Nursery Before & After

Dear Conor,

The meat and bones of your nursery is finally complete.  We are still waiting on some smaller items to be purchased but the painting and cleaning and organizing is all done.  Therefore I thought it would be a great time to do a Before and After post.

Prior to your room becoming yours it was our home office.  It was the first room that we renovated when we moved in as I would need a place to study and law school was starting in a few weeks.  We selected the moose theme because I thought it was cute and I was excited to be in Maine.  Here is what it looked like when it was our office:

Once I opened my own practice we moved the office to the main floor of the house and moved the guestroom up to the "Moose Room".  I hadn't gotten around to decorating it as a guest room because we were toying with the idea of painting it so it stayed as a Moose room for several months.

Then, we learned that you were coming and we just knew that the renovations we had talked about would be perfect for a baby's room - so I started painting and the work began.  Here is the room now....almost 100% ready for your arrival!

I just love how your room has turned out and I can't wait for those finishing touches to arrive.  Your room is by far my favorite room in the house.  It makes me so happy that we were able to provide you with such a nice space to come home too.  Having such a beautiful room also makes those sleepless nights that I am certain we will share seem not so terrible (of course, I might not say that when I'm running on a few days with no sleep!).

I hope you like your room as much as we do!

xoxo
Mom

Week 34 - Tired and Trials?

Dear Conor,

Week 34 has not started out so great.  Mom had a trial scheduled for Tuesday and it was going to go all day long.  So I got up early, packed a very good lunch and some snacks for us as well as some water.  But, the trial was still long and it was difficult to sit in the VERY uncomfortable court chairs for several hours at a time.  You didn't like it either - you started moving around a lot towards the end of the day.  I think you were trying to tell me that you were uncomfortable because I know that I was. 

When we got home we were exhausted and then I began to feel sick.  Your Dad and I ended up going to the store for gingerale and oyster crackers because I was worried about eating anything else.  I ended up falling asleep shortly after we got back and while I felt better this morning it still wasn't great.

I also had my first good cry today.  I was so frustrated with doctor's offices and the bills they send out - they just never make any sense and the pressure to have everything organized, paid, and in order became too overwhelming for me this morning and I just started crying and couldn't stop.  I was so embarrassed to have had this reaction to something so insignificant in the grand scheme of life but your Dad was great and made me feel much better - we are going to wrestle with some of these bills together.

I am still feeling worn down and I have a stuffy nose so I think I am also coming down with a cold which could be contributing to my feeling a little under the weather.  You however continue to move around and it's clear that you are feeling quite well.

We have birthing class tomorrow night and we will be learning about post delivery care of mom and baby - YIKES!  Hopefully we remember everything we learn!

Hopefully the second half of week 34 will be better!

xoxo
Mom