40 weeks and counting!

Well, it's been 2 months since I've posted anything!

So much has been going on during those 2 months, it's no wonder I've been silent.

We found a replacement for my job, got her successfully trained & I have now been unemployed for 4-5 weeks.  It's wonderful. 

During those first few weeks of being home full-time, I've been cloistered in my little house--cooking and freezing meals for my post-partum days, washing baby clothes/blankets/cloth diapers, helping Aaron move items out of our bedroom and the spare room (which is now officially dubbed "nursery")onto our outdoor kitchen area, making sure we're stocked with all necessary baby items for those first few weeks of Baby Hilburn's life, and, of course, preparing the nursery.  My nesting period has lasted a LOOOONG time.

And now it's just the hurry-up and wait game! I knew from the beginning of my pregnancy that I'd follow in the footsteps of the women in my family and go over my due date. Yep! I'm 40 weeks and 3 days today...but not nearly as late as my Grandmother, mom and sister were when they had their firsts. Oh, well! I'm just enjoying this nesting and resting period before this baby arrives and puts his or her own spin on our life.

And what has Aaron been doing all this time? He's been the man working feverishly to make it possible for us to have room in our house for a baby!  Weeknights and weekends (except Sundays) he continued to construct our outdoor kitchen.  I couldn't be prouder of the work he's done.

 

 

 

 

After he got enough flooring down so that we could start moving furniture out of our bedroom and the spare room/nursery, I painted that section.  We don't want little knees or feet getting splinters, & it'll be much easier painting each section before we put furniture on top of it.

 

After painting, we moved out furniture, shelves, etc.

This outdoor kitchen will eventually be enclosed with walls and windows.

All of these items can be spread out as we expand the floor and wall it in.

 

Onto the next sections!!!!!!

 

And now we actually have more room in our bedroom.  As you can see, everything's in baskets on shelves.

Underneath the shelves, to the right, we have our home-birth supplies ready & waiting.  We've been required to have these compiled from a list the midwife gave us since 36 weeks. 

And now for the little baby's little room...

 

It isn't much, but it's Good Enough!!

 

P.S.--Will this belly EVER stop growing?!?!