Poor Erik

Posted by Erica

I have been so demanding lately. I am panicking. There is SO much to do and SO little time.
I want/need shelves in my garage - Shelves in the Spare bedroom closet and in Trevins closet- also the laundry room. I want the Garden done TODAY! Hang our security door. I want him to take the dressers down stairs so I can sand and stain them. I want the babys room painted and now I think I should paint the spare/Trevins new room before the baby comes. Weed killer sprayed in both the front and the back yard. I want to get an estimate by a professional for the concrete in the back yard and to figure out what we need to do to lay sod. Finish the window box for food storage. I would love the bathrooms and kitchen floor to be scrubbed and laundry all washed and folded at least once a week. The carpet cleaned, cabinets wiped down and organized... Most of this is on Eriks list... My list does include scrubbing and organizing.

Today's schedule:
6:30-7:30 Wake and gather stuff for hospital bag
7:30-8:30 Feed & Change Trevin...Do the dishes and clean the kitchen
8:30-10:30 Cleaned vacuum and scrubbed filters, swept, gathered up the garbage. Then Trevin and I scrubbed the Kitchen floor with scrub brushes on our hands and knees. It felt a little like swimming and scrubbing with a 22 month old helping!
10:30-11:00 Trevin got a bath and clean cloths and shockingly enough I too got a shower and clean cloths.
10:35-11:30 Went to Target to get Trevin a potty seat. He wants to sit on the BIG potty every hour...never has gone in the toilet but he is trying. ( I am not ready for all of this but if he wants to try I guess I am game too.)
11:30-12:30 Fed Trevin and put him down for a nap
12:30-1:30 Blogged and relaxed ate lunch
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Tonight's plans
3:35 Erik gets home
3:50-9:00 Going to nursery to get the rest of the garden stuff. Drop off donations to DI. Visit Grandma and Grandpa Skinnell. Get Erik's hair cut. Visit his mother. Mix the garden soil. Maybe we will feed our son sometime in there too.
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I know fat chance all of that is happening tonight, but at least we have a goal.

I feel so much more pregnant than 33 weeks. I have a thousand things I would love to have done but when walking across the room I feel like I just ran a marathon. Seriously I am out of breath, my chest hurts into my arms and everything. Sometimes I can carry Trevin up and down the stairs with no problem but if I get down to play with Trevin and stand back up I think I might pass out.

Have I complained enough yet? Not yet? Ok here goes my list before the baby comes....

Put together nursery and Trevins room
Figure out if Trevin is going to stay in a crib or get a big bed
Find a bed
All pictures in photo albums
Clean carpets, closets, cabinets and garage
Sand Dressers and end table
Get baby stuff out
Go to Babies r us and Target and get the stuff I borrowed last time and now need for myself
Finish Packing Hospital bag
Read "The Toddler whisperer" and "Baby Wise" and "The happiest baby on the block"
Email my parents
Vacuum everyday
Sweep twice a day
Scrub.....
Clip the coupons I am behind on
Put together 72 hour kits
FOOD STORAGE plan


Ok I will stop there I am feeling a little over whelmed.

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7 comments

gosh-your list is making me tired!! sounds like my list before storey was born...but not everything got done and we're still doing okay :)
regarding the big boy bed thing: from my experience (and everyone is different) it would have been traumatic to move jakson into new bed (he's very attached to his crib) AND add a new baby to the mix. we'll try moving him to a toddler bed in the next few months, but im keeping him in the crib as long as possible

Hey Girl, take it easy...youre body is already working full time as a construction crew leadman as youre building a baby!! I agree with the above post on the toddler bed, (with both my older girls) you dont want to make too many new changes with Trevin, having a new room and baby are going to be plenty for him to try and handle. Good luck!!!

Woah Erica! Your day has been crazy so far. I was just like this before Allison was born. I wanted everything done! What can I do to help!? Seriously, let me watch Trevin for you. What things do you need?

Your brain sounds like my brain :) The baby tickers on our blogs don't help either... We need to make...oh I mean ask!...our hubbies to have a painting party and paint baby rooms. I'll have my people call your people!

Holy cow. I'm tired just reading your list. I know how it is though. I had a whole list of things I wanted to get done. Eventually, I had to decide what was ABSOLUTELY necessary to have done and what I could let go. It didn't take me very long to realize that if my house wasn't as clean as I wanted it, no one was going to die. I'm just now (6 weeks postpartum) getting my house cleaned really well, and that's because people are coming over this weekend. If we can do anything to help, let us know. Hope to see you Sunday!

Wow I'm out of breath just reading your list! well don't tire your self out get some rest...

It's too bad I just got back from a 10 day vacation otherwise I would be booking a ticket you way to help you with all those things.