Monday was a nice errand day, picked up some supplies for the birth and bought some fabric stiffener for the snowflakes I've been crocheting. Later in the afternoon/evening Matt and I made hot chocolate and did some Christmas decorating. All the ornaments on the tree (except the snowflakes that I'm making) and stockings hung, wreath on the door. The decorating is continuing in a very slow trickle, but I'm marking it as a check on my list!
Midwife appointments are now weekly! I can't believe that (assuming he arrives on time) we'll only have 3 more appointments before delivery! Everything is still going along normally, he's still in the perfect position and growing just like he should be. After palpating, my midwife estimated he's about 6-6.5 lbs right now, and therefore will probably be around 8 lbs at birth.
He's pretty active in the early evening, and his movements are definitely visible from the outside! It's a little freaky to see my whole belly squirming and wiggling. I keep accidentally startling him with loud noises, it's so cute when he jumps but I also feel bad. I wonder what it's like to be just hanging out and suddenly hear a loud noise from the world outside that he can't see.
We finally bought a crib mattress! It actually wasn't the one that I thought we had settled on. I just happened to come across a list of healthy crib mattress recommendations, and figured I'd look over it just for kicks... there was exactly one that I hadn't already looked into, and when I checked it out, it was 65% off for Cyber week, and looked even more awesome than the one we'd been thinking about, for half the price! So I ordered it.
Also, our registry fulfillment order arrived, so I've got everything now, which means it's time to finally buckle down and organize and decorate the nursery. There's nothing else to wait for, and I really should get it done before he gets here! Even though he'll be sleeping in the co-sleeper in our room for a while, it will definitely be easier to just get it done.
Prepping the cloth diapers is a separate item from organizing the nursery on the to-do list because it's so daunting to me... I have to make sure I use a safe detergent, correct water temperature, and get them thoroughly clean, since most of them we bought used, without accidentally messing up their absorbency. Hopefully it'll be easier than I'm anticipating, but I admit I have been procrastinating terribly.
I'm afraid the curtain and crib skirt project will end up being an "after he arrives" item, as it's definitely lower on the priority list. But I might get around to it if I can convince myself to do it instead of crocheting some time! I'm just having too much fun with these snowflakes!
To do's left:
Continue doubling meals
Research and prep all cloth diapers
Organize nursery
Sew curtains and crib skirt
Love the photo! Do you want me to help you with the sewing?
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