Things are definitely taking shape now. My belly is getting more and more swollen and the baby's room no longer resembles an oversized closet (at least not a boring adult closet). As you can see from the picture, we painted the baby's room blue - to hell with gender stereotypes. We also put up a border of safari animals driving jeeps (again, to hell ...). Kudos go out to our friend Patrick for installing the fan - don't worry, he had prior experience (like I was going to risk life and limb for a little air circulation). I know the room is a little on the boyish side right now, but I have ordered yellow gingham curtains with a matching crib skirt and bumper pad. Originally I had registered for these items, but then got impatient and convinced myself that I needed them ASAP, just in case they didn't match the room and needed to be returned. Actually, I think it's because I ordered the crib last week and I really want to see what the whole ensemble will look like. And my belly button is not even popping out yet.
I thought I would share a few things I have learned since my first "Signs of Progress" posting exactly two months ago:
1. Time flies when your having, um, a baby.
2. Though I'm a fan of both, painters' tape and latex paint don't have a good working relationship.
3. Friends and family hate not knowing the sex of your baby, but strangers think it's great that you don't want to know.
4. Some strangers have serious guts - I would never ask someone I didn't know when they were due, if it's their first, or the sex of their unborn child. They could just have a serious bloating problem for all I know.
5. Working on the third floor of a building with 15-foot ceilings and no elevator is really going to suck in a couple months.
6. Wearing form-fitting shirts that show off your belly makes coworkers (especially middle-aged women) smile. Sorry, guys, this only applies to pregnant ladies. That spare you've been toting around since your college days doesn't count.
7. Grandparents pick out the cutest gifts - and have every right to!
8. A fetus weighing less than a pound can still pack a mean punch.
9. My little fantasy about being a tough-love parent that doesn't spoil her child is going right down the drain. Along with all my notions about our family members exercising restraint and not showering our child with gifts. Maybe that will be more of a long-term goal. Say, by age 13?
3 comments:
good move to order the bumper bads. i had to return the ones i picked out because in the tiny picture online they looked like sweet little farm animals, but when they arrived, there was a little boy in the mix and i can't say more about it on a family blog. i switched to green polka dots. p.s. your belly is awesome!
Looks like everything is coming right along...the room and your belly!! We're getting so excited!
if you want to spare your eldest child from being spoiled you can always immediately get pregant with a second to divert attention, eh Princess? ;P
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