Getting ready for baby

Nels said he didn't need an ultrasound to know that this baby is real and will arrive soon enough, but it seems he's now in a full-on nesting mode.

We've wanted to replace our living room/dining room carpet for awhile but he decided yesterday that THIS is the week we're getting hardwood floors. Our carpet is way too light for the number of pets and children we've had running through there...and after 10 years, the carpet is coming up at the seam between the dining room and kitchen (thanks mostly to Callie, our cat), exposing the little nails. A baby can't be learning to crawl over that.

His wedding season starts at the end of April so now is really the time to get the job finished if we're going to do it. Otherwise, we'd have to wait until next winter and the baby will be here and he'd be sawing wood in the house...it just wouldn't be a fun time to do that. He'll be laying it himself, with help either from a friend and/or my dad. He figures it'll take about two days. He and his friend Biff, another wedding photographer, installed the flooring at their shared photography studio at Franklin Arts Center a couple of years ago. It's nice to be married to someone who is handy!

So I'm meeting him later today to check out flooring. We're going to keep the linoleum in the kitchen for now and then later replace that with tile.

After this project, the next step will be painting the baby's room and getting it ready for baby, which means Erika's computer and TV needs to make its way across the hallway into her room. I also have to get ready for a garage sale, clearing out the spare room in the basement that is a mess, and dig out what baby equipment I still have, which is really only a bassinet and a highchair.

The work is on, I guess, and it'll be exciting once it's finished.