Gearing Up

THIS PAST WEEKEND WE SET OUT TO PREPARE THE NURSERY FOR THE ARRIVAL OF BABY BOY LARSON. THINGS WENT SMOOTHLY WITH JEFF'S THOROUGH READING OF THE INSTRUCTIONS AND CHARLOTTE'S SPONTANEOUS "TIPS" THAT SHE YELLED OUT FROM HER CRIB. I KEPT BOTH PARTIES HAPPY BY HOLDING THE OCCASIONAL SCREW, AND REFILLING CHARLOTTE'S CRIB WITH TOYS. (CHARLOTTE, SPENT AN IMPRESSIVE HOUR IN HER CRIB WHILE WE ASSEMBLED THE ROOM... BOTH SHOCKING AND MUCH APPRECIATED.) NOT ONLY DID WE SET UP THE CRIB, BUT WE KNOCKED OFF A FEW MORE ITEMS OFF MY TO-DO LIST THANKS TO MY SWEET HUSBAND. TO REWARD CHARLOTTE FOR HER ACCOMMODATING BEHAVIOR WE WENT TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH, AND TO REWARD OURSELVES WE WENT TO BUFFALO WILD WINGS TO WATCH THE BADGER GAME. (IF ONLY THE BADGERS COULD HAVE PULLED OFF A WIN.)

TO QUOTE MY HUSBAND, "WE HAD A REAL NORMAN ROCKWELL WEEKEND, DIDN'T WE?!"

I WAS IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT.

CHARLOTTE COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE CRIB GOING UP.

HAPPY TO BE GETTING A ROOMMATE.

CHARLOTTE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRIB ASSEMBLY.

"MAMA, YOU HAVE REALLY DONE WONDERS TO THIS ROOM."

WE'RE READY FOR YOU LITTLE MAN.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE OUR TWO CHILDREN NESTLED IN THEIR BEDS. (I FLUCTUATE BETWEEN VISIONS OF TWO SWEET BABES SLEEPING SOUNDLY IN THEIR CRIBS, AND OF CHARLOTTE YELLING THINGS OUT TO HER SLEEPING BROTHER.) EITHER WAY, IT WILL BE A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE.