Minor Freak Out

Ok.. so we're very excited about our little bambino and we've been "nesting" to try to get our home renovations done before our little one arrives. Over the last week we have been peeling wallpaper and chipping away old paint from the smaller bedroom that will become the nursery. We live in an older home, so today it occurred to us that the paint we were chipping and sanding away may have had a high lead content. So S starts researching and starts freaking out when she learns that this can be harmful to pregnant women and the fetus. So anyhow, C is on the phone to her father now being reassured that our exposure was pretty minimal, given the fact that we were wearing masks while doing all this stuff as well.

-breathe--breathe-

It's all going to be ok, right? :D

Backstroke

I thought I should post about our current theory on what the baby is up to inside my tummy. The baby is only about 1.5 inches long and my belly seems to be expanding to make room for it already. We figure there is quite a bit of room in there to move around. A friend of ours who recently had a baby joked that in one of her early ultrasounds she could see the baby swimming around in there. Of course, now every time I think of the baby the vision that comes to mind is this little one doing elementary back stroke. Back and forth, back and forth...

C

Weekend away

This weekend C & S ventured 45 min out of the city to go hiking with S's siblings and SO's. J-E cancelled at the last minute which was disappointing, but we still all had a good time hiking the trails. C's only real symptom this pregnancy has been fatigue, and so we took it easy. We hiked about 5km in the heat and enjoyed a great view overlooking hills and valleys, forest and fields of nearby local farms. We returned to the resort and went for a swim - which was a huge relief from the heat. There were 3 weddings at the resort (yes...THREE) which did NOT impede our desire for a relaxing getaway.

We enjoyed dinner together - C did not enjoy the ravioli with lamb ragu, however. Unfortunately it gets added to the list of "aversions" she has been experiencing during the pregnancy. Nothing really makes C sick - she just doesn't feel like meat/fish. The highlight of the meal had to be J recounting the childhood "playing vampire" story that had us all in stitches.

We got home on Sunday and S proceeded to tackle the baby room renovations with a flurry of activity. She didn't stop for two days. Finally all the wallpaper is removed, and some of the twenty coats of old paint. It should look nice painted with a pale yellow. C helped a bit, taking many breaks in between scraping for a quick cat nap.