Baby #3 Bucket List UPDATE

In honor of making it full term (37 weeks) on Sunday, I thought I'd do an update on the Baby #3 Bucket List.

I have to say, of all the to-do lists I've made in preparation for each of my children, I feel like I have accomplished the most off of this one. If you really paid attention you'll also notice that this list is longer than the original. I kept adding things as we went just to keep my brain functioning.

I'm giving myself THIS WEEK to wrap up:

• photography business
• pack all the bags for labor/delivery
• order Cason's maternity/birth/newborn photo book
• finish scanning in a pile of documents/photos I want to get rid of
• order any last Christmas presents. 

And then, after Saturday, it's time to just wait for baby and enjoy my boys.

The major things we GOT done:

Baby purchases (these are things I'm letting myself buy special because we're being surprised by the gender):

• two yards girly fabric and two yards boyish fabric for the first few weekly photos. 
• one pink & one blue newborn "going home" outfit
• buy a few Etsy headbands for newborn photos (just in case)

Turn the office into the nursery:

• Clean out cabinets and closet in office.
• Find a small desk/armoire for computer that fits in our master bedroom.
• Dismantle desk and cabinets in office. 
• Steam clean carpet
• Organize closet
• Patch holes in walls
• Move in nursery furniture
• Hang new hooks
• Touch up paint on crib railings
• Fix gray dresser drawer (top left)
• Purchase ipod dock or sound machine
• Purchase new pack n' play mattress

Prep the boys' room:

• Buy new dresser (I like the six or eight drawer Hemnes from Ikea, but it's $300)
• Steam clean carpet
• Put together Cason's big boy bed
• Move Cason's name
• Buy mattress pad, sheets & comforter for Cason's big boy bed
• Purchase ipod dock or sound machine
• Purchase shelf for ipod dock & clock
• Organize closet
• Organize clothes & do all Fall shopping
• Buy Halloween costumes (I think we decided on costumes that we have all the pieces for . . . so no need to purchase anything!)

Prep Labor & Delivery Bag:

• Buy lavender essential oil (along w/ Warrior essential oil)

Personal Projects:

• Buy/make Christmas presents (I've bought about 25% of our gifts and planned the rest.)
• Order Cason's maternity/birth/newborn photo book
• Finish Cason's quilt top (Not only did I finish the quilt top - I finished the entire quilt. He's currently snuggled up in it (or on top of it) in his bed and a blog post is coming shortly!)

The big to-dos made it onto our calendar:

July/August To-Do List:

• 7/20 - clean out office closet
• 8/3 - build or buy a desk, dismantle old desk and cabinets
• 8/10 - put together Cason's big boy bed
• 8/31 - set up all nursery furniture

September To-Do List

• Get maternity/family photos taken
• Freeze meals
• Coordinate freezer swap while I'm out for a month or two
• Finish Christmas gift shopping/making
• Wash newborn clothes
• Put together bags for birth center and for the boys overnight
• Buy Depends
• Buy Tucks Pads
• Update iPod with playlist
• Set up infant carrier in Jeep

And our list of prioritized purchases/expenses looks something like this:

1. Birth photographer
2. Amoire/desk
3. Boys dresser
4. Van maintenence (oil change, timing belt, transmission fluid & sparks plugs)
5. Bedding for Cason's big boy bed
6. Pack n play mattress
7. iPod docks (2)
8. Lavender essential oil
9. Four yards fabric
10. Newborn onesies
11. Etsy headbands
12. Christmas presents
13. Cason's photo book