Counting Down

Sorry for the lack of blogging these days...Russ and I have been super busy with work and prepping for baby.  I still have so much to do before B gets here.  It's getting harder to accomplish small chores that were once easy.  For instance, laundry can be such a daunting task for me!  Not only do I have to bend over the hamper and sort, I have to bring these items from the dryer to my bed to fold.  Well, I am so big that I become out of breath very easily so now I sit down to fold the clothes.  Boy, I feel out of shape even though I know this to be normal during my 8th month.

Recently, Russ went to New Orleans for a work conference and my mom was sweet enough to stay with me.  Trust me, I had plenty of work for her!  A coworker of mine gave me 6 garbage bags full of baby boy clothes.  Mom and I began separating them and put the larger sizes into bins for storage.  Let me put it this way, there were so many clothes that I had to be picky about what to keep.  We persevered!  I have also washed all of Bennett's newborn and 0-3 month clothes.  The bathroom is now stocked with lotions, wipes, powder, and baby wash.  

Anyways, I must preface what I'm about to say with a warning that my mom and I are NOT creative peeps.  We secretly wish we were and always get super dooper excited when we get a bee in our bonnet to try something.  Well, I have this little white bookshelf that was mine during childhood.  I wanted to paint it a funky color and place it in B's nursery.  Mom instantly wanted to partake so we bought a rusted clay color paint that is in the bedding and sprayed away.  Needless to say, it looked like we murdered something in the backyard.  Upon coming home, Russ died laughing and asked why we did that when he told me and told me it had to be stripped in the first place.  So mom has taken it with her to see if Poppa can salvage our handiwork.  I wish I had taken pics so you could see the massacre. 

My tummy is super big and it has caused a lot of sleepless nights in the McKinney household.  I just can't seem to get comfortable.  Sleeping on my back isn't really an option...so I try sleeping on my side.  Here's the glitch with that, I am retaining water and my circulation isn't at its best so it cuts off supply to whatever hand on the side I sleep.  This means I wake up in the middle of the night without feeling in my hand.  This is worse than it just falling asleep and tingling.  It's super numb and I feel as though it may just fall off!  I am very thankful that I have a week off from work for the Thanksgiving holiday!  woohoo for naps!

I will update again soon with shower details and pics!  I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving and safe journeys while visiting family.  :)