Skip to main content

My Head Is Spinning



We'll, ya'll, we've reached the point in my pregnancy where I get to actually start preparing for Ellie's arrival. We decided to put everything off until after Christmas so that we could focus on the holidays as a family of three.  Now we're into the new year, and that means there is much to be done.

My doctor set my c-section date yesterday.  Miss Ellie will be here on Monday, March 4th...CRAZY!! 

That's two months from today!  I know a lot of you who read this don't agree with c-sections and certainly not planned ones.  However, I ask you to not comment.  Many of you know my medical history, and some do not.  Regardless, we will leave it by saying that a natural birth would be a risk for both me and Eli. Not only do I have a history of medical problems, we also had some complications with Eli that left us feeling much more confident in a planned birth.  I don't care how my baby enters this world; I just want her safe in my arms.

Anyway, that means it's time to get busy!!  Tomorrow Eric is starting on the lockers for Eli's room.  They will not only work perfectly with the sports theme, but they'll also be awesome storage for all our toys.  Once the lockers are finished, we'll start the process of turning the playroom into a nursery.

In all for Eli's room, I still need to finish the lockers and organize them.  I also need to add a few finishing touches like completing his life Bible verse frame, adding new blinds, working on a sports card box, and finishing the baseball jar.

Next we will move to Ellie's room.  I have to get the walls painted, paint the rocking chair and bookshelf, have the bedding dry cleaned, get the curtains made, buy new blinds, install new closet shelving, and make bow holders (notice it's plural). Ha!


This doesn't include things like washing her clothes, steaming out bottles and buying new ones, installing car seats, or getting all the baby stuff out of the attic - pack 'n play, stroller, bouncy seat, bathtubs, ect.  I also need to stock up on things like diaper bags, diapers, blankets, onies, sleepers, towels and a billion other small things that can't be used from Eli's infant days.

In the meantime, I have to get everything lined up at work, freeze some meals, buy some presentable pjs for the hospital, and deep clean the house since I highly doubt I will be able to do spring cleaning this year.  Oh yeah, our toilet started leaking and now the floor around it needs replaced. YIKES!!

Oh course, ya'll know that I LOVE being busy so I'm sorta thriving on this.  The real reason my head is spinning tonight?  My house looks like a tornado hit it...really!  I cleaned out the fridge from Christmas and it took four trash bags...FOUR!  I have about six loads of laundry that need tended too, and two bathrooms that need scrubbed.

Then there was Eli's little episode tonight.  While I was bathing him, I stepped out of the bathroom to tell Eric something.  No sooner had I left the room then we a THUD and screaming.  My sweet boy's wet feet caused him to slip and hit the vanity.  It gashed open this head near the eye...it was heart wrenching! After much deliberation we decided that he didn't need stitches, but I'm still upset that he got hurt!

Lucky for me, he is resting well and I'm settling down for the night.  After all, tomorrow is a big day of Mission Baby Preparation. Ha! Good night!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Have I ever told you that Eli loves sports?  Ha!  I look back at him with baseballs and basketballs at 18 months old ,and it blows my mind that he's still so interested.   The thing is, he doesn't discriminate.  Baseball, basketball, football, soccer...you name it, we play it! Not only do we play sports all day, we also have to watch certain videos on Youtube.   We watch "Boys of Fall," while wearing a football helmet. We watch Alabama's "Cheap Seats,"  John Fogerty's"Centerfield," and Kenny Rogers,  "The Greatest" while holding a bat, carrying a ball, and wearing a batting helmet. And now, thanks to Space Jam, we have to listen to the movie sound track while shooting hoops!  That's a blast from the past! He hasn't found a song about soccer or golf...YET! And with all that playing, who has time to run inside for a potty break?  Not this boy! I never thought ...
9 comments
Read more

A New Decade

Happy 2020, everyone!  I know I'm a month and a half behind, but ya'll, January was brutal!  Not brutal in a tragic kind of way but in a "life will wear you out" kind of way. It started off with the flu...times three!  Eric, Ellie and I had Flu B and missed the first week back to school and work.  Then Eli was diagnosed with Flu A two weeks later.  Thankfully, my in-laws stepped in to help so that we didn't have to miss any more time at work. On top of the sickness, we listed our house for sale. The work it takes getting ready for market is just crazy. But we also have people coming in and out of our home at all hours and it's just kinda overwhelming. Plus, we are finalizing everything with the builder. In full transparency, working with the builder has been the easiest part! Maybe I'll do a little update on the whole building process later this week.  Now that the dust has settled on 2020, I'm going to try my very hardest to keep this litt...
1 comment
Read more

Running Through The Sprinkler

Playing in the sprinkler was on our summer bucket list.  To me it seems weird just checking if off and moving on to the next activity because when I was younger, we ran through a sprinkler pretty much every day.  Putting it under the trampoline and letting it keep all the "jumpers" cool, was a favorite pastime. I cringe now. What the heck were we doing with eight kids on a net-free trampoline anyway? Ha! Back to the present…Eric treated the pool yesterday, so we couldn't swim which made it the perfect night to drag out the water hose and sprinkler.   Neither child loved it at first, so we turned down the pressure.  They slowly but surely warmed up to it.  Bless her little heart, Ellie stood right in the middle and took a direct hit.  She would make the worst face you've ever seen then cry ridiculsouly if you tried to move her.  Eli ran straight though the middle with his eyes closed.  Thank goodness our y...
5 comments
Read more