Mission of the month

Okay, so I didn't get quite as many things done on my to-do list as I wanted, but I did get some other things finished that weren't on here. That counts, right? :)



Here are my goals for January:

Get all of little man's clothes washed for at least the first 3 months.

I am saying this one is accomplished, even though I am not 100% sure it is...I think I may have two more boxes to wash from my sister, but as is, I have enough outfits for him to last at least 30 days without having to wear a onsie 2 times. So, I am considering it accomplished. :)

Make my friend Melinda's quilt, and mail it to her, since her baby was born last week, instead of on the 9th like he was supposed to come. :)

This should be completed pretty soon. I cut it all out this week, I just haven't made it back downstairs to sew it together. Then instead of me trying to quilt it I think I will have someone else do it since I have never used my new meandering foot for my sewing machine.

Sew the binding onto Marlee's quilt. And wash it so she can use it. :)

I finished her quilt. I have to re-do the binding because it didn't work quite as well as I wanted it to after I washed it, but it is done, and she has slept with it and loves it. Now to get a picture of the finished product to post on here. :)

To do the dishes every night after dinner so I can wake up to a clean kitchen every day-and hopefully if I get into this habit, it will be just that, a habit to do even once little man comes. :)

I did this for the first few days. Then I slacked off. Mike has been home a lot this month during the day, so it has been harder to keep up with stuff, just because we are hanging out all day. I am much more productive when he is at work. :)

Get all of the letter of the week stuff ready for at least 2 months to start doing with Marlee on Fridays. We are going to start doing a letter a week, with a craft and then also have a little party thing on Fridays with things that start with that letter. I figure if I get this all set up BEFORE little man comes, and implemented, then I can keep going with it once he comes, so that way Marlee will have a whole day of fun things that her and I can do together. :)

I plan on doing this this weekend. I think I will go up to the library to print them all off. Although, it wasn't a complete loss...considering that I do have almost everything I want to do for the first 4 weeks or more all lined up. We just don't have any ink in our printer, and it's a very low priority for me, since I can get copies for way cheaper than I could buy new ink right now...so I just haven't printed it all out.

Now for February's goals....these are going to be short and sweet...

1. Get some meals made for the freezer-which should get done next Wednesday, since I am going to do it with a friend. :) 
2. Implement the alphabet stuff with Marlee. 
3. If this little man comes in February...get settled with him. :)
4. Get some things made for the new little man coming into our life...such as some big receiving blankets. I already have the fabric...now to just get the stuff ready sewn. I also want to make a car seat cover...
5. Oh, and get a new car seat for him...

Speaking of car seats and strollers. If you have read my blog for a while, you know that I am kind of a stroller junkie...I have 3...well I have 2 functioning ones, and one that needs to go to the garbage since the straps broke. The stroller that I need to toss was one that the car seat fit into. I also have a double and a single jogger. But, as of right now we have to get a new car seat so I was thinking of getting either another stroller combo...but am looking at possibly getting a double. I know this seems excessive...and it prob. is, but adding the stroller isn't much more than just getting a car seat. My only question is do any of you have a sit and stand, or a tandom double stroller that would be good for when we go on our trips to Vegas, or other places, and for taking it the 2 hours to go shopping...which I can't really fit my double and all the stuff we would need when we go that 2 hour drive. Which is why I was looking at getting something smaller... Or do you think it's a wast of money because Marlee is already 3? I keep going back and forth in my brain about all of these things. Right now when we go shopping in the next town, we don't take a stroller...I just carry her, or Mike carries her if she gets tired. When we go on long trips-like our trip to Vegas, I took my old stroller because she doesn't have to be strapped in...she doesn't try to climb out. But I know with him, I won't be able to carry both of them and all that jazz.

Would love some input. :)