so sleepy ...
Seems like I'm always tired these days. Sleep is getting tougher and more uncomfortable. Plus, just walking and doing other household chores are just so much work. It's funny but I actually do better during the week because I just sit at work all day and don't have to be moving so much. It's the walking and carrying and driving that we do on the weekends that just wears me out. So needless to say, updating the lj isn't the top priority, but I'm sorry it's been so long.
The holiday have come and gone and that means we're just that much closer to the baby actually being here. My dad came out for Christmas and it was so nice to have him. I missed seeing the rest of the midwest clan but at least we had a bit of it. It was probably better that I didn't sit on a plane for that long, though. The whole holiday season Jeramie and I just kept thinking about how different next year will be. The change is so immense that it's hard to wrap our heads around.
We've been trying to prepare as best we can, but we've been going about it somewhat haphazardly. A long time ago we bought a shelf/dresser unit. Then Jeramie's parents gave us the baby's crib and then when my dad was out here, he and Cindy gave us the stroller and car seat combo (called a "Travel System" ). But we're looking at all the crib and the shelf one day and it hits me that nothing that we've procured this far matches and that really bothers me. I don't know if it bothers me just because I'm extra irritable these days or because I want everything to be cute and wonderful. Who knows. So, of course I started crying (because that's a reasonable reaction) and then we figured out a plan. We (and by we, I mean Jeramie) sanded down the shelf unit thing and painted it a color that would coordinate with the crib. Next we just have to build and paint some drawer thingys to go in it and ... voila. Riiight. So that will look better at least.
This whole fiasco has just reminded me at how bad I am at coordinating and matching things for decorating rooms. I can get myself dressed pretty well but trying to pick out colors and fabrics for a room is just such a lost cause for me. It's very irritating. The original plan for the baby's room was to screen off a corner in our large-ish living room. We've since decided that we prefer to keep our living room as is and share our bedroom for the time being. So we've moved things around and everything fits or will fit. It will be cozy but at least the baby will be easy to get in the middle of the night.
Yesterday, we bought a used glider/rocking chair. Found the ad on craigslist and ti was pretty perfect. It's darker wood with blue cushions. We figured that we could always replace the cushions or recover them later to match wherever the chair ends up in a future room. But it was a good deal and something we wouldn't have been able to afford new so it was a good find. And it's really comfortable to sit in even without a baby in your arms.
Jeramie's office is going to throw us a little baby shower in the second week of February. Yay! That will be exciting. It seems like just yesterday we were having wedding showers (which is probably how everyone else feels too ... sorry!). But it was really nice of them.
We started our childbirth classes last Thursday. It's a six week session for 2 hours a week. It was weird to be around all these other pregnant women. It was nice but a little weird. You're sitting in this room just wondering who's going to pop first. But everyone's really nice and it's nice to remember that I'm not the first person that has ever had a baby and in fact other people are pregnant (and having babies) at this very moment.
And how is the baby? She's doing well, I think. She moves a lot which is nice and reassuring. Sometimes it makes it hard to concentrate on stuff. I'll be trying to have a serious conversation at work and it's somewhat hard to maintain your professional demeanor when your daughter is doing a tap dance that is visible through your clothes. Most of the time I really enjoy feeling her kick and watching my belly move. We both just sit on the couch watching the earthquakes. Not only does she kick (or punch) a lot but she twists and turns and flips. Sometimes I can feel her just rolling around in there. That's a very strange feeling. And then sometimes she starts pushing out on my belly and that can be pretty uncomfortable. The other minor inconvienence is the frequency (and urgency) with which we visit the little girls room. I know where all the restrooms are in all the stores. Let's just say if there were wi-fi in all restrooms, you'd get a lot more journal updates.
Besides shopping, decorating, and peeing we're just kind of in countdown mode I think. (What do they say at NASA? The sequence has begun.) We've been playing a lot of boggle and trying to mentally prepare ourselves as much as possible (even though we know it's not possible) and get as many other affairs in order.
So we hope you're all doing well out there. Keep us in your thoughts.
The holiday have come and gone and that means we're just that much closer to the baby actually being here. My dad came out for Christmas and it was so nice to have him. I missed seeing the rest of the midwest clan but at least we had a bit of it. It was probably better that I didn't sit on a plane for that long, though. The whole holiday season Jeramie and I just kept thinking about how different next year will be. The change is so immense that it's hard to wrap our heads around.
We've been trying to prepare as best we can, but we've been going about it somewhat haphazardly. A long time ago we bought a shelf/dresser unit. Then Jeramie's parents gave us the baby's crib and then when my dad was out here, he and Cindy gave us the stroller and car seat combo (called a "Travel System" ). But we're looking at all the crib and the shelf one day and it hits me that nothing that we've procured this far matches and that really bothers me. I don't know if it bothers me just because I'm extra irritable these days or because I want everything to be cute and wonderful. Who knows. So, of course I started crying (because that's a reasonable reaction) and then we figured out a plan. We (and by we, I mean Jeramie) sanded down the shelf unit thing and painted it a color that would coordinate with the crib. Next we just have to build and paint some drawer thingys to go in it and ... voila. Riiight. So that will look better at least.
This whole fiasco has just reminded me at how bad I am at coordinating and matching things for decorating rooms. I can get myself dressed pretty well but trying to pick out colors and fabrics for a room is just such a lost cause for me. It's very irritating. The original plan for the baby's room was to screen off a corner in our large-ish living room. We've since decided that we prefer to keep our living room as is and share our bedroom for the time being. So we've moved things around and everything fits or will fit. It will be cozy but at least the baby will be easy to get in the middle of the night.
Yesterday, we bought a used glider/rocking chair. Found the ad on craigslist and ti was pretty perfect. It's darker wood with blue cushions. We figured that we could always replace the cushions or recover them later to match wherever the chair ends up in a future room. But it was a good deal and something we wouldn't have been able to afford new so it was a good find. And it's really comfortable to sit in even without a baby in your arms.
Jeramie's office is going to throw us a little baby shower in the second week of February. Yay! That will be exciting. It seems like just yesterday we were having wedding showers (which is probably how everyone else feels too ... sorry!). But it was really nice of them.
We started our childbirth classes last Thursday. It's a six week session for 2 hours a week. It was weird to be around all these other pregnant women. It was nice but a little weird. You're sitting in this room just wondering who's going to pop first. But everyone's really nice and it's nice to remember that I'm not the first person that has ever had a baby and in fact other people are pregnant (and having babies) at this very moment.
And how is the baby? She's doing well, I think. She moves a lot which is nice and reassuring. Sometimes it makes it hard to concentrate on stuff. I'll be trying to have a serious conversation at work and it's somewhat hard to maintain your professional demeanor when your daughter is doing a tap dance that is visible through your clothes. Most of the time I really enjoy feeling her kick and watching my belly move. We both just sit on the couch watching the earthquakes. Not only does she kick (or punch) a lot but she twists and turns and flips. Sometimes I can feel her just rolling around in there. That's a very strange feeling. And then sometimes she starts pushing out on my belly and that can be pretty uncomfortable. The other minor inconvienence is the frequency (and urgency) with which we visit the little girls room. I know where all the restrooms are in all the stores. Let's just say if there were wi-fi in all restrooms, you'd get a lot more journal updates.
Besides shopping, decorating, and peeing we're just kind of in countdown mode I think. (What do they say at NASA? The sequence has begun.) We've been playing a lot of boggle and trying to mentally prepare ourselves as much as possible (even though we know it's not possible) and get as many other affairs in order.
So we hope you're all doing well out there. Keep us in your thoughts.