5 months into it, and boy is it showing! I’ve gained 17 pounds and I feel enormous. It’s hard to put on shoes, but other than back pain, I don’t have a lot of symptoms. So far, so good!
I’ve started collecting baby things….a bouncer from a co-worker, a crib, a kelty baby backpack/hiker, and a bike seat for a little one. The tenants in my rental home (also good friends) gave us a baby bath, a breast feeding pillow, and a bumbo chair. The marketing manager at my former place of employment gave me a pack-n-play and is going to give me her electronic breast pump. I remember when she pumped at work, and put a sign on her door that said, “If you’re reading this, I promise you DO NOT want to come in here.” Hard to realize that it’ll be me on the other end of that sign!
I sat down last week and scoured the web for baby “must haves” and finished with a full page of needs. I’m glad lists like that exist. We need everything from cotton balls and baby q-tips to bigger items like a car seat/stroller/travel system and a few baby gates. I pondered over the list and now I know why it’s tradition in almost all cultures for friends of the baby’s family to give gifts. We’re very fortunate in that we have great friends and family, as well as some really great co-workers who have offered to host a work baby shower since Sean and I both work here. We’ll probably register at Target and and Diapers.com (which sells more than diapers.)
We move into the house in mid-March and we’re super-excited to have more than double the space we have now. We’re definitely going to need it! Close friends of ours have offered to pay for movers as our baby/housewarming gift since we helped them move last year. I am so grateful for that gift, as it’s going to be difficult for me to do much of anything as my belly continues to grow and it becomes harder and harder just to get my shoes on! The house is in great shape, despite 5 years of having renters in there, and other than fresh paint and new carpet in the living room downstairs, it shouldn’t be hard to get it in tip top shape. The yard needs a little TLC, but thankfully, Sean worked for the Dallas Park system when he was younger and knows how to use a weed wacker properly. Finally, my mom will be coming up mid-March to help with the move and do a little shopping for her first grandchild. I’m really excited about that visit! I feel a lot closer to my mom now that I realize how hard it must have been for her to carry twins! She’ll be bringing some heirloom blankets that my great grandmother made prior to her death over 10 years ago. She left a few sets specifically for great grandchildren, and since there have been no boys, there’s a nice blue sweater and blanket she made that has been sitting in my grandmother’s cedar chest waiting for little Milo to come along. How awesome of my great grandmother to want to create something for someone she’s never met. She was an amazing woman, much like the other women who have come before me. I am so blessed and honored to share her lineage. The same goes for Sean’s family, too. They have been so supportive and I couldn’t ask for better in-laws!
Alright. I’m getting choked up. Here’s a little something to make you smile:
22 weeks pregnant!
Love, Niki
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