2 weeks left
That's right... just 2 weeks left until Baby Girl's due date.
BabyCenter.com update this week: "Baby Girl has really fattened up. She likely weighs between 6 and 7 1/2 pounds now (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls) and she's probably between 19 and 20 inches long. She has a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test with your pinky! Her organs are fully developed and in place, but her lungs and brain - though developed enough for her to function now - will continue to mature right through childhood."
At our dr.'s visit yesterday we also went ahead and pre-registered, which they recommend you do 2 weeks in advance, "just in case". I guess the last thing you really want to be doing when you're in active labour is filling out a bunch of paperwork. I can see that ;-)
2 weeks... So how are we doing on our "to-do lists"?
Baby Girl To-Do List:
- Finish writing Birth Plan: On the agenda for this weekend.
- Pack and move all excess objects and furniture to new house - DONE! Thanks to the help of our friends!
- install carseat base and get installation inspected: Also happening this weekend. We did buy a 2nd base for Tim's car this week though.
- Wash all baby bedding, clothes, diapers, toys, accessories, etc - ALMOST DONE! We still have some toys and accessories to wash but all baby bedding, towels, washcloths, diapers and clothes are washed and neatly folded in her chest of drawers
- Set up Baby Girl's bed, dresser/changing area; organize and sort her clothes and accessories - DONE!
- pick up any essential items remaining for Baby Girl - ALMOST DONE!
- Preregister at hospital - DONE!
- pack hospital bags for me, baby and Tim in preparation - STARTED - baby girl's bag is out and I've packed in the baby blanket I crocheted for her when I found out I was pregnant - that's going to be the blanket we take her home in :-) My bag is out too and I've got massage oil and tennis balls in it (don't laugh! Rolling tennis balls feels great on the lower back :-)).
- Put together "call" list - still need to do.
- clean house: always in progress. 2 steps forward, 1 step back. But we're managing! Well - more like managing to not care at the moment ;-)
Work to-do list:
- write employee reviews - ALMOST DONE! 1 down, 1 to go!
- set and publish team goals/objectives and project priorities - ALMOST DONE! Got a draft out this week!
- Send out list of point of contacts for while I'm on leave - DONE!
- Finish transitioning remaining projects, meetings, and partner relationships to temporary owners - ALMOST DONE!
- get mailbox storage increased temporarily - DONE! Although they were stingy and only gave me 500MB instead of the 1GB I requested. Oh well.
personal to-do list (This is the one that's been suffering most!)
- balance our finances - um... no.
- keep up on daily walking until I can walk no more - I've cut back. It's so hard to move!
- try and get sleep whenever I can before Baby Girl is born! The post time of this entry ought to give you a clue as to how well I"m doing on this one
- eat healthy: In progress.
- got to remaining dr appts - of course!
- get back on the no-chocolate wagon. Sigh. I'm on. It's a bumpy ride but I'm staying on.
Moving to-do list:
- unpack all Baby Girl firniture, get it set up, and prep the nursery: We've unpacked the crib to let it air. The glider and ottoman is pretty buried so that'll have to wait a while. We can't move it up to the nursery until they finish the floors and electrical trim.
- notify construction loan people of project end and move-in date and get whatever remaining paperwork taken care of - DONE! We still have the actual papers to sign when we do the final billing with our builder.
- everything else will have to wait until we get closer to our move date.
Prep-the-current-house-for-sale list:
- We're not completely insane. We'll tackle this one once we've made a lot more progress on all the other lists ;-)
Not too bad. And we're still somewhat sane... sort of. I have my moments, to be sure. Tim as usual is my rock :-) But we're getting there!
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