2:24 p.m. - 2006-05-17
Sweet Baby Diarrhea Yellow
Come ON, time!! Where are you?
Everyone told me this pregnancy would go by like THAT, but it hasn't. I'm not even halfway done. Almost, but not quite, at 17 1/2 weeks. I'm antsy. I want to know this baby -- want to see if it has brown or blond hair, or beautiful blue-green eyes like Joe, or (God forbid) my nose. Will it be a screamer, like I was from birth until age 10? Will it be a dreamer and procrastinator, like me? Will it be good at sports? Music? Mayhem? I just want to KNOW. NOW.
But then there are days when I remember how glad I am that this whole gestation thing takes nine months. I'm not ready for the baby to be here yet -- who am I kidding? Just this past Sunday morning, I luxuriated in bed until almost 9:00 am, rejoicing in the fact that I had no pets to see, no New Hire Orientation to lead at work, and no screaming infant to feed. I think I actually awoke, had these thoughts, and then went comatose once more.
But I DO want to know more about this person who currently calls my uterus home. At the very least, I'd settle for a kick or a poke -- just something to let me know it's there. According to my pregnancy books, I could start feeling the first movements at any time now, though it could still be another five to six weeks. Though the same books are quick to caution that it will probably feel like gas.
I'm just back from a leisurely lunch outing, where I got my toenails done, bought some anti-frizz crap for my hair, and braved the aisles of Home Depot to look at paint colors for the nursery. Never thought I'd do this, but I headed straight to the section that had Behr's Disney colors. I brought home paint chips in colors named Tiggers Tummy, Dandelion for Roo, Baby Bee Yellow and Silly Old Bear. I can't decide if this is a loathsome or a darling thing. BUT. I am emphatically NOT doing a theme in the room. I know some people are all about Pooh, or Snoopy, or similar adorable cartoon characters, but I just can't bring myself to do that. Besides, the only cartoon I can get into is The Simpsons, and much as I'd like to see murals of Moe's Tavern on the nursery walls, I'm betting most visitors are going to have a hard time with that.
