First Pedicure

I've been wanting to paint Evelina's toe nails for some time now, but I always forget to buy quick-drying nail polish, and/or when I've asked her if she wants me to paint them, she replies "no".  

When I walked by the nail polish aisle during my weekly Target run over the weekend, I decided to select a couple of color options for her to choose from.  As soon as she saw the little bottles she asked "What's that?" and when I told her, she became excited about the possibility of painted toes.  She chose pink. 

I strapped her into her booster seat and started painting.  She was intrigued throughout the entire process and of course she wanted to paint them herself (umm...I don't think so!!).  I told her not to touch them until they dried, which was only about 2 minutes with the quick-drying polish.  She was amazingly patient.  
 
She just LOVES hers "toe nails" with a passion.  She is very proud of them and enjoys staring at them and talking about them.  Yesterday on the way to school, Chris was asking her if she was going to show them to her teachers. She proceeded to take her shoes off in the car and wouldn't let Chris put them back on until she was able to show off her tootsies.  All throughout the day, she kept taking her shoes off and saying "Mommy paint toe nails!!".  She is just too adorable for words sometimes!!  

I'm a little nervous to see how she will react when I remove the polish before applying a new color.  I foresee some tears in our future. When it was time for her bath on the first night her toes were polished, she was quite upset, thinking that the polish was going to wash off like the paint she uses for art painting.  Once she figured out it was on there for good, she was in a much better place.  Toddlers are too funny. 

2.0 | 28 Weeks

How far along? 28 Weeks...3rd trimester!!

Baby’s Size: Eggplant

Total Weight Gain: 14 ½ lbs. 

Maternity Clothes: Yes, and I need to stop buying!!

Gender: Little girl #2!!

Movement: This little one is a mover and a shaker.  She was head down at my last midwife appointment, but at this point, I doubt she is in the same position.  She loves to perform belly gymnastics all hours of the day, especially at bedtime or during the endless times I’m awaken by Evelina every night.   

Sleep: Oh sleep, sleep, sleep, how I miss you.  When I can sleep for an extended time, I sleep rather well.  The pregnancy isn’t disrupting my sleep much, yet, unless my heartburn acts up more than usual.  The problem with sleep has been our darling, adorable, Evelina Bambina.  In addition to her 2-year molars taking their sweet, sweet time to erupt, she had a horrible cold, complete with a never-ending fever for about 5 days this past week.  To keep her comfortable, we (Chris is the rock-star) have had to sit with her in the glider/rocker in her room for hours each night.  She continues to NOT want to sleep in her crib, except for her first sleep stretch, and if we do manage to put her down, instead of rocking (which she demands, mind you), it is in our bed.  As much as I desperately NEED sleep before Siby arrives, I keep telling myself that all of this is great practice in preparation for a newborn.  Oh, how am I going to survive?!?  

Symptoms:  Nothing new, other than becoming out of breath much more quickly than I used too.  
Best Moments this week: I'm not sure that I know of one.  I feel like I am in a daze of exhaustion everyday so I can't focus on much else, other than making it through each day.   
Food Aversions: Does not wanting to cook count as a food aversion?   
Food Cravings: Afternoon sweet treat.  
What I miss: Energy and sleep. 
What I am looking forward to: Our next ultrasound scheduled for this coming Monday.   
What Else? Praying that I pass my one-hour glucose test on the 3rd.

Monthly Belly Shots

I hadn't realize how skinny my face was at 15 weeks until looking at my 28 week photo. 

Siby's Nursery Idea Board

In keeping with the spirit of my type A personality, I've started an idea board for Siby's nursery to keep me organized.  Here are some things that will be incorporated into her nursery:  

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• Robin's Nest will remain as the wall color, with orange, lime/chartreuse green, purple and brown accents.   
• The crib, dresser and bookcase that is currently in Evelina's nursery will remain.  
• We will be purchasing a new chair in brown, which will be a glider/rocker/recliner combination.  A recliner is a MUST.  Gosh, I wish we had one now in Evelina's room, then maybe I could sleep in it during the really rough nights.  
• The crib skirt will be orange chevron and this time around we will use just a white sheet and a white breathable bumper, no need to waste money on a decorative pillow-y bumper that has to be removed at some point anyway for safety purposes, we only used Evelina's for about 5 months. I also plan to have changing pad covers made in orange chevron and the green lattice fabric. 
• We will be hanging an abacus over the dresser.  I've seen this in a number of nurseries and just love the idea.  
• The ABC print is being matted in purple and the other print in orange to tie into the color scheme.  
• During my first trimester, I was obsessed with "The Hunger Games" trilogy.  Man, was it addicting.  Even though I was exhausted because of the pregnancy, I would stay up all hours just reading.  Throughout the books, the dandelion was mentioned and represented a symbol of hope for the main character.  On one of my many visits to Etsy, I came across a pretty dandelion art print in orange and thought it would be perfect for the room.  I also love the wall decal as well. 
• I still need to find curtains, a rug, a mobile for over the changing table, a fun pillow for the chair and other accessories for the room, but so far, I think everything is coming along nicely...in my head.  We haven't moved Evelina into her "big girl room" yet, so we can't start putting the nursery together until then.  Can't wait!!   

