finally finished nesting

We moved Brinton's dresser into his room this week and readily filled it with clothes and blankets. It was a joyous occasion! The nesting instinct I had been trying to suppress since February finally had an outlet.

Yes, that's right, it took four months for the dresser to come in. And there was quite a bit of drama when we placed the order since the dear, dear store workers at our nearest Babies 'R Us branch accidentally sent us an hour away to pick up a dresser that already belonged to someone. Apparently the Uptown crib set is like "gold" to get a hold of these days. Its popularity made it nearly impossible to reserve the furniture from the warehouse before another branch reserved it for their own desperate customers.

So when I received a call the day before we left for Utah saying it had arrived, I decided I had waited long enough. I took matters into my own hands and picked it up as a surprise for Nick. I got it from the store just hours before flying away and moved all 192 pounds of it into our living room with the help of my neighbor.

I resisted my desire to tell Nick what I had done for the first few days of our vacation, but I eventually told him that there was a big surprise waiting at home. He was then allowed one guess a day and after about four days he figured it out.

Brinton's room is finally organized--at least for a little while--and my life is complete.