In spite of all the extra couch-time, we’ve actually gotten quite a lot accomplished in the last couple of months. We had to completely clear out our guest bedroom and make it a nursery with all of the old furniture taken to storage; we had a new roof built, courtesy of Hurricane Ike and our Home Owners Insurance; and we’ve done various other jobs around the house and yard in 
preparation for putting it on the market, since TXDOT has decided to build Grand Parkway (Houston’s new outer-outer loop) right behind our back fence. But in everything we’ve done, the most exciting and fun for me was, above all, the nursery. I could not wait to get it all set up and put together. I took pictures of Chris as he assembled the changing table, dresser, and
crib that my parents bought for us and I posed for a few pictures with a screw driver to make it look like I’d actually participated in the hard work (although, it is true that I beat Chris in a drawer-assembly race, but something tells me that he’d never admit to it). Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day. The cat you see in one of them is “Fatty-Fat-Tastic” who’s been with us for about 8 years. He’s our 18 pound handsome man. If you’re not 
familiar with the entire family, not shown here is “Kitten” who we adopted along with Fatty when she was just a kitten and “El Guapo”, our 7 pound attention-starved Chihuahua. Sure hope they’re ready for baby Rebecca!In these final 8 weeks remaining before Rebecca arrives, we have lots to do. This month, especially, is loaded with doctor appointments, newborn classes, prenatal exercise, and baby showers. Yeah, I said it; Prenatal Exercise. It’s just become a necessity. It’s difficult to explain but I truly think the pregnant body packs away every calorie the mother consumes as if preparing for nuclear winter. And, for me, it seems to be storing it all in just one place…. my rear-end. So now, several times a week, I head out to the YMCA, venture into their cardio room, and huff and puff atop an elliptical machine while presumably rocking Rebecca to sleep with my motions. And, to make this trip just a little more embarrassing, I end each visit with a quick swim. Yes, I am now the proud owner of a maternity bathing suite (which does absolutely nothing by way of flattery) so that I can actually be seen in public kicking around in the water with little foam water weights…. awesome. And if you guessed that I am NOT posting a picture of that, you’d be 100% correct!
So that’s all for now, just a quick catch up. I’ll post again soon to tell you all about the classes we're taking at the hospital; Newborn Care, Prepared Childbirth, and last but certainly not least, Breast Feeding Basics!
