Saturday: Spring Delivered.

I forget every year how fun it is when spring begins. There is always a day that sticks outs in my mind each year when, according to me, spring officially begins. This year, I am pretty sure it will be Saturday just because it was such a great day.

First of all, I slept in. Lately with a big belly, with a max of two sleeping positions, a huge internal heater, and an internal alarm clock that gets me up 8 times a night, that is no easy task. It felt great!

Then husband and I were out the door for a walk/run. This consists of him running around the lake, me walking up one side of the lake and us meeting in time to walk home together. It was a gorgeous morning out with people by the zillions out enjoying the walking and biking paths. We stopped to talk to several neighbors and friends around the neighborhood.

When we got home husband began to tackle some small house projects. As he was checking things off at a rapid pace, I was moving some of the last extraneous items out of the nursery. Happy as a clam doing some more "organizing".

At 1, my friend and professional organizer, LLC came over so that we could tackle some ways to better use the closet space in the nursery for toys, bedding, clothes, and the many different items of baby gear. I had measured ahead of time and she came with ideas. We discussed, measured some more, moved a few things and then headed out to do some fun shopping at Storables! (Yippee!)

After about an hour of finding most things on our list and generally having a great time looking at all the containers in the store (and comparing, measuring, and reconsidering) we left with a couple of big bags and lots of excitement about the new closet design. Before we could go home though, we needed to stop at Potbelly for some delicious shakes to sip on. Yummy. The best part? We were walking around with no jackets on, eating ice cream.

Upon returning, we set to work on the closet. I wish I had taken before and after pictures as LLC did, because it looked great. We had gotten several different kind of organizers and brought more clarity to how I was going to store items, use the closet, and be able to keep it flexible all at the same time. When we were finished-it looked great!

Next I headed outside to help husband clean my car. He had washed the outside, but the inside was the worst part. So I got to enjoy the weather while getting my car ready for spring: rinsing the salt out of the floor mats and getting all the sand off the floor. As I was doing that KK from down the block stopped over and talked to me while I cleaned. Then we went inside and I got to give her a tour of the nursery. Fun! She admired the closet and the bright green walls I had picked out.

After the car, husband and I cooked dinner together and then packed it up to bring over to our friends who recently had a baby. We ate with them, took turns holding their tiny little boy (who is soooo cute) and hung out and talked to them for the rest of the evening. It was great, I was even given a private demonstration of how the breast pump works when on a live human (which I swear I will return the favor to another girlfriend who is pregnant while I am still nursing. Invaluable.) We had a great evening talking baby and watching some of the basketball tournament.

We drove home through a newly awakened city. The breeze was still warm and it felt great to not rush home in order not to freeze. All the dirty snow banks were long gone and it was so great to know that the next day I would wake up to more sun and just a little bit closer to summer.