Just a couple of weeks ago, I was commenting to my doctor on how quickly this pregnancy seemed to be going and joked that, “When you get older, time goes faster.” But this week has been so slow for me. After tonight, I have one more week of lessons for June and then I have a lighter load for July–only 10 students. But time has gone by so slowly this week! I have been doing a lot of organizing of space and trying to get ready for our new arrival. It has been enjoyable.
If you have seen David’s blog, you saw that we are thinking about converting the garage into a school room/piano studio. It is not uncommon around here to do that, as we have very little use of our garage. Now when we lived in Minnesota, you needed a garage, or at least a place to plug in your car for the cold winters, but here, not at all. I can’t remember the last time I parked in the garage. Hence, the garage conversion. Anyway, we have 3 bedrooms and an extra room over the garage. The room over the garage is now the school room/piano studio, but once the baby comes, we are moving Alex up to the room over the garage and Beth wants to move into Alex’s room, so the baby will have Beth’s room. We can make due having school in the kitchen or dining room, but it will be tight, so David, who always likes a project, wants to do this. I’m liking the idea, but I don’t want him to stress himself out. We could get by without it, but he loves working on stuff like this, so we are looking at ways to pay for it.
One of my friends has taken it on herself to give me a baby shower. I haven’t had one since Alex was born, and I’m kind of glad she decided to do it, because we didn’t save ANY baby stuff from Alex and Beth’s baby years. (14 years ago.) We have got quite a bit given to us from people at church–so most of our bigger things are out of the way. David’s family sent a “shower in a box” a couple of weeks ago that came complete with a diaper cake and gifts and party favors. It was very cool! But when people started asking where I was registered, I didn’t have an answer. I have never registered anywhere, not even when we got married. And after a couple more people ask, I finally decide I should probably register somewhere, so David and I went to Babies R Us and registered for stuff we needed. It isn’t a huge list, but it sure was fun. We also went to Target, which is my favorite store and registered there too. My friend sent out invitations out today and the shower will be on June 30th. I’m kind of excited. We definitely still need a mattress and bedding and stuff, and that is on the registry. We did put a few “non-essential” items on there, like a rocking chair and a bassinet. We already have a swing, a bouncy seat, a stroller, a baby car seat, changing table and crib. Most of it was given to us. Oh and the clothes! David’s co-worker had a baby last September and gave us all her beautiful clothes–I mean they are so nice and in good condition! So we have definitely been blessed! I think after all the discussion on who to invite to the shower, we got it down to 36 people. I know not everyone can make it, and some of those people I felt I had to invite since David is a worship leader at church, but I think it will be a pretty nice shower. I’m getting kind of spoiled, I think.
We still have some things we need to do. We need to pack up the room over the garage, so Alex can move in. We need to have a garage sale to get rid of some of the extra stuff we have accumulated. We need to put new flooring in Alex’s room, since the carpet is done for!
I guess if I look at how much we have left to do, I might not be inclined to think that the days are crawling by. Hopefully they will get faster!