more baby countdown

We're less than a week away from the due date! How did that happen? I'm trying not to hyperventilate when I think of all the things I still want to do. Here are some more of Elle's baby countdown activities:

car wash/detail and install car seat:
I really want the car to be a little more dog hair and cheerio free when we bring baby brother home and before I put another car seat in the back. So Elle and I headed to the car wash and got the "Shrock Box" all spiffy. Since we never do this I thought Elle would be pretty intrigued by the whole process. She loved watching them vacuum the car and then watching through the glass when they drove the car through the big washer. We now have a clean and cozy backseat with two car seats! I thought about taking Elle to the fire station and have them shuffle Elle's car seat and install the new one, since they supposedly do that, but I thought Chris would be offended so he did it himself.

pack a diaper bag:
When we were going through the baby stuff I found a couple of pacifiers that work with "heavy baby" so she plays with them and has a box of other doll clothes and blankets. Since Elle was going to a sibling class and needed to take her baby I thought she might like a diaper bag to put all her stuff in. I bought a couple of cheap bottles and made a little bag since I couldn't find a cheap one that I thought she could manage. I had already made some play wipes and diapers so we added those to the bag. I got the wipes tutorial from here and I made my own diaper template and used the leftover flannel and some velcro. I emptied a travel bottle of baby powder. Then we packed a diaper bag for baby brother.


Elle's sibling class:
We're delivering at Saint Anthony's, but they don't offer a sibling class. Fortunately, OU offers one and allowed Elle to enroll even though she's younger than the minimum age and we're not delivering there. The class was 2 hours on a Saturday and cost $10. She had to take her baby and a picture of her as a newborn. The teacher was really friendly and the activities kept Elle interested the whole time. She had 4 other kids in the class and the mom's and dad's could attend as well. She watched a video on being a super sibling, practiced putting a diaper on her baby and swaddling her, made baby brother a special onesie for his birthday, started a handprint certificate that we can add his handprint to later, ate cupcakes to celebrate, and then toured a room where she got her own doctor's hat, gloves, and mask (she loves these!). Overall, I highly recommend the class!





special present for baby brother:
We also wrapped up the onesie Elle made at her class and I took her to Babies R Us to pick out a new blanket just like Elle's to give to brother. If you know Elle you know how special her blanket is to her so I thought this would be a gift she wouldn't mind sharing.

thank you notes:
Elle and I worked on thank you notes for gifts she got at the shower etc. She really liked playing with stamps and stamp pads and picking out the stickers and paper. This also went along great with Thanksgiving coming up!