Belly Pains

• Ca learning how to get out of his crib, time change messing with his sleeping schedule, and baby in t-minus 5 days = things that don't mix.
• Tums is my friend. Coffee is my lover.
• Things to do before baby comes: finish spring cleaning (nothing too serious), Chris' haircut (boys got theirs), put together a diaper bag/hospital bag, get carseats rearranged in car, and the . . .
• Garage sale is still on for this weekend. We are busting at the seams in this house. It'll be nice to get rid of some stuff.
• I think today I'll tear down Ca's crib and just put his mattress in his room on the floor until Chris gets that trundle built and we can move him into Z's room. Yesterday, naptime was a nightmare with him getting out. Bedtime wasn't that fun either, and he got up in the middle of the night, too. Might as well make it so he can get back into bed if he gets out. My new cute nursery won't be so cute anymore. :(
• Poor middle child. Good thing for him, 2 is my favorite age. He's just the cutest.
• I have a new policy: bath night only when they are stinky or it's been 48 hrs. With this spring weather, I'm sure that'll end up being every night. But it's been nice while it's lasted.
• Jenny took some beautiful maternity pictures of me.This in of itself says a lot since I'm at my highest weight ever. I wish I could post the slideshow on the blog, but before when I did it, the quality just didn't do the pictures justice. I'll wait and post some of my favorites, later. Picking favorites is going to be hard. If you really want to see it, I can email it to you. Just remember, I'm very swollen.
• Cankles: I can't wait to see my real feet again.
• This baby doesn't seem real to me. I finally got the baby clothes washed and put away - made it a little more real. Guess it'll feel real eventually.
• I started thinking about my previous c-sections and I'm dreading Monday: staring at the clock, waiting to press that morphine button, being woken up every couple of hours to check for vitals, being woken up to nurse, the pains of nursing (I'm staying on my codine longer this time), not being able to sit up by myself, being woken up in to nurse, uncomfortable hospital bed, storm of hormones, recovering from being sliced open, lack of sleep, lack of sleep.
• Mom gave me a book called "Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours" I took it as a hint and decided to read it. My obgyn noticed that I'm still reading the same book. He said, you're never going to finish this book. I told him I'd read it in the hospital. He pointed out that they make you take of your baby in the hospital. Yes, they do, but there'll only be one. It'll feel like a vacation.Well, minus the things mentioned in previous bullet.