A little while ago, I tried to prepare our room a little bit for baby boy. I want to feel like he has a cozy place to sleep when he comes home from the hospital, even though he will inevitably we welcomed with the mess that comes with moving. But I know what you’re all going to say. He won’t care, he won’t even know. He has a playpen, jammies, blankets, diapers, etc. He has everything he needs. But hopefully a handful of you will be able to understand that my mama heart hurts juuust a little bit that I can’t bring him into a soft, serene place, with fresh light colors and his cradle all fresh and ready for him. But this will work too š
While I did set up our room a bit recently, I spent a chunk of this afternoon trying a little bit harder. Its still FAR from perfect. We went from having a nice sized walk in closet to having a smaller-than-average basic closet, so we also have clothing on a tall drying rack, as well as in boxes. Our room would look SO much nicer without those factors, but such is life. Today, I worked with the things IĀ could control, and I tidied up my bedside table, and on top of my little dressers. My bedside table no longer holds clutter, but only Kleenex, some meds, and a cup of water. Some of my meds will switch out post baby. I’ll likely trade out my sleep aid for some Advil, and my reflux meds will swap out for stool softeners. *sigh* If we’re being honest, anyway. Thems the postpartum game! My little dressers used to have lots of papers and bags on them. Also, a good handful of bath products that I won’t get to use until we’re in our new house. So I hauled those downstairs and purged through the clutter, rehoming the stuff that needed keeping. Now, all I have up there is the baby keurig we have in preparation for baby boy to come home and need milk! Well, that, and some makeup I’m making for Laela š
I’ve been meaning to make these for SO long and I’m so glad I finally just laid them out and started. Should only be a couple of days before she can play with them.
I moved a couple other things around in our room and I think it looks quite a bit more “ready.” Baby’s playpen is currently full, haha, but its full of stuff that will be eventually put into the hospital bag. All thats really left to go into there is chargers, ID/important papers, and clothes. Its hard to know what clothing to pack that I won’t touch for the next three-ish weeks, and the rest of the stuff has to wait! But I feel slightly like we’re getting closer?? Hahaha! Not super ready, but ready enough.
While I’ve been getting slightly more ready, Brady began assembling our island top today, as well as hauled away the vast majority of the boxes that came from our IKEA cabinet endeavour. We feel accomplished, if I can be so bold to speak for all of us. I think that means we can get away with doing NOTHING tonight. Win!
Ok, maaaybe we’ll venture out quickly for McFlurries. Don’t judge!