Nest-fest

cjs260

Let's hear about those nesting accomplishments! I want to know that I'm not the only crazy person with checklists for each room in the house. Feel free to post pics! 

lindsladle15

I thought it was so early, but I'm relieved to not be the only one in "the mood," to get things done, that is!
Today I decorated the house for fall and put away a whole set of clothes for one DD and got out the next size.  This weekend DH and I are rearranging two rooms and putting together/painting a toddler bed for the other DD, while taking down a crib and a bed in a different room that will be the nursery.  Hopefully my energy keeps up!

ceclarlinetlo

I cleaned out baby's closet, hung the right side shelf, and set up the white shelving unit in the back and organized the few things we have so far. 

katesmama0706

Cleaned out all the unpacked boxes from the soon-to-be nursery, nagged husband about the construction that needs to happen in that room and DD relentlessly to no avail, new nursery furniture and car seat are all in boxes in my living room. Bedding, curtains and decor are all sitting in my online shopping cart waiting. Paint chips are taking over the upstairs. Pack n Play is back in our bedroom and out of the car where it usually lives. Hand-me-downs have been sorted by size and season and are in the nursery waiting for the dresser to be painted. It's pretty nuts at the moment but I feel pretty good about it at least being under way. 

cjs260

I have the dresser and the crib set up in the room that will be the nursery. The clothes that I have, washed, folded and put in the drawers where they will live. Some receiving blankets washed and rolled and put in their place. Starting to get down to the nitty-gritty of room-by-room cleaning. Started with the kitchen last night. Cleaned the blinds, windows, door frames, and cabinet fronts so far. More to come after our birthing class tonight! 

ashanne88

I'm waiting on DH to build a new changing table/storage piece and a new bed frame for us.  Once that is done, we can lay down new flooring and start re-arranging all the furniture between our room and the nursery/DS's room.  My parents are visiting this weekend.  I think my dad and brother are going to help DH start building the furniture (fingers crossed).  I don't have to work on Saturday, so I plan on sorting through DS's clothes, pulling out the NB/0-3mo stuff in storage and putting away clothes that DS has recently out grown.  Also, my mom and I are going to make some food for the freezer.

Kurtni

I inventoried all the things we had packed away and made a list of what we still need. Going to start painting and buying furniture for nursery next week. And for some reason I feel the need to clean out every closet in my house and organize/throw away junk. 

azwildcat62

This is good motivation on what needs to get done!  We have purchased the dresser, glider & bookshelf that will go in the nursery as well as assembled the crib.  Now I am on the hunt for decorations to  complete the room.  I am also about 80% done with the registry with hopes to be completely done within the next week or so (I feel like this is a BIG milestone).  I have plans to clean out pretty much the entire house before baby arrives too.  We have already purged a good amount of stuff to Goodwill ... but there's definitely more.  Does anyone have/know of a "newborn prep to-do list" of sorts?  I love lists and want to make sure I'm not forgetting anything.

TinaBelcher

Nursery is well under way. Master bath is waiting for the sink to arrive and then I think I'm hiring someone to do the backsplash and install the "vanity" (dresser w/ sink) because I'm freaking tired! Medicine cabinet has been reorganized and a basket for baby only stuff has been added. I scrubbed my kitchen cabinets last week  and I'm thisclose to having our handyman replace our foyer tiles before babies come! 

This is weekend I'm installing the closet system in the nursery and H will finish restaining the closet doors so I can put them back up sometime this century, and I might assemble the cribs. I want to start clearing out the "spare" room (which has been reno central- full of my tools- since we bought but..... Well, if that doesn't happen so be it

LastMango

Moving DD to the guest room was the biggest accomplishment that needed to happen. The nursery will stay as is. I've already pulled out all of DD's old NB/0-3 clothes and picked out the gender neutral ones (team green), washed and hung them in the closet. I still need to get the infant car seat back from my sister but that can wait a bit. Registry is done. 

Also started talking about "what if" scenarios for labor and what to do with DD depending on when/where it happens. DD's labor was super fast so we need to head to the hospital at the first sign of labor. 

Emma61210

We cleaned out baby girl's room and have painted.  New carpet is being installed next week.  We have a crib and changing table, rug, bedding, and curtains.  My mom is coming down the first 2 weeks of October to help me get the nursery decorated and ready so I'm trying to get everything bought.  We also have lots of clothes that were hand me downs that I need to wash and put away.  We are getting there slowly! 

christac1010

This board is oddly satisfying, yet stressful. 

