let the nesting begin

It's 23 weeks this weekend and the baby has been making itself known frequently with jabs and kicks to Laurie's belly. We'll be sitting down at dinner or breakfast or watching TV when all of a sudden POW, the baby lets a good kick or two loose and Laurie is shifting in her seat. This weekend we have finally realized that we had better get our act together and start what all the books refer to as "nesting". It came as sudden realization when we went to look at some baby furniture and the store said that it takes about 14 weeks for the furniture to be delivered. What? We only have 17 weeks left. So that prompted some rather quick decisions and got us thinking that maybe we should stop planning and start doing. The next big effort will be the baby's room which will require some power tools, hammers and some demo work, woohoo! We have a general idea on the room colors, but first we have to get a room ready to be painted. The trick is squeezing the stuff we have in two bedrooms down into one. Of course to do this quite a few things will make it to the dumpster or the donation pile. -k