I started sorting clothes the other night about 7:30. Opened PK's closet and started digging. What a nightmare. It's amazing how many clothes one boy has accumulated. I told Kris, as with most things, they always look worse before they get better. The pictures below are "better". I'm up to 9 months so far. And now I'm starting to remember that for some reason 9 month clothes are hard to find. Our tote is pretty sparse compared to the others.
As I've mentioned before I've been buying a lot of clothes anticipating most of PK's to be stained/ruined from his horrible reflux. About 50/50 were stained. Mostly the outfits I really loved (and he didn't wear often) weren't stained. But I couldn't believe the amount of newborn sleepers we had accumulated. He stayed that size for so long I guess... I had to toss about 15 or so and still have 10-12 with a few I bought new. We are good on newborn sleepers! The dresser is full and ready with newborn items.
Diaper bag is packed and ready with hospital outfit
To-do List:- Finish sorting clothes, toss stained items, find a place for totes by size
- Replace ceiling fan
- Hang curtains (replace cellular blinds with cordless)
- Paint/hang book shelves Kris made
- Hang name and frame (huge gray frame in picture)
- Need to make crib skirt
- Need clothes hamper
- Paint the green changing station (on dresser) and sew a cover for changing pad to match the bedding
- More shelves in closet? Bookshelves? Toy shelves? Seems like a lot of dead space between the cube organizer and the hanging rod. I hung like 4-5 things when PK was a baby - today. So I don't see myself taking the time to hang outfits every time they get washed.
- Need small lamp/nightstand, trying to decide if I'm going to confiscate PK's
- Need baby monitor of some sort, trying to decide if I want to do the video thing this time. We didn't really use the basic one we had with PK because we shared a wall and I could hear every movement.
- Get the safe out of the room? (this shouldn't be my job :))
- Prep some frozen meals and/or sort out easy and quick recipes
- Try to keep house in a state of non-crazies through the summer?!? (no idea if this is possible)
- Get all bills on bill-pay or auto-pay schedule
- Get hospital bag ready (I will have soap and shampoo this time!!)
- Final decision on a name...
Looking more manageable by the day! Goal is by 30-32 weeks to be "ready". The car seat is in the car, the babies bag is packed. I could be jumping the gun, but I don't want to be miserable/hot trying to finish things up. I can already tell with the 3rd trimester the energy will be depleting. I've had to take breaks in the evenings while working on things.
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