Good morning sunshine...
It's Sunday morning and after a Benadryl induced coma-like sleep last night I am recovering this morning with a hot cup of tasty coffee and blueberry muffins. Robbie is still asleep and I am contemplating the day. The sun is shining and it's already 56 degrees and my List is still a mile long. Oh the possibilities.
Yesterday was a productive one. Robbie changed out the electrical sockets (the thingies you plug stuff into) and light switch in Jackson's room and was only shocked once. Apparently, this was his first time. We also bought new floor vent registers and I installed those, which actually consisted of simply placing them on the floor. As I opened the packages and placed them in their spots I started wondering how long it will be before Jackson realizes they aren't bolted down and provide access to a hole in the floor....one in which stuff can be thrown down. It's funny how even before the kid is actually taking up more than belly space I am already looking at my home and life with a parental eye for the inevitable.
The room is looking great and with the white trim and clean white registers and electrical sockets, well, it just makes me that much more antsy to get the rest of the house de-beiged and just as crisp as Jack's room and the kitchen. The only things we have left to do is find a chair, buy a crib mattress and hang up art and shelving. Well, I said "only." Actually my List is much longer and lately I have had a very unrealistic view of the amount of items on my List that should be done before the baby arrives. I don't really understand it either. I mean, I know I would like to have all of these things accomplished, but I can't figure out why I am so hell-bent on getting them done in the next 9 weeks. It's not as though Jackson is going to care if the hallway, entry way, guest room, guest bathroom and interior doors are all painted, or if the hardwood floors finally replace the carpet, or if the deck has been restained, or if the flower bed has been cleaned out and replanted, or if the window boxes have been installed and planted, or if the basement is organized and decluttered, and the windows have been cleaned. Something tells me he won't really care about these things and something else tells me that once he's here I won't either.....and that's probably why I am being so neurotic about getting it all done. Cue the crazy.
Jackson now weighs approximately 3 pounds and is about 17 inches long. My glucose screening test was apparently okay because I did not receive an urgent call from my physician two days after drinking the sickly sweet fruit punch stuff. I am, however, getting a little nervous about preeclampsia because I have been spilling protein in my urine and wake up a bit puffier than usual. I see the doctor tomorrow and my blood pressure and urine will all be checked over to see if any of the telltale signs are there. I imagine it's just me....reading too much....again. Robbie and I start our birthing classes this Thursday and I can't wait. It's a 4 week class and includes one follow-up newborn care class. I imagine I will have some interesting Robbie stories to share after we attend these classes.
I suppose it's time to end this post and move on to the List....or maybe another blueberry muffin. Hope you all have a lovely Sunday and if you happen to be in Edmond, OK Friday the 27th around 4:15 pm, feel free to join Robbie and I as we take a sneak peak of Jackson Danger at Miracle Within.
Yesterday was a productive one. Robbie changed out the electrical sockets (the thingies you plug stuff into) and light switch in Jackson's room and was only shocked once. Apparently, this was his first time. We also bought new floor vent registers and I installed those, which actually consisted of simply placing them on the floor. As I opened the packages and placed them in their spots I started wondering how long it will be before Jackson realizes they aren't bolted down and provide access to a hole in the floor....one in which stuff can be thrown down. It's funny how even before the kid is actually taking up more than belly space I am already looking at my home and life with a parental eye for the inevitable.
The room is looking great and with the white trim and clean white registers and electrical sockets, well, it just makes me that much more antsy to get the rest of the house de-beiged and just as crisp as Jack's room and the kitchen. The only things we have left to do is find a chair, buy a crib mattress and hang up art and shelving. Well, I said "only." Actually my List is much longer and lately I have had a very unrealistic view of the amount of items on my List that should be done before the baby arrives. I don't really understand it either. I mean, I know I would like to have all of these things accomplished, but I can't figure out why I am so hell-bent on getting them done in the next 9 weeks. It's not as though Jackson is going to care if the hallway, entry way, guest room, guest bathroom and interior doors are all painted, or if the hardwood floors finally replace the carpet, or if the deck has been restained, or if the flower bed has been cleaned out and replanted, or if the window boxes have been installed and planted, or if the basement is organized and decluttered, and the windows have been cleaned. Something tells me he won't really care about these things and something else tells me that once he's here I won't either.....and that's probably why I am being so neurotic about getting it all done. Cue the crazy.
Jackson now weighs approximately 3 pounds and is about 17 inches long. My glucose screening test was apparently okay because I did not receive an urgent call from my physician two days after drinking the sickly sweet fruit punch stuff. I am, however, getting a little nervous about preeclampsia because I have been spilling protein in my urine and wake up a bit puffier than usual. I see the doctor tomorrow and my blood pressure and urine will all be checked over to see if any of the telltale signs are there. I imagine it's just me....reading too much....again. Robbie and I start our birthing classes this Thursday and I can't wait. It's a 4 week class and includes one follow-up newborn care class. I imagine I will have some interesting Robbie stories to share after we attend these classes.
I suppose it's time to end this post and move on to the List....or maybe another blueberry muffin. Hope you all have a lovely Sunday and if you happen to be in Edmond, OK Friday the 27th around 4:15 pm, feel free to join Robbie and I as we take a sneak peak of Jackson Danger at Miracle Within.
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