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Sometimes I wonder…
… How long would I sleep if I didn’t set that 20 minute timer for my midday pregnancy nap? I fear it might be days. Oh wait, I guess that’s assuming I could find a comfortable position to sleep in for that long. Forget it.
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Listening to Christmas music
Can’t help it!
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Comparing Pregnancy notes
I was completely intrigued by my first pregnancy. I took delight and wonder in each new development and transformation. I documented it via comic, and short notation. I figured it would be fun to compare with future pregnancies. It has been. I’ve been much worse about documenting this pregnancy. I love reading back on comics…
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Those times are gone. . .
This morning I was jokingly wrapping Scotland up as a baby and rocking him. He rarely enjoys this silly display of affection, but this morning he went along with it. As I held him and started to sing his lullaby “Baby Mine” my eyes welled with tears and I couldn’t continue after the second line. I…
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Wardrobe conundrums
This Sunday was a classic representation of my day to day struggle with dressing myself: First, I put on a comfortable long black dress. Hmmm. I look like a sausage. Added a scarf. It didn’t help. Oh well, I guess that’s just life for the next couple months. I wore the dress for about an hour,…
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leaves, soccer, apples and costumes- it must be fall!
Scotland’s hair has gotten what I like to call floppy and I just love it. It really needs a trim, but maybe I’ll just let it go for a few more weeks because I love this look on him. I’ve always thought Scotland was darling (That’s sort of my job!) But there have been several…
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Halloween Happenings
We had two Halloween parties this weekend, one for Tom’s work and another for our church. We all dressed up for both, but as is so often the case I only managed to get pictures of the cutest number, Scotland. (Tom will be dressing up for work on Halloween as well- as is the tradition…
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Nesting
There’s some major nesting going on around here. Within the last two weeks I’ve: -painted our master bathroom -purchased half the fabric for our new baby’s quilt -painted the nursery -painted an accent wall in Scotland’s room -rearranged, patched, and painted a closet -And made a HUGE bath of lentil soup- most of which I…
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Nursery Palette
I’ve about decided this is going to be the nursery palette. What do you think? I may stick with faint gray and white striped walls. Maybe I should paint the crib yellow?! And go with navy and white bedding? Hmmm. Ideas?