How'm I gonna be able to wait?

I have no idea how I will make it through my days until I get to see this little one's face...no idea. I'm so excited I feel as if I could burst.

Today Joe and I booked the day off since I had an appointment to meet the OB for the first time. It was fairly uneventful and uninteresting except for two things: 1) It turns out that I will NOT be delivering the baby at the same hospital I was born in. I am a little depressed about that, but I will get over it. Turns out I have to go to the hospital that Joe's dad had his colon surgery at. It gave him lots more time with us, so maybe that will be my positive thing? Nope. It's still sucky. I am still sad.
2) But we got to hear the baby's heartbeat again!!

So then with all that extra time, we went cruising all over the city. We had lunch at Zet's over by the airport, then it was off to Woodbridge where we spent hours in Toys 'R' Us...partly for Peanut, and partly for us big kids. While in Woodbridge, I managed to cooerce Joe into taking me to Ikea, and that's where everything gets good.

I am settled on decor for the baby's room!! Hurrah!!!
We found the baby's dresser/changetable, and a gorgeous toybox. We also found a super cute floor mat, and an inflatable chair. YAY!!

Woo Hoo!

On Saturday, Joe and I went out and finally bought a crib!! Not just any old crib, though. The crib that I wanted! I am so happy...I can't wait to get going on decorating the nursery!! Unfortunately, there's this thing about a cat that currently lives in that room who is going to have to move out. Then we have to paint (OMG...I will have to settle on a colour!!!) And then there's a certain issue of having Joe's uncle come over and lay down a new hardwood floor (which is only gonna cost us about $200 worth of wood and a case of beer!!!). THEN we will be looking at putting the crib in there. The best part is everywhere I have seen this style of crib, it's been $500 and up, but we got it for $399, mattress and tax included!! I'm so excited!! Now I need bedding though. I am thinking of pink and green, and I have seen so many beautiful bedding sets on Ebay. Unfortunately, they are VERY expensive, so Mom and I are going to go fabric shopping and I will be trying to make something similar. Then I'm thinking I would paint the room green so if there is another Peanut in our future and it's a boy, the colour is still ok. Yay!!! It's a little real, but great!

I smell bad stuff.

Getting preggo and quitting smoking at the same time really has an interesting effect on the nose. I can't stand the way the house smells...but the SUBWAY! Really...it smells like a mouldy old rubber boot that an 80 year old man has peed in 4 months ago. Yup. Just like that.

Epiphany

Oh boy, our little one will be here before we know it!! I have sooooo much to buy and do...I dont want to think about it!

I'm gonna be SIX MONTHS on Saturday!!! Like HEL-LO! Time is passing!! Let's get a nursery started for this critter, Kim!!

Tummy Feels Weird

I can't put a finger on exactly what defines 'weird'...just my tummy feels weird. Kinda...sore...but PRESSURE. Like when your bladder is REALLY full, but it's not my bladder, I don't have to pee... Maybe it's gas? A growth spurt? I thought of BH, but it's not tight...just...extra. Full. Heavy. Otherwise known as weird, like it doesn't belong in my body.

Oh well, Peanut seems to be enjoying it. She's happily bonking away in there at the moment.

As for stretch marks, so far, although my belly is pretty ginormous, I haven't got any yet. I'm doing the heavy duty body butter thing, but from what I'm told, it's all genetics and no amount of cream can save us. If I turn out anything like my mom, I can expect some on my boobs, but a perfectly unlined tummy. I don't know if that's good or not...I don't show my tummy much, but I like to show a little cleavage now and then! If they do hit, I intend to think of them as awards.

This one is my award for NOT eating that sundae.
This is my award for not going hormonal on Joe today.
This is my award for watching my fat intake today.
This is my award for making it to 6 months....

Yup. That'll work!

I am finding that things are really different with Joe and I lately, but in a really good way.

Maybe certain things have stopped, but I find that he is much more attentive to me in other ways. He has changed his nickname for me. He used to call me Sweetie occasionally, but now he calls me "Beautiful" like ALL the time, as if he doesn't even know my name. And it makes me blush EVERY time...like we just started dating or something. In company he will refer to me like "And my beautiful pregnant wife would like a glass of water too, please". It's so weird, but so great. Like we've started over. I mean, we've been together for 10 years, so I guess even though we just got married 8 months ago, we are just so accustomed to each other that we don't really behave all sucky anymore, just sort of more symbiotically comfortable, so it's really nice to feel this way. I notice him looking at me sometimes, where I used to think he NEVER looked at me. He kisses and holds my hand in the car, he rubs my tummy, he smiles at me...He even wants to take me out to a movie this week. Like a DATE!! Geez, I could really get used to this!

Good Stuff!

Good stuff is happening!!

I am so happy...we got a wedding present yesterday!! Somebody sent us a late gift of $200 cash, which is great because I found the crib of my dreams, and it ain't cheap! So by next week, I will have $700 to put towards the baby's room! Yay!! AND my MIL wants to contribute! She wants to buy the crib, but IIII want to buy the crib from my OWN money. Not Joe's. Not hers. Not MY mom's. MINE. Why, I don't know...just something I want to do, and now we have the means to get the one I want AND the dresser and maybe part of the bedding, even!

Also, I went to Fabricland on the way home from work on Friday, and I got 3 different fabrics to make into slings because I think they're cool. The lady that cut my fabric kept saying "This is nice fabric! This is REALLY nice fabric!" which made me feel double cool, haha. Maybe when I get the crib and have some measurements I will make the bedding, even. That might save me a couple pennies, too...plus the fabrics...omg...some of them are SOOOO gorgeous. Hooray!!

I mentioned the 3D ultrasounds that you pay for to my stepdad in conversation. I was saying how you get a video and some stills and how they look so detailed and amazing. I was saying how we may go do that just to have, but we were debating whether it was worth the $$. He said he's going to pay. Book it or else. Hooray!!!

I am too happy...things are going so well! I just am so grateful to the universe or what have you for blessing me so much. I am humbled. And so happy I could pee...actually...that's not happiness...that's the Coke....

Gotta run!!