24-weeks Appointment

Yesterday, we went in to the doctor again. This was an appointment to check me out to make sure there were no ill-effects from a minor surgery I had six years ago. Everything looked good and we got to take a peek at the baby too. This is a profile shot of the face. It looks like the baby is blowing a bubble, but that is just a piece of the cord that floated into view.

I gained two more pounds since the last visit, but the doctor told me to try to gain five before the next visit in three weeks! I don't plan on going out of my way to do that, but I will try to eat a little bit more at my regular meals. I just don't see the point in eating, say, a half a pizza per meal just to reach some magic weight number. I don't think that's healthy.

We still haven't gotten the nursery ready. It is completely cleaned out now, though - even the closet! So, it is just a matter of pulling up the carpet and putting down the floating laminate wood floor we bought. It's a dark wood, and I think it will look really nice. We have not heard from the store where we ordered our crib and glider to say that they have arrived, but I would think we'll hear something in the next week or so. We don't have anywhere to put them yet anyway, so it's ok. I can't wait to get it all put together though.

In other household news, Tray has almost finished painting the stairwell that has been unfinished forever. And, he decided to restain the stair posts a darker color, which then got stain all over the board the rails sit on, so that now has to be repainted, but I think it is really just a day's work. I don't help out on that though because the smell is too strong.

The other big project I would like to do before the baby is born is to swap out our downstairs bedroom with the upstairs bedroom so our room will be upstairs with the nursery. That way, we'll be upstairs with the baby and guests will stay downstairs. It's a pretty sweet deal for the visitors since you'll have your own attached bathroom. It does require the moving of two beds though, so the task of helping Tray do that may await future visitors to our house. Be forewarned. :)