I had no idea

Do you remember a while ago when I wrote a post about nesting?

Boy was I kidding myself when I thought I was nesting.

Nesting = Crazy Lady

I may have mentioned spiders in the past but I would like to reiterate that we get A LOT of spiders in our house.

We kill 1-2 spiders per day and that is in the Summer... spiders decide to take up residence inside when the temperatures cool down.

Nesting = Realistic

So this weekend I had a freak out moment about hobo spiders biting my newborn baby

Nesting = Paranoid

I headed to IFA and bought the expensive poison; all the lady needed to say was "professionals" and I laid my card on the table.

Nesting = Professional

We then emptied each room completely to spray every crook and cranny.

(Don't worry, I didn't touch the spray and I even made Trevor wear long pants and sleaves, a hat, gloves, and a respirator)

Nesting = Thorough

Of our 700 sq ft house we only got our room and Bridget's room done.

So I told Bridget she couldn't come until we were done spraying / cleaning the house.

Nesting = Controling

Bridget decided to prove to mom that I have no control so Saturday she "dropped" (decended into my pelvis) and Sunday was full of pre-labor surges.

I quickly appologized and told her I was ready whenever she was.

Nesting = Remembering What's Really Important

Today we are back to normal so I will continue on with the bathroom.

Am I Ready?

I have been so lucky to have some great baby showers and I took all these pictures of the darling outfits Bridgey is going to look so cute in.

Then tragedy struck and my camera died, I can't find the charger... it's because I cleaned.

Does that ever happen to you? You know where everything is when things are messy and as soon as you clean you can't find a thing?

That is probably too much information on me.

Part of the whole reason one has a blog is to provide proof that one is perfect.

In fact, in the coming months you will see all the amazing DIY projects I will have completed while making organic baby food with one hand and breastfeeding with the other. And of course I will have perfectly coiffed hair in my spotless / awesomely decorated house. (with all pictures being uploaded directly from pinterest.)

So last week my awesome sister-in-law Stacy threw me a baby shower. It was lovely, I love seeing wonderful women I don't get to see on a regular basis.

From the group I was given a carseat.

Carseats are supposed to make you feel safe and secure, but I was amazed at how I felt complete utter relief when I saw it.

I almost wanted to start crying. "She can come home now!"

It was weird.

I felt like it didn't matter what else we had for this baby everything was going to work out because we now have a carseat.

She really likes it too, I asked her and she gave a good solid roundhouse kick to my liver.

That means yes.

It Has Happened!

I was seriously getting nervous that it wouldn't happen to me and I would officially be a bad mom before I was even a mom!!! But I want you all to know that it has happened, last week I had a vision and I went into nesting mode!

I do feel like I have had a legit excuse for my delay in planning and preparing a nursery: Trevor's job is in Provo so we had decided that when our lease was up in October we would move to Provo. So how could I prepare a room for a child that will most likely never use it because she will be sleeping next to my bed for the two weeks before we move? Makes sense, right?

But then something changed, Trevor was chosen to teach seminary part-time starting in September and his school is in Riverton, so based on the commuter link it is best if we stay in Draper, at least for another year.

Next hurtle: I would look in the spare room and see everything we owned that didn't fit somewhere else in the house and it was overwhelming, so I just left it, for a long time. My biggest problem was the closet, as you can see in the pictures below, the closet has been used to the max... food storage. But then one night I was laying in bed and I literally had a vision, I can put Bridget's closet on the OUTSIDE of the wall! I saw shelves and curtain rods and Trevor helped me turn it into a reality!

So please prepare yourself for some awesome Before and After pictures:

BEFORE

Please notice the closet of food storage. Also, everything that I have gotten for Bridget at this point is piled in the middle of the room, I know it doesn't look like it but I swear it was nicely piled.

AFTERAwesome, yes?

BEFORE

AFTER

We really don't have any room for an actual crib, so I am really loving the Pack 'n Play!

p.s. shout out to my sister's and sisters-in-law for letting Bridge use their kids clothes!

BEFORE

Somewhere I must have had the thought that if I put the vacuum in the middle of the room somehow I would use it... apparently I am already getting really good at ignoring mess.


AFTER

We got this fantastic chair on clearance at RC Willey this last weekend. It's SO CUMFY!
AFTER

This is hanging on the wall above her bed, it was part of the decorations at my wedding reception. I promise I am not that vein, I plan on changing the pictures out once I have some pictures of her. I considered it but I don't know for how long I would love having a huge blown up picture of her ultrasound.

It's not completely done yet but I hope you enjoyed the before and afters.