28 Weeks - Third Trimester

This Tuesday is I guess officially the end of the first week of the third trimester, with 12 more weeks to go. So Mary Lou is about 15 inches and 2 pounds (as averages go). I think this is where excitement meets shock. I am sure that ratio will fluctuate over the next 12 weeks as we go from thinking about how awesome it's going to be to have a baby, to thinking about the fact that they're going to hand us a tiny little baby and tell us to take it home with us!

The beginning of the third trimester is also the beginning of the prep around the house. So we've got the crib and dresser, but it sits in a box in our kitchen, as we wait to get new carpet installed in the baby's room. In the meantime we've cleared out the baby room, and put together new furniture for our room.

Some funny stories there... We have a queen bed in the baby room that we are looking to put upstairs on the third floor. Getting the mattress up there was a bit heavy (since Melanie can't help too much with the baby in tow), but it went up pretty easy. The box spring was another story. We got it about 75% of the way through and tried the 'shove' real hard method to get it the rest of the way. Well that resulted in about a 5 inches of ceiling plaster to come crumbling down and a box spring no closer to going up.... so we tossed that one out to the garbage and went and got a Queen Split box spring...

I also put together an armoire for Melanie's close (she was previously using the closet in the baby room), two dressers and a night stand. Then took a night stand and dresser from our room, and a night stand and bookshelf from the baby room up to the third floor. All in all my back is sore, but the house is pretty well prepped... just need carpet in and we can get the crib/dresser for the baby ready and then clean up the rest of the house... 12 weeks to go, we should have plenty of time!