nesting

My "nesting" instinct started a few weeks ago, when I suddenly HAD to have Rachel's old clothes out of the crawl space in the basement so I could start going through them.  I needed to know what I had (tons!) in order to know what I needed to buy (hardly anything!).  When we got them out I found lots of stains (stains which hadn't been there when I packed them away--I'm SO careful with scrubbing out stains).  My mom and I did some research and found out that it's actually common for formula stains to appear when baby clothes are in storage.  Ugh.  So we looked for ways of getting the stains out.  I tried a couple of techniques and came across one that seems to be working fairly well: soaking everything in the laundry tub full of hot water, dish washing powder, and Biz.  The longer they soak, the better they seem to look (last week they were in there for a whole week since I was too sick to go down and deal with them, and they turned out great!).

Over the weekend my husband and dad put up the crib!  It's a new crib, because Rachel's crib was recalled (after we were done using it with her, thankfully!).  We received a voucher for a new crib, so many months ago, we went and got one, thinking a different baby would be using it, but then we lost that baby (that sweet baby was due today, by the way....), but now it's finally put together and ready for a very special little girl to sleep in it!  Rachel was so excited to see it and about seeing the nursery taking shape.

So now that I'm finally starting to feel better (hooray!), my nesting is in full force.  Yesterday I worked harder than I've worked in months, and I'm still getting over being sick.  But I just feel like there's so much to do before the baby comes and I have to get it done NOW!  I'm still soaking stuff--I finished the 0-3 month clothes and have moved on to 3-6 month clothes so I won't have to worry about them once the baby is here.  I'm washing load after load of blankets, burp cloths, sheets, towels, and so forth.  I'm searching through the basement for baby things, cleaning out Rachel's old closet, sorting through what goes in her new closet and what stays for the baby....  lots to do. 

And there's a box that I'm missing that is driving me CRAZY.  It has about five things in it that I know that I'm missing (my baby bjorn, a couple of play gyms that the baby lays under, and a few other things).  I'm also missing a stack of burp cloths I know I have somewhere. Ugh.  I hate it when I can't find things.  Hopefully I can enlist my husband to dig around in places I can't reach and find it for me before I go completely crazy.

In other news, I sold my little Neon today.  I've had it for almost exactly ten years.  I bought it just before I met my husband....also almost ten years ago.  That sounds like forever!  So we're down to one vehicle for today and tomorrow, and then I'll get my new (to me) van!  Hooray!