Nesting

I'm an "early" nester. When we found out we were expecting our second baby, I immediately went into planning mode. Not much was able to be done because we didn't know that we were having a girl. However, we rearranged the kids' room to provide a better flow from crib to changing table to Jack's bed. It also allowed for a bit more space in the middle of the room.

This morning, I hit our storage unit and went through all of Jack's wee baby clothes to find some gender neutral stuff. I have no problem putting our girl in blue, so I picked out a few of my favorite Jack outfits while leaving the "baby boy" and "daddy's little slugger" outfits out. I plan on making hair bows and headbands to match the darker "boy" outfits and turn them into girly outfits. I dug out my favorite Jack pajamas and am looking forward to dressing another little one in animal footed outfits. I found Jack's coming home outfit and may have sort of whimpered at how tiny he once was. I anticipate Nina to be a bit bigger, as she will hopefully be on time and not 3 1/2 weeks early like her brother.

I stopped at our local kid's consignment shop with full intent on NOT buying anything, but they had this adorable ladybug sundress. I will have to layer it with a long sleeve onesie to make it warmer. This girl thing can potentially be mighty dangerous for our bank account! I'm not going overboard, though, because I'm still not 100% convinced we're actually having a girl. Insane, right? I know. I can just envision the c-section announcement of "it's a boy!" and Todd and I have donated all our boy stuff and then we'd be stuck with a cross dressing infant for a few months. For now, we're still keeping all of Jack's boy stuff in the event that our sneaky baby was hiding something behind the umbilical cord.

Over the next few weekends, my plan is to do some serious sorting of Jack's closet, his dresser, and his toy box. We have to create a space where two kids can be organized so mommy doesn't go completely crazy. We have the big dresser and the changing table, so we have plenty of drawer space. The closet is a very good size, it just needs to be organized. Our living room is thankfully (finally?) set up in a way that provides ample play space and the swing will fit without a problem. Our space may be small, but it is workable. I might want to rearrange the dining room to be able to make more of a play space. Honestly, we rarely use our dining room table lately. I'd like to either change that and begin eating at it or break it down and put it in storage and turn the dining room into a playroom. It's a good thing I'm having the kids close enough together that we won't have to worry about tiny Legos or bitty parts to things. Jack at 2 is still in the realm of non-choking hazard sized toys. While he has never been a mouthy baby, I have no idea how Miss Nina will be.