For all intents and purposes

It's done!
















It's done!














It's done!

More whine

So I still haven't been able to unpack any of the boxes from my baby shower. As such, I'm having a hard time remembering what in the world we have and what we still might need.

Things I know we definitely need:

• Dresser/Changing Table
• High Chair
• Baby Gates (More to keep the dog out of the nursery at this point)
• Books!

The sun room should be finished (fingers crossed) this weekend and then we'll be able to start on the nursery.

Tile must go down first - planning on having this done by the end of next week. Then we'll put together the crib and the glider rocker - this should happen the week we are closed for Christmas. Then I have to buy the dresser. Then, then, then I can unpack the boxes.

So much to do and I'm running out of time.

Now for your entertainment - sun room progress pictures! I had belly pictures but our camera ate them. I'll try again tomorrow.

A word of advice

If your husband decides one night that cooking steaks on your griddle sounds like a really good idea, please, for the love of all that is holy, make sure that griddle is squeaky clean before you next use it to make pancakes.

Mmmmm, beefcake, beefcake!

R.I.P. Grady

I don't ever want to do this again

I'm not talking about being pregnant. Nope, I think I've had it pretty easy compared to some in that department.

I'm talking about the additions to the house. I don't know how you people who built entire homes from scratch ever did it. The excitement has definitely waned and I'm so sick of it right now.

Too bad for me because there are two more rooms to go!

The finish work for the sun room is what's killing me now. The nit-picky stuff like non-split window frames and level door jambs and WINDOWS that are the CORRECT design and in the CORRECT place. Yeah, I know that last one isn't really finish work, but since it's happening now with the rest of the finish work I'm lumping it in.

The last window to go in the sun room is an interior window between the sun room and the dining room. I wanted a pass through window so we could use to pass food, drinks, what have you easily between the two rooms. When talking to the contractor I specifically stated that I wanted it to be the same size as the rest of the windows in the room (current window was about 10" longer) and that I wanted it to be at the the same level as the rest of the windows. This meant that the current window opening would have to be filled in, top and bottom, to make a proper frame/sill. I also wanted one big window to fit the space. (Picture the take-out window at Ruth's Ice Cream Shoppe if you will but blow it up about 3 times.)

This morning when I woke up I found two small windows that slide one way each and have fixed screens. These windows were attached to the very top of the current window frame. Ummmm, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. Everything about that is wrong. W-R-O-N-G.

When I spoke to the carpenter/mason/handyman he acted as if it would be impossible to make a new frame and drop the window down and it was if it was the first time he'd heard such a suggestion. Even if he tried it, it would take him 2 extra days! His response was to call the contractor and tell her that I wanted a bigger window. NO I DID NOT! I wanted the same size window and I wanted it to be even with the rest of the windows. Is that so much to ask? (I'm sure you all could care less, but that's okay. I need to vent.)

Anyway, I took the phone away from the carpenter and told the contractor that, NO, I did not want a bigger window. I wanted what I had asked for earlier but the carpenter seemed to indicate that was just going to be too hard and take too long. If she could find a bigger window I'd settle for that but baring that we were going to have to come up with another solution.

So of course no bigger windows were to be found and the carpenter is going to have to come back tomorrow to finish the job the way I want it finished but the window still isn't what I want. It's not going to be effective as a pass through unless I permanently take one of the screens out. And the carpenter is acting all put out because he has to be here an extra day and the contractor thinks I'm off my rocker because "there's just not the same selection in The Bahamas as there is in the States." Fine, fine, fine - but you know what? Tell me all that beforehand. Don't nod your head and say "Yeah, that'll work. We can do that," when you can't.

Le sigh.

All this is compounded by the fact I have some sort of sinus thing going on again and so much fluid in my ears that I can barely hear.

And I'm highly emotional right now. HIGHLY. Last night I had my first real breakdown of the pregnancy I think (I don't remember any earlier ones anyway). Around 1:00am I somehow convinced myself that I was going to be the worst, most horrible mother ever. I cried so hard my LIPS swelled to twice their normal size. And you don't even want to know how much bigger my nose got. Luckily, Mel E. B. was able to talk me down and convince me that I was being an idiot. How many more of these breakdowns do you think I have to look forward too?

Third trimester's got me down . . . already

So I know I promised pictures - but I keep comparing the 25 week belly picture I posted below and the 27 week belly picture and the only noticeable difference is that my ass looks like it's grown two sizes. My belly looks the same and since I'm not growing baby in aforementioned ass, I'm reluctant to post the photo on a public web page. I'll take another one today (29 weeks) and see what comes of it.

At my last dr. appointment I had lost 3lbs. (again) so I'm still down 7lbs. from my pre-pregnancy weight. Dr. seems to think this is okay - belly is still growing even if it doesn't look like it (he measured), baby's heart is still beating loud and clear. However, my blood pressure was a little high so he's upped my meds to 3 x day and ordered some blood work. I have no clue what he'll be looking for. I haven't even bothered to Google it. Which should tell you just how freakin' run down I am.

I feel like it's way too early in the 3rd trimester to be feeling this slow - but there it is. 11 more weeks to go and I'm barely moving which is horrible because there's so much to be done. I just don't have the energy or inclination to do any of it. I'm exhausted.

I don't sleep well at night for the following reasons that I'm sure all you who have been pregnant before are familiar with:

• Hip Pain - It's really, really bad. I've got a pregnancy pillow that I use to brace my back and keep my knees aligned but nothing stops the hip pain. Rolling over is torture. I'm sure it will only get worse.
• Frequent Urination - Let's just be blunt about this shall we? I think the baby has flipped. There's no longer dancing on my bladder - now it's a constant pressure that gets worse depending on what position I'm in. Nothing stops this. I am spending more time in the bathroom than anywhere else.
• Acid Reflux - This is one of the things I wish I had known about before hand. Did you know that during pregnancy, the muscle at the top of the stomach that usually prevents digestive acids from splashing up into the esophagus relaxes which lets digestive juices flow willy-nilly back up into your esophagus, throat, and mouth? It's not that you produce more acid or something it's just that you can't stop any acid from rising. When it does start to rise it burns so badly it wakes me up. So then I take some Tums and the acid stops burning me to death but the digestive juices are still riding high. Do you know how bad liquidy Tums residue tastes in your mouth the next morning? It's bad, bad, bad. Some nights I think I'd rather just deal with the burn than wake up with that taste in my mouth.

The additions have sort of stalled - I'm supposed to meet with the contractor today so we can schedule the remaing work but it looks like it's not going to be completed until the end of January. Obviously this is horrible timing but I'm too tired to even get upset about it.

Just writing this has made me need a nap . . .

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