My nesting just started raging about a week ago. This past weekend, I hung up his name letters and a canvas print, made greenery arrangements (for shelves out of his reach), cleaned up DH's painting mess, and helped hang bookshelves. I love reading and it helped me collect all the books from around the house. 

Tomorrow the furniture is being delivered and DH is picking up the flooring this Thursday. Once the flooring is installed (fingers crossed for this weekend), the furniture will go into the room and I can start putting away diapers and washing/putting away clothes and blankets. I also need to buy a rug. 

Otherwise I'm determined to deep clean the freezer, refrigerator, pantry, and kitchen cabinets. I want to figure out ASAP how we can store the breast milk supply, freezer meals, and the baby's food. I also bought new cabinet liners to cover the awful 70s floral print in our cabinets now. I think we'll probably end up buying a freezer for extra storage as well. 

canavara

Oh god. I am 100% on the crazy nesting train. Our nursery is not ready for me to get into and get organized there because it currently looks like this:



So I've been taking on horrible amounts of crafting projects related to the baby in lieu. Right now, I've got a partially finished Totoro lampshade, a baby Mario (Yoshi's Island) burp cloth that I cross-stitched and am 80% done with, a crap ton of Mario-related perler bead creations for his bathroom, and then I decided "maybe I should organize all of our travel photos into a Project Life scrapbook too because we have photos EVERYWHERE."

I'm 75% done with the scrapbook. It's currently 40-something pages of 29 countries. I have no idea where I got the energy to do it.




I can't imagine what this is going to translate to once the nursery becomes a blank slate to work on

JLJ2012

Add me to the crazy nesting club.  I just finished sewing draperies for both boys room, nursery and our formal living room.  Decorated for fall around the house.  Baby's room is completely done and all clothes are washed and put away.  I like being ready early because it gets harder to do all these things later in pregnancy.  Plus, we will be busy with all the holidays later and going to different fall and winter festivals and events with my oldest son's school.

KRB22

We agreed on plans for the hall bathroom renovation this week, and now I literally can't wait for it to be done. Hoping demo will be able to start/finish within the next 2 weeks and then we're good to go!

I've also started picking out nursery furniture and looking for rugs, but don't want to do too much in the actual room until the messier part of the bathroom reno is over, since it's right next door. We will probably paint the nursery and bathroom (and guest room) all at the same time. 

We also finally got a rug for our living room and have a new couch on order. I'm trying to finish furnishing the downstairs living spaces this month. And I've been hounding DH to clean out the garage, but it hasn't happened yet. I expect I'll wake up 1 day soon and just do the bulk of it myself. 

ThePax89

Nursery is done (I'm not changing anything from dd1). My daughter will be evicted soon. So we are putting together her room. Big bed should be here in the next few weeks. I'm eager to get her in the new room so I can focus on the nursery again. We are also getting quotes on bathroom renovations. I want a big tub by the time I hit the 3rd trimester. 

aishmc

I've been sorting through hand-me-down clothes, toys, etc and cleaning the house. I keep thinking each deep clean will be the one, but I know it'll happen again next week. I'm planning on cleaning out and preparing baby's closet this weekend and prepping some larger items. I'm sure my husband is pumped.

bab&tjp

oh yes, nesting already in full effect! 2 wknds ago we painted and moved 3 rooms around. Next weekend the carpet in the house is getting replaced then I can focus more on the nursery. We currently only need the find a crib and maybe some décor but we mostly have everything for DD room. I am trying not to go ham on things for her room but its hard when you have to boys and this is your first girl. I am thinking in the next few weeks I will start doing more goodwill purging. Our basement is the worst (most my DH junk). Even though I don't really go down there except for laundry (its an unfinished basement anyway) I would like to at least get stuff put in its place and other things thrown out. Its a disaster!

juliebird6

Can I just comment and say big props to all of you handy and crafty mamas?  It seems like all of you are posting pretty elaborate demo/reno/crafty projects for your nurseries, and I'm just over here adding things to my Etsy cart..........if I was a crafting gal, you would all be totally inspiring me!

JLJ2012

@KRB22, I finally got my husband on board this past weekend with our garage.  He has seen me organizing our whole house over the past month and finally gave in.  Our garage is now super organized after this weekend! lol

KRB22

@JLJ2012 ahh I'm so jealous! But that's a good idea. Maybe if he sees me organizing other stuff inside he'll be compelled to tackle the garage. Even more incentive for me to deal with some of the little things I've been putting off!

