I just want to make sure that everybody knows that the friend I made brunch plans with on Sunday was Stephanie!! She is a dear friend (that is hopefully still speaking to me after I post this) and I love her dearly. She will be known to Chloe as Aunt Stephanie or Aunt Steph, unless she requests otherwise...
My mom had a good point. She thinks that the cold weather may have something to do with my lethargy. I hope she's right. I could use another month of my 2nd trimester energy. I'm really afraid that I'm already into the weariness that they describe in the 3rd trimester.
Today was my day off and after getting up at 8a.m. and sewing on blanket for Chloe, I was ready for a nap by noon. I didn't want to waste my day so I put off the nap until 3:30 by which time, I was so tired that I couldn't think straight. I forgot how to spell Chloe's name...
Speaking of forgetting things. I have full-on 'baby brain' right now. On Saturday, I walked out to my car after getting off work, stopped, looked at my car and asked my fellow teller 'is this my car?' It was a completely ridiculous question. Nobody else at the bank has a car like ours. But for a moment, I really didn't know if it was my car. My only explanation was that I thought I had parked somewhere else.
That same day I made plans with a friend for Sunday morning brunch. She told me the time and place via text message which I responded to by texting, 'sounds good.' The next morning I asked Mark to text my friend to find out what time we were meeting. His response? 'Baby, the last text message you got from her says 10 and you told her that was good.' I have no recollection of the that message. Needless to say, we got a good laugh out of it.
The whole baby brain really is quite comical for the time being; although, I'm pretty sure that it could get annoying if it continues.
Here is the latest bump picture. For some reason, my computer decided to flip the text to the side of the picture. I have neither the brain power or the energy to fuss with it so it will stay that way!
I want to make Chloe a receiving blanket and matching burp rag. The main reason being that I want to make her something but it's been so long since I used my sewing machine that I need something simple to refresh my skills.
I went to Hobby Lobby and bought the cutest frog flannel with a complimentary hot pink for the back side. I can't wait to see the finished product. As rookie as it may look.
BUT...
Apparently, not using your sewing machine for 5+ years (my how time got away from me) will cause you to forget how to load a spool.
Frustrated. Will figure this out! Now where is my instruction manual?
**********a few hours later**********
I WON!!
Still frustrated and in a hurry, I managed to complete the receiving blanket. I'll work on the burp rag later. I'm not too impressed with the size of the blanket. I found the pattern online. I'll make a larger blanket later. For now, I'm pleased with my warm up.
People have very strong opinions when it comes to the subject of motherhood and raising children. I’m not going to do what I intended to when I started this post. However, I do want to express one thing.
I will openly admit that I have no concept of what having a baby will be like. But I KNOW that there is not a single first-time mom out there that did. You can’t know until you experience it. If you are a parent, you were at first-time mom at some point. You learned…so will I. What is the right age to have a child? There isn’t one and my age (which is nobody’s business) is not going to determine my ability to raise a healthy and happy child.
Sorry for the soapbox rant. The person this is directed to doesn’t even read our blog. I just needed to get this off my chest.
My mom came this weekend and we had tons of fun! By that, I mean that we worked on the nursery until the point of total exhaustion. It was soooo worth it!! Thanks mom!!! Baby G is going to love her room.
We are going to reveal the nursery very soon but my camera battery died and I’m too lazy to go buy more batteries. You’ll have to wait!
Mark takes a profile shot of me every Sunday night so we can 'document' the bump. We thought it would be something fun to go back and look at since changes happen so gradually that you don't notice them until you wake up one morning and can't button your pants or see your feet.
I still don't have much to show it appears; although, it must be becoming a little more obvious. I've had three strangers notice now. The wierest thing I've heard so far (and I know it will get more strange) was: 'Is it going to be a boy?' When I said, 'No, it's a little girl.' He said, 'Oh, I made a mistake. I thought because of your eyes...'
I really wish he had finished his sentence. I have no idea what about my eyes could possibly give away the gender of our baby. Who knows! People come up with the strangest things.
Anyway, here is our belly pic from last night. We are a week past our halfway point!
I think I am completely out of control at this point. All rational decision making skills are shot for the next few months. Mark and I made a trip to Babies R Us this week and we came home with the nursery decorations. I didn’t stop with the bedding…no. I went for IT ALL! Lamps, wall hangings, blankets and extra sheets. My only explanation to Mark was: ‘This is our first baby!’
Bless his heart. He tolerates me very well. I’m usually not this spend-happy and VERY conservative with our disposable income.
I think Mark is in his nesting phase, too (if guys go through one). He spent the weekend painting over the bright orange in the nursery. I didn't even ask him to do it. Let me say, orange is an extremely difficult color to cover up and I miss my orange walls a bit.
I can’t share anything about the nursery until we have it complete. My mom knows but only because she is going to help paint and needs to start getting some ideas. Thanks Mom! Hopefully, we will have something to show by mid-February.
I think we have our name list narrowed down. I don’t want to reveal anything until we have decided on at least two ‘for sure’ choices.
I had a few packages arrive this weekend for Baby G. Thank you so very much to the people who sent them…you know who you are. Love you all! Baby G is going to be the best dressed kiddo in all of Austin.
Hope you all had a great weekend.
