7 weeks to go...

thank God this ‘lil guy has some grandparents and aunts who are willing&able to spoil him already because let it be known now – his mama and pops are all about budget! only if we can win the lottery and become billionaires, or just millionaires, the question would be - what can we not buy for him! but having a baby is not cheap and we’re learning that daily as we prepare to welcome the lil one soon. pretty much everything has been purchased/gifted/handed down (mostly gifted) so all we need to do is push this guy out and he’ll have lots of goodies awaiting him. ap’s sister is on a buying frenzy as if she’s having this baby. actually – she does call him her baby. lol. MIL said half of her room was a storage for the baby’s gifts before the shower. she says she’s determined to become the lil guy’s favorite aunt. i think she’s definitely winning that race already so she has nothing to worry about. she calls every day to make sure ap gets the whooping cough vaccine, she’s made appts for her parents to get the shots, she’s gotten him more clothes and toys than everyone else combined. i promised her that i’d remind the lil guy later of all her efforts. :) MIL got us this stroller & a whole lotta jacadi outfits and luxury swaddlers. while I’m extremely grateful, don’t get me wrong, I’m worried. his mom&dad will be dressing him in $5 onesies and shirts. if he thinks how gma dresses him is how his style will be, he can check that fantasy in the womb before he comes out!

stroller, crib, car seat, glider, diaper bags - all are checked.  now, it’s all the little things for the nursery that i'm browsing around for. and boy do those things add up too! geez! i purchased a couple of things from etsy so far but am going to hold off on everything else I’ve eyed until he’s here. These were too adorable (and on sale) to pass up!

i have a picture in my head of what i want the nursery to look like but until i start putting it together, i don’t think it’s very smart to just buy everything just because “it’s cute!”. we weren’t going to have a nursery for him when we bring him home from the hospital since we’re in a 1 bdrm right now, but plans have changed recently. we were given an opportunity to move into a 2brdm for a kick-ass price at the end of this month that we just could not pass on. it’s highly unlikely the pricing would be the same come february, and we really need the extra space like now, so we’re moving in 3 weeks, the weekend i start my leave~ can't wait!  that’ll give me 3~4 weeks to get his nursery ready. i think we’ll move first and set up his furniture & arrangement before i purchase any more décor items. otherwise, ap will hang himself, seriously. ap has taken it upon himself to do some accent walls in the new apt. i really want to help because i’ve always wanted to paint! i know – that sounds ridiculous but whenever i see those home depot commercials w/women painting their walls – it looks so fun! he says i shouldn’t help him because of the paint smell but I think if I wear a mask, i’ll be fine. no?

as for the name game. i’ve won! it was a hard fought battle, but I knew i’d pull through. ap’s too nice to ever not let me win in the end. :p. it came down to 1 thing. he said i can name our child if i ate pho just once w/him. believe me, you’d think i’d jump at the chance cuz it sounds easy enough right? uh, not when you’re me! asking me to eat pho is like asking anyone else to eat oh, I don’t know…a cockroach! i lashed out asking why he’d want to torture me! does he take pleasure in seeing his wife suffer? but I did it.

and honestly, it wasn’t like eating cockroach, fine. but it was still pretty darn gross. but oh so worth it! we have a name!!!