Nesting
So I finally got to do some nesting today. Not as much as I would have liked, but isn't that always the case? At any rate, more progress has been made.
Bob came over last night and did our taxes. We owe $$ this year, so we won't be mailing off the return for a while yet. On top of that, one of the forms we require wasn't due to be "released in its final form" until today, so we'll have to pick up our return from Bob the next time we see him. But, the actual work of doing taxes is done and out of the way. Yay!
Today, we had moonsinger and dbroussa and their kiddos over this afternoon. I did a quick once-over cleaning job on the first floor before they arrived, so aside from the breakfast room table and our master bathroom, I'm actually feeling pretty good about the state of cleanliness in the house in general. They brought us baby gifts and a whole boatload of Alastair's clothes that he's outgrown. I think between what they brought and the stuff we've been given, we have all the 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes our son will ever need. :) I washed and sorted and put away all of that this evening, and picked out a couple of 0-3 month outfits to take to the hospital with us (one short-sleeve legless onesie and one footed onesie, since we don't know what the temp might be like when we go home). I still need to pick out a couple of the newborn outfits that onefishclappin sent to take to the hospital also, since we don't know what size he'll end up being.
We also set up the pack and play in the baby's room, for multiple reasons. So we could figure out how it works, so it can have time to do any off-gassing it's gonna do before Baby sleeps in it, and so I could see if the playyard mattress pad we got fits on the "mattress" that came with it, or if it was intended for a slightly thicker, separately purchased mattress. I suspect it was intended for the thicker mattress, since it seems rather loose on the pack-and-play's standard mattress. I contemplated registering for a playyard mattress, but when I tested the one available at Babies R Us, it didn't fit snugly in the pack and play, and a non-snug-fitting mattress is a safety-hazard. So I'm thinking about returning the playyard mattress pad, and buying some of the quilted sheets (made by the manufacturer of the pack and play we have) to see if they fit better and will serve the same purpose. We'll move the pack and play to our room when Baby arrives, as we're intending to use it as his bassinet for the first few months, and we want him to sleep in the room with us. But it doesn't need to be taking up space in there right now.
I wrote all the thank-you notes from my baby shower at work yesterday.
I also made some more progress on the closet shuffling, but it seems to be a never-finished project. Hopefully I'll get it done eventually. :)
Tomorrow, we will grocery shop, try to pick up the last few things I need for my hospital bag, and go to Babies R Us to get the rest of the things we need before baby gets here (changing pad and covers, pack and play sheets, diaper wipes, a few sidesnap t-shirts, and a second car seat base are the big things that come to mind at the moment). We also need to frame the art for the baby's room and hang that up, along with hanging a few of our existing pieces that I pulled out of the closet in the course of shifting (our Rice diplomas are in this category!). We may also hit Best Buy to spend a Christmas gift card, but we're gonna save that trip for last after we see how I'm holding up. I'd rather not spend Sunday evening in pain again like I did last week. :)
Bob came over last night and did our taxes. We owe $$ this year, so we won't be mailing off the return for a while yet. On top of that, one of the forms we require wasn't due to be "released in its final form" until today, so we'll have to pick up our return from Bob the next time we see him. But, the actual work of doing taxes is done and out of the way. Yay!
Today, we had moonsinger and dbroussa and their kiddos over this afternoon. I did a quick once-over cleaning job on the first floor before they arrived, so aside from the breakfast room table and our master bathroom, I'm actually feeling pretty good about the state of cleanliness in the house in general. They brought us baby gifts and a whole boatload of Alastair's clothes that he's outgrown. I think between what they brought and the stuff we've been given, we have all the 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes our son will ever need. :) I washed and sorted and put away all of that this evening, and picked out a couple of 0-3 month outfits to take to the hospital with us (one short-sleeve legless onesie and one footed onesie, since we don't know what the temp might be like when we go home). I still need to pick out a couple of the newborn outfits that onefishclappin sent to take to the hospital also, since we don't know what size he'll end up being.
We also set up the pack and play in the baby's room, for multiple reasons. So we could figure out how it works, so it can have time to do any off-gassing it's gonna do before Baby sleeps in it, and so I could see if the playyard mattress pad we got fits on the "mattress" that came with it, or if it was intended for a slightly thicker, separately purchased mattress. I suspect it was intended for the thicker mattress, since it seems rather loose on the pack-and-play's standard mattress. I contemplated registering for a playyard mattress, but when I tested the one available at Babies R Us, it didn't fit snugly in the pack and play, and a non-snug-fitting mattress is a safety-hazard. So I'm thinking about returning the playyard mattress pad, and buying some of the quilted sheets (made by the manufacturer of the pack and play we have) to see if they fit better and will serve the same purpose. We'll move the pack and play to our room when Baby arrives, as we're intending to use it as his bassinet for the first few months, and we want him to sleep in the room with us. But it doesn't need to be taking up space in there right now.
I wrote all the thank-you notes from my baby shower at work yesterday.
I also made some more progress on the closet shuffling, but it seems to be a never-finished project. Hopefully I'll get it done eventually. :)
Tomorrow, we will grocery shop, try to pick up the last few things I need for my hospital bag, and go to Babies R Us to get the rest of the things we need before baby gets here (changing pad and covers, pack and play sheets, diaper wipes, a few sidesnap t-shirts, and a second car seat base are the big things that come to mind at the moment). We also need to frame the art for the baby's room and hang that up, along with hanging a few of our existing pieces that I pulled out of the closet in the course of shifting (our Rice diplomas are in this category!). We may also hit Best Buy to spend a Christmas gift card, but we're gonna save that trip for last after we see how I'm holding up. I'd rather not spend Sunday evening in pain again like I did last week. :)