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@Glitter: Such a cute photo! I cannot believe we are getting so close. Craziness! I bet your nursery will be lovely. If it makes you feel better we haven't started on R's big girl room yet so she is still in the nursery. Hopefully soon!

@Glitter: Love the picture! Such a pretty dress I'm not sure if I'm bigger than last time...I can't seem to locate any of my pictures from last pregnancy. I definitely feel bigger though. And I think I gained max 35 pounds last time, and this time I'm already up 30 I think...so it will probably end up being more than 35 this time!

I keep meaning to compare weeks preggo pics with #1 vs this one, see how I look in comparison!

Bought paint last night for #2's room, and also had shelves cut to fit on either sides of the window, the kid in lumber at home depot did like 8 zillion cuts for me for free (I needed specific depth and two different width times 3 shelves each width) and they look awesome!! Bought the stain for them (and for the refinishing for all furniture and am SO excited. I hate that I can't do it, but it's neat to get the project rolling.

@Glitter: You look great! Love the dress!
@Mae: Love that nursery! I'm getting anxious to start on ours seeing your pretty pictures
@cookie_dough: You look great! Yay for such a good appointment!!!
@Beebug: Where do you get all that energy?! We've never had HD cut wood for us and I always get annoyed with DH because he cuts it crooked or wonky. He refuses to ask someone to help. It's so annoying!

So I think DH and I had a mini freakout over the weekend that we have just 2 months left until baby! We are still waiting for our contractor to start work and it doesn't make sense for us to do much until after they are done because it pretty much affects every room except our bedroom. Yesterday DS and I spent a good chunk of the day organizing the basement and I was so sore afterwards! But it did feel good to finally get something accomplished. Anyone else starting to freak out or get excited by how soon our LO's will be here?

I had a dream last night it was May 10th (why that date I don't know?) and all of you ladies had your babies and I was the only one left! Given I was awake for the day by 3:42am today, having a dream is impressive! I remember waking from that dream just after 1am though and frantic, it took a few minutes for me to convince myself it was still March, lol.

@cookie_dough: There will be ikea furniture too! I pride myself on being super handy, and so the projects are so much fun, not so much for DH who isn't as handy, sees things (or the way to do things!) totallllly differently, but tolerates my antics as it almost always usually turns out great, lol. He was a hockey boy who never had to do stuff, where as me the oldest of a single Mom, I had to fix, build, etc whatever we needed to fix something! I'm not handy mechanically (cars) but building, I can build anything, lol.

@skipra: I always play flirty and dumb when I go there, always go without DH or with DD (with DD last night) and I explain "the man is going to use the saw to cut the lumber, do you want to watch", also making whoever is helping me feel like they are part of the solution giving them freedom to pick what boards they want for me, and I play it up, and usually get whatever I want done, haha!! Awful, but those perfect cuts are SO worth it!

Painting is done, I am thrilled with it, now to get the kids bedrooms done, the paint in our master and ensuite will be done in 7 years, hahaha....you watch.

@cookie_dough: Yay - sounds like a great appointment!

@skipra: I'm starting to get a little freaked out too. We actually have a ton of stuff ready (nursery nearly done, clothes washed, etc.) but I don't feel emotionally/mentally ready AT ALL.

@Beebug: Haha, that's hilarious about your Home Depot technique. Love it. That's also awesome that the painting is done. I soooo wish we could hire some painters for our hallways/entryway, etc.

btw -DH doesn't know yet, but when he is away next week (he is going to paint new baby room Friday) the room will be painted with DDs room colour and our room colour, I'm doing the stripes!! I love him, and don't keep all sorts of secrets from him, haha you all know the only two, I promise!!!

@Beebug: Love all of those colours! DD's big girl room is somewhere between your living room and Kid #2 room i think!

@Mamasig: I am in frantic nesting mode. I can sense it's annoying DH, and I can't stop. I need to stop! My body hurts, and of all times with all the work and life stuff going on, I need to chill. It sounds dumb, but thinking about it and doing it gives me a bit of an escape.

I remember at 40+2 with DD I was on my hands and knees scrubbing the grout on all of our tile, lol like of all times?

@anandam: we actually bought the mattress at IKEA as well and it fits perfectly ...sorry, I have no experience with other mattresses! We bought the sundvik crib. We have it grey/brown in the nursery and white in DD 's new room. Which one do you have?

@Mae: you look great! I can't breathe either, but I remember from last time that starting around now and staying that way

@Mae: omg on 5 level split!

Stairs kill me, I feel like I'm so out of breath as-is, let alone doing stairs! Bungalow life is awesomeee, lol. Our laundry is in basement though, and I reminded myself last night that I may take a break from CD for DD in May pp as less trips up/down stairs the better, so she can do sposies for a couple weeks, I don't plan to CD through newborn days either (started at 3w with DD) so I shouldn't need to do stairs at all.

So my afternoon at home yesterday to rest and work? I think that rest let my body take over and I definitely am worse today! Set-up day today for event, everything going smoothly so far thank-goodness, just waiting for a few tractor trailers to arrive to really get things going.

I picked up some boy clothes this am! They are all soooo cute!

@Mae: I totally hear you on the mobile changing station! We did the same thing because the only way to get more space in Seattle is to go vertical, so townhouses like ours typically have three small floors or so. Master bedroom and nursery are on top floor, main living area and kitchen are on middle floor - we set up the pack n play w/ changing table attachment in the living room so she has a place to be changed and hang out when I am housebound on mat. leave and don't want to climb stairs.
We assembled it already because we gotta give the corgi enough time to acclimate to a new piece of furniture invading her space! She's being a weirdo about the nursery - she is very sensitive though and change affects her quite a bit. How's your dogger doing with it all?

@Mamasig: I'm sorry. That sucks. Good luck on the 3 hr

@gingerblonde: Thanks - I hope I pass. I'm thinking of going Monday and getting it over with. Ugh. Oh and my dogs all acclimated very well to DS. It was like they knew from day one he was part of the family. They never showed jealousy or anything.

@Mamasig: Good to know about your dog - Winnie is a really sweet little pup and she's very calm. I think she will be fine - she has just been very skeptical of the nursery, and she's also a bit of an attention hog, which will be an unpleasant change for her. Hopefully she is like yours and naturally adjusts with no issue!