Sorry for the lack of posts lately . . .

things have been a little nuts around here as we try to get ready for our new arrival!

My mother and MIL are throwing us a baby shower this weekend (nope, not a surprise) and its actually here at our house (MIL lives upstairs and is doing most of the cooking) so we have been scrambling to get the house ready for the crowd that is coming along with attempting to finish the baby’s room.

DH has made great progress with the room. He finished the wallpapering last night and it looks great! Esp. for his first time ever doing wall paper! Today we are working on the rest of the cleanup in the room and will bring in the finished bureau and bring the crib down from his mother’s apt. I want to have the room at least partly set up before the shower so everyone can have an idea of what it will look like. We still need to go buy a rug, bookcase and a few other things but that can wait a few weeks if necessary.

Yesterday I sorted through the baby clothes we have been given so far, from a couple of cousins and a good friend and washed up all the gender neutral newborn stuff so it will be ready to go in the bureau when it comes in later today. I’ve been waiting for months to get to play with baby clothes! I took that as my down day since the day before M and PixieDust came over and we did some of the bigger projects that needed doing . . . Thanks you Ladies!

I’m also working on the baby blanket I had started, its nearly 1/2 done and I’d love have it finished and hanging over the side of the crib on Sunday, though I doubt that is going to happen. . . . we’ll see. The blanket is a Fiber Trends pattern being done in my own “Over the Rainbow” in Decaf (superwash) yarn. I really like how it is coming out and will eventually post a picture when I have it done.

My knitting lately has been limited to the blanket and a few wool diaper covers for the baby. I still need to finish the pink cashmere socks for the coming home outfit. We decided to buy the actual outfits since he hadn’t had time to translate the pattern from Italian . . . We have an adorable little pink dress with smocking and rosebuds and a navy blue and white sailor suit so either way we’ll have the right outfit to bring the baby home in. Both got washed in the special baby soap yesterday and will be ironed later today before packing in the start of my hospital bag.

Yes, we technically have 5 weeks to go, but since it isn’t impossible that the baby will decide to come early (our neice, pictured below) arrived a full 5 weeks early! I thought perhaps it was time to at least start thinking about a bag, just in case! I even picked up a book of 50 crossword puzzles for DH since they are one of his favorite things to do while waiting and since I don’t think the one from that days paper is likely to keep him busy for long (unless we go in on Saturday ;)

I’m considering bringing something for mindless knitting, perhaps a winter hat, knit in the round, all knit . . . maybe I’ll start a couple that I can work on in case we are there a while, if they are all started and all I have to do is knit around and around that would probably be best, wouldn’t it? I must have some yarn around here somewhere that I can use for that . . . . right?

Okay, I should really go work on decluttering the living room so it will be ready for dusting etc. We’ve only got a couple days left until the party and so much left to do. DH is off buying more flowers to plant in the front yard and around the patio, I’ll be double gloving (hospital gloves with garden gloves over) so I can help plant. Not taking any chances!

I’ll write again when I can though I expect it will be sometime after this weekend before I have another chance!