Life Lately

Besides our doctors appointment Monday, it's been a fairly uneventful week around here. I have started feeling the need to get our house organized, though, so I've been working on that. There's not too much to clean out since we just moved in November, but somehow I have managed to find plenty to do. Today I organized all the diapers by size, so clearly you see that my life has taken a turn for the more interesting.

I did make an exciting purchase today for the nursery. I got Max his "first year" frame from Pottery Barn Kids, and I can't wait for it to come in!


Now if you will excuse me, Mike is watching a video about cleaning facilities, and I can't believe I'm missing it.

Meet Max

Weston Maxwell

We had our sonogram today, and Mr. Max is definitely a boy! I thought I would spare him the embarrassment of showing his boy parts on the Internet, so you'll just have to take my word for it. Everything looked good. He cooperated, so we were able to see fingers, toes, ventricles, the whole nine yards. He looks like one healthy little guy. Praise the Lord!

The name Weston Maxwell itself isn't a family name, but we wanted to stay with the WMM initials that all the firstborn men in the McD family have. Actually, in the past three generations, I'm not sure that there's been a "second-born" son, so WMM rules the family. If Max gets a little brother we'll have to start branching out!

Here's one more for the road:

He was so still at first that he must have been sleeping. Toward the end he started to move, and he just kept yawning and yawning. He probably wasn't too happy with us for interrupting his nap!

More Plants

After having so much trouble with the ferns on my front porch and then finally getting them set out, I discovered that when your house faces north ferns don't always fare so well. They end up looking kind of sad and lopsided from being beat down by the wind...and repeated falling over thanks to super lightweight urns. So...I did some more planting. These things are big enough that I don't think a tornado could move them. But let's hope we don't test that theory.

On Baby Stuff

1. A few days ago someone at church let me know that I am starting to really look pregnant instead of just looking like I ate too much. Awesome. Good to know.

2. I saw these on somebody's blog the other day, and since then I have started noticing other people with them. Have any of every tried this (for your child, not for yourselves)? They seem like a good idea in theory...

3. I just don't know what to think about these new Huggies jean diapers. Part of me wants to laugh really hard. And part of me wants to drive to the next town, buy some in secret, and store them in the back of the closet in case I decide I need them.

image: http://blogs.babble.com

Shelves on the Cheap

I wrote awhile back about a fairly giant cubbie system I wanted for the wall in my living room. After looking around for awhile, we settled on a smaller and much cheaper solution for the wall. I think I like this a lot more than I would have liked the cubbies. They don't take up near as much room, and they won't entice toddlers to try to scale them. Well, at least if they do they won't fall as far.




These are just two sets of the shelves you can buy at Target. I am mixing the wicker baskets with the cheaper ones to make it look a little "fancier" for a living room space. Eventually I want a basket in each spot, but we'll work on that slowly.