Nesting!!!

Wow, I never knew that I could be so anal, anxious, unsatisfied, and motivated all at the same time, lol! I've heard of nesting before, but I never truly understood the power of it. In the past few weeks I've hand painted his initials on block letters for over his crib, painted and decorated a blank frame, bought some BIG items for the nursery, folded and put all of his clothes away, re-arranged the bedroom, nursery, and living room, and started making sure everyone in the house was trying to eat better and clean up after themselves. Whew, I'm getting a little tired just thinking about it all. There's still so much that I want to do before he gets here and I'm terrified that I won't be able to get to most of them due to my full time work schedule.

Side note: I have already put in my leave from Big Lots for the next 3 months so that I wouldn't have to worry about the added stress of a second job. I officially have my Sunday and Monday's back!

Yesterday was an adventure all in its own. Two of the other girls from our "preggo pack/ sister wives" group went to Ikea. I'd seen the Ikea store in the cities before, but I've never been in one. What the heck had I been thinking?! I can't believe it took me almost 23 years to experience it. I LOVE IKEA! During our walk through I found the perfect storage unit/ changing table/ book shelf for the nursery and it was only $69! The over sized totes that fit perfectly were on sale for $4.99 so I picked up 4 to fill 1/2 of my squares and put it together that same night. It was my best purchase all day, well, maybe second best purchase after the cinnamon rolls! They were to die for ::wipes drool off of face:: especially with all of that icing!

I'm finally starting to feel like I could call Colorado home for at least a few more years. I've finally made some great friends who will have little ones about the same age as mine. I've found a job that I really like and accel at. On top of it all, the winters are much more bearable here. The only thing missing is family. Nothing will ever be able to replace not having them here, and I think after the little guy finally makes his big arrival all of my reasons for wanting to be here could very well mean nothing at all. There's going to be a lot of big changes in these next few months so all I can do for now is hold on tight with both hands and pray I make it through with a few drops of my sanity left.

Well it's off to work I go, I'll make sure to post pictures soon!