Productive

Saturday Nate was helping a lady from church move. On his way he was picking up a couple of the young men from our ward. A few minutes before he was going to leave the mother of one of these young men called to see if Liam and Jonas could come to their house and play while they were helping with the move (her youngest son Caleb is 10 and really good with all of the younger kids in Primary. He is probably one of Liam and Jonas' favorite people ever!). Of course I said that would be fine. How often do I get a few hours all by myself? Not very often! I hadn't planned on doing a lot while Nate was out but really quickly thought of a few things I could do.

Crib Sheets
Here's the back story: When we found out we were having a girl I wanted so badly to decorate her room. When we moved into our townhouse the walls were already painted in a light green and white stripe on two walls and the other two plain green. I figured I could find some really cute sheets - maybe pink and green or purple and green. Well, I found lots of cute stuff! The problem was they were either in the US meaning I'd have to somehow get them here or they were already here and $20! $20 for one fitted crib sheet! Its not like they are Egyptian cotton, 2000 thread count or anything! So I decided my best option would be to buy a queen size fitted or flat sheet and make 2 crib sheets out of it. I thought it was a pretty great plan until I saw the prices of queen fitted or flat sheets. Close to $30! Its not even a complete set! Ugh. One day I happened to be in the mall and there was a huge sheet sale going on in the middle of the walkway. While checking it out I found quite a few queen fitted sheets for $10. They had some cute flowery stuff or just plain pink. Both would work until I opened the package to feel them since they didn't say what the thread count was on the package. They felt like sandpaper! Then I found a light green that felt much nicer. Not the cute, girly color I was hoping for but how could I pass on the price. I've tried to shop here enough to know that there usually isn't a better deal at the next store or when the next sale happens. I made the first of my 2 crib sheets a few weeks ago. It didn't go so well. It will work and look fine from the top. Just don't look under the mattress. So Saturday I tackled the 2nd one and did a much better job. I took my time and did it a little differently and am pretty happy with the results.

Waterproof Mattress Protector
I have been on the lookout for a crib sized mattress protector for months. The lowest price I could find was $15 but they went all the way up to $50. I was getting ready to buy the $15 one and get it over with but wanted to check one last store. While looking around I had a hard time finding crib sized protectors but there were plenty of single, queen and king. I found an opened pack from a single one so I had a look to see how it was made. It was so simply put together (and only $5) so I decided I could just resize it to fit the crib mattress. It was made to fit just the top of a single mattress with elastic to go under the mattress corners. I was able to turn it into a more fitted crib cover that I think will give the mattress much better protection.


AND I was able to get an email out that I had been meaning to for days AND get the house cleaned up because shortly after Nate got home the missionaries were coming over to teach someone at our house.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't hear "Moooom, can I have..." every 5 minutes! :) Plus it feels really good to have at least part of the baby's room put together...even if it isn't pink and ruffly like I really would like it to be!