26 Weeks
Friday, January 16, 2009
Long time no see...
I'm 26 weeks along now. The baby is a boy and everything seems to be going well. I'm a week away from the third trimester and am pretty darn uncomfortable already. I'm trying to enjoy what will most likely be my last pregnancy though.
I've been having awful pregnancy dreams about my internal organs bulging out of my stretch marks whenever I sneeze or cough. Very disturbing...
We switched Lilly to her big girl room a couple of months ago. Her old room will become the nursery - only it's bare and hollow feeling. I've been thinking about how to decorate it for months, but I just can't come up with anything. At first I liked Avalisa's prints with her blue bubble rug (pictured), but it's so expensive that I can hardly justify it (especially when I know I'll want to redecorate to something else for his big boy room in a few years).Even settling on the prints has been hard. Most of hers with animals show a mom, dad and baby. That's no good because then Lilly is left out of the family.
I thought of going with a modern sailboat theme, but all I can think of is that he will eventually sail away from me. Yeah, I know that's good. I don't want to be elderly and have my 35 year old son living at home or anything. But still, it just doesn't seem right.Then I thought about some modern owls, but I got this vision of the poor guy as an outlaw with me, his mother, as the only one in the whole world who stands by his side. So, that's no good either.
I'm not sure why this is so hard. Maybe because he's a boy and I have no idea what to do with a boy. Maybe I'm reading too much into everything.
It's just feels so unsettled right now. We can't agree on a name. I can't figure out how to decorate his room (not that he'll be in it at first).
I got out my boxes of baby stuff, expecting to find a lot of what I would need, but as it turns out, everything is pink! Everything. We gave away a lot of stuff too, so I have two boppys, two onesies, two hospital blankets, and a boppy head support. That's it. Well, and a crib and rocking chair too...
I haven't figured out what to do about the stroller situation either. Lilly, who is almost three, refuses to walk. I don't want to double stroller, but seriously, how long will I really need it?
posted by Avorie @ 9:46 AM,
2 Comments:
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At 12:12 AM,
Amanda and Tim said...
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Good to hear from you I've been wondering how you were doing! Sorry to hear you're having awful dreams and feeling so unsettled and uncomfortable at the moment - do you think it is related to concerns about how the pregnancy will affect your body this time round? Thinking of you lots
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At 3:01 PM,
Isabel said...
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Hopefully things will come together as it gets closer.
Naming a baby is so hard. SO HARD. But I know you guys will come up with something awesome.
Have you checked out Etsy for some cool prints for the nursery??
