Cats in the Cradle

Two of our cats have found the perfect spot.  Their sweet little minds will be rocked when the bambino arrives.  Ours too : ) 

Grandma Sally and I were talking yesterday about how we have a lot ready for the munchkin but really you only find out what you haven't got ready, when the little baby is home.  Friends say we should "Sleep, go out to the movies, have quality couple time"  Well, we haven't been to many movies in the last couple of years so that doesn't seem like it will be a big adjustment.  Just recently, Dennis and I have been catching up our sleep and taking weekend naps.  I wish there was some sort of sleep bank that we could make deposits for use later.  It doesn't seem to work that way.  

I have a little fantasy that if I had a big freezer I'd suddenly Martha -it-up and freeze a bunch of casseroles for when the babe comes home.  So far, even without the freezer, I haven't made good on that little freezer.  

We have spent the summer working on the backyard garden and have now started in on the front yard beds. Major plant removal and subsequent trips to the dump will be harder with a newborn, so we are taking care of that.  

We are getting ready, living our life, and waiting.  Doing fine even though we're excited.

Nursery Color Dots

Shannon installed the color dots this afternoon- a year long project in the making it seems.  We’ve been in the pool for 12 months so far and the last we heard we are number 8 on “the list”!  We have been getting lots of great hand-me-downs from friends and are pretty set as far as clothes.  A few friends of Shannon’s threw her a shower and filled up our closets.  Grandma Shelly and Grandpa Jim visited and finished refinishing the dresser/changing table. And most names Shannon dreams up, Dennis promptly shoots down. We are getting ready : )