Pregnancy and the subway ...

I only have 2 short items for this list ....

1. Ladies out there who are not giving up your seat for the pregnant ones, you are SO going to have bad karma when it is your turn. Beware!

2. Why do we pay so much for our MTA cards each month when the subway keeps getting worse and worse? I mean 25 minute waits on the platform PLUS waiting for 4 trains to pass before you can even board? The MTA should be ashamed of itself. I thought that they added more L trains to the subway service?

Ok, on to nicer topics ...

Today Magnus and I (because let's be honest, I did not get pregnant by myself) are officially 38 weeks preggo with our little lady. This is what 38 weeks looks like ... on me anyway:

I may complain at times that I am tired or feel a bit swollen, but honestly, I have had the easiest pregnancy so far I really am thankful to the pregnancy gods. Hopefully the remaining couple weeks and delivery will go just as smooth.

Last weekend Magnus and I worked really hard on the nursery all day Saturday, but it didn't prove to be enough since we barely touched the surface of our loooonnnngggg cleaning/organizing list. Sunday we were a bit burnt out after the all-day affair on Saturday, so we weren't nearly as productive. This weekend we are hoping to finally get the nursery done, finish packing up the hospital bag and then some additional organization that I know won't get done once baby is here. Wish us luck because this baby has been forbidden to arrive until her bedroom is organized and things are all washed ;)

We are finally getting somewhere ...

in terms of baby prep in our apartment.  Our trusty little helper, Emma, was kind enough to test out some of the new furnishings for the nursery...

* The mandatory sniff test

* Taking in the Brooklyn views

* I dare to say that our "baby" is rather enjoying herself

How could we NOT let Emma be the first to try out the crib? She is very light weight and loves small/enclosed spaces, so we plopped her into the finished product and I think she really took a liking to it! haha

Thankfully, I don't think that she can actually clear the side rails to jump in on her own, but she has officially made the crawl space underneath her new hideout.

We also purchased a new rug for the nursery via UrbanOutfitters, of course our tester was right there to try that out as well ...

* New carpet for the nursery... really breaks up all the white

Now that we have our crib assembled and a carpet, we can start organizing the babe's closet, hanging things on the wall and painting stripes on the ceiling. We have so much left to get done, but I think with a couple more free weekends, we should be able to pull something fabulous together!