Get it... it's a "NAVAL" orange? Navel, naval? Get it? Yeah, my puns are terrible...
Baby Cakes is an impressive 4 inches long now, with a weight of almost 2.5 oz. Crazy to think that at the beginning of April I had no idea a sperm was meeting egg, cells were starting to divide, and "Patrick and Amanda" would become "Patrick and Amanda and Baby Cakes." I honestly hadn't realized how much time had gone by, until Patrick and I were talking last night about our Hypnobabies course coming up in mid-August. For some reason, I was under the delusion that we had months before the actual class began. Nope, less than a month. And since that class marks the halfway mark of our pregnancy... well... it's a bit daunting that this is flying by so quickly. I feel like January will be arriving tomorrow, and we'll be blowing up the birthing pool before we know it.
In other development news, no kicks as of yet, but I have had a few moments when I was very aware of my stomach and an odd feeling inside it that I have never experienced it before. Perhaps this is just the new mommy in me desperate to know my little baby is fine and dandy, growing away inside me.
The nesting instinct has hit not only me, but my loving and adoring husband. We've already started designing and decorating our nursery for wee one's arrival, but what many do not realize is that Patrick immediately began moving furniture around and out of the up-until-then office, to make room for a changing table and crib.
The changing table is the one my parents used for my brother and myself, with some snazzy new knobs and a little paint. The crib was a great deal from craigslist, with a brand new, memory foam type mattress. Never fear, readers and lovers of Baby Cakes, it is extra firm - specially designed for newborns.
In the above picture, you can see the lovely green elephant lamp that my mother-in-law, Angela, surprised me with. LOVE it. The rocker also pictured is the one from my teenage years, won in a writing contest.
Below is a little art project I put together from some wood pieces I found while on a shopping trip with my dear friend, Alicia. The things in the shadow box, along with the elephant lamp, are a clue to the overall theme of the nursery.
This is just a little taste of what is to come. When the room is completely finished, I will be posting full pictures, and maybe a video walk through.
Ahhh little Chocolate Bacon! His/her room is going to be adorbz.
ReplyDelete:D Amy, dahling, you always make me smile.
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ReplyDeleteFrom one mom to another - the first moment you actually feel the movement, is the best in the world (well, it was to me). actually - the first time i felt it move i stopped everything and was like "what the heck was that?! Gas?!" but then i kept feeling it and i just cried. hormones played a part in that, but also making the pregnancy so surreal. It weirded me out the first few time with all the movements but it was even more weird for my husband. Towards the end of the pregnancy, he was so shocked how i could sleep with so much movement going on in my belly. He would be cuddled up next to me and have his arm around my belly and it was my child inside that kept him up and not me. haha! I'm so excited for you and if there's anything i can do (which i already told patrick this), let me know!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for those kind words, Martha. :) I'll call on you if something arises. We're so excited to meet our little Baby Cakes, but I am trying to savor every single moment of this pregnancy. Honestly though, I am being over impatient for that first real kick or punch.
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