Smiley-1980

Nesting in full effect here too. Nursery is almost done. I've been buying a lot more boy things since I had pink everything for DD so H has been sighing over all my purchases. I have a few finishing touches to do to the nursery but I am loving it. I have since cleaned off that change table of DDs stuff. We also got a blackout blind for the window. We will be hanging his name over the crib so we got the wooden letters and I will be painting them soon green, blue and orange. 

canavara

@Smiley-1980 Not sure if I had said it on the nursery thread but I love that blue you picked out for your curtains and rug!

Finally finished this for LO's bathroom tonight :

newyearsbaby5

You guys are all kicking ass and taking names with your progress. I have done nothing nursery related yet, but I'm about to start this weekend. I will say that I have a SUPER cool clip board with my room-by-room to do lists (because the lists on my iPhone weren't enough and there's nothing like crossing something off an actual to do list). I know (/I hope) it will all get done by my self imposed deadline of Nov. 1st!

MaryNog

Wow, you guys, I'm so amazed. I feel like I'm an anti-nester: so far my approach to the baby's room has been to pile stuff into the closet, close the door, and pray that Nursery Elves will magically make something happen. My husband had been awesome and cleans up the guest room/future nursery. He set up the changing table using our old desk, but I just pile stuff onto said table. 
We did, however, get a wrap and a baby carrier, and have taken turns practicing by wearing the cat around. Does that count as a proactive baby prep step??

cjs260

@marynog Yes, but only if you include pictures so that we believe you about the cat. 

canavara

^ seconding this!

katesmama0706

The doors in our bedrooms drag on the carpet because the previous owners installed the carpet right over the hardwood floors and didn't cut the doors down any. Last night laying in bed I had this brilliant idea that I should rip up the carpet in the kids bedrooms so that I can open the doors to check on them more sneakily. Now I'm gonna be so twitchy until I either get it done or discover that it can't be done. 

mrshuse525

Props to all the crafty momma's out there! I love seeing all the photos. And, they are inspiring me over here.

My nesting has been in full force until we found out we are having another girl on Monday. Now, I've been spending hours on Pinterest trying to get ideas on how I want to decorate the nursery. Do I want to try and stick with my DD's theme or go with a completely different one? Should I bunk the girls together and make a play room with the spare bedroom? Decisions, decisions....

Smiley-1980

@canavara Thanks! The curtains were actually in DD's room before because her nursery was pink, purple and that bright blue.  The rug I just ordered from Walmart for $50 and was so glad they matched so well.

karaelaine1991

Just as I predicted, now that I know we're having another girl I'm itching to go shopping!! I'm trying to put it off though because I still have to go through DD's clothes and determine what we actually need (pretty sure it'll be just about everything since she was a summer baby but I should still check...), plus I prefer to thrift shop for baby clothes since they grow out of them so fast, and I've still got a while to go before the thrift stores will probably have winter clothes. I did get the little bitty baby socks and hair bows yesterday though! So cute!

MaryNog

@cjs260 @canavara as requested here is @adamnog trying out the Moby sling. Cat seems moderately comfortable.

aishmc

@marynog yessssss! And the cat does seem oddly content...until baby one day steals the sling.

cjs260

 MaryNog said:

@cjs260 @canavara as requested here is @adamnog trying out the Moby sling. Cat seems moderately comfortable.

cjs260

So, I've only spent 90% of my workday so far coming up with a strict budget for H and me. I'm going to consider that a nesting urge. 

lindsladle15

@katesmama0706 If you're wanting to go with the hardwood floor underneath, I say go for the ripping out party!  Buuuut, if you're just wanting to be more sneaky, I'd just take the doors off the hinges and file them down some.  Way less work!

MaryNog

@cjs260 hahah maybe we'll start a whole series: "Cat as Baby: watch clueless 30-somethings as they test out all their new baby gear on a hapless cat"

cjs260

@marynog My cat just now started sitting in my lap. She would never come near me again if I tried to wear her. 

katesmama0706

@lindsladle15 nah I want the hardwood. Carpet grosses me out in general and the carpet the previous owners picked is super ugly to boot. But the dragging doors is definitely a motivator (plus none of them match upstairs, WTF previous owners?! which is a whole other nesting twitch) 
@cjs260 I'd for sure count that as nesting. With my first once I got the nursery all put together, and my house all clean and my hosptial bag packed I turned to obsessive food storage- matching bulk containers of dry goods, about 3 years worth of toilet paper, 20 cans of tomato soup just because they were on sale. It was a good time. 

TinaBelcher

@marynog I practiced my Solly with my dachshund but he just licked my face off and his breath is 

ashanne88

@MaryNog That is the best!  Our cat would lose her shit if we tried that with her.