L i t t l e R i v e r M a m a : April 2015

anyone else not sure where the weekend went? it seems like such a blur. actually every weekend since february has felt like that. we're down to 5 weeks now & the pregnancy has seemed to fly by...until now. it's just at that point--ya know, the point where you get up every 2 hours to pee, suddenly feel like you're starving at 4 a.m., wake up & try with all your might to roll over because your leg...and arm...have fallen asleep--yeah, the last 5-6 weeks are going to creep by. i'm trying to think of this positively. maybe i'll feel like i have more time to get stuff done?? maybe i'll actually get stuff done! we did, in fact, get the crib:

with it being all of 6 weeks left, i was really feeling the pressure to get the crib, at least. so last week i called my mom & thankfully she was able to run to ikea with me & get it. (the nearest ikea is in cincy-about 2 1/5 hours away.) we get there. we're excited. we get to the baby section. i see the crib. i admire the crib. i look at the tag on the crib. i read "over sold" on the tag. i stand in disbelief. i read the tag again. i look at my mom. and i read said tag aloud to her. and i am heartbroken. this is all my fault. i should have called ahead or something. after the initial shock, i decide i'll buy a different one-or maybe the same one in a different color. i hang my head and continue the next 2 hours through the store. when we get to the pick up area, i decide to play coy & ask where to find "my" crib. after the high of the first associate telling me, "oh, it's right over there" only to realize it was the wrong thing, i was hesitant to ask again...but i did...i'm stubborn like my grandma. and after asking 2 more associates who steered me wrong, i was about to give up when...THERE IT WAS. heavy & awkward shaped & mine. thank you, Jesus, my baby will have her crib!

so now, we need to paint. the baby's room, that is. we've never had an actual room designated for a "nursery" before which is kind of fun & daunting. i'm pretty sure i'm thinking too much or too hard about this. "white curtains or colored curtains?" "paint the shelf or not paint the shelf?" "big rug or small rugs?" "yeah, probably white curtains, maybe." i know i have drove hubs crazy with all my pinterest pics. but with this baby maybe being our last (4 just sounds like a good number right now), it's been nice to have a chance to do this our way.

alright, this weekend, we also (finally) had a shower for baby girl...or a sprinkle as they call it when you keep having babies. i know, i know, "when will they stop?!" i don't know & don't ask my husband...he'd have 20 & a tv deal. but the sprinkle/shower...that's been another circus. we weren't having one. we were having one. we were having two, no three, no just the one. then it seemed like every weekend from then until due date were already booked. but we did, in fact, have one & the sweet ladies at our church made me all kinds of yummy gluten free food (AND BOUGHT ME DIAPERS & WIPES-i love my peeps!) & my mom and sisters made so many beautiful decorations...we were blessed. over the next hour at home, we read all the cards with blessings, prayers and verses written for us & sorted through all of her clothes (wow, her closet is packed) & put away all the handmade quilts and blankets (one of my favorite gifts) & "oooh'd" and awww'd" over all the tiny shoes (such an unnecessary necessity).

give me a couple of weeks and we should be closer to having this baby girl's room put together & i'll share all the pics. of course, we'll also be a couple of weeks closer to actually having baby girl but we'll not think about that.

p.s. i started having contractions last sunday, so i thought i should probably pack my hospital bag, and baby's bag, and make a list of stuff i/hubs will need to bring...sooo i do feel a little more prepared at this point.

...prepared/anxious/excited/anxious.