First of all, I’m a little behind on news – we found out a couple of weeks ago that we are having a boy!  It was wonderful to see him on the screen at the ultrasound and walk away with lots of pictures of our handsome boy.  It’s fun now to be able to refer to The Baby by his name, and to know “who’s in there.”

At five and a half months along (22 weeks), I am definitely feeling the itch of wanting to get things ready for The Baby’s arrival!  Unfortunately, there’s only so much I can do, as we plan to move before he comes.  That’s right, The House is a-comin’!  I have talked before about The Accountant and I saving for a house, and now, the time to buy is near.  After much research, we have decided on a townhouse (rather than a single family home) in a suburb that isn’t too terribly far from Boston.  There are a couple of townhouses on the market we are very interested in, so we’ll be going to viewings of them very soon.  We’ve been approved by the bank, so now we just need to pick our favorite, make an offer, and cross our fingers!

The idea of moving so close to The Baby’s due date (making an offer in January, we likely won’t be moving until March…The Baby is due May 5th) is certainly daunting, but we really feel it will be worth it to get settled into our new home before he arrives, rather than trying to make room in our apartment for the time being and then house-hunting with an infant.  Plus, we are fortunate to have caring family close by who have already offered their help with the move – the more hands, the better when it  comes to cleaning and painting!

And speaking of painting…  You know I’ve been thinking about The Baby’s room!  Yes, with the townhouse, The Baby will have his very own room, and I will finally get to put all of my nursery decor daydreaming into action! I know you’ll be shocked to hear that I have yet another new idea for the nursery…  Just look at these lovely green nurseries, both from the always fabulous ohdeedoh (click each to go to ohdeedoh and see more pics):

As soon as I showed the second picture to the Accountant, it was decided.  That is out paint color.  The Baby’s room will be green.

Now, if we could just get through this whole “buying” and “moving” business…