Doesn’t the guest bed look so comfy? After buying bits and pieces of it for the last few months- a frame here, some sheets there, things called bed slats that we didn’t even know we needed- it’s finally ready and waiting. Particularly for you grandparents. (I would say soon-to-be, but you already are. But soon-to-be grandparents of a Seattle baby.) And now a room that I always avoided because it was a collecting ground for Goodwill items is one of my new favorite places to be. We’ll show more pictures once the crib comes in.

In other preparations for Baby Teague’s arrival: thanks to the incredible generosity of family and friends, we have a stroller, car seat, bath tub, and jogging stroller (amongst other wonderful things). But those are the things that had some assembly required. Well, consider them assembled. Yay for Josh! I was quite impressed. He put all those things together in one night.

As for other gifts we’ve been blessed with, blankets and outfits are washed and folded. Toys have been opened and put in their very own toy bin. (The first of many, we’re guessing.) We’re slowly but surely getting things ready for Baby. Of course, we still have about 2 months left. It’s just so fun to get things ready, what can I say?

As for baby updates, our little one has some thing in common with his/her cousins, especially Silas, Caroline, and Mary Ellen- he/she loves doing gymnastics. I’ve never noticed pregnant women flinch or shift around as a result of these gymnastic moves. So I feel like if I flinch, I look like a total wimp. So out in public, I muster up a blink or sniff or something you wouldn’t even detect. So I can be as graceful as all the other preggers. But at home, I jump up or switch positions, or do something I’ve learned pregnant women shouldn’t do- say “Ow!”  I just had no idea I’d be sitting around watching 24 and suddenly feel as if a tiny, kicking foot is about to  break loose and float around inside me. Of course, it’s fun in its own way and completely worth it to know there’s a healthy little guy/gal getting ready to make a debut.

So the guest room is ready and waiting for you. And the nursery part of that room- we are happily working on it. Progress to be posted.