Brotherly Love

Dear Colin,

Now that you have a name its easier to write these posts to you.  Your brother is highly in love with you and I mean that very sincerely!  Back in August he started really wanting to have you with him at all times.  When we sat on the couch together he would lift my shirt and rub my tummy and talk to "the baby".

28 weeks pregnant; 19 months old

A few weeks later (8.29.13) he refused to take a nap unless you were napping too so we all slept on the couch together while Daddy was out working.

30 weeks; 20 months old

He loves to give you kisses!

And relaxes with you every day - already sharing his books, toys, and ipad time with you!

33 weeks; 20 months

No matter where he is or what he is doing your big brother is looking out for you.  He always wants to make sure you are included in everything!

35 weeks; 21 months

I hope that he continues to love you as much as he does now when you are here and making lots of noise!  So far, here are the things your brother is willing to share with you:
* toys
* Hunter
* books
* juice
* beep beep (his police car)
* trains
* blocks

The only thing he says he won't share is milk (your brother still nurses once in a while).  We of course, are working on teaching him that babies need a lot of milk and that he will have to share.  I'm sure it will all work out! 

xoxo
Mommy

Week 30 & Nursery

Dear Conor,

It's been a busy few days.  I have been working hard (at my real job) to get ready for October as I am likely to have a trial and I need to make sure that I'm caught up on all my other cases.  When I am sick of work (which means dealing with other people's problems) I take a few minutes to do something for you.

On Tuesday I worked on Thank-You cards.  I believe I have about 15 more to go.  I have completed about 20 which is more than 1/2 so I am happy.  It's my goal to have the rest in the mail by Monday.  I can't post a picture of the cards yet because not everyone has received theirs.  But, Amanda has gotten hers and texted that she thought it was "adorable".

On Wednesday I put together your swing from Grandpa Tom and your Pack and Play (or play yard as they are now called).  They are currently set up in the livingroom and they fit there pretty well - we just have to figure out what to do with our Queen Anne chair as I don't believe it will fit up the staircase so that it could be put in our room.  I am thinking perhaps the dinningroom once we clear out the rest of your stuff there could be space.

Dempsey by Graco Collection

Today I stopped at Grandpa Tom's house and picked up all of the clothes from your Maine Shower.  When I wasn't busy working I spent some time organizing the clothes in your closet and trying to put as much in the closet as possible to keep it out of the dinningroom and the hallway.  While the closet is not set up as it will be once your room is done and the containers but in it - I think that it alone reminds me of your impending arrival.

Closet 9.29.2011 - a work in progress

You already have a lot of clothes in a variety of sizes - you currently have more clothes to wear when you come home from the hospital than I do!  Something about that just doesn't seem quite right :)

We had to rearrange the work on your room because my work schedule changed this week but I still intend on having your room ready for furniture by bedtime on Sunday so wish us luck :)

xoxo
Mom

Ten Weeks to Go & To Do List

Dear Conor,

Today is the ten week mark.  In ten weeks you should be here.  It is time to get our bottoms in gear and get things moving.

I was supposed to have a trial tomorrow but things have changed so I am going to work hard today to get a lot of my work done and then spend tomorrow sanding and priming your bedroom woodwork.

My hope is that if I can get that done then Saturday I can paint and if not on Saturday then Sunday I can wash the floors.  Once the floors are washed and waxed and the ceiling fan dusted we can move the furniture into your room and I can start putting things in order.

Your crib is still at Grandma Janet's and I am 100% certain that she wants it out of her spare room so she can have that space back :)

So, here is my Mommy-Do List
(1) sand trim
(2) prime trim
(3) paint trim and beadboard
(4) clean ceiling fan
(5) wash and wax floors
(6) move into bedroom (including assembling crib)
(7) wash and iron bedding
(8) organize clothes, diapers, and all other baby stuff

Then it's on to the bathroom where I need to prime and paint and get some shelves up so we can store all your bathroom stuff (plus ours and Hunters) in a more orderly fashion.

This is a big list but I feel it I break it down into tasks per day and give myself deadlines then we will be ready to go for November 1, 2011.

What?  Why November 1st you ask when you are not due to be here until December 6th?  Well, your arrival doesn't stop the world from turning and I have Christmas shopping to do!!!  Plus, I will feel better if I have a few weeks to "tweek" things as I see fit and am not spending that time running around trying to actually get organized.

I'll update you after the weekend with our progress :)

xoxo
Mom

PS.  I also have to finish the Thank-You cards from your showers.  The first batch of 12 went out today and I hope to have another batch out byThursday!