38 Weeks & The Nursery

Waiting

I had an appointment with my doctor yesterday. I’ll be honest with you. I was kind of hoping I wouldn’t make it to that appointment because I would have already had our baby. Well, no baby. So I went to my appointment and nothing had changed since last week. I was pretty bummed about that. I had a lot of contractions and some serious ligament pain last week so I figured I was progressing at least a little bit. It was not to be. So I continue to practice patience and try not to think about it too much. That is not easy.

I’ve tried Mexican food and a glass of red wine (as suggested by a friend of my mother-in-law) Thai food (which was what worked with Carson) and raspberry tea. I try to do some walking indoors, mostly at Target and HEB, since it is just too hot and humid to walk outside even early in the morning. Houston, you are killing me! I guess she’s just going to come when she’s good and ready, and I do hope that that is sometime soon.

One of the great things about baby girl not making her appearance before this past weekend is that we were able to host a little dinner with friends last Saturday night. We had 10 adults, 2 little babies, 2 toddlers and my favorite 3 school aged girls who helped with the little guys. All the men at our house were attorneys. They spent a lot of time outside around the grill with beers in hand while the ladies sat around the kitchen table and shared labor stories. It was pretty funny, but that’s what you get when you put 2 pregnant women, 2 women who’ve just had babies and 1 who’s had 3 in the same room! It was a real treat to have people in the new house. We are blessed to have so many sweet friends who are willing to drive out to the burbs.

The Nursery!

Baby Girl’s nursery turned out to be pretty cute. We did more work for Carson’s nursery. By “we” I mean my mother-in-law who made his sweet birdie bedding, recovered a glider for him and painted the bathroom attached to his room in the Amarillo house. Ben and I did paint his room. I made a birdie mobile as well as some bird wall art. With the move happening so close to baby girl’s arrival, I didn’t know how pulled together it would be. Surprisingly, it looks just lovely…at least I think it does. And it feels good. I like to sit in there and look at everything and think about the little girl who will soon be with us.

Originally I wanted to do pink and grey, keeping it simple and modern. As I obtained things both used and new, that original idea turned into something a little different, but I’m so happy with how cheerful and sweet it is. It also has things of mine and Ben’s from when we were just babies. They mean something and there’s a story behind them instead of just matching a color scheme or fitting with a theme.