Nesting

This nesting stuff is going to be the death of me.

It hit me hard about three days ago. Ever since, I've been scrubbing everything, attacking the nursery, vacuuming, and cleaning places that I can't remember having cleaned in...well, a while. But I'm still me, the tired, worn out preggo who, after ten minutes of cleaning, needs a nap. So obviously these two sides of me are clashing and driving me nuts. Every time I go to sit down for five minutes to rest, my body gets jittery. I start thinking about all the stuff I could be doing. And before you know it, I'm on my feet again - which, btw, are beginning to cry because they aren't used to this either. They especially aren't used to me being on them all day and night with an extra 20 pounds added on.

But it even affects me at bedtime. Katie has been doing great lately, she's been going to bed over 4 hours early for the last few nights. Sounds like paradise, doesn't it? Extra sleep for the nesting pregnant woman. But NOPE! Every night I text Bill goodnight because I'll be long asleep by the time he gets home. And then he gets home and finds me downstairs, wide awake and either on the computer or cleaning because guess what? I can't sleep! I have no naps during the day, I'm cleaning and active all day, and then I can't sleep at night. What is that about? It's not like I'm energetic - I'm dragging and tired all day. But it's like my body belongs to someone else, someone who's a cleaning freak and keeps making me stand up and move and keep going.

My house sure is looking nicer lately, but come on, slow down! Baby isn't going to be here for at least 15 weeks yet (I'm assuming - actually, I feel 99.9% positive that I'll be at least three to five days late) there's NO reason why everything must look spotless now. Doing it now means it won't be clean later! lol

With that said though, I managed to move about half of the stuff from the nursery and put it at the bottom of the attic stairs. I've been going through everything in the room and sorting what needs to go in the attic storage and what needs to fit in the nursery. I've been trying to figure out, among my multiple giant teddy bears and 5 foot Mickeys, where to put the swing this time, and where to store the car seat and other large items that are currently waiting for homes. I also need to redo the entire dresser because somehow, even though I still don't feel prepared enough in clothing, my drawers are too filled to fit more in. Two bottom drawers are just bedding and blankets though, so it's only two clothing drawers and that includes everything up until 6 months. But it's definitely time to re-evaluate what I have. I'm getting 5 more sleepers in the mail next week to add to it as well, all 0-3 and 3-6. If I'm super lucky, I just need to grab one or two more packs of the long sleeve newborn swaddle shirts and I'll be all ready with clothing for this baby for the first 6 months at least.

Thinking today I'll grab an easy dinner like frozen pizza to go with, because cooking on top of cleaning is just madness!