I started in on the baby's room today. The crib and changing table and glider were already set up and in there, but there was also all kinds of other stuff in there that had nothing to do with the baby (that room has been our guest room and office, and it's also been the catch-all storage place for all the miscellaneous stuff we haven't room for elsewhere, or haven't felt like dealing with).
Anyhow...got the main room itself cleared out and arranged the way I want it, and then I opened the closet door. She has a large closet, but it is chockful of stuff right now. Christmas decorations, my husband's various boxes from electronics and computer games he's bought, an old steamer-type trunk full of I'm not-sure-what-at-this-point, and the shlef above the clothing rod is so loaded down that's it's almost falling off the wall! (There's also stored baby equipment from my son in there, but that can stay, since it's stuff we'll be using with Claudia).
Emptying out that closet is going to mean that I also have to clean out MY closet, because some of that stuff is going to HAVE to be stored in our closet. But I'm seriously going to be making a huge run to Goodwill soon.
In December, when The Container Store puts their elfa shelving on sale, both the kids' closets will get new shelving and new clothing rods, which will help things tremendously.
I can't wait to get the room and closet all set up and ready to go!
Anybody else starting to feel really nesty? Wanting to hurry up and start big household projects, especially the nursery?
Anyhow...got the main room itself cleared out and arranged the way I want it, and then I opened the closet door. She has a large closet, but it is chockful of stuff right now. Christmas decorations, my husband's various boxes from electronics and computer games he's bought, an old steamer-type trunk full of I'm not-sure-what-at-this-point, and the shlef above the clothing rod is so loaded down that's it's almost falling off the wall! (There's also stored baby equipment from my son in there, but that can stay, since it's stuff we'll be using with Claudia).
Emptying out that closet is going to mean that I also have to clean out MY closet, because some of that stuff is going to HAVE to be stored in our closet. But I'm seriously going to be making a huge run to Goodwill soon.
In December, when The Container Store puts their elfa shelving on sale, both the kids' closets will get new shelving and new clothing rods, which will help things tremendously.
I can't wait to get the room and closet all set up and ready to go!
Anybody else starting to feel really nesty? Wanting to hurry up and start big household projects, especially the nursery?
I put up the PNP in our room a few months back to make sure there was room for it and never took it down, it's been catching all the baby stuff that I've accumulated. Today I cleaned it all out, washed the clothes (they were second-hand) and sorted them, putting the larger than 0-3 month stuff into a storage tub and the little things away! I also got some new diapers so I washed and dried those and got a basket to put the AIOs in. I got one of those changing pads at Wal-Mart last week so I put it on the dresser (still need to get some covers for it) and AIOs in a basket on the dresser, fitteds and prefolds washed and in the top drawer of the dresser. It's not perfect or even close, but it looks much better than it did! And now I know the few things I need to still pick up. My OB wants me to have things "ready" by 28 weeks so that I can do nothing but rest the remaining time so I made a list of stuff to get for my bags! I also need to pack the kids an overnight bag to keep packed incase they end up at grandmas for a few days. I guess with twins there is a greater chance of preterm labor and of having to go on bedrest. Hoping we don't have that, but I guess we need to be prepared incase it does happen! DH is going shopping w/ me tomorrow to get all the stuff we need for those and the few baby items I want to pick up (just recieving blankets and some kimono type tees). I am also planning to look at the carseats and if they have what I want I think I"ll just go ahead and get them and keep them in the basement until we need them. One more thing I can check off my list! I still need to order some stuff on-line like a diaper bag, the changing pad covers, lap pads (no they do not have these things at my local wal-mart for some crazy reason!), so I need to figure that out and go ahead and order it in the next month! I am 23 weeks, so 5 weeks until my "deadline". I am hoping to have it all done by NOv. 1st, and I also want the Christmas shopping underway this month! SO much to do, so little time!
I don't have gloss paint in my rooms, so I would think that washing the walls would be BAD for the latex flat...?
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: And then, we were in the process of getting ready to move, so my nesting consisted of packing more crap into boxes. Maybe what I'm doing right now is "normal" nesting? I'm not really sure.
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