Preparing for baby (and thoughts on marriage)

So, as you can see by these photos, we are totally prepared for this little mister's arrival. Oh wait. ;) I was asked a few weeks ago on instragram to do a nursery tour, well here ya have it. A totally unorganized nursery/storage room that is so far from being ready for our little one. Now, in our defense, it really is going to be a space for his stuff and not him. We'll be moving the crib into our room in the last few weeks, and he'll be sleeping there until further notice.

However, we do still have what feels like so much to do. Wash and then organize all his clothes (and diapers which aren't pictured here), buy book ends so those lovely shelves can actually hold books and not just misc items like they're doing now, move all the junk that's in the room (not pictured: suitcases, dog crate, storage tub, other bookshelf, etc), and the list goes on. In one way I'm like, we have plenty of time, but then I remember that there's only 66 days until this babe's due date and he could come earlier so really we need to start on it! I'm sure I'll have a load of stress taken off my shoulders once it's completed. Of course a lot of those things aren't going to be worth doing until after my baby shower at the end of next month, so we'll see how timing works out. 

Once this little space is all tidy and organized (so like 36 or 37 weeks), I'll do an actual post (as opposed to this quickly take pictures and throw them in post. ;) 

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In other sort of non baby news but also sort of baby news, I started reading this book and it is SO good. I am a thousand bazillion times not a book reviewer. I do not review them, and it's probably a good thing because I would more than likely be awful at it. However, that being said, this book is super awesome and you should definitely read it. ;) Marriage, specifically Drex and I's marriage has been on my heart (and brain) a lot lately as we prepare to enter this totally new foreign land of having a baby. We've been told again and again, having a baby totally changes your marriage, but have no idea what to expect. I suppose no one really does until it happens and then you're there and you figure it out, but taking a look at our marriage, where we're individually thriving and also where we're individually failing, has been something we've been doing to help us have the strongest possible marriage going into this new season. Add raging pregnancy hormones to that mix and it is hard. There are moments where I feel like we're just totally failing, and then there are moments where I feel like we're totally succeeding and we've got this marriage thing down. 

The truth is, more often than not we're failing. But that's okay. That's the beauty of two broken people coming together, you fail a lot, but you work through it and you grow together and your flaws are made aware and you get to work through those. You're constantly brought back to God and His goodness and His plans, and working in partnering with Him in those. I am a terribly selfish human being and am SO blessed to have a husband that sees that, knows that, and is constantly challenging me to be the person that God has called me to be. And that's awesome.

I picked up this book after hearing good things and it has been such an encouragement to me. Navigating marriage in a world where marriages are failing as often as they're succeeding is tough! Remembering the purpose of marriage, and my job as a partner in my marriage, has been so refreshing. I'm not even halfway through it and I give it as many thumbs up as possible! 

And now that I feel like I've blabbed enough, I'm going to eat a delicious egg salad sandwich. Mmm.