Checking things off my list

We had a wonderful, long Memorial Day weekend! MrKLB and I just hung out, did some projects around the house, went shopping, went to a cookout, and saw a movie. It was great! MrKLB has decided what car he will buy once I go back to work after maternity leave. He'll need something other than the Jeep Wrangler because we don't think that will be very safe or convenient for an infant car seat. Anyway, he test drove a car this weekend and really liked it. We probably won't buy one until close to the time I go back to work, though, since we don't really need to have the car seat in two cars until then.

We also bought a new refrigerator this weekend! We were going to get a freezer so that we'd have more space to store frozen items, and somehow that turned into just buying a new fridge and moving the old one to the basement. Anyway, we got a cool GE Profile one and it will be delivered on Saturday! I'm actually very excited because we hate our current one. Anyway, it will be nice to have 2 in the house so that we have more room, though. I'm sure this will come in even more handy when the baby gets older and starts eating solid foods.

We hung up the letters for BabyKLB's name in the nursery. It looks great! It's so fun to walk by the nursery now and look in and see his name above the crib. I guess we're not changing it now! :)

Tonight we are going to do the tour of the hospital so that we'll know where to go when I'm in labor and what to expect once we're there. I've been there many times before visiting friends and family who have had babies, so I have a general idea, but I think the tour will be useful anyway. This weekend we are also taking a "Baby Essentials" class at the hospital. It's supposed to be a crash course in how to care for a newborn, I suppose. How/when to give the first bath, how to swaddle, etc. Hopefully that's interesting. I'm sure it's not totally necessary and we'd figure all of these things out, but MrKLB said he didn't mind taking the class so I figured it would be useful. We'll also get a copy of the DVD of the Happiest Baby on the Block book, which a lot of friends have recommended to us, so that's nice.

MrKLB's kickball team is in the playoffs so he has a game this Sunday. After the game we're having a cookout at our house. My boss (who is also on the team) is moving to NYC, so it's kinda a going away party. Anyway, the weather is supposed to be beautiful and we've been wanting to have a cookout for a while, so it should be fun!

Less than 6 weeks to go until my due date! We're checking things off the list and looking forward to his arrival!