Loft 2.0

So with the introduction of the nursery, you may (or may not) be asking yourself where the office went. The answer is just around the corner... literally! The loft has been converted from a TV watching zone to an office/study. I still have a quiet corner for the few remaining days I have on the work at home program (switching to four 10-hour days after I return from maternity leave). The only difference is that now I don't have a door to lock the cats out when they are being pests. This is usually only an issue from 3-4pm when they remember that they are hungry... the rest of the time, they are able to sleep quite contentedly in any number of places upstairs.

In other baby news... our niece, who was due around the same time as Baby Bubb decided to make an early appearance to the world and arrived yesterday! Welcome Piper Noel to the family!! We're looking forward to introducing her to her cousin sometime around the end/beginning of the year.

Making Room for Baby

We spent several hours yesterday cleaning out the north bedroom aka my former office aka the new nursery. Everything office related has been redistributed and now the dresser drawers are completely empty and awaiting all the various baby accoutrements to be placed inside. The closet was also emptied out with the contents finding new homes in the loft, guest room, living room, entry way, and basement.

The cats greatly enjoyed the excitement of multiple closet doors open at once and followed us around to help us with our reorganization. And although we didn't particularly care for the process of clearing out, it is a huge relief to have this task complete and to know that we have a dedicated space for Baby Bubb whenever he or she chooses to arrive.

Nesting

I'm not sure that we're officially nesting yet, but we're definitely trying to wrap up loose ends around the house so that everything is done come December. To that end, we put up a bird house next to the garden so that some of our fine, feathered friends will have a place hatch a youngster or two come spring (preferably not in our gutters again!). And since it's Indian Summer (over 70 this weekend!) we'll be planting crocus bulbs and fertilizing the lawn as part of our final outdoor activities. I also need to pick the carrots out of our garden, but so far, the deer have kept their distance, so I've been letting them grow for as long as I can.

I hear that the third trimester eventually gets a wee bit uncomfortable, so our goal is to have most of our chores complete in the next two months, just in case. I guess we'll see how much progress we make!!

MTV Cribs

After a rough first trimester and a very enjoyable second trimester, I am finally making time to update the blog and post things related to our baby journey. Baby Bubb is due at the end of the year (December 31st) and we are very excited to meet him or her.

We officially have a crib in the nursery (thanks Wally!) Note Azrael is overseeing operations - it will be interesting to see how both our furry boys adjust to the latest addition to the family. Hopefully, they welcome our little Cabbage with open paws.

The crib was surprisingly easy to set up... there were a few instructions on the mattress board so we could get the right pieces back together. This was definitely the best six-pack money I've ever spent!!