25 weeks 4 days

Oh my goodness! Time is FLYING!!!! I just realized the irony behind that statement......some days it feels like this will never end. I feel so uncomfortable and then some all knowing idiot feels the need to point out the obvious by saying "and you still have ALL summer to go!" Gee, thanks, like I haven't already thought about that one. Other days I feel like the time has flown by and I'm just wishing for more time to prepare for my precious baby girl.

Sam and I started the nursery yesterday. Well, really it was Sam who did all of the work because I kept having to take brakes. I honestly don't know what I would do without him. He is just amazing. Enough about him though - this is about the nursery! We have decided on a very light, not in-your- face shade of pink. We are going to do chocolate brown trim around her crib and then paint the inside of the window frame chocolate brown. It sounds terrible, but believe me, it will be cute! I got a call from my mother today and she told me that she has started working on the crib and bassinet. We are using the same crib and bassinet my sister and I used as babies and I can't wait to get it all set up in our Christina's room. It's in awesome shape and it's all chocolate brown wood. Sometimes I go up into the nursery and I play with her little clothes and imagine her wearing them. I can't believe I'm actually getting a room in my home ready for our child! It's the most surreal feeling in the world for me, especially since I have been told for so long that this would never happen for us. I am so amazed at what is about to happen. This is our inspiration for her nursery, but we will not be doing the polka dots even though I think they are adorable. We will be doing the trim, the initials, and some type of stencil.

I took a spill about two weeks ago at lunch, but luckily nothing was hurt (most importantly Christina) except my pride. I was wearing some cute strappy sandals with a slight heal and I slid on a laminate floor at BJ's when I went to lunch with some co-workers. I landed on my butt, but one leg went straight out and the other leg went behind me in a pseudo split maneuver. I was instantly sore, but figured I was ok since I landed on my behind as opposed to my stomach or side. My co-workers were insisting I call the doctor and my mother of course freaked out and insisted I call so I did the next day. The doctor said that at this point in the pregnancy, any fall regardless of where I land needs to be checked out, so he had me come in for an ultrasound. They basically did the entire 20 week ultrasound all over again where they check everything from the brain to the tippy tip toes and she was strong as a horse. She was moving all around and they checked again to make sure she was still our baby girl instead of a boy. Phew! She's still a girl! I was checked to make sure I wasn't dilating and everything was just fine. Dr. Rockman said that he is going to start taking it two weeks at a time in order to see if I need to stop working, but I'm doing my best to keep working up until I deliver. We'll see how that goes though.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this in a previous blog, but Sam surprised us one evening with a pack n play for the Princess. He could not have chosen a girlier one, but we love it! It's in her nursery right now, but when she arrives we'll have it downstairs for her.

So, all in all, we are doing great and we're just plugging along. I'm getting anxious thinking about her actual birthday, but there is no way around it. I was talking to Sam the other night and I told him that I'm really starting to get anxious about it because it's not like if you happen to get hurt and then have to go to the hospital. It's something you know is coming, something you know is going to be the worst pain ever, and there is absolutely no way to avoid it. He pointed out that unlike other surprise hospital trips though, we will get to go home with baby we never thought we would be able to have. He's right.....it's worth it.

By the way, Christina is now roughly the size of a rutabega!