Of course, I'm way behind on posting as usual. So here's the highlights:
- I finally started my maternity leave as of July 2nd. I was going to work through that week (of July 4th, so I could still have the 4th off and get holiday pay, hehe), but my company isn't doing so hot so they decided to shut the plant down for that whole week, meaning I still got my holiday pay, plus a day or 2 of paid vaca that I was forced to take. Long story short, I got extra $$ and an extra week off. Woohoo! Some days, I wonder if it might be smart to go back for a few weeks once my mat leave is done, but then I think about leaving Aaron home with some stranger and it snaps me back into reality.
- Both our cars are fully paid off! Made our last payment today on my car and was all psyched, until I looked at the big scary balance on my student loan. Talk about a buzz kill. Oh well, at least the cars and little bills are done!
- At my last appt, I was measuring a week ahead, so I'm measuring around 36.5 weeks - 37 weeks is full term, so basically he could come any time now and he'd be good to go! I asked my doc if he'd be big, and she said "well, I definitely don't think he'll be small". Yay?
- We almost have everything we need for Aaron's arrival! The few things I still need:
- wet bags for the cloth dipes (for upstairs & downstairs)
- a changing pad/cover for upstairs - finally got one for downstairs!
- a humidifier
- breathable bumpers for the big crib and mini crib
- disposable diaper liners for the cloth dipes, per hubby's request
- mini crib sheets that I have to special order
- crib bedding
Other than that, we're good to go!
- The nursery is finally coming together. The dresser/chest of drawers fit nicely; the changing table is set up; decorations look fantastic so far - only thing left is for hubs to put the crib together and move the TV out of the nursery and into the guest room. The closet system is AMAZING and is going to make my life so much easier.
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| baby legwarmers - i couldn't resist! |
- Yesterday, I was in one of those weird "I have to rearrange the living room NOW" moods and hubby wasn't willing to help, so I moved our ultra-heavy couches all by myself....and now I'm really regretting it. I definitely overdid it, but Aaron's still kickin around and no other bad side effects other than I'm exhausted and sore, so I guess all is well. Not my brightest idea, but it is what it is. By the way, I'm much happier with our living room now :)
- The house is trashed. And by trashed, I mean, TRASHED. There's trash everywhere. Big boxes from the furniture, tags from baby clothes, plastic wrappers from misc baby items. It hurts to bend over and pick everything up, so I'm just waiting for my magic fairy to come take care of it all for me one night while I'm sleeping. I hope she hurries up, cause I'm so irritated just looking at it all!
