Well it's official.. We have begun the work on the nursery. It is kind of scary. He is 2.5 months away from being here and sometimes I just don't feel ready. Emotionally that is. I have waited for this forever and now that it is here I find myself freaking out sometimes. Like I really question whether or not I will be able to handle everything. I thinks that normal though since most of friends have told me they went through that too. And the nursery.... well we did or should I say Adam and my dad did (credit where credit is due) a lot of work this week-end, but it just feels like there is so much more to do. I would like everything completed before the shower which is 2 weeks away from today. I can not believe that it is so close already. I am getting very excited about it. I know that the stencil I ordered for the top of the wall will not be in until the shower because I had to order it from the states and the I had it shipped to one of the girls that is coming to the shower so she will bring it with her. So I know for sure that will not be done till after. I am ok with that since I had to fight for that border and have it custom made for Jacob's room. The bedding we registered for did not come with border. On the bedding there is a phrase that reads "Sweet Dreams Baby Bear" So the stencil I bought has theat text in the same font as on the bedding. I will be repeating that phrase at the top of the wall around the room. The top of the walls will be a tan colour the bottom a light sage green and the writing will be a deeper shade of the sage green. Then in the centre we will have a wood chair rail going around the room. I think it will look really nice. I can not wait to see it completed. Our dresser...we finally found it at WalMart and it matches the crib even better than the dresser that went with the crib goes. As wierd as that seems. Adam spoke to his sister and she and their father going to be sending us a gift card to go towards the purchase of the dresser. I don't mean to be greedy, but I hope they send it soon so that we can get it built and in the room and I can organize Jake's closet. The sooner I can do that the better! So Adam managed to knock out the wall in the closet this weekend so that the opening in the closet is now 4 feet long...instead of just over 2 feet. The closet itself is 5 feet long so now we have access to the whole thing when we open the brand new wood closet doors he also installed. We bought a really neat closet organizer too that will go in tomorrow. In December we had new windows installed in the house and the "nursery" got a smaller window installed so the window company had to fill in some drywall so Adam also statred mudding the area where they filled in the hole. He has another couple coats of that to do before the wall will be ready to paint. Once I get my insurnace money....for having to go off work for sick... then we will go buy the paint and my mom and I can start painting. Once the painting is done...the crib will be ready to be put together. I can not wait to see a crib in that room. We have been dreaming of that for 4 years now... Ever since we moved in we have been referring to that room as the nursery with very little hope. Now that hope has turned into a reality! WOW. When my father in law came into our house the 1st and only time that was the first thing he asked Adam, "where's the room my granchildren will sleep" Adam showed him... and he said ok "that's all I need to see!" Our families are baby crazy what can I say!
Yesterday my mom and her sisters and my cousin and I honoured my granny's 6 year anniversary of her death. We went to dinner and to church and then went back to my aunt's house to visit. I miss my granny so much. I was very close to her and she would be sp excited right now about our baby being born. Anyway, my aunts and my cousin and my uncle surprised me with some gifts for Jacob. It was so thoughtful of them. They each gave us an outfit. My one aunt... she gave us a Winne the Pooh sleeper and an Ocean Wonder daiper shirt.. She loves anything to do with fish! She's a Pisces and fish are her favourite. So anytime we receive something with fish on it we know its from Aunt Pat. My unlce is a fisherman so he gave us an outfit that has a boat on it and says little captain with a couple fish on it. My cousin, who is more like a sister to me gave us a blue outfit with a matching bib that has a bear in an airplane and it says Little Guy on the go! So cute. My little angel neice gave us a little sleeper that is beige with three patches on it one has a bear the other a duck and the last one another animal. It looks so cozy. My last aunt... she gave us an overall set that is blue and yellow striped and has a duck on it. Then the bib she bought to go with it has the same colours and a duck and the little diuck squeeks. It is so adorable! I swear this baby is going to have so many clothes... actually he really already does. But he will be so well dressed. I can not wait to see him in his new outfits. There will be lots of pictures taken of him that's for sure. Also on Friday one of our friends that can not make it to the shower stopped by and gave us about 6 outfits for him. They are all little sleepers and they look so cute and cuddly! We really are very lucky we have so many people in our lives who love us so much. We have some quality people in our lives.