PS: The letter 'D' does not have any significance, I just would like to add the first initial of Siby's first name to the room.  We are still working a list of name choices that we both like. 

Siby's Nursery Inspiration

The network at my office has been experiencing some issues over the past few days.  I have so much work to do, but without the means to do it I've been "forced" to spend some more time planning Siby's nursery. ;-) I love envisioning how it will look and researching elements for the room.  I don't think our bank account or my beloved hubby appreciate the network issues, though.  Oh well, 'tis life.  

The nursery will remain in its current location and Evelina will be moving into the guest room, her "big girl room"...more on that another day.  The nursery will remain the Robin's Nest color that it is now, but I've decided on a different color scheme to differentiate it from Evelina's current room. After searching around the inter-webs and Pinterest (my fave!!), I've decided that it would be fun to add touches of orange, lime/chartreuse green, brown and purple to the room.  Much different than Evelina's yellow and pink with owls combination.  Here a a few inspiration rooms:  

Love this color scheme, although we won't be using gray.  The green lattice fabric is a must.  LOVE.  I'm also really drawn toward chevron, I wish I could sew so I could make my own curtains. 

Via Pinterst

I really like the tree behind the crib idea.  Brown looks great with the blue walls as well. 

Via Pinterest

Even though this is a boys room, I really love how the lime green and orange look with the wall color.  This is the same paint color that is in our nursery now.  I heart the orange chair, but we don't want to get something custom upholstered this time around and all of the orange chairs I've found are super pricey. 

Via Pinterest

Our Life

This has been our life most nights lately.  Although, miraculously, Evelina slept through the night for the first time in 2 weeks last night...in her crib, and it was glorious.  Pure bliss!!  Although, after 2:30a, I kept waking up thinking she would be up any second, I remember feeling the same when she was newborn and started her long sleep stretches.  

Evelina's favorite positions? "Snow Angels" (man is she fidgety) and "The Stalker" complete with staring at us from about a centimeter away and saying "Hi Mama" or "Hi Papa".  We try not to laugh but we can't help it.  Her other favorite position is rolling toward Chris while she sleeps almost pushing him completely off the bed.

2.0 | 26 Weeks

How far along? 26 Weeks

Baby’s Size: Head of Lettuce

Total Weight Gain: 14 ½ lbs. 

Maternity Clothes: For sho. 

Gender: Little girl #2!!

Movement: Lots, although she does like to take lots of cat naps throughout the day.  I can see lots of movement on the outside as well now.  

Sleep: Sleeping well but I'm tired because of the many the horrible nights we've been experiencing with Evelina.  I really hate 2-year molars.  Man, have they been taking their sweet time cutting. 

Symptoms: Same old, same old.  Although, my feet have been aching a lot more by days end now, and I may have to retire my engagement ring for the rest of the pregnancy which I'm sad about.  It fits my finger just fine, but getting it over my knuckle can be painful.

Best Moments this week: Endless compliments on by belly always make me feel good, especially from random strangers.  It is a cute belly :-) 

Food Aversions: Still not eating enough veggies. 

Food Cravings: Sweets, per usual. 

What I miss: Energy!!

What I am looking forward to: Totally un-baby related; a trip to visit my sis this weekend in Pittsburgh and partake in a spa day.  Yay!!

What Else? I'm starting to get quite anxious with all we have to do in terms of moving Evelina into her big girl room and getting the nursery together as well.  It isn't helping that we can't get a painter in until early August.  Yes, Chris could paint, but I would rather be spending time together as a family instead of him being cooped up painting.  Then there's the actual transition to a big girl bed that we have to deal with.  Evelina has already been sleeping horribly lately so it could be a difficult task.  On top of all this, we were notified this week that there is a waiting list for infant placements at the school we currently send Evelina too.  Sh!t!!!!  Because we are a current family of the school, we were bumped ahead of new families but we are still #4, which is completely and totally sucky.  It doesn't look good for us.  Who knew that we would have to tell them I was pregnant the day after I had a positive pregnancy test to ensure the new baby a spot? Hard to believe there is already a wait list for January/February and our name was added in May/June.  The thought of having to drop 2 kids off at 2 different centers makes me ill considering our schedules are already so jammed.  Maybe we need to hire a nanny?  Either way, this is something I didn't think we would need to focus on this time around, I could have lived without the added stress. Deep breaths....

Evelina Likes to Move it

Evelina absolutely LOVES the "I Like to Move it" song.  Her teachers play it at school and she loves to dance and "back it up" endlessly.  She requests the song to be played in the car over and over, and when we found the corresponding video on YouTube, she was hooked. 

 

Ah, the girl never forgets.  This is the train video she kept referring too. Pretty boring, but to a gal who LOVES trains, this is heaven.