Getting Ready

Mike and I woke up and started working on putting stuff away in the house. Moving things between levels that needed to get moved. Then Mike installed the curtains in the baby’s room and they look sooo cute!! Mikes mom showed up to help me get the house in order. We started in the baby’s room putting stuff away, and then moved into the hallway, getting stuff out the hallway and carrying it downstairs. We washed the pile of clothes left to wash and hand washed the other items. After that, we emptied the hallway linen closet and got rid of many items and reorganized the entire closet. We put the baby towels in the bathroom and made the hotel samples and bed linens fit in that closet. Then we started on the donation pile in the basement which was quite a task! I worked on writing everything down while Mikes mom moved it to the basement door and Mike loaded it into his moms car. It was quite an endeavor but I feel 100X better now that it’s gone! We then went to the thrift store to donate all the items and walked around for a few minutes afterwards. I picked up a Good Night Washington DC book for Erin while there. When we got back, we worked on the dining room. I moved all Elaine’s dishes into their holders and added some items to the display cabinet I had got from my moms house. In general, this was a very productive day! I was exhausted that night and Mike and I spent the rest of the night relaxing. I went to sleep upstairs but at around 5am I was tired of flipping back and forth cause my hips hurt, so I went down to sleep in the recliner. I was already pretty awake at this point but it was definitely more comfortable on my hips!