I want that.

It's all happening. I have made great strides putting the nursery together so I'm feeling much better about what would happen if Ellie came early. As seen above, we purchased the freakishly bizarre "Symphony in Motion" mobile for her...

Personally, I'd be scared as hell if I woke up and saw that hanging over my head, but this is the mobile that so many people are crazy about. It plays Mozart and Beethoven so hopefully our tiny genius will like it. I know who already really likes it and that's Morgan. The other night, I was working in the nursery and I told the big girls to come over to the crib because I had something to show them. I turned on the mobile and Morgan sat down and was mesmerized by it. She then got up on her hind legs and put her front paws on the side of the crib to get a better look. I don't want her to start hopping up on the side so I told her to get down, but she was happy to sit on the floor and stare at it with her tail wagging. I can't tell if she likes it or if she thinks it's so strange looking that she wants to grab it and bury it in the backyard.

The bigs have been really good about not running off with any of Ellie's stuff, but then again it doesn't smell like her yet. Lucy likes to "baby" and nest with whatever she can find of mine (socks, my digital camera, hand lotion), but hopefully she won't start to baby my baby's things. Lucy is particularly fond of the teddy bear that hangs from the baby papasan, which is only velcro fastened on, so I'll see how long that lasts. Right now they seem interested but confused by all of the recently acquired items in the new nursery.

We were supposed to have the sofa for the nursery delivered this weekend, but our guy flaked out since his assistant didn't show up to help him deliver. On Sunday, I washed a full load of Ellie's things (sheets, blankets, towels, washcloths, layette) so I could start putting them away. We're using the same chest that was in my room as a baby, but we've switched the top knobs and spray painted the others. It will double as her changing table. Lookin' good now!! I've created a spread of items that people have sent to Ellie:

I already feel bad for kid #2 because s/he will probably be wearing and using all of the above items after Ellie does and be sleeping in the top drawer of our dresser. I mean, would little Ricky Bobby really know that he's sleeping in a shoebox and wearing a dress? No. Pink or blue onesies? Who cares because they can't see color for a while anyway. Everything has to be perfect for the first one, but by the time the next one rolls out, we'll probably be using the "what doesn't kill him makes him stronger" method out of sheer exhaustion and give him a bag of glass to play with. And Lord help us if there's a third one. Morgan's mothering instinct had better be pretty good because that's who's going to be raising it.

My friend, Veronica, also had a shower this weekend - a wedding shower up at Leslie's house. It was very nice. I'm afraid I may miss her wedding since it's 10 days after my due date. I hate to say that I may be busy, but I may be! Mom and dad came over on Saturday to do some shopping with me and helped hang the "Ellie" letters over the bed that mom made. I also purchased the Fisher Price Rainforest swing with gift cards from the shower and set it up . By next weekend, I want to make a 360 video of the nursery and figure out how to to post it to the blog. I have to keep up with the Erwins.