OPERATION NURSERY:PHASE 1

This weekend we were FINALLY able to take advantage of the fact that B's roommate has moved out and got to work on the nursery.

This involved:
Carrying a number of large flat-packed boxes of furniture down a flight of stairs from my apartment.
Driving those items across town.
Carrying those items up two flights of stairs to B's apartment.
Cleaning every surface in the soon to be nursery.
Vacuuming and steam cleaning the carpets in the nursery.
Assembling the furniture.
Moving a number of baby related items into the nursery.
Full body aches and pains.

The very good news is that this is all done. Phase 2 will be complete next weekend when the dresser and side table we bought arrive, and Phase 3 will be finished when we get all of the assorted decorative stuff one. Phase 4 involves a baby moving into that room, so I think the longer we have for that, the better.

So far it's very nice and homey, and I think it will be a welcoming place for our bundle of joy. I hope.

I should also add that the electricity for that room has mysteriously stopped working, and that whatever breaker controls it does not reside within this apartment. All of this work, and we cannot wait to move. That's irony, right?

Oh jeez...

So apparently, almost a month has gone by since the last post. I suspect this is the sort of worm-hole like time loss that we will have to accustom ourselves to when squeak arrives.

Anyway, many changes are hand. Within the next few weeks a nursery will be cobbled together out of much flat-packed ready to assemble furniture and inexpensive vintage pieces. Updates will hopefully become a little more prevalent when things normalize a bit.

SH*T,FU$K,D@MN,P#SS,H%LL!

We've had some preliminary discussions about our (mostly,my) usually filthy mouths and how to deal with them uponst the arrival of our little bringer of joy. This article on Babble shed a little bit of insight into how to deal with it.

I'm really on the fence about this one. I have made some effort to reduce the aggregate amount of curse words that fly out of my mouth, but the fact is, I LOVE swearing. PHOOEY! and RATS! can really only bring so much satisfaction, and they're pretty bland in comparison to the refreshing minty flavor that comes with broad and flowery use of the usual suspects.

Between us and our associates, I reckon our little pipsqueak will hear her fair share of bad words from birth onward, maybe the "these words are only ok at home" strategy will be the way to go?

Entering the Home Stretch

We've turned the corner on the beginning of the third trimester, and if the early signs are any indication it's going to be a little rough. If someone has any big ideas for heartburn other than eating Tums like candy, we'd love to hear 'em!

On an unrelated note, a trip to Collinwood took us to Shoparooni and they have some really cool hand-made onesie/legwarmer sets amongst all of their other cool wares. Check them out!

Keeping Busy

From Dave and Janine:

Not exactly edgy (Dave's words) but this is still something pretty useful

Things To Do In Cleveland

Thanks guys!

Not just for babies

B found this link for some awesome mommy clothes

Rockstar Moms

In particular she's a big fan of this Skull Tunic.

I think I might need to buy it for her.

More Cool Clothes

Found another site with cool clothes for kids.

Sourpuss

Enjoy!