Well, I'm sitting here comfortably warm from the new super high-efficiency heat pump wondering how much time I have until the contractor shows up and I have to put pants on. He's been here seven days this week, and home is not the most relaxing place to be. On the plus side, he is finally getting his butt in gear! Here is our new dining room so far:
This is all giving my natural pregnancy nesting instincts an uber-challenge. Over winter break, Dan and I had one of our many remodeling-stress-times-pregnancy-hormones-induced fights over the fact that the crib and changing table I ordered came a little earlier than expected. And there is NO WHERE to put them. I have been waiting three years to put this nursery together and my patience is WEARING THIN!!!
We had fully intended to wait until the birth and be surprised by the gender of the baby, but a combination of factors got the better of us:
- A tarot card reader at a friend's holiday party told us it would be a boy
- choosing names turned out to be more of a challenge than we anticipated and we wanted to narrow it down
- Dan couldn't stand that everyone who ever read our medical file would know and we wouldn't
- My curiousity got the best of me!
So.......
Turns out..........
The tarot card reader was right! Go figure....We're having a boy! Now, let the naming wars begin!
So far in the remodeling arena, decisions have been fairly smooth. We have similar taste in most things and we can find compromises we are both happy with. Who knew we each would come up with names the other HATED so much? Its good that we have four more months to go (knock on wood!) because we will need that much time to negotiate.
So, last night I saw Children of Men and I am having some thoughts about it. Not sure if it was a good idea to see at 23 weeks of pregnancy or not (for those that have seen it: think the scene in the primary school with the midwife...), but it seems to me it would definitely NOT be a good idea to see if you are still struggling with infertility. It paints a pretty bleak and believable picture of a future with no children. There is NO WAY I could have seen it if I wasn't in this place in my life. But, at the same time is ultimately hopeful and makes you really feel what an incredible miracle creating and nurturing life inside your body is. I felt so special and blessed as I watched, sitting in that theater seat, feeling my little boy do somersaults inside me.
Aside from all that, it is an amazing film, well written, directed and amazing performances from all the actors. Besides, if that isn't enough reason, you get to look at Clive Owen in practically every scene!
