What projects are you working on?

kismetjess · November 2014

I'm nesting something crazy, and have been somewhat of a project whore lately. What projects, or what items are on your "to-do" list before baby?

Here is mine:

Reorganize kitchen to make way for bottles, breast pump parts, and more!
Baby Quilt, ottoman cover and other misc nursery decor items.
Paint the nursery
Paint DD1's new bed, and buy her a new dresser so we can move hers into the nursery
Reorg our Laundry room
Polish our floors (I mean...This is a necessity, right?)
Get our guest room ready for a 2 month stay from MIL
Sort through all of DDs boxes of clothes and hope that i labeled them well.
And lastly....Seriously attempt potty training of DD1. @lizzybean may be persuading me to push this one off...

michelle142 · November 2014

I working on making curtain panels, a crib skirt, wall art and changing pad covers.

I went through all the girl clothes we have last night to see what I still need.

I need to go through DS's NB and 0-3 sized bins and pick out the gender neutral stuff.

At some point, I need to get the carpet in the hall cleaned. Hoping that happens before DS's birthday party (Dec. 13th).

WanderingA · November 2014

My motivation has been low but my to-do list is filled...

1) Organize Adeline's closet to make room for Milo's stuff
2) Refinish an old play table with chalkboard paint on top
3) Finish shelving in the playroom and figure out final configuration for the winter
4) Re-organize Adeline's room to make space for Milo's crib
5) Make up some "busy bags" to keep Adeline entertained while I'm nursing a newborn
6) Figure out why Adeline's room is so friggin' cold and try to insulate/fix the issue
7) Pack away summer clothes...I'm a little late.

kismetjess · November 2014

WanderingA said:

My motivation has been low but my to-do list is filled...

1) Organize Adeline's closet to make room for Milo's stuff
2) Refinish an old play table with chalkboard paint on top
3) Finish shelving in the playroom and figure out final configuration for the winter
4) Re-organize Adeline's room to make space for Milo's crib
5) Make up some "busy bags" to keep Adeline entertained while I'm nursing a newborn
6) Figure out why Adeline's room is so friggin' cold and try to insulate/fix the issue
7) Pack away summer clothes...I'm a little late.

I like this idea of Busy Bags...share when you finish!

lizzybean · November 2014

Haha yeah... potty training is the DEVIL. Diapers fo life yo!

I really don't want to write this out... because there's a bunch of stuff I *need* to do, but have no actual desire to do.

1. Order vinyl decals for girl's rooms

2. Apply decals in girl's rooms

3. Pick out furniture for Ella's big girl room from IKEA

4. Order furniture from IKEA

5. Go through Ella's NB clothes and get them set up in the nursery

6. Put Ella's clothes in her new room

7. Buy letters and stencil them to hang in Audrey's room

8. There is a walk in closet in Ella's new room and I want to get a piece of thick foam, cover it in fabric, and make Ella a little reading nook on her closet floor. I will need some throw pillows too..

smg2302 · November 2014

I like this thread. It forces me to get organized!!

1. Paint name letters for the nursery to hang over the crib.
2. Order/put together crib.
3. Get space bags and put away extra bedding.
4. Pull old/unused items and deliver to MIL for garage sale.
5. Fix broken kitchen cabinet.
6. Wash/hang baby boy clothes.

SquirrelsRWatching · November 2014

1. Get all my scrapbook stuff in binders. I'm sick of it sitting around in shoe boxes. It's no longer a hobby. Once all this stuff is in books, I'm done completely!

2. Hang artwork around the house that I pulled from the guest room (which will now be baby's room).

3. I STILL need to find childcare starting in August, as well as book my hospital tour, birth class, newborn care class, etc.

4. Get baby's room organized. My MIL is buying the crib (not sure when), so I need to finish clearing out the guest room for it and the rocking chair.

5. I didn't think about this before but saw it on OP's post -- Reorganize the kitchen to accomodate bottles. This shouldn't be too bad since I will be BFing and will only need a few bottles and accessories.

kerrigrooves · November 2014

ugh - this makes me anxious:

1 - go through all baby stuff in basement and pull out what we need for baby boy - clean

2 - order crib/dresser/mattress/sheets - DH has to put it together

3-order some art for nursery and buy the frames

4-wash baby clothes and buy some warm 0-3 mo stuff

5- now thanks to you all, find some space in kitchen for bottles and pump parts

6 - make some freezer meals

7- go through toddler toys and make room for xmas & bday presents

8- try and plan a bday party for DD, shes turning two this month

9-host thanksgiving - ugh!

lorifromwi · November 2014

Okay, you ladies are making me feel guilty about not being more organized!! I feel I need to get on this...so here we go...

1. MIL is painting E's room today and tomorrow.

2. get ceiling fan hung in E's room and all of her furniture moved back in. Reorganize and hang pictures on the wall.

3. Make cornices for both E's and the little man's room.

4. Get the twin bed out of the little man's room, prep it for ceiling work and painting.

5. Work on the ceiling and paint little man's room.

6. Let MIL make curtains, bedskirt and whatever else for both E and little man's rooms.

7. Complete valance for the laundry room.

8. Head to Ikea to get furnture for little man's room.

9. Build said furniture.

10. Finalize the date for 6 month photos for E...right now it looks like late December.

11. Get the final headcount for Thanksgiving that we are hosting (what were we thinking?)

....I'm sure there's more, but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed now!!

