27 Weeks.

So, I have started to feel very a little overwhelmed with getting things ready for the baby's room at our house. Therefore, I have probably put a LOT of pressure on G to help get that room ready - and he's agreed that while he's off between Christmas and New Year he'll get some stuff done (i.e. paint the room, move the furniture that doesn't belong in there out, etc.) - and in the meantime I have struggled with bedding/decor/prints/etc. for the room. It is all overwhelming. I have a picture in my head of what I want the room to look like, and I am having a hard time finding the pieces I need to make that happen.

First, a lot of bedding (for boys) is filled with monkeys, animals, planes, trains, etc. I just want plain bedding. You know - navy, red and grey perhaps. I may be crazy, but I want the room to be a nursery but yet something that still works 8 months to a year from now. G also tells me that the first couple of weeks baby won't even be sleeping in the nursery, so I don't have to panic. But I am! So, in the meantime I've ordered some prints from Etsy - and hope to get those framed when they arrive. And, there's some bedding in the running from PBK and from Restoration Hardware - I've ordered swatches and hope to make my mind up in the next few weeks. Wish me luck!

I've also started washing all of the clothes for Baby Lane - and putting them away for safe/clean keeping. I've washed them in the free and clear detergent, hung them to dry and fluffed them in the dryer...a task that seems simple, but for such tiny clothes, it was a chore. I guess that's one tiny thing I can cross off the to-do-list.

And - a name. Who knew picking a name would be so hard. We have one in mind that we like - but we aren't completely sold yet. And, no middle name to go with it. And last night, G tells me this "maybe we should pick two names - and when he gets here and we see him we decide" - well...so much for the monogramming on the coming home outfit and the letters I wanted to order to hang on the wall. But, I have to be okay with this  - it will come together and I shouldn't stress about it. So, say a prayer for me...that I don't drive myself OR my husband crazy in the next couple of weeks!