More Home and Baby Stuff

I spent most of the weekend working on my house.  I doubled the storage space in my kitchen by installing pull-out drawers and baskets, and put a new undersink rack in my bathroom.  I emptied out a dresser I’m getting rid of, and put all the (currently) unneeded clothes into a storage bin, then rearranged my storage closet to accommodate the storage bin.  I put a hanging closet organizer in the nursery closet, and put all my hand-me-down clothes away.  I have a bin full of baby stuff that I’ve been accumulating over the past few months, and all that was put away, too. 

Kitchen Cabinet Before

After (unmatched, but functional!)

And now I’m exhausted.

I did find myself wishing, once or twice, that I had a husband helping me.  It would have been nice to have someone else carry all the empty boxes to the dumpster or deal with drilling holes in the back of my cabinets, or carry things up and down the stairs for me.  But then I thought about the nice things about today without a husband.  I don’t have to consult with anyone on where we should store the diapers, or sleepers, or baby shoes.  I didn’t have to watch endless pre-Super Bowl specials this afternoon.  And I could eat that bowl of ice cream in the middle of the day with no one raising an eyebrow at my indulgence.  (Ok, these aren’t all that spectacular, but I had to find something good!)

I still have about a weekend’s worth of work left to do just to get the stuff I have now taken care of, and make room for all the baby stuff to come.  But finally I can walk through my place and tell that things are coming together! 

Speaking of baby stuff, I registered last weekend at the two big baby superstores in town.  My sister went with me, and, armed with the Baby Bargains book and J’s intimate knowledge of all a baby needs, we scanned our way through the stores.  I tried to follow everyone’s advice and register for everything I could possibly think of that I need for Chiquitito’s first year, and I tried hard to avoid anything I think I can do without.  I’m amazed at the number of things – little things - we found that I HAVE to HAVE.  How can one little baby need so much stuff?  But I have to admit, it was incredibly fun, even though it took us hours.  I’m pretty sure we had more fun than most of the married couples going through the store…at least we looked like we did.