Irishcurls · November 2014

Most of my list is hurry up and wait, since we'll be moving about ~10ish weeks post-baby but:

1) Buy and refinish dresser, bookcase and possibly rocking chair (might hold off on the chair until we know what kind of space the nursery will have)

2) Sew crib skirt, crib quilt (already washed and ironed fabric for the quilt!)

3) Purge a lot of the "storage" in the basement, we don't even know what's accumulated down there anymore. Don't have plans to move it all.

4) Consolidate our office to accommodate PNP/changing table for the first few weeks.

4) Find a new rental after we get orders, buy all of the nursery things I'm coveting and not currently buying!

flyster · November 2014

Mine are all house related since we bought a house and moved in about 2 weeks ago, although I got done cleaning and putting all the kitchen stuff away this past weekend, so that was a big one off the list.

1. DH is re-plastering the entire upstairs after we took of all the wallpaper. He's almost done baby's room and bathroom.

2. Painting is hopefully beginning this weekend. We picked out the colors over the weekend and are ordering them tonight. I'll be painting baby's room and bathroom while DH starts fixing the walls in our bedroom.

3. DH wants to refinish the floors in Baby's room, our room and guestroom. I want to move stuff in. TBD who wins. I see his point that we should do it now so we won't have to take stuff out, but I'd really like to get moving things upstairs.

4. Set up Nursery!

5. After DH finishes fixing the walls in our room, painting, then moving stuff up there. Then, onto the guestroom, then the hallway.

I'm hoping we are 100% moved in/done with the upstairs before baby comes...then we have to start downstairs in 2 rooms, wallpaper, plaster, paint. Then we can buy a couch and set up the TV

I'm also working on knitting a baby blanket and want to finish a cross stitch of Micky Mouse that I started when I was like 13 for baby room decoration. We'll see how those go!.

tropicbreeze · November 2014

My only project has been prepping all the CDs. However the baby shower is this Saturday so I'm sure I'll have lots of organizing to do when all is done.

crabigator · November 2014

Oh my gosh, you guys. This is one of the busiest work times for me in the year (hence why I'm on here, right?

), and it's immediately followed by my parents coming to town for Thanksgiving, then Christmas madness.

So my main project right now is: WORK.

Baby/house stuff will happen sometime in January! Maybe I should bookmark this thread to look at again then for idaes?

mommadozer · November 2014

This is a great idea to make me prioritize our projects.

1. Finish landscaping the front yard
2. Paint the remainder of the interior of our house
3. Rip out old gas fireplace and install new fireplace and put building stone on the face of the fireplace and add a mantle
4. Maybe put building stone on the other downstairs fireplace.. (That may wait though)
5. Baby room - make a valance, window sill cushion, pillows, and bedskirt.
6. Baby room- build shelving in closet
7. Finish decor for baby's room
8. Finish decorating downstairs
9. Paint cabinets in office
10. Make magnetic chalkboard for wall in the office.

I have way too much on my to do list! Need to get these projects in priority order and get started on some of these.

Nvywife · November 2014

I'm working on sewing cloth wipes for the baby (we will be cloth diapering). I'm also making advent calendar bags for the upcoming Christmas season. And of course trying to down size my clutter before Lil gets here in Feb.

vargasgurl · November 2014

I need to think of names

Would like to Potty Train DD1

I need to look and see what newborn clothes I have for the girls .. I don't think I have much.

Buy nursery furniture and decide on the color / theme

DH is doing construction to make a room for the new babies ( we are moving all the bedrooms to the 3rd floor) this is a huge project that he is taking on!

That's it .. I think !

wintersong139 · November 2014

BellinghamMama said:

My one project this pregnancy: make the master bedroom as cozy and lovely and amazing as possible! New mattress, lighting, pillows, blanket throws. It is HEAVEN. Mommy needs pampering

Here, here! DH positively refuses to actually get any baby thigns ready yet--I have a bunch of furniture I need him to move, and he constantly says, "We still have over three months!" But whatever. Anyway, I have also turned my nesting urges to the bedroom, making everything organized, tidy, and cozy.

kismetjess · November 2014

wintersong139 said:

BellinghamMama said:

My one project this pregnancy: make the master bedroom as cozy and lovely and amazing as possible! New mattress, lighting, pillows, blanket throws. It is HEAVEN. Mommy needs pampering

Here, here! DH positively refuses to actually get any baby thigns ready yet--I have a bunch of furniture I need him to move, and he constantly says, "We still have over three months!" But whatever. Anyway, I have also turned my nesting urges to the bedroom, making everything organized, tidy, and cozy.

DH says the same thing, everytime i want to do something, or ask him to. I want to put the crib together. He says "The baby isn't even going to sleep in here until June probably, this is stupid" I need to pull down the baby clothes. "Great, they can sit there for the next 3 months because we don't need them yet..."

Shit gets real in the third trimester, i'm trying to get it done now!

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