Call it early preparation, nesting, whatever you will, but this has been a busy weekend so far...and it's still Saturday!
Thursday was Thanksgiving. We intended on eating at Golden Corral, but we saw Lonestar was open, so we ended up stopping there...yum! Then we came home, finished cleaning out the spare bedroom and moved Toby's big toys in there (it will eventually be his bedroom), and watched some football.
Yesterday I was not about to hit the big Black Friday sales, but Michael's had 25% coupons only good before 9am, so we left about 8:30, hit up Michael's, then headed to Lowe's to stock up on outdoor decorating aides. This is our first year decorating the outside of the house, so we needed extension cords and shingle clips...we already had tons of lights thanks to Curtis's dad!
From Lowe's we headed up the road to the cut your own Christmas tree farm. We didn't even know there were any local, so we were excited to find this place on the internet. It was only a 25 minute drive, and we definitely saved some money!
Here is Toby wandering among the trees. He enjoyed the freedom to run around a bit!
Now, the idea was to not go overboard on the tree this year. For one, our living space is small and already over crowded, so we didn't need a giant tree taking up an entire corner of the room. We figured a 6 foot tree would be plenty big for the room, and still give us room to live for the next month. Now, my husband is 6 foot tall. Out at the tree farm, we found a tree that stood about the same height as my husband. Well, we must have stretched it out on the way home or something because it grew a foot in height before it made it in the living room. I swear, it did. And it's HUGE in girth. The thing is, the tree was pretty puny compared to the other ones in the lot! We thought we did great picking a small tree...yeah, apparently not. It IS a beautiful tree...but it is HUGE! The branches are so full and thick on it that there weren't a lot of holes for ornaments, and it smells so wonderful in the house.
Keeping Toby out of the tree is the main objective right now. He did really well yesterday, when it just had lights, but after seeing mom hang ornaments on it this morning, he's been very tempted to play with all those fun toys on the tree! LOL! But he seems to be doing better this evening. He definitely loves the tree!
Curtis started hanging lights on the house yesterday. It was chilly here - mid 50's and windy, but I'm sure it could be a lot colder! He did more today during naptime so I was free to hand him things (now before you go thinking I'm climbing a ladder at 8.5 months pregnant, calm down. I tossed the duct tape to him, and handed him extra strands of lights by draping them over the broom and using the broom to hand them up). He might be done - we have to see how they look tonight after dark, then decide if we'll do them along the very top of the roof...once they're complete, I'm hoping to post a picture.
Yesterday was also Curtis's birthday. Although it sounds like I had him working all day, he had time to relax and watch some football, and I made him ribs, stuffing, and corn for dinner - his favorite! Instead of birthday cake, he requested pumpkin pie, so we sang Happy Birthday over pie after dinner - Toby is a big fan, so I had two happy boys :)
I've been meaning to get another belly picture for the last few weeks, and we finally got around to it last night. This is me at 36.5 weeks pregnant. I can't believe that on Tuesday I will be considered full-term. This pregnancy has flown by so fast! It will be December before I know it! I need to get a bag packed, I suppose.
Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday weekend. We still have another day to work around here...it has been a busy but productive weekend here!
And a pic of the whole stash: 18 prefold diapers, 12 fitted Kissaluvs, 5 covers (3 Thirsties, 1 Bummies, 1 Prowrap), 4 Pockets (1 DryBees, 1 Scooterbums Designs, 2 Swaddlebees) and 1 All-In-One (Swaddlebees). I also have 2 Snappi fasteners to use instead of pins, 4 Kissaluvs doublers to use as doublers in the fitteds or inserts in the pocket diapers, and a whole load of wipes. I sewed most the wipes myself - 1 layer of flannel, 1 layer terry. BTW, terry is quite messy to sew with and leaves little fuzzies everywhere - don't take it on unless you're ready for the mess all over yourself and your sewing room!
