No Guest Room Yet...

I really really thought we were going to finish the guest room floors last night, but on the way home from work the call came in that the nursery chair was ready at BRU. So a trip to BRU ensued. That took OVER AN HOUR (ugh!), then grabbing dinner on the way home, and then, well, we didn't finish the guest room floors. In fact, I'm not even sure I looked at the guest room at all last night.

Will post pics of the chair later - it is much bigger than it looked in the store!! (But comfortable. I'm not displeased.)

So, tonight I'm hoping for the last row of floor to go in the guest closet, then clean the floors and lay down the first coat of sealant. Then head to Home Depot for baseboards, then the 2nd coat of sealant, then start installing the baseboards. I would love love love to have the furniture back in the guest room by the end of the weekend.

Of course, Saturday is a no-work day, because we'll be in (eep!) Childbirth class all day (eep!). Will also blog how that goes. I've gotta say... NOT looking forward to the video...

Crib Construction Pics

This whole picture thing has been interesting: we take about half of our progress pictures with P's phone, and the other half with the nice camera. At any given time I can grab the ones from P's phone, but the nice camera ones have to be loaded onto the computer and run through Photoshop before I can post them. Which would basically only happen on a weekend!!

So, without further ado, here are 2 P's camera photos of crib construction, the crib completed, and a cute kitty pic thrown in for the joy of it. Enjoy!

Last night I was handy!

So, yesterday was a busy day. I was supposed to get home early, but I went to Target on the way and bought one of those cube organizer thingys, because I saw in an ad that they were on sale, and then I had to take the cats to the vet. Because of the timing on everything, I skipped lunch (I know, I know, I shouldn't do that), so P and I went to Freebirds after, and we weren't home to really do anything until 5ish.

But I really really wanted him to paint the guest room ceiling because that's one of the things that I can't be around for (couldn't find no VOC ceiling paint), so a weeknight is perfect for that. So, I thought why not try to assemble the cube I bought?I would normally never, ever do this without Preston, but he'd be in the next room, so what was the worst that could happen?

So, I opened the box and got him to help me dump it out (heavy!). Then he went to paint, and I got started.
Whee!! I was so proud of me!! And now I have little boxes to put all those sorted clothes in, so they aren't on the rug!! And they are still all sorted!! (This is really helping my nesting.) Target was out of a few colors of the canvas cubes that I want, but I'll keep looking...

And you see the rug, cute, right? (And it is super soft and squishy.) And I also got a tension rod to hang a valance in the closet. Instead of doors I'm thinking of getting some curtains, because that'll make the room's look easily (and cheaply) changeable as she gets older. I looked for curtains and a curtain rod for the valance for over the window while I was at Target, but I didn't find anything that I liked. I think we may head to Ikea this weekend to look for a dresser, so maybe then...

Nursery pics

So, I got in trouble for not posting a picture of the baseboard installation in which you could see Preston's new tool, so here is one with the new man-toy. And the lovely baseboards.

I got this incredibly generous donation of baby hand-me-downs from a co-worker in a hand-me-down bassinet. Cal wasted no time checking it out and declaring himself a gift to the baby too.
While Preston installed the baseboards, I hung out on the rug in the nursery occasionally helping him and sorting through the stuff from the bassinet. She gave me so much stuff that I don't think I need anything in newborn sizes any more! I need to tell everyone to get me 3 months and up.

50 Pictures of Preston with a Fan

Or, how to hang a fan in 13 (NOT) easy steps.

Step 1: mount the new switch plate.

Step 2: look at the hole where the old fan was.

Step 3: look at the stuff in the box. Then quit for the day.

Step 4: mount the thingy that is going to keep the fan from taking out The Kid. Do this after cussing a lot, trying 50 other options and nixing them, and making 3 trips to Home Depot.

Step 5: hang the motor. Hate your wife's nesting intensely. She is responsible for this fan fiasco.

Step 6: attach the blades.

Step 7: poke at the blades with your screwdriver.

Step 8: keep nudging at it.

Step 9: turn on the power!

Step 10: hang the light cover.

Step 11: do something with channel locks. Teach wife what a channel lock is.

Step 12: Yay done!

Step 13: tell wife that fan is your nemesis. You will never hang another one. Fail to realize that there is one more crappy fan in the house that she will surely make you replace. Bask in the glory of your victory.

(Love you, Preston! The fan looks awesome!)

Week 21

Cravings:

Is it food? Give it here. I'll eat it.

