Nursery Part 2

The closet is done, and it was hard work! Buying paint and supplies, spackling about a million holes (seriously), taking everything out, taping and painting yellow, white on the sides, and gloss white for the trim. I did all the prep work, touched up the trim in the rest of the room, and painted the shelf and hanger rod, and Chuck did all the in-closet painting and heavy lifting. I have pictures of us painting, and we even took video... but for today, you get the finished product:

Cravings

No, I haven't actually had any weird cravings yet. I think I'm still eating pretty normally... this morning I had leftover spinach quiche for breakfast (yum), then rice, black beans, peppers, salsa and cheese with chips & guacamole for lunch, and for dinner... an Elviswich.

Which Wich just opened down the street from us, and my newest addiction is the Elviswich. It's peanut butter, banana and honey on a toasted wheat baguette. I had one yesterday, and talked Chuck into trying one with me tonight. He liked it!

What Chuck's been craving is a juice recipe that came with our new juicer, consisting of one grapefruit, 1-2 oranges, a carrot, an apple, and either a pear or half a small cantaloup (makes enough for 2 large glasses). It's delicious, and if it was up to him we'd make it every day! Tonight we just had some carrot/ginger juice - pretty good, but it would've made my mom cringe.

No news on the crib or painting situation, but I'm still hoping to have it all worked out by the end of my vacation time. I'll keep you posted!

Progress

We put up the curtains and assembled the glider chair, so one corner of the nursery is done! We also child-proofed a bit; made it so the cords on the shades are all wound up off the floor and the plugs are covered.

Here's a picture. Notice the new diaper bag (thanks mom & dad!) and the beautiful little dress Daniela brought us back from Peru. We also just bought the crib bedding set, which will add more colors to the decor (it's really cute). More pictures to come as we make more progress!

Physical Activity

I woke up this morning, not to an alarm, but to the worst charlie horse of my life. I tried massaging it, but my arm was asleep so I screamed and made Chuck massage it out. My calf is still sore over 12 hours later.

Today was my first day of vacation. Of course Chuck had to work, so I spent way too much of the day sitting on the couch, and I felt my tummy wonking around the whole time! At one point, I lifted up my shirt and realized I could actually see it too!! I went from not being sure I could feel her at all, to feeling and SEEING the kicking all day long. I bet my normal daily life just keeps me so busy and active that she sleeps through it or I just don't notice the movement.

At one point Tater jumped on my lap, put her head on my tummy, and started purring. Blueberry was so responsive to that - it was as though they were snuggling with eachother!

After dinner we went out to take a walk at the new Hill Country Galleria, which ended with a pretty good set of stairs. I was feeling good about those stairs - especially after the brisk walk. But with my increased blood flow and all the other crazy things going on in my body, I swear when we got to the top I thought I might pass out. Of course, walking and prenatal yoga are about the extent of my physical activity these days. Maybe that's enough for now!

22 Weeks

This last week or so, I've felt more movements in my tummy, but I'm still thinking... gas? digestion? hunger? I guess there's at least a 25% chance it's baby wriggling! The only time I thought it was different was earlier this week when I woke up at 3:30am and felt some little boinging/flicking to the left of my belly button. I've heard it should feel like fluttering, and I don't think I've had any of that. But most of the time, the gas bubbles and digestion feelings are lower down and feel closer to the surface.

It's been 6 weeks since my OB first asked me if I'd felt the baby move yet, so I've been wanting to feel it ever since then. Maybe I just don't know what to feel for, or maybe she's just a mellow little girl (or both?).

In other news, we bought yellow paint for the closet, curtain rods, and have the red curtains and yellow & white glider chair on order (to arrive this week). I only work 4 days next week, and then will have 11 days off to fix up the nursery. We're also going to sell the foosball table to make room for a little play area, and stuff like that... maybe do some baby-proofing, take naps, do some juicing, and try out the new camcorder :)

Prenatal Yoga

Today I took my first prenatal class at Yoga Yoga. It was pretty neat getting back into yoga with a whole class full of pregnant women. Three of the ladies in the class were right at 40 weeks or just past, but I'd say the average woman was somewhere between 18-23 weeks (I'm 21 weeks).

Some of you have been asking for pictures of my belly, and the truth is, most clothes I wear (especially now that it's scarf weather) cover it up. So, here I am in yoga wear:

As far as how I'm feeling, I have a lot of energy these days and am feeling great! Well, except for the fact that I've been getting heartburn or indigestion sometimes twice a day. Oh well, I can take it.