On "the bun in the oven"

Until recently, I've been feeling overwhelmed with household projects to get to while I still have enough mobility to do so — or, otherwise, before the baby arrives — that I haven't had much time to think about the things that still need to be taken care of to be "prepared" for the impending arrival. For instance, it wasn't until about a month ago that I found myself unable to comfortably bend/recline enough to be able to apply painter's tape to the baseboards. Once I hit that stage, 'though, I knew that my days as a home reno/fixer-upper geek were drawing to a close.

So, I found myself with lots of spare time on my hands and even more to plan for. Again, I'm in a position in which I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed, but am grateful for the fact that I have entire days worth of time to devote to researching my options and generally feeling like I'm making informed decisions. The baby's room (thanks, entirely, to Matt's hard work on it) is painted and ready to receive its future occupant. We've got a car seat/stroller combination that we both think will work out well. I ordered the majority of the components of a (cloth) diapering system yesterday, and that ought to ship within the next day or two. Thanks to our families, the baby isn't lacking in much, at this point. Clothes, for instance, seem like they'll be in generous supply until the baby is at least a year old.

Still, I wanted to be able to provide the baby with a gift that was just from her mom. So it came to be that — months after I had initially intended to resume my fibrecraft hobby — I finally put my knitting skills to use, and made a newborn-sized baby sweater. I had intended to sew the buttons on yesterday, and found I had no thread on hand that came close to matching the green I had chosen for the colour. A quick trip to the local Fabricland remedied that situation, so I sewed the buttons on today, as the very first thing I did. It's hard to believe that I'm soon going to be giving birth to something so tiny!