Celebrating // Another successful birthday party, now in the books! Emma partied hard on Saturday with her friends and passed out cold on the short drive home (surrounded by a dozen balloons, no less). I didn’t take a ton of photos, but I’ll post a few of the ones I did get later this week.
Realizing // That I only have 2-4 weeks of work left before maternity leave, which means I’ve got a lot to get wrapped up and settled. My tentative plan (which I need to talk to my boss about today) is to work as usual for the next 2 or 2.5 weeks, and then telework from home until baby arrives. The bottom line, really, is that I want to work until baby arrives to minimize the amount of leave without pay I have to take later this year. But I also don’t want to be AT WORK when I go into labor if I can help it. With Emma I was at work on Friday and went into labor on Sunday, so that actually turned out quite nicely. Who knows how it will go this time…
Stitching // More of my first big Passacaglia quilt rosette. It’s the first Passacaglia work I’ve done in over a month — I still really like that I can pick up and put down this project as the mood strikes!
Ordering // A pair of waterproof mattress pads for Emma’s bed. (We’d been using the tiny ones from her crib so far and just strategically positioning them on her new twin bed, but we need those back for baby.) I haven’t written about potty training really but the summary is that Emma is basically 100% potty trained for pee and has been for months, and about 5% trained for poop. Yep. We’ve tried everything I can think of for #2 with no luck, and are basically at an impasse. She either 1) poops in her diaper first thing in the morning, 2) poops in her pull-up at the end of naptime or 3) just straight up poops in her undies (rare, but not as rare as one would hope). She NEVER poops at daycare. Ever.
I agreed to give up naptime pull-ups to be consistent with what daycare is doing, which means I’ll inevitably be washing sheets when she poops in her undies at the end of naptime at home.
You’re welcome for that discussion of my 3-year-old’s toilet habits.
Feeling // Like the more I try to declutter the house, the more I lose the battle. I’m definitely at a low in the up-and-down cycle of trying to keep our stuff under control, and it’s frustrating me to no end at the moment.
June says
When you say declutter do you mean organizing? because unless you throw that crap out, you will always be a slave to your stuff. GET RID OF IT.
Sarah says
Honestly it’s about 50/50 decluttering and organizing. I’ve been getting rid of a good amount of stuff lately, but with a preschooler plus baby on the way it’s amazing how much stuff comes IN. So I’ve been trying to both get rid of what we really don’t need, and come up with a better way to organize the stuff we’re not ready to get rid of yet.
It doesn’t help that my husband keeps buying telescopes.
Sarah says
We really like the Dappi plastic pants (you can find them on Amazon) while potty training. They won’t hold everything in like a pull-up, but they can make the difference for naps or car rides where there might be trouble.
Our nearly 3 year old is also pretty good with pee and not so much for poop. Wondering how he’ll do when he starts going back to daycare in a few weeks and when he’ll figure it all out!
Misti says
I haven’t even read the KonMari book but I’ve read enough about it to already start instilling some of her principles. The problem is I have a husband who says “We have attic space, we can put it there!” *doh* I would love to declutter more, get rid of items all of our parents keep giving because they are getting rid of our crap and while I can say no, my husband can’t.
I remember this time last year…I was so antsy about the baby coming! I was just mentally done with work, too.
Sarah says
I haven’t read that book either but it’s on my list. Based on other reviews, I feel like I’ll think it’s 50% insanity, 50% good tips. The whole “get rid of things that don’t bring you joy” strikes me as a little cheesy, yet I’ve also found it helpful so far to frame things in that type of way — asking “does this item really do it for me,” basically.
Ah, those husbands. Mine has a tendency towards clutter too, and a reluctance to throw things out.
Jen says
We have started doing goodwill Fridays. Every Friday, everyone gives something to goodwill, except briony of course. Including Jonathan despite his initial reluctance. Three items every week adds up and helps keep things under control. And I often give more than one thing. It’s really helped get my closet under control.
Sarah says
I love this idea!