As I have said before, I do my kick counts every evening. Usually about half an hour after I sit down she wakes up and starts going at it, and I try to just take a few minutes then to count and record. But some days that proves harder than others. Today I was busy eating and talking something over with the hubby while she was active, and now she’s being all laid back. I can feel her butt pushing out, and she just had the hiccups – but not kicking or moving frequently enough to count. (And most of her movements are slow snakelike movements of her foot towards my ribs, as if she’s plotting a sneak attack soon as I’m not paying attention. I am ON to you, baby.) So now I’m stuck in a dilemma. I know very clearly that while I was eating dinner she was kicking away at me and I could easily have gotten my kick counts – plus she was normally active all day. But now that I’m quiet and counting, she’s facing the wrong direction and isn’t cooperating, so I can’t get my numbers to plug into my fancy little excel chart. And it’s not like I can just leave today’s blank, I am a wee bit obsessive about things like this. So I poke Kate’s cute little butt (which is protruding yet again) and say, “Umm, I know you’re fine in there and you’re probably wanting a nap, but could you roll over so that mommy can get her numbers? Thanks.” So far she has not obliged. Not sure how long I’m going to have to sit here. Apparently a good long while.<\/p>\n
Den and I finally found a paint color that we liked the test patch of, so today I bought a gallon and Den painted the top half of the room. And then I started fretting that maybe it wasn’t the exactly<\/i> right color. It’s just a paint color, for crying out loud! This should not be a month-long process! (But it has been.) And then of course we get to the problem of what to do between the two colors. My original idea was to just paint a white stripe, but now neither of us are too fond of the idea. I’m thinking a white chair rail, he’s thinking a wallpaper border. We have spent hours (hours!<\/i>) searching for the right border paper that matches the room colors and fits my idea of what her room should be. We have a couple of “maybe”s, and I still would prefer the white chair rail and he still really wants wallpaper. I found one combination idea that I really like, only for Den to say, “But that will be too hard to do.” And of course it’s a discontinued pattern for sale on ebay. Throwing hands in the air now.<\/p>\n
On a related note, if anyone knows where I can buy wall decals of the entire alphabet in a single color, that would be great<\/i>. My mind sees a script font, but at this point I’d take any kind of font. I can make my own effing border. (I want a pink or chocolate brown alphabet on her wall. Not multicolored, not with all kinds of picture scenes. Just the damn alphabet. That should NOT be this hard to find.)<\/p>\n
I guess all I need to do is roll over and pretend to go to sleep. That’ll wake her up for sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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