Grrrr can’t decide on a baby bathtub. Isn’t that pathetic???
I think the problem I run into with these small things is that I didn’t have a baby shower so I have waaaaay too much time to hem and haw about what to buy. Its a little insane when you are talking about a $25 item. Like who cares already! Buy 2 and shut up. (I imagine that is Matthew’s inner dialogue as he is too nice to tell his pregnant wife to hurry up regarding a decision that is so completely life changing, obviously)
We walked into the scary baby superstore a few weeks ago and walked out with this:
That place is so overwhelming and I needed alot so I didn’t want to linger on something so boring. Seemed to make sense – its smooshy and it folds up. Yay.
Then I read some reviews on amazon.WHY? WHYWHYWHYWHY? and someone said you have to let out a bit of air to fold it which sounded a little too high maintenance for me. Plus there is zero support for the baby and I can see this situation leading to 2 parent baths which is a hell no. Honestly. So I started looking around and now I think I want this:
I like that there is some support for them to lay down as newborns and you can put it in the bathtub or on the counter, then when they get bigger they can sit up for a while without worrying about toys and stuff getting all over the bathtub. Its nice that its just all contained in the little tub. Right? RIGHT?? I mean we are talking about THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS. I obviously have to research the shit out of this investment.
Since almost every mom I know reads my blog I thought I’d ask around via a post. So lemme know. Is this bathtub stupid? What do you have? Do you love it/hate it/think baby tubs are stupid in general? I think I’ll just store it upside down in our tub, Is that what people do? It seems the easiest and most out of the way place.
I’m so excited because we are redoing the bathroom this weekend. The walls in there are a mixture of brick and wood paneling, kind of a scarier version of this:
We got permission to repaint and basically do whatever we wanted. Matthew primed the walls last night and he’s finishing up in there this morning before we head to ikea for some cute shelves and a new mirror. I think it’s going to be an amazing transformation for under $100. We shall see!
So we’re really concerned with getting the baby’s room ready, CAN’T YOU TELL??
Isn’t that bare lightbulb dead sexy. And don’t you just adore that black pipe in the middle of the white wall?? So special. It really makes me wonder what the heck the people who lived here before us did day in and day out. Don’t worry, I am compiling a list of grievances and will share with you all. Know this – they did not have a doorbell. Ok.
(note to self – add put up ceiling fan to the to-do list)
We’ve pretty much been using it to store all the baby stuff we have, plus 2 old dressers, a cabinet and a sideboard currently listed on craigslist (lots of interest on one of the dressers, hopefully selling it tomorrow!) Also those kitchen cabinets we took down that need to go to storage…lets see, what else…3 boxes of toiletries I’m supposed to be unpacking, oh and a bunch of old funky (read: NASTY) shelving we replaced and need to put out on bulk day or give away for free. Who has that kind of time?
So yeah. The black hole. Its sort of the bottom of the list in regards to unpacking.
My dad is coming in 2 weeks to help us finish up last minute projects before the baby comes so hopefully the little dude will not be too early. I know he’ll probably be late but one can dream.
Its not as if we haven’t done anything, I have been working on accumulating some items for his room for months in the event we actually do get around to setting it up.
Since these items are stored in many different places including:
somewhere in that scary scary room
our storage unit 15 minutes away
sitting unassembled in a very heavy box from ikea
the store we are intending to buy said item in
randomly on top of my dresser cause I’m scared I’ll lose it
I decided there was no way I’d be able to choose a paint color without doing a mood board of sorts so VOILA! My first attempt at mood boarding via digital scrapbooking.
So yeah. There’s no theme and no real rules except “no pink”. Other than that anything goes. We got animals, we got sports, we even have cars/planes/boats in the form of some wooden toys I bought to display. I guess the main colors are blue and brown with green, brick red, and yellow accents. I’m also thinking about covering up the bottom of the crib if I can do it creatively and still use the drawer (I think some sort of decoupage fabric action, need to do more research but stay with me here). We aren’t planning on setting that up until the end of the summer at the earliest so I have some time to look into the options.
Luckily (or not) we have been busy little bees in here. Our May calendar was chock full of baby learnin, baby planning, moving stuff and visits both here and out of town.
Isn’t it the prettiest! Luckily June is alot less pretty meaning its quite a bit emptier. We strategically planned on getting most of the moving and baby stuff out of the way in April/May so we could spend June unpacking. Matthew is working full time most of June and I start having prenatal checkups every week instead of more sporatic. It really made sense at the time and I’m glad we did it but wow, add packing and the nitty gritty of moving to that and has been truly exhausting.
