Only 8 Weeks to Nest!

Well, here we are at week 32 and Papa-Bear-To-Be does not have the nest all made up for the little one yet. In fact we have not even built the nest!

Nesting phase number 1 for the modern, soon-to-be-dad who lives in a 1 bedroom loft in the city is to put up a few new walls to store the baby within. When said soon-to-be-dad is not mechanically inclined or blessed with the ability to use power (or hand, for that matter) tools then he does the next best thing.... my 5 step process for building a room:
1. Call the contractors
2. Receive quotes
3. Put on the coffee
4. Relax
5. Some simple clean up and you are all done!
Quotes are coming in and I plan to award and start work next week. Small job, but whew... cutting it close.

Nesting phase 2 will include all the furniture. I have a jump start on this one...
Yes, it is a swing. Yes, it looks simple. But no, it was not. This was the most confusing thing I ever constructed. And the whole time I am worrying if it is sturdy enough and safe and not on any recall lists! Oh the stress. And I have not even begun the crib or changing table!!

At that point Amanda will be directing me on the standard setup of a nursery. Placement of furniture, paint color, decorations, etc. She has this all mapped out in that beautiful artistic mind of hers, and I just need to extract it out somehow.

Finally when all this construction is over then we get to the real business of nesting... learning what to do with this precious gift when we get Baby home! We have all-day classes on Saturday in two weeks and then again in three weeks to prep for the birthing and then how to take care of our little one. We are confident we could figure it out on our own, but welcome the opportunity to learn on the "Do Nots" to help us avoid any potentially stressful moments when we welcome Baby Bratschie home.


Any nesting advice you wish to share would be welcome!