The Honey-Do List from my Nesting Wife

What a Sunday. I am very glad that I have had every Sunday off for the past 2 months, and so far, the rest of this month. Sunday's have been a great family day, run your errands day, and mental health day for me. We wake up every Sunday and Sara and I make breakfast together for us and Wes and then we read the paper and do a few chores before we relax and watch football.

This Sunday was a little different. Sara has been making a honey-do list for me over the past week. This was my request because she would keep calling me with all of these different things I needed to do and she wanted done before the baby gets here. We got up as usual on Sunday and made our breakfast. My mom surprised me and called and said she was doing nothing and wanted to come over and help. I was very very happy to have her there. My list consisted of such things as:

1. Moving the computer to the basement which meant I had to move the computer and desk, rewire the internet, our wireless, and also rewire my cable downstairs.
2. Move all the wood flooring material downstairs. We decided to put tile in the kitchen and wood in the dining room. We are doing the tile first and then the wood floors next.
3. I completed the pack and play
4. Rearrange the bedroom to make room for the pack and play. This consisted of moving dressers, tables, a fax machine and phone and a fan. It was not bad.

With each of these items the house was vacuumed, dusted and as Sara likes to say "declutterized" (aka removal of clutter). Mom and I also ran out to Target to get those canvas shelves you hang in the closet to make it more organized. We even found some cute plastic tubs to put on the changing table to store diapers, wipes, etc in. Sara's friend Marilyn had come over Saturday to help hang some pictures. I must say that after looking at the room the other day it is really coming together and is really organized.

Now on to Sara's nesting. The girl is a CLEANING AND ORGANIZING MACHINE! I had come home the other day and found out that she had been sitting on the kitchen floor cleaning the cabinets. She has washed, folded, and arranged Claire's clothes at least 3 or 4 times. Everything on the changing table has been reorganized at least 6 times. Today she calls me and says she cleaned the fireplace. We have a large brick fireplace and she said she cleaned it with soap and water and a towel. I just received a text message from her and she said she just cleared out the dining room of all the clutter. I keep telling her she needs to take a break. She just does not listen very well. In my opinion, she is officially nesting.

Just to let everyone know she has been feeling really good. She looks great and is taking care of herself. We both are very excited for all the fun that may be around the corner. We really have no idea of what any plans are for Claire's birth but she is only 50 days away from full term. Many people in our group of family and friends have her giving birth before Thanksgiving or just there after. I would prefer we make it until December which is only 3 short weeks away. I want little Claire to be as strong and healthy as she can be. At this time we are still without a middle name. Sara is picking between a few that she likes. Nothing has really stuck yet. We continue to say our prayers and count our blessings every day. We thank God for getting us this far and ask him for his blessing to get us through the next many years of her life.

Tomorrow we are going to interview the pediatrician that we think we have picked out. Today, just to butter us up, they sent us a huge welcome packet. I actually thought that was pretty cool. Sara enjoyed it thoroughly.

I have a lot of pictures to put up. I have not even dove into a post about the the shower thrown for Sara by our family and friends. I have pictures of that to put up. That was a really fun day. I hope to get to that this Sunday. Also, Friday of this week, they are throwing a shower for us at work. I work with the nicest group of people and I thank them for all the support they have given to us through all of this.

Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We love you all!