And then, there are the stairs...

I am a little overwhelmed by the amount of stuff we want to get done before baby boy Stone comes home. (And, yes, I realize much of this is what we WANT to get done vs what we NEED to get done.) All of this when Terry is working to start a business, and I have an extremely busy time at work with multiple new employees and projects.

So, here's what I think about at night:

1. Get  remaining immunizations!
2. Finish adoption training courses
3. Buy crib
4. Buy bedding
5. Buy used dresser/gliding chair/etc
6. Buy stoller and carseat
7. Visit yard sales for other baby items
8. Sell existing furniture in baby room
9. Clean out all "stuff" in baby's room
10. What to do with all of the books on the bookshelves?
11. Paint baby's room
12. Paint mural in baby's room
13. Get blinds for baby's room reworked (we have them, they don't fit)
14. Clean our storage room to move china cabinet into
15. Get new, baby-safe coffee table
16. Register for showers
17. Send my wonderful girlfriends who are doing showers, names/dates
18. Buy deep-freezer
19. Prepare meals to freeze
20. Write thank-you's for baby gifts
21. Add baby to insurance
22. Daycare??
23. Read baby books
24. Read parenting books
25. Read bi-racial family books
26. Purge all the junk from the house, since it's a small house, and much new stuff is coming in!
27. Sleep in as much as possible
28. Prepare for absense from work
29. Find pediatrician
30. Babyproof house
31. And then, there are the stairs. They'r pretty scary for a toddler. The dog (and even some friends) won't go up them. They go down as well, so it's a 2-story drop from the top stair. Eek.

I would assume this is about half of what we need to do. And yes, I know what you're going to say. "It'll all come together". And I do believe it will. But it still keeps me up at night! In an excited way.