Oh gosh, this is going to be so hard trying to remember what I have and haven't posted about.

Today Patrick got to work on raising up the platform on the crib to where it should be so that I can actually reach Wiley. Of course, once he gets here my belly won't be so big anymore so I guess it'll be easier anyway... but still, it was on the toddler setting and that is definitely too low for me to be able to pick him up.

Lupe was so nice, she helped daddy while he did it.

Abel then came by later to see what was being done to his crib.

A couple days ago we got our infant car seat in and installed it. We then had to un-install it when Patrick's mom gave us a bookshelf we had asked for when she was having her garage sale. We managed to get it in the back seat, though. I'm thinking I'm going to paint it. It's a nice wood, but I don't think she realized there's scratches--which are fine, but also green crayon on the shelf. It's not the end of the world either way, and I should probably not paint it... but I'm tempted. But yeah, we got a Britax infant car seat, which I'm really excited about. I'd been looking at a Graco one that a few friends had mentioned but had decided on a Britax convertible car seat after doing my research. I just really liked a lot of the safety features it had. The car seat is one of the few places I really was willing to splurge a little since it's for his safety and I didn't want to cut corners. Of course, we were lucky Patrick's dad and step-mom gave it to us for a present. Originally my plan was to not get an infant car seat at all since I figured Wiley would fit in a convertible car seat--but apparently you have to have one for the hospital, anyways... Of course, my friend is giving me one of her old infant car seats, too (her baby was born in December, so it's not that old and I know she hasn't been in an accident), so I guess I could've just bought the convertible car seat--but I also want my mom to have a car seat installed in her car so we're going to give her that one to use. And the infant car seat will be useful, I'm sure. I don't think Lupe is so thrilled about it, though.

"Why is this in Lupe's spot?"

"I'm not going to like this baby thing, am I?"

A week ago, I guess, I finished my baby wreath for the hospital door/our front door. I assume the hospital will let me hang it up on our door, I don't even actually know... oops. Seems like I saw some when I came to tour the hospital, but it was a weekend and they didn't really take us past any inhabited rooms.

The star is going to have Wiley's birth date, time, weight and all that on it... once I borrow a paint pen from one of our moms... and he gets here, of course. I decided to make one thinking it'd be cheaper than buying one off of Etsy, I think it was about the same... I guess you make a profit at those when you know how to work the sales at a craft store and already have the glue gun (we lost ours somehow, grr) and other supplies you need. I wanted to put a bow on it... but I think you have to practice dark magic to be able to tie the bow the way I wanted (the big, puffy wreath bow type). I watched numerous tutorials and could not get it. I'd asked Patrick's mom to help, but she got distracted a lot so I gave up and just decided to go bow-less, but I'm happy with the outcome.

I'm upset that my baby's dresser is already getting paint scratched off. Luckily it's the brown, which I still have plenty of extra left... one of the knobs is scratched up and part of the front of the dresser. I'm wondering if Lupe didn't attempt to get one of the stuffed animals off the dresser and scratched it with her claws. We'd thought we should put a coat of polyurethane on it, anyway. I guess now we'll actually do it.

So before Wiley gets here I need to get my eyebrows done one more time (I'm sure I won't feel like makeup and will generally look like hell in pics post-birth but at least my eyebrows can be on-point). I need to get Lupe's nails trimmed. I need to trim Abel's nails. I need to take Lupe to the vet (it's just time for her yearly checkup, I think... but they haven't sent me a card telling me. I just know we took her within three days of adopting her). I need to get my car tag renewed (I'm likely going to have Patrick do that, honestly). So much expensive stuff, ugh.

Part of me is ready to go back to work again so we have money, except I really want to spend time with Wiley. Especially the first six months, after that I've accepted I'll need to go back unless we just get lucky. Only problem is I've fallen and hurt my wrist again since the original accident that hurt it as well as carried something and ran into a door frame with it, which hurt it more. I also think my carpal tunnel is acting up in both wrists so hopefully some of the pain will go away post-baby because I'm sure it's a pregnancy thing... but I'm not counting on it magically being well in just six months, especially when I have a baby to take care of... But going back to doing hair would be ideal, so hopefully I can do that.