I'm nesting people

We are counting down the weeks, folks.  There are approximately 8 of them left.  Within those 8 weeks we have tons going on... Claire's birthday, a visit from the Dill fam (woohoo!), Thanksgiving, Justin's birthday, Christmas, and New Years.  I'm thinking it might just fly by!

Justin and I are BOTH officially in nesting mode.  The last few weeks and weekends have been spent getting stuff done around here.  We finished getting the nursery ready - fixing the crib and sorting through baby clothes (p.s. I went through my 0-3 month tub and found 2 gender neutral outfits and approximately 100 girl outfits).  We painted the girls' room, took down an ugly wall-sized mirror in our playroom, painted the playroom, sold a bunch of junk stuff that we didn't need anymore (mostly toys and clothes), and got five trees cut down in our yard.  There are many more things I'd like to have done before baby comes but with everything else we have going on, I'm realistically thinking we might only get one or two more things checked off the list.  I was recently reminded of the ridiculous list we tackled when I was pregnant with Emma.  What is it with pregnant women and working on your house like a crazy person??

Last week we toured the hospital where I will have the baby.  It was a family tour so the girls got to come with and see everything.  They were both mesmerized by the teeny tiny newborns in the nursery and have been playing being pregnant, having a baby at the hospital, and mommy ever since.  ;)  I am just SO SO excited to have a baby around here again.  After having the girls so close together and then having a much longer gap this time, it feels like forever since we've been in baby mode.  With the girls so close in age, I feel like I didn't look forward to or enjoy the newborn/baby stage as much as I could have.  I feel so different this time and am genuinely excited for a newborn again.

It's so fun to look back at my blog and see what life was like when I was 32 weeks along with each of the girls.  I've been having fun reading old blog entries again!  With Claire at this point, I had massive cankles, was going in for weekly non-stress tests, and was just three weeks away from giving birth.  With Emma, I was road-tripping with toddler Claire and our BFFs!

Anyway.  8 weeks-ish left!!