Some people have asked if I have started nesting. The answer was “No” until last Wednesday. Why, you may ask. There are a few reasons. One, is I am pregnant and have had low energy. The energy I do have is spent at work or in the Prayer Room. When I get home, I am too tired and all I do is think about what needs to get done, and then I get more tired. You may be thinking, why doesn’t your husband help. That’s another reason why I haven’t started to nest. At the end of March he left for a weekend to go to a conference where he spoke at a session and enjoyed the rest of it. When he returned, he started planning for another conference that he had to travel to for work. This conference was a big deal that he needed to prepare for. While I knew he wanted to help with the baby & nesting, the timing just wasn’t right for us.
And to be honest, since this pregnancy has been amazing, I am not necessarily ready for him to come out yet. I think if I had been sick, uncomfortable, or had some sort of complication worse than acid reflux/heart burn, I would want him out sooner. But that hasn’t been the case, and therefore I am not really in a hurry to get him out.
Also, for me, the sooner I nest the sooner I want him to come, then the mental games kick in, and I don’t know if I can handle thinking the baby is coming sooner than later. I don’t know if my heart can handle that. I am expecting May 14-20 for baby to make his arrival 
LET IT BEGIN
So with less than 4 weeks, give or take, my nesting has begun. While David was in Vegas last week (for work), I had some friends come over and paint the baby room!
Yay!
The Color: Grape Leaves from Bahr paint (home depot). It needs one more coat, which will get done today! I wanted a green baby room, and was at another baby shower and saw this color in the Kitchen with black & white color scheme. If I hadn’t seen it on the walls, I don’t think I could have ever made the decision because there are so many colors of green and it’s soooo overwhelming.
I feel like this is the biggest step. Once the room is painted, that’s when I can start moving in the crib, changing table, glider, and all the other goodies.
Project #2: Baby’s Dresser. A couple of friends & I went antiquing back in February, and we found this dresser for $32. These ladies, while they aren’t amateur antique shoppers, they have been doing it for quite some time and know quality when they see it. They inspected the wood, sturdiness, and draweriness (made up word that the drawers worked properly), and said that it was a good buy. I trusted their judgment of the piece, and so we got it!
Oldie but goodie
This morning, after two months of it sitting in the basement, I mustered up the energy to get this baby done! I have sanded this thing down, and had to give my hands a rest (as I type this, my hands feel funny). In a bit, after a really late lunch, I will start on the drawers, which are the easy part… or so I think.
I will start posting some pics of the baby room as it comes together.
