*NESTING SUCKS*
I am going nuts. I wish I had infinite funds to buy all the cute organizational things I see on Pinterest or in the stores. I have to figure out the logistics of putting two kids in one closet. Their closet is quite large, but is deep and has only one rod. Huh. I wonder if I can talk Todd into hanging a second rod. Oooooh. That's a genius idea. Go me! Just have to figure out what to do with my wedding dress, which takes up 1/2 the wall space at the back of their closet.
We bought blackout curtains for Jack's room a couple of months ago. I've been
Let's see, I also got a Closetmaid 15 cubby shelf for the kids' room. I love it. The cubby holes are big enough for a pair of shoes, so it's not anything huge, but I was able to roll up all of our various receiving blankets and sheets and store them in it. It's cleared up all the space underneath Jack's bed. I want to get some long rolling bins and use them as toy boxes under the bed and crib. At least these are inexpensive solutions to our toy problem. I would love to do an entire wall of built in shelves and drawers in their room but that just ain't gonna happen. Maybe when we get a bigger house one day.
Let's see, a pregnancy update is due about now (I will update the photo later.) Movement. Nina moves ALL THE TIME. Jack had very predictable hours of movement. Usually in the morning, after meals, and early evening. Never while I was sleeping. I could predict his movement nearly down to the minute. Nina is crazy. She jumps around like a monkey on crack when I rock in the recliner. When I snuggle Jack she fights him for my attention. He still has no interest/patience in holding his hand to my belly waiting for her to move again. He did feel a couple good jabs today and seemed unmoved. He does acknowledge her, at least.
Weight wise, I've been wavering between 3 pounds. This trimester I gained back the 6lbs I lost from not eating in the first trimester. I'm back at where I started, so I'm feeling pretty good. With Jack's pregnancy, I gained a respectable 20-25lbs or so. I had high fluid, so that accounted for a strange weight gain and drop in my third trimester. In the end, I weighed 20lbs more than when I started, lost 18 within two weeks (go breastfeeding!) and then lost about 5 more pounds in the last two years.
Appetite. That's back. Only now, I'm focusing on eating healthier. Trying to eat more vegetables. We're experimenting with different ways to cook them. There's only so many ways to steam vegetables. Last night for dinner we had chicken breast, asparagus, and rice. Todd sauteed the asparagus with garlic and onion and drizzled some fresh lemon juice over it. We steamed it for about 3 minutes at the end of cooking and it came out crisp and delicious. Tonight we ate pork tenderloin, roasted potatoes, squash, zucchini, and onions. The vegetables were once again sauteed and finished with a quick steam. Both meals were delicious. I'm also trying to get as much dairy as my system will allow. I have tried three different brands of Greek yogurt and just can't manage the texture. I've tried adding honey to it to thin it out a bit and it's just not there for me. I know it has extra protein, but now that I can eat meat again, I'm going back to regular yogurt. Mmmm. Meat. And peanut butter. Both are tolerable this trimester. I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to eat apples and peanut butter again. It's one of my favorite snacks and I missed peanut butter during my "anything squishy, meaty, healthy, textured" aversion of the first trimester. As far as cravings go, I haven't really had much this trimester.
This week, Jack has learned three new words. He says yuck, cloud, and eye. One day last week, I took one of Todd's socks that had a hole in it and allowed Jack to throw it in the garbage. Now, when Todd wears socks, Jack will look at his foot, sniff it and say "yuck!" and remove the sock and throw it away. At least he's creating less laundry for me, I guess? It was awfully cute, and Todd's been careful about not wearing socks around the baby anymore. Jack is starting to enjoy sharing a book with me or Todd again. He won't let us actually read the book to him, but he points out things and asks what they are. Tonight we read his favorite Toy Story 3 book and he tells us what Rex says, can point out all of the characters by name and "play" name (Evil Dr. Pork Chop, One-eye Bart), and said something that sounded a lot like "Bullseye" but wouldn't repeat it for us so we can't confirm it. I think he's been trying to say "howdy" because his Woody doll says it. He comes close, it's just a tiny bit garbled and unless I know that he is repeating it after Woody, I couldn't pick it out of the rest of the gibberish he spouts at me throughout the day.
His sound effects are developing quickly. He has a different sound for going up and down stairs. He "rawrs" at the cats (specifically Strider), he grunts, growls, roars, and choo choos. We've never given him anything that resembles a gun, and while I can't guarantee he's never seen a show or game without a gun since he's become aware of television, he is reenacting something that resembles gun behavior. I'm pretty sure this is one of those "ingrained in little boys" behaviors. He turned our curtain rod support thing into a "pew pew" weapon (the actual sound may have been perfected by mommy, but he was pretty close). He didn't aim it at cats or people, so it might have been coincidental. I just remember my nephew at about a year older would turn everything into a gun. I thought it was hilarious. I have no problem with imaginative play. We'll have the "guns are weapons, not toys" conversation when he's older and can understand about not pointing at people.
We have a little more than 4 months before miss Nina arrives. We're both excited and nervous. We are apprehensive about the whole newborn stage again, but excited to see how different she is going to be from her big brother. I'm trying not to buy anything because I know certain aunts and grandmothers have this girl thing covered for us, but I just can't help myself. We're going with a ladybug theme for her half of the room. This stemmed from my dad calling me "bug" when I was little. It's one of my most precious memories of our time together and I wanted to share it with my own daughter. Todd loves it and already calls her "Nina Bug" and so we decided to go with it. I also love the red, black, and white color scheme that goes with traditional ladybug design! Although, her bedding set is mostly pink and green, it has some bright red and black accents to it. It's the best of all worlds. Can't wait to get her stuff ordered and put together to share with you all. :)
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