Getting Ready for Baby #3

We have been getting ready for the baby as much as possible. With Everest being older, I have been trying to find ways to include him in welcoming the baby. We decided to have a birthday party for the baby. I found a really simple, but cool looking balloon wreath on a blog and decided it would be a great symbol for our neighbors to know we had the baby. And we can use it for the rest of our birthdays too.

Everest and I went and bought all the supplies: straw wreath (with plastic wrap), a variety of balloons, and floral pins.

Sorting the balloons. I didn't get any good pictures of him helping, but we spent about an hour putting balloons on. It was easy enough for Everest to push the pins in.

Here is the mostly finished product. I need to put a ribbon hanger on it so we can display it on the front door when the baby arrives. That is one of Everest's job, he is very excited about it.

While Nathan, Everest and Grami were in Montana, Leaf and I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. We made a HUGE batch of granola (Leaf was sneaking some). I was hoping we would have it for after the birth, but everyone loves it and we are already half way through it. Thankfully Nonnie is here (she is the expert granola maker), so we will make more.

We also checked out the garden, hoping the tomatoes were rip to make sauce before the baby comes. I think we might be out of luck. I have some beautiful tomatoes, but they seem content at being green right now.

I have 2 basil plants in my herb garden. They are as tall as Leaf. I use fresh basil often, but I knew I wouldn't be cooking from scratch once the baby is here. We picked the plant almost bare (I got 2 buckets full). I made 8 bags of pesto and froze them, and had enough left over to make fresh pesto for dinner the other night. YUM!

Nathan and I spent the other day cleaning out and reorganizing our freezer. I wrote down everything in there so we know what we have. Now I have room to add more. I am spending my last few days before the baby is due filling it up. I am not sure how life with 3 kids will be, but I do know, I will not have time to cook from scratch....at least not in the first month or two.