Matt and I try to set aside a few minutes here and there to bond as a growing family. It usually happens right before bed. We’ll touch my stomach and talk to “Coconut.” The best was when Matt had his face pressed up against my belly and he got a swift kick to the head from our little baby.

One night we read an alphabet book to our little boy, and we had so much fun we started reading to him more often. Since we only had a total of two children’s books in our house (the rest of mine are in my classroom!), I decided

Our nursery creation has begun!

Initially, I wasn’t planning to start buying anything until December, but we were already at IKEA for the third time in two weeks, and Matt suggested that we go ahead and buy the sleeper sofa that we had been talking about purchasing for the baby’s room.

We went to IKEA last weekend to buy a bookshelf for our closet. I had planned to reorganize our bedroom closet in September, but we needed a new bookshelf to free up some space in there.

We ended up buying the wrong size, returning it, and going back

After enumerating many challenges related to having a baby around in yesterday’s post, I’m back to try and generate proactive strategies for making the transition a tad bit smoother.

Here are some thoughts: