Zzzzzzzzzz (please)

Must be part of the gig. Up about 45 minutes ago - and I mean wide awake, mind racing up - and couldn't get back to sleep. Baby was kicking, punching and dancing; stomach was rumbling; head was pounding and my mind was running a million miles a second. Foo Foo has me in training for sleepless nights ahead ... and I think the "nesting" instinct is finally taking hold. I need to get this place ready, completely ready! The To Do list seems daunting and meanwhile I keep adding to it. I mean, I don't really need to get my hair trimmed and hang up pictures (we're talking normal house decorations from April 2008 still not hung) before the baby comes. And is there really room and time for a Christmas tree this year? Where to put everything and where to find the time? Can I go buy a tree at 4:05am? Why wasn't I up this early yesterday? I could've taken advantage of Black Friday shopping! Hopefully my electronic bitch session will help me fall back asleep....

Time for Nursery

We hit week 29 today and apparently Foo Foo is the size of a squash. Since I'm not much of a cook, I couldn't tell you what type of squash that is, but it's big! My belly has grown a lot, even in the last two weeks. Now that I'm pushing 30 weeks, I'm starting to finally feel that "nesting" urge I read about. The spare room hasn't been touched yet but will (allegedly) be painted a sage color this weekend so that it can begin the transformation into a nursery. The day bed will be transferred to my Mom's loft and I'm not sure what's going to happen to the desk in there right now but there definitely won't be room for it once the baby arrives. My Mom and I were talking about the baby's room the other night and she told me a story about my grandmother's friend (or maybe it was my Gram's friend's Mom) who kept her newborn in a shoebox in an old fashioned oven for the first few weeks. Don't worry; we have a crib. Just need to pick it up from Tony's parents' house. We also have a beautiful piece of canvas art (top center) from my friend's Mom, Mrs. Dawe, that literally takes up an entire wall and will look perfect with the new wall color. I can't wait to put up shelving too for all the wonderful books we received at the friend shower. Exciting times!