chair hunting

The hunt for a chair for the nursery has been going on for quite a while. Mostly online for quite a while. We did try a few out at Babies R Us however they have some downfalls. Namely me questioning their ability to hold up, rude sales people (!!!) and if you don't want chocolate cordorory or cream then it's 10-12 weeks for delivery of a "custom" color. Trust me when I say they are not custom colors, but the colors the normal person would want. Mark also said they have no back support, which is true.
So I sent Mark off to check out some chairs today at the La-Z-Boy Gallery because I want something comfortable and to be honest I've spent much of the past month laying in the one we have - it's a really nice leather one and you can even sleep in it. Anyway I wanted something that rocked and also something that I could put my feet up with and if you buy a rocker and ottoman you are way over what you spend to get one nice chair that does it all from the Gallery. So I picked out the styles I liked online and off to the store he went. I really wanted to go because they have so many styles and I would have loved to see some of their couches - they do not recline and look very cool - I was pretty impressed with the website.
Of course they are having a sale... and we need new end tables for the living room... and his new phone takes great pictures so I can see and approve before the deal is sealed. So it appears that not only did I get a chair for the nursery in blue, but we also got 3 new tables for the living room. Maybe Mark should go shopping on his own more often?

Big Boy's Toys

Mark got a new car a few weeks back for his new job. Maybe one day it will be mine. Mine still has life in it and we don't have a payment to make on it so bonus. We got a great deal too boot. They took his picture and then sent him a really cool calendar. Since I haven't had a chance and this is a great picture I'm just going to use it here! LOL!

Back to Bedrest

The return to work experiment was a failure and I'm back on bedrest for the duration now. ight have been the fun we had Saturday? Or the stress of finding out the chair we want for the babies room would take 10-12 weeks for delivery. I mean come one. Anyway the threat of being admitted if it happens one more time is looming above my head and I will be spending lots of time in the recliner from here on out. And let me tell you this hospital is not like the last. I will say their food is much better, but that's about it.
This time I spent the WHOLE night in triage. 6 beds of craziness. I was the only person until about 2 am and then the place filled and went nuts. 2 emergency c-sections and whiney nurses arguing about who had to go be the "baby catcher" and who got sent home before it got crazy. Is it just me or is it unprofessional to bitch about how much you don't want to be at work within earshot of any patients. Seriously unprofessional. I will give that feedback on the survey AFTER I have the baby and am home free. My nurse today during the day was awesome though and even went through the buffet to get me my dinner before they discharged me. I had heard another nurse saying how great she was last night so I knew when I heard her name this morning I was in luck.
We are now home after less than 24 hours of observation - woohoo! Baby is doing great and I have two appointments this week. At least 2 more weeks until we are home free.

back to work ... sort of

The appointment today went well and I can go work in the office 4 hours a day. At this point I am planning on mornings so I can come home and take a nap in the afternoon. Like today after we got home I took a 2 hour nap. I haven't been napping while on bed rest, but now I think I might need it. After our appointment we went out to breakfast to a new diner and I ate the whole thing. 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 pieces of bacon and a sausage - oh wait had some OJ too. This was my 2nd breakfast mind you. I ate more than Mark! The baby is measuring in at 5 pounds 4 ounces and if he keeps up this growth pattern by 40 weeks he will be 9-10 pounds. They won't induce me early just because he is big, but if he keeps this up they will do a c-section. He needs to come early on his own. On the ultrasound she showed us how he was practicing his breathing and it was delaying her measurements too. Next ultrasound to check on his growth is in 4 weeks. Next appointment is next week. The one restriction they didn't lift was housework. Mark will be keeping up on that and maybe looking to have someone come in and do the big stuff every few weeks.

32 Week Bump Pictures

Perfect fall day out today so Mark took a few pictures of me and the bump.

Tomorrow is actually 32 weeks, but close enough to say this is our 32 week picture.
Of course Mark has no bump and is not on bed rest so he's been outside having fun trimming things, cutting the grass and taking care of he leaves.

Will the cats pass the test?

The cats passed the baby test the other day. I had a friend come over with her one year old to visit. Just so happens that the baby loves cats and she immediately set off to pet them. Mani of course is very curious and was patient with the patting to a certain point. Then he got bored and would run and hide from her. Cali took a poke to the eye and didn't even meow much less move. Mani was very interested in the baby cookie so he may like a baby more than we think. I will be buying a screen for the crib and pack and play. They are way to excited about the baby stuff we have now and they don't need to be napping with the baby.
The test they are not passing is me being home. They are fighting over who gets to sit with me all day and of course they sit at the end of the recliner so you can imagine what happens when I have to get up. Yep. Cat on the floor. I try to warn them that it's time to get up and I give a little nudge. Doesn't work. They are starting to find other places to sleep so maybe it is happening. The past two morning I've come downstairs and they are both sitting in my chair giving me the evil eye daring me to dump them out. So I do.
I have ended the all day whining for food by ignoring them. After a couple days they just stopped. The bad part is they start the whining as soon as Mark walks in and he is not as good as I am as ignorning them. Yesterday I fed them as he was pulling up because it is annoying to listen too. Sort of worked. That training will continue.
Off to wake them up again - napping all day needs to end so they sleep more at night!