I spent a good portion of last weekend painting the nursery (it used to be the blue room or the other bedroom). It is nice a nice bright cheery green color, for the jungle theme. It still needs a second coat in some places, the blue was hard to cover even with a coat of primer. After that the trim goes back on and the wallpaper boarder. I think the plan is to clean the carpets and then finally move everything back into the room. There is stuff all over the house from what needs to go back in there.

The daybed really isn't in good shape. The wood is so stripped out that I am not sure I can get it together again. We were thinking about replacing it with a futon or a sleeper sofa. Possibly it would be the least expensive to replace it with another daybed since we don't need the mattress nor the trundle.

The back porch needs some serious repairs, I need to start ripping it out.

We did a nursing class on Monday that was interesting. Tuesday night was Bible Study. Tonight we are getting rid of some stuff and people are coming to get it. Tomorrow is the monthly OB visit. We are doing another ultrasound, and some standard tests. Then it is off to birthing class, we are a little more than halfway through that class also. We are doing two other classes, one is a different birthing class from the hospital, and the second is a parenting class in the next two weeks.

I know it has been awhile since I blogged about our forth coming child...right? It has been awhile anyway.
We have a heartbeat monitor thingy, it doesn't work great or anything. But Peanut sure does kick it when Kim has it on her belly. You can put your hand on him and he doesn't seem to mind too much, but with that heart monitor he goes nuts. Anyway, we recorded it, you might need to turn the volume up to 11.
The noise you'll hear is him kicking it, good strong belly shaking kicks. It sounds like someone tapping on a microphone, and it is, but through a uterus.

By the way, if you are gonna tell me that we aren't supposed to use a heartbeat monitor to listen to the heartbeat because it isn't a real medical device, we know. It is just a toy for fun.

We have another ultrasound at the end of the month. Hopefully with some more pictures to torture you with, I don't know if there will be any 3D ones like last time.

We got the travel system put together for the most part. That things is incredibly difficult, as in complicated, there are so many moving pieces. It looks like it will be really useful, and we are grateful for it.

The Play Yard to me was more fun. It has a changing table, bassinet, a mobile, as well as the play pen. You can take out the pieces and use with them independently.

I put the mattress in the crib, not much to play with yet, but there are sheets and stuff on the way to make it look complete. So then it will all come together.

There is a car seat that is independent of the travel system. That is for two purposes. The first is for the other car, the second is that it will be useful all the way up until the booster seat size.

A chat log from earlier today...

(3:47:23 PM) Me: The mattress, pack n' play, stroller, and car seat are here.
(3:47:59 PM) Me: it is taking all my will power to not go play with them
(3:48:37 PM) Me: I put the mattress in the crib
(3:48:44 PM) Me: but it is still in the plastic wrap
(3:48:53 PM) Me: so that doesn't really count
(3:49:06 PM) Me: not nearly as much fun as putting a travel system together
(3:49:42 PM) Me: the Impala is here, maybe I'll just put the car seat in the car
(3:51:24 PM) Me: I guess you will be home in little over an hour
(3:51:55 PM) Me: if my hands stop shaking from excitement I think I can hold out for that long
(3:59:30 PM) Kimberly French: Hello!
(3:59:47 PM) Kimberly French: You can't start without me!

We got the travel system out and started to put it together.

Seventh month, third trimester, 25th week. 103 days or 15 weeks to go. I think the two months to go is the part that makes it most in your face real feeling.

Last night we had our first natural birthing class. I expected the class to be mostly about breathing and relaxing and such. The midwife teaching the class started by saying that you already know how to breath and it would be boring to try to teach it to you.
So she discussed things like procedures, hormones, relaxing, the drugs they use and their side effects,the importance of bonding in the first hour. Also some breast feeding stuff, videos of live births in all full graphic detail, and water births. Being a natural child birthing class it was about no drugs, but actually she says there is a place for that when needed but the doctors have gone a little crazy with them.