A home for everything, and everything in its home.

I have a little bit of everything to blog about today. The first is that I am so happy that the above picture is not us! Today marks the one year anniversary of us moving into our apartment in Roanoke, also meaning that if we had not renewed our lease today would once again be moving day. But it's not!!!!!!!! I can't imagine moving today, with 100 degree temperatures and a baby bump that keeps me plenty warm. Since starting college back in 2002 I have never stayed in a place more than 2 years which equals to a lot of moving and even more boxes. Have you ever realized that even if you go through and get rid of stuff before each move, your stuff still multiplies? I honestly hate the packing, moving, unpacking process, but it is often necessary. And it's not like I want to stay in our current apartment for the next 10 years.

Part 2 of this blog is that we put up Eva's crib last weekend! Having a crib makes her arrival seem so much closer! It made me want to get everything in order and set up in the nursery ASAP. I tried to get Ryan to jump on the nursery decorating band wagon and asked him if he wanted to have long, in-depth conversations about where to put diapers and other cute baby things like onesies and bibs. His loving response, "I'm not a bird. I don't nest." Oh, what a clever man.

Nana and Papa (Ryan's parents) were very generous to get us the crib as a gift and I love it! As soon as we got it last Saturday my skillful husband and I got right to work setting it up. Probably the hardest part was unwrapping it from the giant box that it came in. It only took us about 30 minutes to get it out and put it together and I am so happy with how it looks! Thank you Nana and Papa! I can't wait to see a cute little girl peeking out of it, waiting to be picked up in the morning :) Of course, the arrival of the crib meant the end of......................

The computer desk. Ryan's one man space in the house. Before the conversion of the nursery, we used to call the 2nd bedroom in our house The Office/Guestroom. Ryan had his special space where he could put treasured belongings like his daily tear off calendar, his monthly schedule calendar, and his all important cup of pens. The computer was one he bought for college and as he would often remind me that, "I bought the desk at Walmart and put it together myself!"

As excited as I am to have the crib, my heart breaks a little bit for my husband to have to give up his computer desk. I have tried suggesting some new places for his calendar and cup of pens. He has a laptop so he doesn't need the desktop computer. But there is definitely no room in our apartment for the desk. I guess this is one of the sacrifices that people are referring to when they say that having a baby changes everything.

On a side note, we have a really great computer desk we are selling... let me know if you're looking for one....