It's hard to believe that we are approaching the 17th week already! Then at other times I ask myself, it's only been 17 weeks?? You mean it's not August tomorrow! I say this not because I have everything done, I am planned and ready for the baby to come right now and don't have anything else to do to prepare; because it is the complete opposite! I get anxiety thinking about starting our registry, talking about names, talking about the nursery; anything that suggests that I might have "accepted" that this is going to be just fine! After all, we have gotten more information than most people with "normal" pregnancies have gotten that have suggested everything but that this going to be all but perfect!
So with that, I have "forced" myself to at least get started a little bit. So I started our registry online and while even that stresses me out because there is so much to think about! But I have added some things to it and find myself enjoying finding the cute little girlie things to add to it : ) Jay even comments to me "does everything have to be pink" so I accommodated him and put our travel system on there...black and yellow...his first comments was "Hawkeye colors??!" Told him it wasn't pink! : )
Secondly, we got carpet in our basement to finish off the renovating from our flood last year, so we can move furniture downstairs as well as "junk" from the nursery to clean it out once again to begin the preparation for painting and prepping for the nursery to be completed.
My mom and I went through all of Ashleigh's baby clothes that Amber has kept over the years and sorted them for the first 18 months. Some of them are off seasons but it will be cool to use the same clothes that my niece wore! There are plenty there!! Sheesh!
Jay and I visited a daycare this morning. I know many people say "already" and that is exactly what I said when the director said "as soon as possible" but the good day cares are always going to have a wait on their infant rooms. So luckily, there was a location that my friend Sabrina's friend took her son to and it is close to mid way for me to drop her off on my way to work and very close for Jay to pick her up after he gets off work. The tour went well and Jay and I both loved the structure the place had. We might go look at a couple other's but usually when Jay is that adamant about something it is pretty pointless to keep looking : ) While this was not something that I had on my near future list of things to do I am glad that we went, and glad that we very well could get that off the list really early!
Okay, those are my "forced" actions that I have taken thus far. As far as B2K, well I HATE that I haven't seen her for so long! However, according to "How Big is Your Baby", she is about the size of an onion and that must be one big onion because this gal has certainly gained more than an onion's worth of weight! ; ) I am not completely positive but pretty certain that I have felt some of the "quickening" in the last week or so. While I have read that it's normal I hate that one day I can feel it quite a bit and other days I can't feel anything at all. But I have heard more times than one to "enjoy it" because eventually I will be feeling her even when I don't want to feel her (when I'm sleeping and she kicks me). This is a new feeling for me as I didn't feel these movements with Angel.
Outside of the movements and the "milestones" on my actions, I don't have a lot to update on B2K because we don't get to see her again for another week and a half, and it can't come soon enough!! I just want to get that appointment done and over with! Other than that, we prepare for the busiest time to ramp up as the weather gets warmer and racing and golf league starts in (yes, I am golfing in league!!) :)
This weekend is a weekend with our god-daughter. I am thinking lots and lots of thoughts and prayers to my friends that have gone over to the Czech! I am looking very forward to a weekend with Mia and lots and lots of snuggles. Tomorrow is Aunt Nita and Mia day while Jay is out to a swap meet. We are going to go over and play with Katie and Kale then out to dinner. She is so much fun! : ) With that, I am going to close the post and get ready to go pick her up for our weekend!
Until next time, after our 18 week scan...we know we have lots of thoughts and prayers to get us over the next hurdle!
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