PadThai's Nursery: Unveiled!

PadThai now has a happy little piece of our home to call his own. Benny and I toiled all weekend long to pull this little room together, and we're pretty happy with how it came out.

There are still a few things missing. . .like the fun rocking chair Grandma and Grandpa DeGeorge ordered for us and a window covering of some sort. Plus, we're still missing all those super fun items associated with poopy diapers, like "genies" and changing pads. I think we're still in denial about THAT part of raising a lil' man.

Daphne seems to like the room, too. . .as I painted, Daphne spread herself out right beneath the crib. Once PadThai makes his big debut, we're wondering if she'll decide to sleep in PadThai's room as his personal guard dog, or if she'll stick with guarding us at the foot of our bed. (Oh, by the way, don't worry about pregnant Lori painting. . .Ben did all the smelly primer painting, and I painted the walls and trim with low-VOC paint, so the toxic smell was minimal.)



Here are some pics. . .the blue ones are the "Before shots." The blue really looked quite nice, but we decided to change it up anyway. . .PadThai deserves something fresh, new, and bright!

The fun things we like are: the Moose Family painting above the crib. . .Papa, Mama, and PadThai moose; the dog butt hooks from Ikea which have not been hung yet (but you can see them sitting on one of the dressers in the picture; the framed pages from cute children's books above the changing table and Frog & Toad in the corner; and the Yellowstone Animals Mobile.

Now we just need the baby. And that diaper stuff.

Little Guy Ain't so Little

Despite my doctor's insistence last week that I am the "perfect" size--not too big, not too small--I have felt rather large for being about 6 months pregnant. I think I've been around a lot of small pregnant ladies recently, and it's hard not to compare your size to theirs. There is one woman in my prenatal yoga class who is due at the end of November--2+ months before me--and she is only a hair bigger than me right now. The Ulrich clan keeps taunting me with true tales of 9 and 10 pound babies (one of whom was my husband!), and I'm starting to think that PadThai may be on the "Baby Ginormo" track.

I am 26 weeks along in this journey, and had myself another ultrasound today, just to make sure everybody--me and he--are growing as planned. And, not to my surprise, PadThai is large. . .not super large. . .just 10 ounces more than most babies are at 26 weeks in utero. The doc estimates he's about 2 pounds, 10 ounces now. . .and most babies measure about 2 pounds at this stage. Other than his largeness, he looks perfect in all other ways. He was practicing his "breathing" by moving his diaphragm, and he yawned for us. . .he must take after both of his Grandpas.


Here's a portrait of PadThai from this morning. . .that's his head laying horizontal, looking straight at you. And there's a shoulder or arm on the left side of the frame. We think he's pretty handsome.