25-week update
Well we skipped right over week 24 - it has been rather busy around here, so I haven't had a chance to update. But that doesn't meet that we don't have baby on the brain more than ever!
I think I have finally hit the elusive honeymoon period. Between you and me, it's only a relative honeymoon. Sure, it's great when I compare it to the crippling fatigue, nausea and migraines of trimester one. But it's not as great as I normally feel. But I am a lot less tired, which is great.
The big new symptom this week has been feet - my feet are suddenly a lot bigger! So some of my shoes don't fit comfortably anymore. Luckily it's summer - time for flip-flops. Also, they just ache more, but I have Julian on massage duty, so maybe that's a perk and not a genuine complaint.
But the main theme of this entry is shopping. Last weekend was a big shopping weekend - we hit up Main Street and I bought quite a nice load of little tiny things, which you can see below. As well, I have been a maniac on eBay over the past couple of weeks. Only a few things have turned up so far, but I expect a flurry of parcel notices. I'm all about the gender neutral colours, but I am mixing it up a bit - a hat with blue and green trucks for our tomboyish girl, or a yellow flowered onesie for our sweet and sensitive guy. I have become well-aquainted with the language of baby clothing, and now know the difference between a onesie and a sleeper and the importance of baby socks. I also got a little baby hoody, which I am very relieved about. I was waking up in the middle of the night worried that the baby might be cold since I couldn't find it a sweater.
Another thing I have been shopping for is diapers. I have stocked up and now have almost everything we need to get started with cloth - all for less than $200 thanks in part to eBay. I have bought cotton diapers and fleece diapers and bamboo diapers - there is a lot of variety out there these days and some of them are so adorable. I just have to get the pins and the pail! It might seem a little strange (at least to Julian) to start these projects soon, but there are so many other things that will need to be done, that I prefer to do them bit by bit before I am enormous and all tired again.
We are trying to keep it minimalistic, but it's amazing how many things there there to get (car seat, stroller, crib, dresser, plus lots of little stuff, like a changing pad) not to mention some minor renos on our apartment which will take some time. So we are holding off on major purchases for the time being, although I did pick up a Moses basket and rocker on Craig's List.
Think someone is going to have a little trouble adjusting to her new role in the family?
