nothing to do but twiddle our thumbs...

Over the past few weeks and months, I've been a woman possessed. The nesting instinct really hit me hard this pregnancy. Combine that with a bit of Spring Cleaning fever, and you can imagine the flurry of activity. I finished up a little earlier than I thought I would. It's kinda nice to have plenty of time to rest up before baby comes. The only trouble is that I'm now having a very difficult time feeling patient...

When I said possessed, I wasn't kidding. My list 'o nesting included: replacing a toilet, replacing a shower head, replacing our kitchen faucet, decorating the basement (including building some bookshelves), redecorating baby's room, Spring cleaning, prepping diapers, making freezer meals to eat after baby's born, and gathering supplies for the birth (which wasn't that big of a job since our midwife supplies most of them).

My favorite accomplishment was finishing up the baby's room. I love, love, love the way it turned out. Here are some pics: "da fwoots of my wabors" (translation: the fruits of my labors, one of Daniel's favorite phrases for some reason).

The paint color doesn't look quite so blue in person. It's a perfect shade of aqua, which is lovely and appropriately gender neutral. The furniture is kind of pushed out of the way to make room for our birth pool, but you get the idea.

My amazingly talented mother-in-law painted the watercolor. It's a lovely water scene. The Chinese lanterns were a house warming gift from Joe's sister Julie. (thanks ladies!) The changing table is doing temporary duty as the birth supply table and doing a wonderful job.

Our box of birth supplies. Includes all of the non-medical stuff we'll need for the birth (chux pads, newborn hat, cord clamp, foot print kit, snacks, etc.) My midwife will bring the "medical stuff" when she comes (suture kit, oxygen, etc.) You may notice the Triceratops. Daniel thinks we'll need it...

Baby will be in our room for the first couple of months. In the meantime, the crib is a great place to keep the diapers that baby won't grow into for a while. I made the mobile. Looks really cool up close, maybe I'll do a post about it over on my craft blog.