What have I been doing today? The morning started out with fixing breakfast for us all, fixing lunch for Chris, doing a few dishes, making beds, you know...the usual. By 9:30 we found ourselves outdoors and Dylan was already in shorts and a t-shirt. In the past, we've started out in blue jeans and migrated up to shorts by the end of the day. It was too beautiful for that today. The sun has been shining and there has been a light breeze occasionally. We played in the sandbox. We kicked a ball around, we drove his car down the driveway and back and he rode his tricycle. I vacuumed the car and washed it. I swept off the front porch and the area around the garage door entry to the house. We ate a popsicle at 10:30 for our snack instead of something healthy. That was fun!
But, this afternoon, after Dylan went down for his nap, that's what I'm talking about. I have been pulling out all of Dylan's 0-3 month clothes and clothes loaned to me that are 0-3 month. I have been sorting them into piles or spring clothes and winter clothes. Winter clothes are going back in the box. Spring / summer clothes, I am washing, drying, folding, and YES putting them away. "Where", you say? That's the good news. We picked up Eli's furniture on Saturday. Chris's Mom and Grandma came over yesterday and put up the wallpaper border for us. Then, we moved in the furniture and Chris already put the crib together. It's so exciting! It's all coming together. Two weeks ago we got in the crib bedding, valance, diaper stacker, clothes hamper, some wall decor, and a rug all in the Moo Moo Baby Theme. It's cute and Dylan loves it. It has a tractor, barn, cows, sheep, and chickens on it. Dylan likes to count the sheep and point to every tractor. I'm glad he's excited about it. We're just praying he'll be that excited when Eli comes home with us.
You think it's too early to be doing all this. Well, don't tell me that. I'm way too excited and for me getting everything together and in order this much in advance in great. The thing we don't have right now is Dylan's bed rails to convert his bed. Once we get that we can get Dylan a new mattress and "Yes", Eli is going to get his first Dylan hand-me down. He's going to get Dylan's crib mattress. In the long run it will save us about $130. Although, up front we have to spend about $350 to get a new mattress. You know, the second child is a little cheaper because you have some of the stuff, but you still have to buy some furniture for one of the two kids, and some clothes because they are inevitably different sexes or born at different times of the year, and then there's the usual expense of diapers, diaper cream, formula or breast-milk storage bags. The list goes on! And, I don't think life is going to get any easier. I think life is going to continue to get more difficult and much more busy.
It sounds like my first load of laundry is finished in the dryer. I better get to it. Thanks for stopping by! Leave me a message. I love to chat!
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