Marley's New Room

The biggest thing I did with my time off this week, was assemble furniture, and buy the finishing touches for Marley's new big boy room. I was really nervous about how the transition from our room to his own room would go, and I wanted him to have plenty of time to get used to it before baby sister's arrival. As with most things, Marley had an easier time of it than I did. As you can see from the video below, he was thrilled to come home from school one day to find his new room finished and ready.

Night One: I slept in Marley's bed with him. It took a little while for him to fall asleep. The noises you can hear from this room are very different than what you hear upstairs, in our room. He kept asking, "Where's that sound coming from?" for every little noise we heard. He was excited to be sleeping in his room, though, and slept comfortably once he actually fell asleep.

Night Two: He fell asleep more quickly. I slept (not very well) on the floor next to his bed. He woke up at 5:30, I got into bed with him, and he fell right back asleep for another couple of hours.

Night Three: I laid with him until he fell asleep (which was very quick because it was kind of late). Then, I cried myself to sleep in my own bed, while my baby slept peacefully in his very own room. He woke up at about 6:30 in a good mood.

Night Four: So far, so good. Marley fell asleep in the car on the way home, and pretty much stayed asleep when we laid him down in his bed. I think I'll do better tonight, too:)

PS: I'm taking the fact that Marley didn't know what a dresser was as a hint that he was, in fact, overdue for his own room. I think he's got it figured out now, but I love how he kept opening the drawers to find this "dresser" I kept talking about!

Out with the old, in with the new

This week we said goodbye to our old friend of 10 years, Dodge Neon. Here's to the next 10 years with our new friend, Subaru Forester!

Long and Closed

That's the description I've gotten of my cervix so far at every one of my perinatal appointments. If things continue to look so good with this pregnancy, I will only have two more appointments at the perinatal clinic! Exciting, but also scary, since I didn't have any problems (as far as I can tell) with my last pregnancy until 30 weeks. The perinatologist has promised me that I will be allowed to come back should any problems arise after my 28 week appointment. Yes, I asked:)

Baby sister is looking good. She's still measuring in the 90th percentile, with an estimated weight of 1 lb 15 oz! Maybe we can give our friends, Tanya and Troy, a run for their money. This past weekend they had a 10 lb 12 oz baby boy!!

Cruddy Week

It started off with Marley getting really sick: runny nose, cough, slight fever. Nai Nai stayed home with him on Monday, then I stayed home with him on Tuesday, at which point I proceeded to get really sick myself.

The day had an even worse ending. Jeff called around 6pm to say he'd been in a collision with a Ford F-150 truck. He's okay, but the Neon did not fare well (the truck barely got a scratch). It was only valued at around $3000 before the accident, and the initial estimate is that it would cost at least that to fix it. It looks like we have car shopping in our future:(

We finally took Marley to the doctor at the end of the week, when he just didn't seem to be getting better. Turns out he's got bronchitis with a secondary infection of bronchial pneumonia. He started his antibiotics on Friday and seems to be feeling much better now. If only I could say the same for myself.

I have an appointment with the peri tomorrow and they are going to do a growth check on baby sister. At the last growth check, which was very early in the pregnancy, she was measuring in the 90th percentile! I'll let you know if that's changed.

Let's hope this week is a little better than last!