Nursery Ready!

Many of you may think I'm crazy, but after reading articles about how the second trimester is the best one because you don't feel sick or tired and you have more energy and your belly isn't so big that you have to limit your activity, I decided I wanted to try to get the house (or at least the nursery) ready for our little boy before my third trimester. Plus in my third trimester I want to be able to focus more on preparing for labor and delivery, and taking our last "just Al and me" vacations that we'll get to enjoy for a long while (at least without paying a sitter!).
Well, thanks to the generosity of the Un parents. We were able to order our nursery furniture and stroller. So this Saturday we spent the morning getting supplies and picking up the furniture and then in the afternoon we put together the furniture.
Here are some pictures of our progress:
The crib:
The Glider:



Changing table:


Stroller and Carseat Travel System:


I love how the newborn insert straps are so little on the carseat!

After we finished we realized we are just about baby-ready! We have a onesie, a carseat, a stroller, a crib, a chaning table, a rocker, and even our first box of diapers and wipes!
Of course there are other important things we will need, but we could get through the first day or so if we had too. Its so nice to be able to relax about that and now focus on the mess we've made in the rest of the house! Because as proud we are of our new nursery for our son, we are just as ashamed of the clutter that has been pushed into the hall, guest room and our room. Acutally, just about everywhere else upstairs we could almost get on the show HOARDERS, its that bad! Take a look for yourself, its truly shameful.

The hallway just outside the nursery:

The guest room:



Our bedroom:



I'm hoping to tackle some of that clutter while Al is on his ski trip next week. Unfortunately this weekend and today I've begun to feel a little under the weather. Not a lot of energy and a little upset stomach. Maybe after staying home today and by next week I'll have enough energy back.

Thankfully our little baby hasn't slowed down. I've been enjoying feeling more and more movement from him and they are more noticable. Al even got to feel a little kick when he put his hand on my belly last night! :)