The Crib Fiasco

There comes a time in a pregnant woman's life that is often called "nesting." Kelly hit this stage hardcore a few weeks ago, and no corner of our house has been safe from cleaning or organizing since. The desk (shown in the post below) was a product of this. Since we bought the new desk it has been time for another new piece of furniture...the crib.

Kelly has been really wanting to buy a crib for the past few weeks, and after extensive(and those of you who know Kelly well will know that this means lists upon lists) research into what crib to get, we(she) decided on one that she really liked. We ordered it and Kelly has been patiently(impatiently) awaiting its arrival. Well, today I got the e-mail that said it was ready to get picked up. After looking over the size and weight, I, being the man, decided I would be able to hoist it into the car and get it home.

So, the trip began about 3:30pm with Kelly picking me up from school. We drove down to Wal-Mart, had to stop to get something to eat (neither of us had eaten since 8 that morning), and went to get the crib. As soon as they wheeled the flat cart out that had the crib on it, Kelly went BERSERK, laughing uncontrollably, she was so happy. We got the crib out to the car and to our dismay, it did not fit.

At this point in time I would like to say, it was darn close. My manly 3-d sense of packing was sooooo close to right, only about 3 inches off. Unfortunately, the size of the crib can't shrink 3 inches, so we were stuck. Lucky for us, Drew Barnes drove over with his truck to bail us out. We load the crib into his truck and head for home. Right as we are pulling out of the parking lot, we see a motorcycle accident. Not a bad one and not anything that had to do with us, so we drive past back on our way to Provo. Unfortunately, the road that we were going to take was closed, so we kind of randomly drove around for about 20 minutes all the while Kelly giggling like a mad woman.

We finally got home and started to put the crib together. After about 10 minutes, we noticed that in one of the legs, they did not drill the holes for the legs in the correct places. We thought if we could just sand about 1/8 of an inch off the top, it would work well. Trip #1 to Home Depot to get sandpaper followed and we got home at about 7:30. After about 40 minutes of sanding, our sandpaper was smooth and it wasn't getting any closer to fitting. Trip #2 to Home Depot to get more sandpaper. We did finally get it sanded down enough that we could get the screws in, but not well enough that we didn't have to really get mean with the screws. In doing so, I stripped one of the screws pretty good (lets hope it never needs to come out) and scratched up a small piece of the wood. Kelly, being the wonderful person she is, told me it was no big deal. So, we got the thing put together (though after we put the drawer together we realized we did it wrong and had to take it apart and put it together again). After it was together, we had to vacuum, move the furniture and clean the house.

7 hours later, the task was complete. The crib is built and ready for a mattress and sheets. Kelly could not be happier, though she is exhausted. Oh the joys of parenthood. And to think, I wanted to do homework tonight.