Aversions:
Not eating.

Other symptoms:
Still a bit moody.

Things bugging me:
Preston. Sorry dude, but it's my blog, and I'm not gonna lie. (P.S. Things not to say to your pregnant wife when she asks if you are coming to the belly check today: "Maybe, but I was really hoping to get home from work at a decent time. Why do these appointments have to be so inconvenient?" It is going to be a looooooong time before you live that one down. You know, how my pregnancy is so inconvenient *for YOU*.)

Current weight: 144.8 Yep. My body hates me.


Other preggo stuff:

Nursery has had a second coat of ceiling paint, and 2 coats of a kind of minty green color called "Rain Forest". I think it is going to be nice. Now that everything is dry, though, I need to take the bedding upstairs and see how it looks. Goodness, I hope it doesn't suck! No floors yet. :-( Preston and a buddy of his ripped down our old chimney, which was rotting, and built us a new one instead. And I don't know if we'll work on the nursery in the next 2 weekends or not... we're taking a vacation week next week, but we've got some mini-trips planned, and also just need some relaxing time... we'll see.

We also bought a fan:The coolest thing about it is that it also comes with white blades, so when the colors aren't cool any more, we'll just switch them out! I'm not sure it is P's favorite, but I like the idea that The Kid won't have to stare at a completely white ceiling for the first months of her life.

It seems like we might be going more birds and flowers and anything that fits in the colors. Fine. Whatever. I think I might not care any more.


Non-preggo stuff:

Couch to 5K week 4 last Thursday didn't happen. The hip was still sore, and when the alarm went off it was raining. So I said fuck it. Therefore, this morning, I went back to a modification of Week 2: 6x2 minute runs with 90 second walk breaks. That went really well, so will try week 4 again on Wednesday.

I also got up 20 minutes earlier, and I liked it. I did it so P would work out. He is off the Nexium now, thus heralding the coming of his brilliant new and improved diet/lifestyle. We're looking at small changes right now, so a 20 minute bike ride this morning for him was a step in the right direction. The earlier start for me made me almost feel like my old self: early to start, the more working-out to do. It didn't really work out that way, but it may in the coming days. And that wouldn't displease me.

Belly check this afternoon.

Week 20

Cravings:

FEED ME.

Aversions:
FEED ME.

Other symptoms:
Still a bit moody. And I think The Kid pushes on something in my right hip area. Makes it so I can hardly walk. Little bitch.

Things bugging me:
Can't make decisions. Physically unable.

Current weight: 141.8


Other preggo stuff:

Nursery is now free from popcorn on its ceiling. And has had a coat of ceiling paint, and a second coat of primer. Next weekend is color painting and (hopefully) starting on the floor!
Went to Babies 'R Us to look at bedding. Could.not.make.decision. Went Friday with Mom and Sunday with P. Need to make a decision so that we know what color to paint the walls. Nothing will make you feel more moronic than a pregnancy-induced inability to make a decision. For serious. I think P finally talked me into the "Sweet Stitches" line. Here is a pic:
He likes it because it is veeeeeeery simple compared to most of the options. I likey because of the blue. And because the mobile that goes with is totally precious. And, you can't tell, but because that hot pink bit on the bumper has stitching on it that sort of looks like cross-stitching, which I do. (I wasn't entirely convinced, because I really wanna animal theme the room. At least a little. P had to convince me that a hummingbird is an animal. And that one animal per item is ok.)

I made an attempt at explaining this need for a theme to him the other day, and I thought it was a good insight into the way that my (not sane) mind is working right now. I think I want a theme because I don't know what the hell I'm doing. I go into a huge, gigantic store like Babies R' Us, and I feel totally overwhelmed. There are like 50 options for any given thing. Now, I'm gonna consumer reports the hell out of a car seat, stroller, etc. But for a fucking pillow? Why are there 50 choices??? If I have a theme, more than half of them are automagically eliminated for me. "Oh, this one doesn't have an animal on it - I can't get it!" And I need that. You remember, me, who cannot currently make decisions. The more of this process that is automated, the better. That's what I'm going with, at least.


Non-preggo stuff:

Couch to 5K week 4 went all right last week, but this morning I had to quit because of the hip. Little bugger. It wasn't the running, it was The Kid. Hopefully better luck on Thursday.

There isn't anything else. I feel like it is all about the pregnancy right now.

I do have a vacation coming up week-after-next. Thank goodness!