Preps for Bethan

Have finally started to begin. I had my first (and only) shower Monday evening. The girls in my small group had a little diaper shower for me. We had lots of good dips and appetizers, and some yummy desserts. To make the night even more perfect for me, we had a beautiful thunderstorm come through right after it started. The lightning was beautiful. It made me feel like I was back home in Tampa. I really miss Florida summer storms. The power went out and stayed out for over an hour. We had a flashlight in the middle of us to give a little light. Perfect evening! I've been working on getting stains out of clothes for a while, and I'm almost done with those. But I finally bought Dreft and am washing all the rest of her clothes now. Then I've got to do all the blankets, bibs, burp cloths, etc. I've started making my list of what I need to buy. Which isn't much. And I've made my hospital list. I feel like I should have tons of other stuff to do right now, but there's really not. Since Benjamin is still in the crib, I can't really get that ready. I probably won't move him into Will's room until about a month after she's born. I DO have preps for the other kids. We've got to buy a twin mattress for Kirstine and figure out how we're going to fit her back into her old room. I also need to get new bedding for one of the boys. My long term plan is to give Will's train bedding to Benjamin, and get Will Gator bedding. But my ideal is an orange/blue plaid comforter from Pottery Barn with actual Gator sheets. But PBK refuses to make an orange and blue set. I've been waiting for almost 2 years now and still nothing. So since we don't have that yet, I guess we'll just have to get something cheap and temporary for one of the boys until we decided what we will do permanently. Am I boring you yet? I guess that's all for now. Oh, and I guess I should buy her a baby book at some point.