Yes! We finally purchased a stroller and car seat combination. Have any of you out there seen "the Office" episode where Jan comes for a baby shower. Dwight with that stroller, hillarious. We went to Kid to Kid (Cristian knew all about it) and found a great deal. Almost exactly what I wanted (I wanted the transparent window on the top to be slightly bigger) and only $74. It has the wheels I want, it's been gently used and I think it will be perfect for Violet. I also love that it's collapses easily. It's also a cute color (earthy stripes). I'm not sure how Cristian felt pushing it around the store but I know for me the whole "I'm going to be a mom in almost exactly a month or sooner" finally hit me.
The whole thing has been a little surreal. And maybe that's why it's taken us so long to start getting things together. I haven't bought her any clothes, still haven't picked up the crib or prepared anything else. In fact I've been avoiding all the baby aisles and talking to people with children, oh, AND discussing the baby shower. It all hit me last night though and today all I can think about is getting the house clean, having meals prepared and getting my bag, her bag and Cristian's things in place. I believe this is what they call "nesting".
It might also explain why all of a sudden I want to go out and purchase baby books and puzzles.
Also. According to my last appt I'm 35 weeks along, which would push her arrival forward ANOTHER 2 weeks. May 9th. But I suppose instead of worrying about things I have no other choice but to let my baby girl decide when she's ready.
I hope she's ready soon.
After we've made a few more preparations.
Been reading a friends blog. She has all these good ideas about eating healthy, how to make time to keep up on exercise and sleep, cheap and fun creative things she does with her 2 adorable little kids, and how to make sure that her husband is involved in all of it. She touches on fun holiday ideas and traditions that their family has and has some interesting things to read. Mostly what I get from it is how much she LOVES being a wife and mother and right now I'm finding that very uplifting. I worry I'm not going to do a good job. Or that I'm not going to be satisfied being only those things. I am hoping though, with her arrival those things will change and I won't be thinking about all the selfish adventures I'm missing out on with this new event.
Travel ( I think this one is hard right now because we didn't really have a honeymoon, and with the job that Cristian has now it will be 8 more months until he can take time off. I AM grateful he has it-don't get me wrong)
School (for now)
I realize that's only 2 things, but in this moment, sacrificing those things seems hard. Once she's here I'm sure there won't be any time to worry about it. I just want to love it as much as she seems to. And as far as giving up things that I love to do-I'm hoping I find fun things to do WITH her which will be uplifting, productive, and satisfying for both of us. In all of this I worry about my husband. This little one will be occupying every crevice of my world for the first few months, getting used to her, putting together a routine, and trying to get bits of sleep and exercise in every chance I can get.
I've been reading about how new daddy's sometimes tend to feel neglected, or under appreciated. I've been trying to come up with some ideas I can put together NOW to help stave off some of that-if it happens. I'm pretty awful and voicing to him how much I DO appreciate what he's doing for our family and I need to put more effort into changing that. So time to put my thinking cap on and come up with a few things.
Tonight he's going to teach me how to make tortillas. Which means I need to get home, take the meat out of our freezer, and clean up the kitchen.
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