But oh how things change! Baby fever has overtaken me! I was wide awake at 5:30 this morning after dragging myself to the bathroom for yet another pee break, and laid in bed until 7am, hoping against hope that I would fall asleep again. When that failed, I got up and logged onto the website of a fantastic local store which I knew would be announcing a sale this morning. Before even making tea or breakfast, I was hurriedly loading my shopping basket like some sort or crack-head, except my fix was adorable tiny sleeping bags, baby carriers and car seats! I think this is probably my cutest (if least practical) purchase of the day:
Panic set in when I discovered that there was only one left of the car seat we had planned to purchase ... if you've ever shopped on eBay, you probably know the feeling - I was whipping out the credit card and entering information as fast as my fingers could type, and .... success!! I snagged the last car seat, along with several other goodies, at 35% off, and finally settled down to enjoy breakfast, feeling very proud of my bargain hunting.
And so it goes these days!
Two weeks ago on a drizzly Sunday morning, I dragged Ben to a "stroller test drive" event I had heard about. Perhaps this sounds to some like a lame way to spend a Sunday, but once we were there, we were having a blast cruising around the park with strollers, chatting with other preggos and new parents, and enjoying free BBQ. We headed home with our very own Bugaboo stroller, which we were so excited about that we assembled the whole thing the moment we got home. We knew it needed to be packed up again for safekeeping until baby arrives, but first we had to leave it out for a few days, gaze at it, imagine baby in it, and periodically stroll it around the condo ... it's just so darn cute ... and orange!
Life has already begun changing in all of these gradual ways. I was sure I would be one of those women who was young and energetic and barely affected by pregnancy; the reality?? I am lucky if I sleep for more than five or six hours or ever reach a real REM cycle, with all the tossing and turning and aches and pains I've accumulated six months into this pregnancy business! My idea of a fun weekend now pretty much revolves around making as few plans as possible, the better to fit in lots of naps, and maybe venturing out for some crib shopping or ice cream eating, and going to bed well before midnight. But I am quite content with this - it seems to make baby happy, so I am rolling with it!! I love how life is always unexpected - nothing happens the way you think it will, and that is what makes living truly awesome :)
For anybody else as interested as me in fun baby stuff, here are my two fave websites of late - they remind us non-traditionalists that you can be a mommy and still be cool and stylish!:
1) http://www.babybot.com/ - this is the Calgary store we have bought most of our gear from. The owners are a fab group of young parents with such a cool design aesthetic
2) http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ - this is the offshoot of a modern design blog I love (Apartment Therapy) that is geared to decorating and lifestyles for babies and kids. I could spend hours browsing their nursery gallery!