I’ve still been feeling pretty good although I definitely have my days. Days where I really, really do not want to get out of bed as early as I need to. Days where the thought of bending over to pick something up can put me over the edge, but I’m hanging in there – keeping my eye on the prize if you will. The prize of my very own washer/dryer in just 3 MORE DAYS!
Its all mushing together at this point. All of a sudden last week I became extremely uncomfortable which is funny because I thought I was pretty uncomfortable before. I think he is head down and by head down I mean GIGANTIC HEAD PUSHING AGAINST MY BLADDER AT ALL TIMES. Now it annoys me to sit for too long. Add that to walking for too long, standing for any period of time and bending and there isn’t much left for me to do comfortably and I still have quite a ways to go.
Know what’s kind of comfortable?Laying on the couch and watching tv. Unfortunately we are moving next weekend and have tons and tons of stuff to do so there’s not much time for that. I am very behind on TV. Please don’t talk to me about Grey’s.
Just today we:
Dropped off laundry
Donated 4 boxes and 3 bags to good will
Picked up a dresser and painting supplies from storage
Purchased additional supplies and odds and ends at Lowe’s
Bought 4 gallons of paint in various colors at the paint store (the special overpriced paint store cause its the only one that had what we needed)
Stopped at new apartment to drop off all that crap
Brainstormed how we will make this disaster of a kitchen work for us*
Answer: we will rip out some of the cabinets and install shelves. Open plan kitchen here we come! We can take out the cabinets because they are held in by 4 screws apiece.
*the floor has already been redone by the landlord and looks great! I know it seems tiny but its bigger than our current kitchen. They are also delivering a new fridge this week.
A couple weeks ago I was on the phone with my friend Bridget who was telling me all about the ants coming in through the electrical outlets in her house in NJ. Being that was April, and not even that hot yet I was a little surprised. She said they called an exterminator and that 9 out of 10 calls they had were for ants. What the heck!
I pat myself on the back for living in the big cit-ay and not having to deal with eew ants and eew exterminators until that Saturday afternoon when I got home from yoga and open the bedroom windows wide to celebrate the arrival of an early summer.
All of a sudden I notice some ants on the windowsill, the BIG KIND. Ugh, of course we have no form of ant repellant in the house so I had to shut the window and it seemed to slow down. But it was H-O-T. I was thinking of going out to the store and buying some nasty smelly bug killing product when I randomly found this
Ok, I’ll bite…
aaaaand…It totally worked! No more ants. For Freeeeee!!
We went back over to the new apartment this week to take another look and some measurements. We realized that I didn’t walk into the baby’s room for more than a second and that one entire wall is built in shelving and cabinetry (perfect!) and that Matthew didn’t look in ANY of the closets.
We are taking over the apartment May 15th with a plan to move over memorial day weekend. They have to repair the kitchen floor which will happen by the 17th and we offered to paint the place during the same time. The current walls are white so we don’t need to prime, and we really wanted to use no-VOC paint and knew they would just coat the place in toxic slop if we didn’t offer to do it ourselves.
I’m really liking the colors at YOLO. Since the place isn’t the brightest with its exposed brick and ground-floorness we know we have to go really light on paint.
We’re thinking something like this for the main room (one big LR/DR/OFFICE with open bookcase partitions)
I know! We are so crazy with our just slightly off-white. The problem is that we love the paint in our current living room. Benjamin Moore Natural Wicker. Like seriously love it. I just don’t know if I’ll still love it at the new place so we may need to do a little paint test.
It looks kind of dark in that sample but I think its incorrect.
Anyway this is a decision that can’t be made until mid-may so why bother worrying about it now. What I CAN worry about is the fact that we desperately need a new rug for our bedroom. Our current rug is 6 years old and has already survived 2 moves. It was less than $100 at home depot at it shows. Its fraying around the edges and is pretty disgusting. After searching and searching I got my heart set on this:
The Jackson Stripe rug from Crate and Barrel. After cringing at the price and stalking it for about a month it went on sale! Yes, only by $100 but I have a few gift cards and then got some cash for my bday to put towards it and it works out to under $300. So I ordered it! Its so plush and lovely and since the colors are so versatile I think it can last for a few rounds of decorating whims. Our bed is all white, and our furniture is dark brown so it helps bring a bit of much needed color to the room. I can’t wait for it to get here.
If your husband accidentally knocks an entire cup of water into your phone, and you think its ok, then you realize numbers are going all crazy and dialing all by themselves, then the buttons stop working, submerge it in rice for the day.
It will rise again (refrained from making off color but timely easter joke here. sort of.)
