26 weeks

Holy moly how time is FLYING!

We spent the weekend moving some furniture (e did the bulk of the work) and painting (again, all e) and getting things in order in the baby's room, since we got a phone call when we returned from Martha's Vineyard saying that his crib and dresser are in. They'll be delivered this week and e can't WAIT to put the crib together. :)

Once the two big pieces are in the room, then we'll move a recliner upstairs and we should be all set with furniture for the nursery. I'll post pictures once we have a mattress and the crib set in the crib, since those are the things that will really pull the room together. 

We removed the doors to the closet in the nursery and replaced them with two long curtains. It's convenient for us, doesn't take up a lot of space, and I've already found Miles and Oliver curled up behind them on two different occasions today. 

I had my 26 week appointment today and made my next three appointments (30, 32 and 34....that's right, after the next appointment, I'm going every two weeks!) I have to make an appointment to take a blood glucose test in two weeks and then I have to have an iron test done (all standard) and that's about it for now. Baby Mc has a strong heartbeat and has been moving and kicking and all sorts of stuff this past week. It's pretty cool that e can now feel the baby moving and we can feel kind of where he is in my belly. For example, right now there is a smooth, flat and hard part around my belly button, so I'm 99% sure that's his back. When my belly is a little squishier, I'm pretty sure that his back is towards my spine and there's just more "empty" space, read: amniotic fluid, etc.

I finished (ha!) registering this weekend at Babies R'Us and Buy Buy Baby, since I had more time to think about the things we need/want and the space that we have to put them in. It's been much easier to visualize space now that we have an idea of what the office is looking like. I'm still trying to stick to the greens and yellows and browns and oranges, but there are some blue clothes in there as well. 

More later. For now, back to work I go.