2 minute warning

thank goodness i follow football. adam commented to me over the weekend that a charged cell phone on my person at all times is a must, now that we're past the 2 minute warning. of pregnancy that is. just a little over 2 weeks is our official due date and the anticipation is starting to wear on me. i'm not the oversized, worn out expectant mother ready to "get this thing out of me", but rather the planner in me is loosing her patience. will i have time to get all the work (personal and business) done that i think i need to? what happens when i don't? ugh.

adam experienced a serious case of nesting this weekend and i was very impressed. i got a cold last week that kept me home thursday and friday (adam's days off), but later on friday adam caught the fever and we made some serious progress in the baby's room. to date, we had a full-size bed in the room for guests that needed a new home and several boxes of clothes and other junk that needed to be gone through. with the introduction of attic storage, we're trying to be more selective on what goes upstairs, to avoid it becoming a black hole of junk that no one needs or wants to look at ever again. but, come friday night we had sorted through boxes (only 4 went up to the attic), rearranged furniture (the bed went to the back porch short-term), and even set up the crib. sure, the room needs to be cleaned up a bit and painted, but the overall layout is looking good and is pretty much ready to use, should the baby decide to arrive sooner than the due date. i even did some laundry over the weekend and now there's some clothes, bedding and diapers and a changing table at the ready as well. we tried to set up the cradle, but that's proving a bit more challenging. first, the support board for the mattress is airing out after being replaced, stained and varnished. second, one of the supports ended up being warped in a way that prevented it from swinging, so we're attempting to straighten it out again. considering it's over 30 years old, these being the only issues is pretty darn impressive and i know it'll be ready to use once baby is ready. the bedding is all washed and ready to go!

of the many things we went through and unboxed was our stroller. it takes up a lot less space out of the box, but we're still looking for a long-term home for it. in the interim, it's hanging out in our dining room doorway and it turns out that gibson is not a fan! he stood back about 5 feet and growled and barked at it. when he somehow got past it, he cried because he felt stuck in the dining room. later on, adam opened it up in the bedroom and he ran up on the bed by me and pretty much hid from it. we can't quite figure out what his issue is with the stroller: it doesn't make noise like the vacuum, doesn't move around either (he liked it less when it did, though). i tried sitting with him and encouraging him to sniff it out, but we've only made meager progress. i think he can walk past it now without freaking out.