False Alarm

Yesterday I woke up with a low dull pain in my side and back. It was persistant, and it was accompanied by what I thought were contractions. I went to my mother's house with Arthur, and she said it sounds like I'm going to have the baby by tomorrow. TOMORROW!?! The room isn't even ready yet! There is still furniture to be moved about and on and on and on...

So we got to it. My mother and Arthur did the heavy lifting while I did the directing (also know as sit-and-point). I wanted to get up and do everything so badly because I know that I can do everything faster (I know where everything is supposed to go). So all of the plans Hubby and I had for the day were thrown out the window. We were overdue for a visit to his mom's house, but that got delayed to very late in the evening. However... it's is "tomorrow" and no baby yet. At least the room is ready and everything's in it's place, ready to receive her. I hope the next one isn't a false alarm because I can't wait to see my precious little angel's face.

Change of mind?

I think my favorite color is sloOOOowly (almost un-noticeably) changing! I've been a faithful Color Blue lover since 3rd grade, and I never expected that this would change. However, ever since I've become pregnant, so many of my preferences have changed. For example, I can't stand loud, chaotic, or obscene music. Since I won't be listening to that type of music after the baby arrives anyways, I think those days of tolerating popular, yet "bad" music, are over! It's for the better. I am glad .
Anyhow, back to my point. I think my new favorite color is Green (preferably a pastel green, it's all the "neutral" baby things I've been getting). Arthur wouldn't let me buy the blue baby items because we're having a girl (I say it doesn't matter, but hey, she's his kid too). And I absolutely can't stand so much pink on my baby, so I had to settle for neutral (that's beige, green, and yellow). I prefer green and beige over yellow, and green is a bit more lively than beige. So most of our baby things are green. I've grown a strange liking for it to the point where I would even pick green over blue (when blue was actually an option)! I was "weirded out" by my selection. So I started to investigate my feelings on this matter, and it turns out I DO prefer green over blue now. With most things (even outside of baby items). So I guess I'm a changed person .

Kicking the Clutter to the Curb

I've been quite busy lately with cleaning and preparing for the baby. My room is changing dramatically, and there has been a lot of progress with uncluttering my things. Throwing out the junk I've been hording over the years was not easy, but I was able to let go of many little memento that were not worth the space they were taking up. However, I could not bear to part with a small bunch of the stuff. So that bunch will go into storage until the next junk execution.

I purchased an item that made my organizing experience very rewarding. This is a green closet organizer I bought from Babies"R"Us. I love how it looks and separates the baby things.


I've still got a long way to go with the baby room, but I think I'm making good time. Stay tuned for the final product!

Ready to POP

Only 18 days to go! I feel like she's ready to come out. My ab now truely looks like a watermelon. See for yourself:

I'm a happy mommy.