hold her clothes until she runs out of space and has to share a dresser with her mommy for awhile:)

We ordered a glider for her nursery, but since the crib is so large, we might have to keep that in our room or the living room - once it comes, we will find space for it.

We had ordered 2 arm chairs to go with our new couch bed (for guests) but decided that 1 was enough, especially in case we have to put the glider in the living room. (We have to leave space for all her stuff)

We have started looking for pediatricians so we can interview, started writing down questions for the next doctors visit about the labor plan and are trying to finalize our plans for our last few weekends before she comes. Now we have to decide if we want to take the childbirth class - I don't want to at all, but Dave thinks it might be a good idea - so we will see after the next visit if the doctor thinks it's really important, or it we can skip it. (My theory is, the less information I am bombarded with, the less freaking out I can do between now and delivery day - makes no sense to stress out over things that can't be controlled.)

It's starting to get very stressful, just because you never know what is going to come up and we're trying to plan our weekends and make sure we have everything ready in time. I'm sure this is completely normal and will go away - if not, send your good thoughts and wishes to Dave who has been unbelievably patient (even for him) through this whole thing and who never laughs at my endless lists of things we have to do!

Hoping we make it through the holidays with no incidents and minimal stress...

~The Metcalfes

Nursery!

Daddy painted the nursery for us on Friday while "we" were at work.

Here are some before pics of what used to be our "office."

And now, after a whole day of painting, Daddys first project is finished and we have a beautiful nursery space that we need to fill with furniture. (which is out of stock and hard to find but we are being patient...) The color is a light purple which Daddy actually picked out and it looks so much better than the bricky color we had in there before:)

He did a wonderful job and now we have to fill her room with all of her stuff. We'll get the changing table this week and hopefully get the crib and glider as soon as it gets back in stock:)

Our next appointment is Dec. 5th and then we start going every 2 weeks and then every week until she comes.

I got my prenatal massage yesterday and the lady worked a lot on my shoulders and neck, but wasn't able to do too much for my back because it's not safe to put too much pressure there now - but she gave me some suggestions on how to make it hurt less, so we will try that this week.

Hope all is well with all of you!!!

Making Space for Baby!

We are at week 30! Can you believe it????

Friday, Dave is painting the nursery and then we are off to a hotel for the night so I am not near the fumes.

We tried to order her nursery furniture, but of course what we wanted was out of stock online, so we hope to go pick up her crib from the store with our friends the Hills next weekend.

The only thing we haven't decided on yet, is her changing table/dresser - every time we see one, we don't like it enough to buy it - but hopefully soon we'll find the perfect fit!!!

Our next appointment is December 5th - and that same day we are scheduled to get our new living room couch and chairs. (we got a sleeper sofa for all the visitors and helpers that will be coming by next year so they would be more comfortable:))

We put a storage unit in the bathroom so that we would have space for all her bath stuff and we plan to clean out some space in our closets for some of her stuff as well! It might be a little cozy in here, but we will make space for all of us!!

The only problem we are having is that now my back hurts all the time. It's not my lower back it's kind of in the middle and it's very hard to get comfortable. Sitting at my desk at work (even with an ergonomic pillow) gets unbearable after about 3 hours, sitting on our couch is impossible unless I have 3 pillows behind my back and my feet up on an ottoman, lying down at night is even tricky because the only time it's comfortable is when I'm on my back which I'm not allowed to do for long - so it's been a challenge.

We are hoping that the new couch and chairs we are getting will be more comfortable for me, but in the meantime, I sit in our super stiff desk chair with a pillow behind my back and my feet up. I'm hoping the pain disappears as mysteriously as it appeared, but I'm assuming I'm not that lucky!

Hope all is well with you all and we'll post more updates as they come!

Thanks for reading.