Cleaning House

Literally. I put the babies in the pack n play despite their protests so I could vacuum. I looked over two minutes later and they were sound asleep. I might have to vacuum on a daily basis now!

The floor in our closet is also getting some extra love, unfortunately because one of the cats keeps peeing in it. And on the bathmat. And on one of the baby blankets. And on the cat bed, which I just ended up tossing because they don't use it anyways. I had been thinking this was a protest against the babies, or a marking of territory, but then my parents mentioned my childhood cat was doing similar things and ended up having a UTI. So, off to the vet we go tomorrow. I actually hope it is a UTI, because that is fixable, and not anti-baby angst, because that we'd just have to wait out. And I already have enough laundry to do without having to redo the sweaters in our closet on a weekly basis. I'll feel terrible that I've been upset at the cats for the past three weeks if it turns out one of them is sick, of course, but it's better than them hating us for bringing home the babies, I suppose.

Okay, off to put away laundry, finally. Got to take advantage of this vacuum-induced naptime!

Progress in the Nursery

So, as I mentioned yesterday, Blue built the second crib and the changing table on Friday night and we squeezed them into the nursery. I'm not sure if this has come through in previous photographs, but the room is really quite small. Here are the cribs in place:

Somehow seeing both cribs set up makes it SO real.

We have netting over the cribs to try to teach the cats that they are off-limits. Judging by the holes in the netting and the state I often find the netting in (sagging into the crib), my guess is that training isn't really taking.

They are also having trouble understanding that the changing table is not, in fact, an elevated new kitty bed.

Black Cat gives a big yawn as I wake her from a nap. Man, she's cute.

White Cat isn't going to take any crap from me. He refuses to get off the table.

And here is one of both of them, enjoying the sunshine:

Can't bring myself to just lock them out of the room. They love the sun!

If you add all these pictures together, you can see that I've just shown you the entire room. It's tight. Getting to those baskets full of clothes will be difficult at times. The shelving behind the cribs will be for long-term storage as opposed to daily-used items. And the ottoman for the glider likely won't be going into the nursery after all.

But I am really loving the rug I got. It fills the remaining floor space, pretty much, but is oh-so-soft on my feetsies. I can imagine setting the babies down on it for some tummy time. After I vacuum up the fur, of course.

Cats vs. Stroller

I finally got a chance to take a picture of the teddy bear, still in his diaper. He's been living in our living room in some pathetic hope that having something around wearing a diaper will help prepare the cats for impending babies.

A little lopsided, but not terrible.

Speaking of the cats, they were very intrigued as I assembled the stroller. I was very proud to do it all myself (with one "smash" from Blue to help lock a piece in place), even though it required zero tools. Deciphering those drawings takes skills! I particularly liked the part where they put things into three languages, including "Click!" <<clic>> and "Clic!" Just in case Frenchies couldn't figure out what "click" meant.

Black Cat decided to do some quality control, so we now know that the storage basket can hold at least 13 pounds.

"Why isn't this thing moving yet?"

White Cat, who is more reserved (or tries to be), was content to observe from on top of the stroller box. Of course, he later got stuck IN the stroller box when the flap got stuck, but he told me not to share that with you. Oops.

Check out that awesome Photoshop job to erase addresses!

Here's hoping they take to their new siblings as easily!

Nursery Update

I finally put all the baskets on the shelves! It only took four trips to get them all home (I bought them near my office and they are heavy, surprisingly), and by that point I didn't want to think about them for a while. I still need to buy two more large yellow ones as I miscounted originally. In any event, I'm thinking they look pretty cool! I like the pop of green they bring to the room.

Black Cat and White Cat are a little unsure about losing the shelving to sit on, and have already tried to get into the baskets, but I think they'll adjust. Black Cat is taking a breather here in between attempts to infiltrate the baskets.

Random Thoughts

• It's going to be weird having to unbutton, unzip, rebutton, and rezip pants again after the babies come. I've gotten WAY too used to elastic waistbands...

• I have two cats and will have two babies. Think I can get all four to do this at the same time?

Wicked friggin' cute

• Chobani Greek yogurt in Raspberry has finally won me over to Greek yogurt. SO YUM. And so much protein!

• Bought a Sonicare toothbrush. Other than the fact that it tickles my lower lip like crazy and that brushing often ends with toothpaste vibro-flung onto the mirror, it is awesome. My teeth feel super clean. And maybe now my dentist won't yell at me for brushing too hard anymore... 

• I realized I've never put a picture of White Cat on here. So here he is!
  

  

Lazy kitty.

Black Cat--Approved

As I mentioned last week, we got a great deal on a glider-ottoman set from Babies R Us. We got it into the nursery (barely) and stepped back as our two cats (Black Cat and White Cat --- everyone is a color in our house!) sniffed it out. Black Cat was scared of it at first, or maybe was just creeped out by my reading a kid's book out loud to her. In any event, it took them a few minutes to get used to it. While they've both taken their turns on it, judging by the amount of black fur already in place on the seat, I'd have to say it's Black Cat's new favorite spot in the house. I hope she's not too upset when I use it with the babies!