Now into 26 weeks, and it's been a fairly uneventful week as far as baby goes. She's decided that my ribs are the COOL place to hang out, and really only settles back downward when I'm in bed at night. Everything above my belly button is sore, since she decided to move up. I think I need to do some more expanding! She's apparently the size of an english cucumber right now (according to babycenter.com) hee!
I've actually finally gained a pound or two. First weight gain of the pregnancy! (I probably shouldn't be happy about this, since I know much more is to come.) I'm pretty sure it's because I ate a fair amount of junk food and had soda this past week, rather than living on my fruits and veggies that I'd been previously craving.
Matt was gone all day Friday until Sunday night, and those two nights sleeping were... nice but lonely. I didn't have my little in-bed space heater, for one and I also feel more comfortable when Matt's in the bed. But, I was able to sprawl out, and Ras loved it, because he had free range of sleeping on the bed (rather than trying to find a tiny space to squeeze with us).
I tried to keep busy when he was gone, and I did okay. I did half of the laundry (saved the rest for when he got home since he had packed jeans and stuff) and made sure dishes got done and etc. I got some graph paper and designed how I invision the backyard to look when we build the desk and my planters and garden. I picked out all of the things I want in my garden and did a ton of research on growing citrus and fruit in Houston. I hope by this time next year we've got a nice orange tree and a nice peach tree growing in my back yard!
We're hoping to hear something in the next day or two about the mortgage, it seems that it's gotten past all of the other steps and is on the last part, and they seem super optimistic and that there's no problems and everything should go through just fine. The mortgage lender even told Matt on Thursday "I should have an approval for you next week." So, we're keeping our fingers crossed. Matt keeps making fun of me for being supersticious, because I don't want to start packing until we know. I'm paranoid that I'm going to jinx us.
Dad is already drawing up plans to build Maddie a superfantastic playground swingset for the backyard, when they come visit next year. He built me one when I was a toddler, and I loved it.
I love having a Dad that's an engineer, the man would go crazy if he couldn't design and build stuff, and I profit from it! Now if only he could come visit when we build our deck, so he can do that too... But, I have faith that my husband will do his research and enlist in his friends help (since I won't be able to, we would LIKE to build it before Maddie is born) and that they'll have a nice guy-weekend and build it.
I just have to say how extremely lucky we are to have amazing parents. My parents may live 1700 miles away, but they try to help out as much as possible, and Matt's mom lives in West Texas, but she's been super amazing with helping us get stuff for the house. Thanks to her, it seems like we're going to get a free almost-new washer and dryer set, along with a changing table (something that I've considered a "luxury" and that while I'd like, wasn't on my need-list) that matches the crib, along with an antique china hutch and an antique dining room table. Having a MIL with her own consignment shop is amazing, let me tell you.
I think I've finally gotten the colors picked out for painting. We're not going to paint the downstairs probably until next year, when we actually get a nice furniture set and new TV and such. I don't want to paint it one color and have everything change, then not be happy with it.
Maddie's room is going to be "Touch of Violet" - which is exactly how it sounds. A very light violet. Then of course the mural the guys are going to paint. The guest bathroom is going to be "Celestial Sun" - which is a light/medium yellow. Duckie themed! We've already got yellow and orange towel sets and a matching rug. Our bathroom, I'm probably not going to paint. It's already an off-white, and we plan on going Royal Purple/Cream colored with towels and rugs and stuff, so I don't really see a need to paint it. Our bedroom is going to be Fossil Gray, which is a nice, neutral, taupe color. Goes well with the set we have now, and won't be hard to match up later. (If Matt had his way, our room would be "purple polka", which is a royal purple hehehe) Third bedroom isn't being painted, because it'll become the second kids room in a couple years, and I wanna wait till we have that second kid to decide the theme we're going with. For now, it'll just be a computer room and guest room. Don't need noffin fancy!
It's going to drive me insane that I can't paint, for serious. I LOVE house-painting, and I won't be able to be there (or at least I'll have to be downstairs, but it will take a LOT of willpower to not check on how the painting is going) and do things myself. I hate having to rely on other people to do the things I want to do. I know Matt'll do a good job, and Vanessa offered to help, so I'm sure they can get it done in one or two days easily, way before we move in. (Painting will be the first thing done!)
This coming weekend = Easter!
Next Weekend = DALLAS! WOooooo Dallas! Gosh, I am looking forward to seeing Mel and Mike and the girls and going to Scarb and seeing all of my lovely SOKers and eee! Last road trip before Maddie's born, so I'm going to make the most of it!
May 23rd = Baby Shower! Our goal is to be completely moved in by then (shouldn't be a problem) and hopefully have something set up in the backyard so that it's not just... dirt. As soon as we know about the mortgage and things start really get rolling, I can help Mel with planning and getting an invite list and address (of the house) and directions and such. She's amazing, by the way. Just so everyone knows.
That weekend is going to be crazy, it's a birthday weekend for both Mel (the day after the shower) and Matt (Matt's is a few days later) and then the shower, and us having just moved in and it'll be the first time a lot of our friends (except the ones that help us move) see the house. Whew. May is a busy busy busy month. Hopefully June will be quiet.
