Projects and stuff

Thanks for all the support and words of encouragement after the last post. I am trying to take one day at a time and take the good with the bad. On Friday I surprised myself and finished painting the hallway! It was quite a lot of work. I had to wash the walls, tape and then do the 2 coats. I got everything prepped before Katya went down for her nap and did the 1st coat while she was asleep. I did the second coat after she went down for the night even though I was really tired. I am so glad I did and got it over with. That is one project down and only one more to go (steaming the carpets) before Reagan gets here!

After a bit of trouble I got the floating shelves up in Reagan's room. They look really cute. I also got her crib mattress which Grandma and Baba T supplied the funds for. Thank you! There is not a ton left to do in preparation. I still have to get crib sheets (I bought some but did not like the way they fit and I am going to take them back). I am waiting for a really cute crib sheet at Babies R Us to get stocked, not sure when that will be. We will move Katya's changing table to baby's room sometime in March and install Reagan's car seat.

Today we went on a tour of the maternity unit at Emmanuel hospital were I will be delivering. Grandma and Grandpa came over and watched Katya for us which was really nice. It was good to get the run down on Emmanuel even though it was all pretty standard and what I would expect (i.e. 24hr rooming-in, length of stay). The main reason we did the tour is to know were the unit is and the basic layout. The L & D rooms were big and nice; they looked a lot like the rooms at Kaiser Sunnyside were Patrick was born. The post partum rooms are tiny! They are newer though and will work just fine. Craig even got a tip how to extend his bed space by opening a drawer at the end of his sleeping area for his feet. Hopefully Reagan will go along with the plan and arrive when Sharon is here to watch Katya. That way Craig will get to stay with me more and it will be easier on Katya since she will get to remain at home in her own enviornment (and our girl is a home-body!) I sure am getting excited for our baby to be born! Love and prayers, Brenda