It's getting close!

So I'm down to my final week of work for the year. Scary for me to realize that when I come back to my classroom, after my break, I'll be a mom! I never really thought that would be part of my job description, but I guess I'm happy that MY plan isn't always THE plan for me. It's still not "real" if that makes sense. I mean I know he's coming, I feel him getting bigger by the minute, but somehow it hasn't sunk in all the way. I'm sitting looking at his crib right now, and it's hard to imagine in a MONTH there's going to be a baby in there.
Everything's been incredibly hectic around here lately. I've hardly had time to think about anything. I'm worried that when I finally have 5min to myself I'm gonna freak out =). There's no chance of that happening YET though... I still have WAY too much to do. It seems like everytime I turn around I remember something else I haven't gotten around to doing yet. The bad part is, as the days go on I'm getting more and more LAZY! LOL. I just want to stay at home and try to sleep. Sleep's a joke, but I still try =).
I just need to focus on getting through this last week. I have to finish a billion things for my vacation to begin, so I better get to it =).

It's official, I'm such a weirdo!

So, I'm not even sure if anyone will find their way to this blog. Earlier today Dave and I went to Target to register for our little guy. I'm having such a hard time with this whole "baby stuff" thing. Any of you who know me well, know I'm not a big spender. I really try to save my money for the fun things in life. I don't spend much on my clothes or shoes, and purses have never really been my thing. I'm finding that I'm being a big ol' cheap skate when it comes to my baby too. I just have a really hard time registering for things that are upwards of $100 bucks, when I KNOW I could find them in like new condition for less than 1/2 that! Does this make me a terrible mother already?
Don't get me wrong, we registered for a car seat that costs more that I can even imagine. This is important because we want our little guy to be safe. We picked the one that goes from 5lbs to 100lbs, so I figure it will last for awhile. I'm not planning on letting my toddler consume multiple Big Mac's, so it will be a little bit before he hits the 100 lb mark =).
We also registered for a digital camera. The one I have is about 6 years old, and doesn't really function anymore. If anyone has ever seen how many pictures I took of Kai when she was a puppy, you understand why a new camera would be amazing.
I was lucky enough to get a crib and a glider for free, from a niece of a friend. The crib is beautiful (white) and the glider will be perfect once I recover the cushions. I've also inherited an infant carrier/car-seat, a play mat thingy that you can attach toys to, I have a high chair (that is about the same size as my kitchen) that I may be passing on, a bouncy seat, a baby piano, I think my sister has a stroller on the way too. I'm perfectly happy knowing that none of my family or friends will need to waste money on the things I've already acquired. I'm pretty sure he'll never know the difference.
I'm thinking I may start my own registry. Dave and I spent almost 3hours at Target, and our list is pretty pathetic! I checked it on the website, and we have ONE page plus one silly fake leather kiddie chair that we thought was funny. There are other things we would like to have, and there's no way of letting people know what those things are without putting it out there somehow.

This dresser is from Ikea and would look nice with the white crib. There are two different sizes, I'm thinking we could use the bigger of the two.

CLOTH DIAPERS

Here is the Wildflower site where I've found the cloth diapers I want to start with. I've done rediculous amounts of reading on cloth diapering over the last couple of months, and it just seems to make sense for us to give it a try! It of course costs more to get started, but could potentially save us a LOAD of money in the end. This store is located in Scottsdale, I haven't made it over there yet, but I plan on taking a trip soon. It's also nice that you can order online. I thought if anyone would like to add to our collection that would be great! I also registered with them, so you can look me up under Leslie Perry.

Basically to get started we need 24-36 "Prefolds" in size: Infant

The prefolds require 4-6 "Diaper Covers" in size: Small. There are other similar ones with fun patterns, any of these would be great as well.

There is also a "Cotton Diapering Kit", It comes with everything you need to get started (basically everything listed above). Please know, I'm not expecting anyone to spend this much money!

This is the "Laundry Detergent" that is recomended by a few of the articles I've read. It's not available @ the Wildflower store, I've only seen it Online.

Apparently I've already done this once

Yesterday I was inspired by my Shelly-friend to start a blog. I've been thinking about it for a few days now, and I finally decided I was gonna give it a try. As I tried to create a username and password, it kept telling me that I already had an account. I racked my brain trying to remember signing up for a blog, but for the life of me I DON'T REMEMBER! It insisted that I couldn't use my same email adress for a new one so I tried all of the password combinations I could think of, and finally it let me in.
Somewhere along the way I think I lost my mind. How do I not remember signing up for this and posting? I DID find out that my account was created in October 2007. It doesn't help to know that I did it less than a year ago. At least if it was done back in 2001 I could understand how I might forget =).
I guess the good news is: I don't have to think of a clever title, I did that a year ago. At this point it doesn't even matter if I like it, because well, it's there to stay now.