Knocked Up & Unemployed: last week of my second trimester! woot woot!

As I enter the last week in my second trimester, I'm trying to take in all that Brad and I have been through these past 27 weeks. We've had our highs and we've had our lows, but one thing is for sure, we've learned a lot about each other and about growing a baby and giving birth to a baby.

The hubs and I went to an all day (7 hour!!!) birthing class this past Saturday. Not exactly the way I wanted to spend my Saturday, but we felt it was something that would benefit us in the long run. Did we learn a lot? Yes. Did we want to run out of there a million times? YES! There are just certain words that you just don't need to hear over and over again (mucous plug, amniotic sac, leaking of urine, effacement of cervix, discharge, pain, vomiting, kegels, etc...you get the point. And if you don't know what those words mean, I suggest that you DON'T look them up!). There are also certain visuals that don't ever need to be seen by the naked eye. The instructor/nurse showed us all a poster of the organs of a non pregnant woman and the organs of a pregnant woman. What I learned from that poster were that my intestines have disappeared and my bladder is flatter than a pancake and I may or may not pee my pants every time I sneeze...for the rest of my life. What else I learned was that people should definitely need some sort of license to have a baby! There was one couple that I'm sure never would've passed the test to have a kid. I'm quite sure the baby daddy never even stepped foot in a regular school so I was quite surprised that he came to a birthing class. I already felt embarrassed for the little nugget growing in the mom's belly... But all in all, we learned a lot of good tips, that I'm sure I'll forget once I'm in serious agony and pain. I'll probably forget all the breathing techniques and just resort to choking the closest person to me. Surely that will relieve some of my pain and suffering.

On a happier note, we finished putting all the baby furniture together. The nursery isn't complete, but it sure does look like a nursery. A very sweet and happy nursery. Even though we're having a girl, I just couldn't imagine having an all pink room. Not that there is anything wrong with pink walls, but that's just not for me. If the little lady wants pink walls as she gets older, then fine. But not now. No pink walls in my house. I found her Moroccan themed Caden Lane bedding on Gilt.com the day after we found out the baby was a girl. It was fate! I absolutely fell in love with it! It's all kinds of different colors--pink, turquoise, brown, salmon, cream--so I decided to paint her walls turquoise. I must admit, I'm seriously in love with it! I ordered some custom curtains that will really finish off the room and I'll still need to order a glider chair. There is still a lot of decorating that needs to be done, but if the little lady decided that she needed a room sooner than her due date, well, it's ready for her to move in! Putting all the furniture together was a lot of fun and really got us even more excited about her arrival! 3 months feels so far away! But I know it'll be here before we know it! I'm so ready to meet our little lady!