Ok, I didn't realise we had THAT MUCH stuff!

It took me over an hour just to open the packets and sort it into washing loads.  The first load is on as we speak.. and I think it might just take 4 loads to get it all done!  Oh my goodness!

I really should have started this early this morning...

Today I am finally going to wash the baby's clothes and blankets.  With only 4 and a half weeks to go, I think it is time.

Most things are coming together nicely... though the craddle is still at my mum's house in pieces, waiting for it's final coat of paint.  I asked my step-dad if he could finish it by this coming weekend and he said yes... so hopefully that will be in our room by this weekend.  I had to order a mattress for it from the shop I am working at because it is an old-fashioned craddle and they don't stock that size mattress.  Luckily I found a manufacturer who makes them to fit but now I have to wait til it arrives.  Should be here on time..... hopefully.

Baby's movements are getting so strong and forceful they hurt me :(  This morning at about 3:00am I had to get on my hands and knees on the bed and try and coerce them into another position.  The rib kicks are the worst.

Well, after enduring the endless entries of me harping on about moving, packing and setting up... thought you might be interested to see some pics of the BIG 'OLE WHITE HOUSE. 

Anyway, check out the photo album for some pictures of the interior of our new-old-fashioned house.  I am really happy with how things are shaping up, considering what a bad shape things were in when we moved in!

The last couple of days everything has really slowed down and I almost don't know what to do with myself.  Caleb and I have been running full steam ahead, with so much to do and organise over the last couple of months and coming out the other end is proving kind of strange.  Such a change of pace.

We are finally in the BIG 'OLE WHITE HOUSE.  Everything is finally out of the unit.  No more packing and no more trips back and forth between the 2 places.  Most of the house has been set up, though there a few piles of stuff that are yet to be allocated places.  All in all, it is pretty much close to sorted.  Pretty much.

I don't have to work until Thursday and so have found myself kinda twiddling my thumbs.  Baby is due in 5 and 1/2 weeks and I am not sure if that is going to go fast or slow.  Perhaps a bit of both.

Physically I am feeling 99.5% better than before.  The chance to rest my weary bones has made SUCH a difference, I almost feel normal, just very heavy and very slow.

And baby's movements have gotten so strong they hurt, alot and often.  All their clothes and blankets are yet to be washed, and we are contemplating laying new carpet in their room.  So of all the rooms in the house, the nursery is the least set up.  A friend thought this was strange, but it made sense to set up the rooms we use everyday ASAP and then attack the nursery once those places were under control.

So I guess that will be the focus over the next few weeks.  I have done just about as much 'manual labour' as I can now, so the rest is just plodding around taking it slow.

My sister told me yesterday to hurry up and pack my hospital bag.  For the moment, I am ignoring her.