Father's Day

Today was another good day.

I didn't do anything special for Father's Day, I gave my mom a big hug and thanked her for everything that she has done for me...

But I woke up this morning determined to get something accomplished today, so I got up and ate breakfast and hung out for a little bit before I got started. I went upstairs and made a big mess before I made anything better. First, I sorted all of Tristan's clothes by size, and boxed up all of his stuff from 6-12 months, because I'll be back in NC by the time he's that size, so there's no reason to keep it out now. Then I cleaned up my room, pulled my sheets off and did a few loads of laundry. While I waited for my laundry to finish up, my mom and I figured out what to do with my furniture to create the most usable space for when the baby gets here.

We went to Babies R Us and got his Pack 'N Play (which will be his bed until we get back down south)! And we found a really cute outfit that we couldn't pass up. Then we also ran to Bed Bath & Beyond to get those bed raiser things, so that I can use my under-the-bed storage. We managed to get the packnplay put together fine (you shouldn't be allowed to have a kid until you know how to put one together, good lord they keep getting more complicated!), and we put all the attachments together, so right now it's also got a newborn sleeper and a changing table on it for him. I took all of his smallest clothes and put them in my under-the-bed storage container until it gets closer for him to arrive. I finally boxed up Joel's clothes that I have with me, and am getting my pre-pregnancy clothes put away that I won't be able to use for a while.

So furniture is all pushed around, bed is ready for him (with 4 months to spare, haha!), and I managed to get through about a third of all of our paperwork and get a bunch of useless stuff that my husband had been carrying around with him thrown away! So overall it's been a very productive day. Right now I'm just waiting for my last load of laundry to dry and my iPod to finish charging (getting it ready for my upcoming LONG car ride) and then I'm going to go and read another book for a while.

My mom has gotten alot of Tristan's quilt done, and it's so cool! She has found so many different patriotic and USMC fabrics that it's looking really good. Hopefully soon I can get started on mine. And I need to finish his other bib.

I thought about Joel alot today - I imagine Father's Day will be much more fun for him next year, I'll make sure it is!

Til I remember to write again... <3 mwah!