We're on the mend!

I was sick. I'm feeling a lot better now. Then I got Richie sick - but yesterday he finally sounded like he's kicking this head cold too :) Yay! Get that out of the way before baby arrives!

Rich ended up working part of the day on Saturday and I got a lot done around the house while he was gone -
*dyed more diapers (pink) ...now we have 2 shades of pink, 2 shades of green, 2 shades of blue, and dark purple... along with all the "fun" diapers like fuzzibunz, kushies all-in-ones, muttaqins, kissaluvs etc...
*Got 2 more meals in the freezer - 2 dishes of stuffed peppers
*packed the baby's hospital bag
*finished thank you notes :) (just have to get 2 more addresses now)
*cleaned the oven and stove
*started picking up the living room

Sunday Rich and I were able to get out of the house and go to Elmira. We stopped at Baby Depot and got a JJCole Bundle Me for the carseat - basically it's a bag that zips around the carseat so you don't have to wrestle to get baby in and out of a snow suit - just zip her into the carseat :) We stopped at Target and bought a few things off our registry that we need but didn't get yet - changing table pad, cover, mattress cover, gas drops, thermometer, and a diaper bag. We also got a cute pink lamp for the nursery that I put a 25 watt bulb in - should be perfect for night feedings! We went to Walmart too and got a few random things. Ate lunch at Olive Garden Mmmm! I got chicken parm and Rich had the "tour of Italy" - chicken parm, alfredo, and lasagna. Probably our last baby free date for a long time! We stopped at Hollywood Video on the way home and got 4 movies - watched Ghost Rider when we got home. Wasn't a bad movie. Rich spent time organizing all of his DVD's into a DVD holder so we could get rid of all the cases. He filled one holder so I have to go back and get another one...

Monday wasn't such a good day for me - woke up feeling pretty normal - you know, achey back, swollen painful hands... the norm.

Went to head to work and I broke down in tears in the car. Rich had been nice the day before and backed my car into the driveway but being that it's on a hill like that he put the parking brake on. I couldn't get the parking brake OFF!!! I didn't have the strength in my hands to do it. They are so swollen and painful in the mornings that I ended up crying - almost puking - pulled out the manual thinking I was just stupid and didn't know HOW to release the brake - but no, I was trying to do it the right way - I was SO close to calling Rich and having him come home to release the brake so I could get to work. ... instead though, after much more wrestling with both hands - I was finally able to release the dang brake!

Then at work - I was told by 2 different people that I am fat. Yep, just outright told me my nose is fat and my face is fat and pointed out that I have a double chin (yeah, I know - I saw that the other day)... I left the room they were in and I think they felt really bad because another staff was there and later told me how they reacted. Anyways - I had taken myself to a different group of people to mingle with and told someone what had just happened - her response was "yeah, sometimes you have to pay for tact and class - and obviously this place doesn't screen for that when they hire people". Made me laugh anyways!

And then on my way home - a rock hit my windshield and cracked it.

So yeah, Monday just wasn't a great day.

Is it the weekend yet?

Monday evening Richie screwed the top onto the changing table and secured the changing pad. He also finished spackling and painting a small section of the wall that needed mending (where the old heater was). And he hung up the mirror :) I finished making the letters that spell out baby's name and probably tonight I'll get those hung up above the crib. Then all that's left in the nursery is - buy/hang mirrored closet door, buy/hang curtain rod, buy stuff for and make shelf :)

19 days and counting...

19 days and counting...