Getting Ready for Baby Reed

It's getting close to that time. Reed is due the end of this month, though Andrea's appointment with her new doctor is leading us all to think it'll be sooner than that. We've made up the nursery again -- the cradle is setup, the crib is on its highest setting (to be used as a changing station), newborn clothes are stocked in the cabinet and we even have an outfit selected in which we'll bring him home. A few days ago, we finally got around to installing a ceiling fan in his room for air flow.

Aside from baby stuff, we've been keeping quite busy. We're about ready to start our garden again; between the dandelions, giant anthills and dead patches of grass, our yard needs some attention. We washed and waxed my car and need to do the same to Andrea's. The third stall of the garage needed to be cleaned up badly, so we moved some winter and otherwise unused things up into the attic and brought down spring/summer tools. And so on.

Tonight, though, we went to my parents' place for dinner. Jacob has lately been getting excited over tractors, trucks, buses and motorcycles. Luckily, Grandpa can help in that area, so the two of them went on a tractor ride. They dug a few holes in the field just south of the house. (Jake's getting pretty good at using the hydraulics for the bucket.)

I expect this week will continue to be busy. I hope to give blood; Andrea's next appointment is this Thursday; the garden should be tilled by week's end; and maybe we can get Jacob's sandbox figured out as well.