Panic Mode...and Making Plans

I just realized last night that if our baby stays in my belly for the entire 40 weeks, I only have 9 weeks left to get ready.

That is only if he doesn't come early. Yikes!


My list of things that I need to get done before I go to the hospital makes the national debt look insignificant.
Well....maybe not. But I really do need to kick it into high gear. I have a hard time accomplishing anything because I come to work and sit around thinking about all the things I could be getting done at home and then I usually go up to my parents house and do hair all night (which I love!) and then by the time I get a chance to be at home, I don't have an ounce of energy left to do baby stuff. I also might be a little bit of an over-achiever when it comes to all this baby preparation. Being a first time mom, I really want everything perfect. I'm sure that by the time we're on our 3rd or 4th child, I'll be doing good to make sure the car seat is with us when we leave for the hospital, but for this one, I have great expectations.

I've decided there are a few things that are really important that I get finished before the birth, and a few things that are just "bonus" if I get done.

1-Get baby blanket top quilted. It is all pieced together and I have the batting and the back, but I need to find someone with a long-arm quilting machine to do something cute to get it all finished.
2-Find short dresser to replace our changing table. There is only room for one and I'd rather have a place to put the baby's clothes than a "special" place to change him.
2.5-If I find this dresser at a yard sale, I will probably have to clean and paint it.
3-Find Glider Rocker.
4-Wash and organize all baby clothes. A lot of our stuff has been sitting in our parents attic or I have bought it from a yard sale, so I really need to get it clean.
5-Get in parent's attic (what a joke. If I try to climb into my parents attic, I will make a video and post it so everyone can get a good laugh.) and get down the car seat, baby swing, bath tub stuff, etc., etc..
6-Clean everything mentioned in item 5.
7-Clean everything. My nesting phase hit about a month ago and things were looking good. Now, not so much. Our house needs a scrub down and so do our vehicles.
8-Hang blinds and curtains in baby room
9-Get ahead with items at daytime work. This should take up about 5 bullets because there is so much I have to do at the UBATC before I take my maternity leave! I will be gone just as high school gets back in session, and I do everything for the high school classes! They literally cannot function until I have put in all the information for the classes. I'm going to be so crammed during the last of August and the first of September!
10-Make sure to get all hair clients done right before the baby is due! I have this plan that if I can do everyone's cut and color about 1-3 weeks before I have the baby, then I can take my 6 weeks off and be ready to do hair just as people are starting to see regrowth. Brilliant!

Oh my heavens! Maybe this really isn't that much to do, but I feel like it is! Ha ha! And that was just my "must get done" list! I have a whole other list of things that I would like to do, but I'm not going to be crushed if I don't get around to it. Things on that list are all my fun items! I want to make my own hospital gown so that I can look totally swanky while I am in labor (in my dreams)! I want to get the nursery fully decorated. I want to get all my closets organized. I want to etc., etc., etc.

You get the idea.

I'd like to see Ryan's list of "Things to Do Before the Baby Comes..."
I imagine it looks something like this:

1-Make sure I'm in town when the little squaw goes into labor.


Ha ha! Sometimes I think I am so funny:)

But this seriously could be an issue. Ryan is going to be building a cabin for his Uncle Jared this late summer and into the fall. Guess where this cabin will be located? North slope of the Uinta Mountains.

*Side Note*
Did you guys know how the Uinta Mountains got their name? So these explorers are wandering around in the mountains and they come across a few indians. The explorers ask them, "Where are we?"
The indians give each other a confused look and reply, "You-in-ta Mountains."

Say it a few times kinda slow. Did you get it? Ha ha ha ha ha! You in the mountains! I really do think I'm funny:)

Anyway. We have a plan for if I go into labor and Ryan is in the Uinta Mountains (I'm still laughing!). My brother-in-law Benson owns his own plane and there is a small airport in Robertson, Wyoming. If we need to, he will just fly up and get Ryan when I have the baby. It'll take him like 30 minutes there and 30 minutes back. I think it would be kind of cool if we had to do this. Its an adventure and a race!

So really, Ryan's list is pretty much taken care of.

I feel a sense of accomplishment already!