Getting Ready for Baby: Phase Two

Phase one is complete! Now I have to figure out what to do next. I've put away a lot of baby things into storage bins and once the changing table, with its built in storage, gets built, I'll have somewhere to start putting some of the baby clothes (I have an empty storage container for extra clothes that she won't need for a bit). I've also cleared out the areas I want to put the crib and the changing table.

I guess the next steps are pretty obvious, really.

PHASE #1:

• Get organized. 
• Clean out the crib space. 

PHASE #2:

• Get the crib + changing table assembled. This one relies heavily on Mr. LL. He'll be more in charge of the assembly than I am, but I'll be there to help!
• Wash all the baby clothes/blankets/etc. Of course, I mean just what I have right now. I'm sure I'll be getting more from our baby showers. Also, this step includes putting the clean things away where they go.

I'm thinking Phase #2 will take a weekend to do and then I can come up with a Phase #3. However, when we'll actually get around to doing it, that's another issue.

Checking In

This week I've been focused on getting some behind the scenes work done over at LV Book Design and I'm happy to say that I'm pretty much done. Aside from scheduling the social media for next month, I've knocked out a lot of projects and I'm very happy about my progress.

I've been doing OK with chores. I feel off this week though, mainly because our fridge is all-but-dead. We went looking for a new one last night and have some other stores we want to hit up before we buy, but that this means that I can't really grocery shop this week. Eating out for EVERY. SINGLE. MEAL. is killing me. My stomach is not happy. And I'm out of my routine. I don't mind the break from dishes though, but the not so healthy foods we've been eating has left me with little to no energy for doing my evening tasks.

GETTING READY FOR BABY

PHASE #1:

• Get organized. As done as I can be for now.
• Clean out the crib space. Have a HARD deadline for this to get done now, since our crib and changing table will be arriving next week! :D

Checking In

I've been doing well with my daily chores, even though it's been a busy week for me (so far). We had an unfortunate mishap with the fridge that meant we needed to cook all the meat ASAP before it went bad so that lead to some extra dishes for me to do this morning, but I am proud to say that I did them! I started out going "Ok, just 10 minutes and I'm out no matter what's left," to saying to myself "Well, I'll just get what we could actually fit in the sink, but the other things (of which there were three big things) aren't happening right now," to finally "fine I'll just do it all now." Lol. The hardest part is not getting overwhelmed when the sink is full, even though I know it is only full because it has big pots/pans in it.

I haven't been doing so well with my goal for this week, however. Monday I wasn't pushing it because Mr. LL and I were going to a prenatal class at the hospital and wouldn't get home till after 9pm. Yesterday, we had to cook ALL THE MEATS and so we didn't get around to working out. I'm hoping we can break this trend starting this evening. Wish me luck.

GETTING READY FOR BABY

PHASE #1:

• Get organized. Turns out I didn't have as many empty storage containers as I thought I did. However, I was able to fit all the baby stuff (minus the clothes, blankets, etc. because I want to wash them all) into two out of the three I do have. I'll be able to fit the clothes, etc. into the third one, I think. We'll hopefully be getting some baby furniture in soon and I'll have some dedicated storage space to put things.
• Clean out the crib space. Started on this! However, in measuring the space, and then looking at the specs for the cribs we want, something isn't adding up. We'll have to do some thinking about where this goes or if we should get a smaller crib/bassinet for now.