We're on the official 2 week countdown now for baby. As much as I was hoping the little one would be early, as each day passes I'm wondering more and more if it'll be late. I'm not working much anymore at Eddie Bauer so that's giving us some extra time to get things in order before the baby arrives ( Read more... )

My hometown has entered a contest to win field lights from Granite City Electric. You can view all the towns up for vote at http://www.granitecityelectric.com/special/survey.phpRead more... )

We have awesome family. Matt, Serena and the girls stopped by with the free furniture and microwave from the generous donor in Gardner. I'd forgotten how nice and convenient it is to have a microwave, but it was nice to nuke a TV dinner for the first time since we'd moved to Belmont. It's working somewhat spottily so we may try to Freecycle it ( Read more... )

Baby is head-down, so that's good. Estimated about 6 lbs 11 oz so far, so even though we're not due until September 6, I'm hoping it'll come early. I can't fathom delivering an 8 lb baby!

We had a baby shower today out in Gardner, attended by a good number of my central MA relatives and friends. We have a lot of much-needed items crossed off our list and are still overwhelmed by how much is left to get ready for this baby ( Read more... )

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Brandon and Jared just left to get the washer and dryer. It'll be nice being able to laundry at home. I can only imagine the value will increase after the baby is born and we have all sorts of little accidents to clean up after ( Read more... )

We have an opportunity to get a washer and dryer for $200. The problem is, we need a way to get it from Arlington to Belmont ( Read more... )

It seems that Davey was pretty aggressive toward the upstairs neighbor's toddler when everyone was outside for a bit yesterday. I'm hoping that it's just the stress of moving and adjusting to a new environment that caused his reaction ( Read more... )

If anyone has time between now and the end of the month to help us bring boxes, odds and ends over to the new Belmont apartment, that would be wonderful ( Read more... )