Ari's Finished Room/Nesting/Update

Okay, so we need to go over Thursday and Friday...

Thursday:

I lounged around the house till about noon. Then I went to vote (as I promised Buddy I would), and this time the line was not just wrapped around the library on the side but on BOTH sides and going out the front into the parking lot. At this point, you know I'm thinking, "Oh, 'H' no." Then the protruding 20 pounds that is my belly kicked me as if to say, "Remember me? Let's go to the front." I thought about it for a millisecond then marched up to the front. We're talking about passing at least 500 people. The poor volunteer guy was so old he couldn't hear, and you know I was ignoring the stares that were being cast. All of a sudden another lady came over and grabbed my arm and took me to the little "check in area." BAM! - two minutes later I walked out, and it was done.

I piddled around doing a couple of other things after that, and then came home and waited for Buddy. When he got home, we changed the air filters, mowed, set up Ari's baby monitor and lamp dimmer, and set up the stroller Ari's Nanga & Pappy got him. It's so cool. It's a shell that holds his car seat carrier. We taught each other how to use it and then headed to bed.

Friday:

As most of you know, Buddy has been living off of his parenting books and now he is in full nesting mode, or at least he's been reading about it and freaking me out! LOL! So needless to say, we were up around 7:00 a.m. to get ready to leave the house to get more food and stuff to fill the pantry/refrigerator. At 11:30 we (Ari and I) met Buddy and Pappy over at the OG for some lunch and conversation. After that, I ran to Target (well, not so much ran as waddled) and shopped for more things using the list Buddy had printed for me the night before. I came home, watched a court show or two, then crashed for about three hours! I guess I was pretty tired. When I awoke it was about seven o'clock, and I headed over to Nanga & Pappy's for some pizza. We all sat in the front room for about an hour and chatted (which was nice). Then we headed home to bed.

I did wake up this morning around 2:00 a.m. in a lot of lower abdominal pain, but after about who-knows-how-long it went away and didn't return. I don't know what that was all about, but as it is November 1st, Ari is more than welcome to arrive today. ;) It's funny: when I was talking to Nana last night, she said, "It's hilarious how much control you think you have over when he arrives." To which I responded, "I know. Isn't it cute?!" LOL! Now we wait, I suppose. I have a doctor's appointment on Monday at 9:30 a.m., and if this precious boy has not come yet they are going to "force the process". I won't go into details...

Here are pictures of Ari's finished room. It only needs him now...



I love love love my Kate Spade diaper bag, and Buddy is in love with the Baby Bjorn (which has lime green stiching!)



The computer area has turned into my "staging area." I don't want to open anything until he actually arrives.