Crafty Hump Day

Well, I actually did it!! I completed my first baby hat!! :) Something I certainly didn't think I'd be able to do so well. Not sure what has gotten into me; but I'm becoming crafty :).

I am almost done with the dogs Easter dresses; and I've started a new project - cross-stitching a baby announcement, to hang in the nursery.

After a long day yesterday researching cribs, I've finally picked out the perfect one. Affordable, safe, and I like how it looks...It will take months to get here; but we have a bassinet for next to the bed if it doesn't arrive in time.

I got my first 'charlie horse' last night - woke me out of a sound sleep screaming "Aurelio! Help me!!" Poor guy probably thought something major was happening. I couldn't believe the pain and how the muscle just wouldn't loosen up! My girlfriends had warned me that as I progressed those things could happen - but I wasn't prepared. (Two of my pregnant girlfriends have already given birth and another is already doing the nesting thing - so I think she's going to deliver soon.)

The baby has been entertaining me by wiggling my belly all around in little kicking frenzy's. It tends to make me a little nauseous when he/she does it, but it's so neat to watch and feel that I don't mind too much.

I spent the better part of the morning in the bath; it was SO nice! I read almost all of my nurse-midwife book right there! I absolutely love baths; not that I haven't always, but they seem so much better these days.

In Texas you have to have sprinklers all around the base of your house to keep the foundation moist throughout the warmer months. Aurelio just learned how to program these...only problem is that now everyday at 10am our lawn gets "sprinkled" for about 15minutes - by the time the sprinklers turn off the grass is just one large puddle. The poor dogs don't know what to do and where to go potty. There pen was so full of water today that they were unable to play in the backyard. It got up to 90 degrees today - and yet the water stayed!! :/ Now Aurelio just has to figure out how to change the timer on the sprinklers so they don't drown our house!

Well, I should get back to the books. Aurelio and I are studying up on home births so we'll be prepared in June. I've already done so much research on everything from what diapers to buy to what kinds of positions work best...but there's so much more to learn.

I hope everyone is having a great week!!