I had a good weekend. The triathlon on Friday was a lot of fun. It was sort of more like the amazing race than a triathlon. Each team was given a GPS unit and then clues to find GPS co-ordinates. We then had to drive to the different locations to get our next clue. There were a couple activities along the way (glow in the dark mini-golf and darts). All teams were really close, but our team came in 3rd of 3 teams. So, at the BBQ on Friday evening, as the losing team, we each had to choose a costume out of a bag and had to wear it for the entire evening. I got butterfly wings and antennae, which was actually kind of nice, so I didn’t mind. I had 2 guys on my team, so I think it would have been funnier if one of them had chosen that one! One guy had to wear a marty gras mask and the other had to wear a clown fro, so I think we each got the costume that suited us the best. It was a really fun day.
Saturday, we relaxed for the morning (I watched Greys that I had taped from Thursday) and then we decided to go shopping in the afternoon. I wanted to look for a rocker recliner for the nursery. I decided against getting a glider rocker, since I just think they are too narrow when you are holding a baby in your arms for feeding. Someone suggested to me that a chair with big comfy arms would be much better, and I totally agree. So, we thought we’d look around town to get an idea of what’s out there and prices. We went to 5 places total and ended up finding a lazyboy, all leather rocker recliner for $300 off! It was a sale on just that weekend trying to sell off their stock, so we didn’t have a choice of colour, but it was the colour we wanted (medium brown) anyway. So, we thought we’d jump on that chance! We get to pick it up this week. We also spent some time on Saturday trying to figure out how we’re going to set up the nursery. Since it is a smaller room, (9.5’ x 9.5’), it’s a bit of a puzzle trying to figure out how to fit a crib, recliner chair, bookshelf, change table, and dresser all in there. It will work though ;) We are going to buy the crib first and hopefully find a matching dresser, and then my dad is going to build us a change table (since all the change tables in the stores are for people who are 5’ tall I think, they are all too short for us!I) and a bookshelf, so we can get whatever size we want and we can paint them our accent colour. I think we’re going to take a trip to babies r us sometime in the next month or so to get our crib and stroller. My parents are getting us the crib and Oma is getting us the stroller, so we lucked out there!
As of today, I am 22 weeks along! Wow! I’m glad things are starting to come together now in terms of the nursery. We have our renovation scheduled for October 23-25, and then painting after that, so I can’t wait until it’s all done!
So now I’m back for another week at work. I can’t wait until this week is over since I have my next appointment with the midwife on Friday afternoon and then of course lj’s wedding on Saturday! Yay!
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That's awesome that your Dad is going to build a change table... the ones in stores are definitely on the low side. Ours came as part of a set, so I make due. :)
I have a normal glider rocker. A comfy rocker recliner would have been nice when he was still breastfeeding, but there's no way I would have had room for it in the nursery.
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