Look at the ticker to the right.  Today is says 32 days left.  That’s a month.  Yikes!  In a way I feel ready, mostly because I’m done being pregnant and would like to tie my shoes, breathe normally and bend over again.  However, I feel like we still have a lot to do to get ready for Nathan’s arrival.

Things we have left to do:

• Wash the newborn and 0-3 month clothes, along with  all of the towels, washcloths, blankets and sheets.  I plan on doing that when I’m off on Christmas Eve.
• Finish Nathan’s room.  Actually everything that we have left is stuff that only Jeremy can do.  We still need to install the ceiling fan, hang the shelves and put in the closet organizers.  Jeremy has promised me that he will work on that this weekend.
• Shop at Babies R’ Us for all of the essentials that we need before he gets here.  Ok, I’ll admit that we have practically everything that we need.  There are some additional items that I want, like a swing.  It was a Godsend for my nephew Tyler and I plan on using it a lot.
• Pack my suitcase for the hospital stay.  Angela and I came up with a list on Sunday of everything I will need, now I just have to get it all together.  For some reason I’m having a hard time getting the motivation to complete this task, maybe because it makes it seem much more real.  But I know it needs to be done, so I plan on tackling that on one of my two upcoming 4 day weekends.
• Install the car seat base in the X-terra, which I will be driving for a while.  Since they won’t let you leave the hospital without a properly installed car seat this task is pretty important.
• Pick up the things that I’m borrowing from Angela.  It’s not like I have to go far to do this, but I would like to have everything before Nate arrives.  It just seems like it would be much easier that way.
• Make some meals that I can freeze, so Jeremy and I won’t have to worry about dinner for a while after we come home from the hospital.

I think that’s about it.  The list doesn’t look so bad now that I’ve written it out.  Hopefully Nathan will not decide to come too early and I can get everything done before he gets here.  If anyone would like to come up for a visit I would be more than happy to let you assist me in completing my list! 

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