Getting Ready...

We're about two weeks out from the due date.  We've spent a lot time in the last few weeks trying to make sure we are ready for our little guy to make his world premiere. Last weekend we packed our bags for the hospital, and tried to take inventory of what we still need and what we still need to do. Through this process I have decided there are two schools of thought on "readiness" when it comes becoming parents:
1) You are never truly ready; you approach readiness without ever actually getting there like some cruel parental-asymptote (a shout-out to my math brethren).
Or..
2) You reach a point where you are as ready as you're going to be and will have to adapt on the fly once he gets here.
 I don't know (or won't admit) which I subscribe to. One could argue that they are really the same, just a glass half full/empty proposition. But I digress...

Last weekend (including a Monday snow day) was also a time for me to finish up projects that I started with our bundle of joy in mind.  In recent weeks we purchased curtains for the nursery and the last of the crib bedding. The curtains are hung, crib made, furniture re-positioned, leaving the baby's room all but done.

I did most of the major work (moved office furniture out, patched walls, took "popcorn" off the ceiling, painted the ceiling white and walls green) in the nursery over the summer after we found out we were expecting. In retrospect that was a smart move because I had much more free time.

Little-by-little we've been adding furniture and trying to get things set-up the way we want. There are still some "small" things to do.  We've got some pictures to hang on the wall  We'd love to get some new bedding for the twin bed to better match the rest of the decor.  We'd still like to add a chair of some sort. In general though, I'm feeling pretty good about it.

My other project was to get the kitchen painted.  I did most of the work over our winter break.  Seemed like a perfect time since we were here for the holidays.

Again I spent a lot of time preparing: patching walls and taking "popcorn" down (whoever thought this stuff was a good idea deserves to be drug out in the street and shot). I got the ceiling painted and the walls painted the blue that was inspired by the tea kettle.

Monday I put the finishing touches on it by cleaning the cabinets real well and adding new knobs to everything. We are really pleased with how it turned out. The difference in there is pretty astounding.  Except for the laundry room, it was the last room in the house to be painted.  It probably should have been one of the first.  We had put it off because we always thought that when we did it we would do a bigger remodel with the floors and countertops. Everything seems so clean and inviting now.  It even makes our ugly floors, cabinets and countertops seem less so. While I was at it, I rearranged some things to make room for some baby stuff in the kitchen and make everything a little more functional.
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Today is Super Bowl Sunday and since we are huge Colts fans we're pretty excited for the game. We did our regular Sunday trip to the grocery, decked out in our Colts gear: I in my Freeney jersey and Colts hat, Annalee in my Manning Jersey, and both of us in our Colts socks. Not too many Colts fans in the Carolinas, so we certainly got noticed.

Marvin of course has his Colts blue collar and leash as well as his rubber
horseshoe (it's the wrong color but he doesn't mind).

 
Our little man got some pretty cool Colts gear for Christmas, but we're glad he won't get to wear it this weekend. Being in the hospital for the Super Bowl would not have been fun. And even if he were at home already there's the whole issue with staying up late when you are already sleep-deprived and holding exuberant screams because someone is sleeping. This will have to do:

 We know he'll be kicking and moving around during the game just like the rest of us.  GO COLTS!