Bulbs

Recently, while eating lunch with C the other day at our kitchen table, she was admiring the purple hyacinth adorning the center of our table. Thinking I'd slip a little science lesson in I said,

Me: "Did you know that beautiful little flower came out of this little bulb sticking out of the soil?"

C: "Where?"

Me: (pointing) "See, that brown bulb, right there in the dirt."

C: "Like the ones in your shirt?"

Me: (pause) Um, nooooooo. Those are different. Those are mommy's, and they're not called bulbs.

C: (patting my chest) "Yeah, bulbs."

Me: (In an attempt to redirect the conversation) No, this is a bulb in the soil. We can plant this outside and it  will grow another flower.

Whirlwind

Wow, a lot of things seem to be piling up over here lately. It seems that although I'm busting my buns to get things done, it's all just hitting at once.

The hubby and I had meltdown over taxes the other day since we showed up at our tax appointment without 3 crucial pieces of paperwork. This then became the debate over whose responsibilty it was to keep track of all that crap and then later tearing the torn apart house apart in an attempt to locate said lost items. Rest assured, all items were found and El Hubby should be meeting up with the Tax Man within the next day to two to settle things. I've already made a list of necessary items for next years tax folder - trust me.

Spring break is JUST around the corner. However this year I'm not really anticipating any fun and relaxation. This year, it will be the much needed time that I need to wrap things up at work for the sub that will be filling in for me on my maternity leave. I will also be having the carpets cleaned and hopefully decorating the nursery which is still in the renovation stages. Everything for the nursery is "staged" throughout the house just waiting to be moved into the baby's room.

I've been waffling between where to have little baby sleep when we bring him/her home. Do I pull out the antique cradle, sleep baby in the traditional crib, or buy this new fangled sleeper/rocker from Fisher-Price?
Tonight C and I ran out to the local baby mega store and picked up this infant rocker/sleeper that is inclined and I think I love it. It seems kinda untraditional, but I think it will be a keeper.

Good Lord! It's almost Easter too, and I've been trying to get Easter basket supplies, decide on an Easter egg hunt, attempt to remember that C needs white tights and some white sandels to match her Easter dress, while assuming that one of my relatives (Mom or my Aunt) will host Easter brunch and just tell me when and where to show up.

I've got a couple of social events to attend here in the next few weekend and we're trying to keep all of that straight.

Oh, and yeah we're having a baby at the end of April!!!!!! So...... trying to do the mental and physical preparation for all of that. I am really not sure how I'm going to survive 2:00 feedings. I am set on trying to nurse this time around. I am scared to death about this because it went really badly with our first child. Still I am resolved to try and be the super breast-feeding mom that so many of my friends seem to be able to be. I really wish newborns could sleep through the night though. I a mess without 7-8 hours of good sleep.

Strike a Pose

C is all about "strinking a pose" these days. When I say, "Smile....." I never know what I'm going to get.

Making Room

With my due date fast approaching the hubby is working hard on Major Project #2 (the first being the basement which is now complete). We are attempting to turn our former "office" into a room for child #2. My big beef with this room is that there is only one closet and it is somewhat small with a freakishly smaller door. One must actually turn sideways to reach into the closet and retrieve the contents stored within.

ONLY because he loves me, the hubby has consented to expanding the closet so that it can actually be used in a realistic manner. Of course, being that our house is about 50 years old, a home project is never without its roadblocks. Being the handy man that he is, the hubby has outwitted the construction obstacles and is now making some serious headway on the closet. Yeah!

I'm sure this will all be wrapped up before the baby arrives, but I'm a wee bit nervous since we still have to patch drywall, paint, clean the carpets, hang stuff on the wall and set up the room.

Anyway, here are some rather non-exciting pictures of the room as it currently is, with the plan that I will follow through and post the "after" pictures when we are done. Which reminds me I STILL have to post the
"before" and "after" pictures of our basement. In due time.

Teeny - tiny closet before hubby to a power tool to it.

New wider opening which created some need for drywall patching.

All's Good in the Neighborhood

After a rather boring Monday morning at the lab, 3 hours to be exact, I passed my second glucose test. Hurrah! So good to just have that off of my mind. I also had an ultrasound on Monday which showed that the baby is developing as expected and almost 4 pounds at 32 weeks. Near the end of our session, the technician offered to do a 3D scan so we were able to see our baby's face. So weird, but yet so cool. The hubby's first comment was, "That looks like a boys face." Well, I agree, but either that or you just called our daughter mannish.

Today I had my regular visit to the Obgyn and things were quick and dirty there; all news was good news.