Crazy busy hot weekend

Last weekend was hot here. Like it’s-90°-and-I’m-sweating-and-can’t-get-cool hot. Greg’s parents were up visiting us and working really hard in the heat. His mom washed every single window, inside and out. I can’t believe how sparkling they are now. When you look outside, you actually see what you’re looking at instead of being distracted by a dirty window. And Greg and his dad re-roofed the walkout for the basement. Roofing in 90° just seems crazy, but it always seems to happen that way, doesn’t it? When you’ve got something to do outside it’s either raining or scorching. But it looks great. Me, I helped out as best I could and tried not to feel guilty that I couldn’t do more.

Tonight was our second childbirth prep class. Tonight’s class was the birthing center tour and the massage portion, which I liked. We’ll see if Greg can remember any of it (and if I can stand to have him touch me) when I’m in labor. It’s hard to believe we’ll be there for real before too much longer. Tomorrow I’m going to a breastfeeding class while Greg goes to Dads 101. Should be interesting.

I’ve actually started getting the nursery put together. We still don’t have a dresser yet so I can’t wash any of the baby’s clothes and it’s killing me. I see all these tiny little outfits still in their packages and I want to wash them, fold them and put them away. I did put together the bouncy seat and highchair, even though we won’t be using the highchair for months and months. I’ve left the Pack-n-Play in the box still, but only because I think the kitties would try to climb up the mesh sides and Greg would have a fit. I’ve also got the bassinet put together, but again not washed. I did wash the crib sheet and put it on the mattress, though we’ve discovered that we need to order 3 parts for the crib before we can get it put together. Time seems to be flying by and I’m not liking it! I don’t want these last 6 weeks to go too fast. I still feel like there’s so much left to do.

I’ve been going for weekly non-stress tests, which I’ll continue until the baby’s born. They’ve been fine, and it’s fun to sit and listen to the baby’s heartbeat for half an hour, once a week. Greg’s coming to the one tomorrow so he can see what it’s all about.

This weekend the kitties go for their shots and we’re going to go furniture shopping. Yay! We’re also going to get curtains. Currently, none of our windows have curtains. None. Which means that whenever you get changed at night you have to shut off the bedroom lights so that the neighbors can’t see you. Super annoying. I’d been waiting until we finished painting our window trim, but I’m giving up on that. We’ll just have to take them down when we finally get around to finishing painting.

Leah at 34 weeks