Pre Baby To Do List Update....

Here is the key, anything bold and red is complete, black is still to be done.



1. Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.
2. Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery.
3. Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4. Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5. Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6. Set up swing and pack and play for Avery. Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items.
7. Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving.  I will have a few last minute things to do Thursday but loaded up the freezer yesterday.
8. Make Jolie's teacher's gifts.9. Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag.
10. Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.
11. Finish painting shelf for Avery's room.
12. Put together Avery's crib mobile.
13. Deep clean Master Bathroom.  My awesome husband did this for me last night!
14. Clean back porch.
15. Make Christmas Cookies with Jolie.
16. Put car seat bases for Avery's car seat in both cars. Also clean out Rich and Jen's car, vacuumed and washed.

Just a few last minute things to go, wow, only 4 days left, I really can't believe in just a few days I am going to be hold my precious baby girl, I am so excited to have my perfect little family of four, I feel incredibly blessed!!

Pre Baby To Do List Update

Here is the key, anything bold and red is complete, black is still to be done.


1. Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.
2. Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery.
3. Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4. Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5. Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6. Set up swing and pack and play for Avery. Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items. 7. Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving. (Will do on my one day off, Thursday)
8. Make Jolie's teacher's gifts. (Sunday Jolie is helping me get this done)
9. Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag. (This probably won't happen until Thursday night but I will get it done)
10. Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.
11. Finish painting shelf for Avery's room.
12. Put together Avery's crib mobile.
13. Deep clean Master Bathroom. (Sunday morning I hope)
14. Clean back porch. (Sometime Sunday, hopefully)
15. Make Christmas Cookies with Jolie. (Sunday, this is party of getting the teacher gifts done)
16. Put car seat bases for Avery's car seat in both cars. Also clean out Rich and Jen's car, vacuumed and washed.

WOW, a lot got done, I am so happy.  Unfortunately the carpet cleaners had to reschedule for Tuesday but that is okay, we got a ton of things done.  I am so happy to be nearing the end of my list and with only 6 days to go it is a good thing!!  How funny is it that I have 6 days left of being pregnant and only 6 things left on my list, one a day would get it done, however, after tomorrow I hope to be down to only a few things.  I am working Monday thru Wednesday of next week and will only have Thursday to finish up last minute things and my number one priority for Thursday is a mani and pedi that I feel is much deserved!!

A Milestone in the Countdown

Well, it is officially the day of a major milestone to meeting Baby Avery....we are just one week away, 7 days.  Not to mention today was my last day in the office at work, although I am working until next Wednesday we only go to the office on Fridays for meetings so since today was my last Friday it was my last day in the office, I went to my last meeting until I return in Mid-February.  I can't believe that one week from now I will be holding my precious baby and that our family of four will be complete.  I have to say I am so excited to get to hold my baby, I look forward to all the joy that she will bring to our family, it is unbelievable to me that after nine months of carrying her around in my stomach and feeling her move and grow I will soon be holding her in my arms, wow, that just seems so amazing!!!

In other news I will be making major headway in the Pre-Baby To Do List this weekend, I have a lot of VERY big plans for gettingt things done, I hope that I am able to complete them all before Avery Arrives!!!
Here is where I am right now:
Here is the key, anything bold and red is complete, black is still to be done.


1. Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.
2. Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery. (Saturday morning Dad is coming over to help Rich finish)
3. Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4. Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5. Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6. Set up swing and pack and play for Avery. Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items. (After the carpet people finish Saturday we plan on getting this done)
7. Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving.  (Will do on my one day off, Thursday)
8. Make Jolie's teacher's gifts.  (Sunday Jolie is helping me get this done)
9. Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag.  (This probably won't happen until Thursday night but I will get it done)
10. Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.
11. Finish painting shelf for Avery's room.
12. Put together Avery's crib mobile.  (Again after carpet people are done on Saturday afternoon)
13. Deep clean Master Bathroom.  (Sunday morning I hope)
14. Clean back porch.  (Sometime Sunday, hopefully)
15. Make Christmas Cookies with Jolie.  (Sunday, this is party of getting the teacher gifts done)
16. Put car seat bases for Avery's car seat in both cars. Also clean out Rich and Jen's car, vacuumed and washed. (Saturday or Sunday, I hope!!!  Maybe after Dad and Rich finish the wall hangings.)

Updated Pre-Baby To Do List and Santa Photo

So I have checked off one more major thing on the Pre-Baby To Do List...and that is taking Jolie to see Santa, it took awhile but we got it done yesterday, Jolie waited very patiently in line and was super excited to see Santa, she made sure to ask him for a Lady Bug Pillow Pet which is at the VERY TOP of her wish list, in fact it is the only thing on her wish list, hope Santa brings it with him.  In other news ever since Elfie, the Elf on the Shelf appeared Jolie has been behaving quite well, wonder if we could use him all year long??  Here is Jolie and Santa and the updated list....

Okay, so I decided that I need a add a few things to the do list, I think they were always kind of on the list but I just didn't write them down but my memory is getting so bad that I need to have them written down.



Here is the key, anything bold and red is complete, black is still to be done.
1. Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.
2. Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery.
3. Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4. Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5. Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6. Set up swing and pack and play for Avery. Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items.
7. Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving.
8. Make Jolie's teacher's gifts.
9. Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag.
10. Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.
11.  Finish painting shelf for Avery's room.
12.  Put together Avery's crib mobile.
13.  Deep clean Master Bathroom.
14.  Clean back porch.
15.  Make Christmas Cookies with Jolie.
16.  Put car seat bases for Avery's car seat in both cars.  Also clean out Rich and Jen's car, vacuumed and washed.

Updated Pre-Baby To Do List

So today several things got crossed off the Pre-Baby To Do List, so here is the update.....

Here is the key, anything bold and red is complete, black is still to be done.

1. Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.

2. Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery.
3. Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4. Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5. Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6. Set up swing and pack and play for Avery. Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items.
7. Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving.
8. Make Jolie's teacher's gifts.
9. Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag.
10. Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.

I feel like we were super productive....I love it!!  We are so close now, less than two weeks and I feel like it is manageable.  What a relief to feel almost ready to have another child, although I will say Jolie has been testing both Rich and I and is become increasingly defiant and that isn't working for me but hopefully as we continue to work with her it will get better!

Pre-Baby To Do List

As previously mentioned the Pre-Baby To Do List was quite long but over the last few months it has gotten much smaller so I figured now that it is much more manageable I will post what is left and will keep you posted on what gets done as it gets done.

1.  Decorate the House for Christmas, inside and out.
2.  Finish hanging all wall hangings in the house, including in Avery's Nursery.
3.  Finish up all Christmas shopping and get it wrapped.
4.  Buy new baby monitor, somehow we lost part of the one we had.
5.  Get Jolie's picture taken with Santa.
6.  Set up swing and pack and play for Avery.  Get out the bouncy seat and put batteries in all items.
7.  Do LARGE grocery store run to stock up for the 2 weeks I won't be driving.
8.  Make Jolie's teacher's gifts.
9.  Finish packing Avery's hospital bag, throw last minute things in my hospital bag.
10.  Line up all of Jolie's gifts from Elfie (that is her elf on the shelf) with the date for each item so that either my Mom or Rich can handle it without me.

Okay, maybe it looks like a lot of stuff but it is way better than it was.  I have gotten so much done recently.  I swear I will have it done!!