this will mostly be a pregnancy update since my facebook page has already covered most of our basement goings on and also christmas. i do have one basement update however.
we are currently working on insulating the basement walls, and drywall is next! it is rather hard because although we have electrical wire running through the walls, none of the boxes will be set up till the drywall has been screwed up which leaves us working in the dark with a couple of shop lamps. they work well for the most part, but tonight we were stapling the vapor barrier to the frame and behind our gigantic pile of drywall it was getting pretty hard to see. my goal of having the basement (or at least the living room) done before the baby is here is looking pretty good, but Kevin is sick right now with either bronchitis or pneumonia and hanging out in a dusty basement full of insulation and saw dust is not something he is jumping to do.
that being said, if any of you women out there have husbands to lend out for a couple hours over a weekend we would be more than grateful. no experience required, just need to have two arms to hold up drywall with Kevin since i am mostly incapable. (even though i am incapable of handling large sheets of gyp-rock i have however proved useful in insulating! i've done about 90 percent of the insulation by myself. it feels good to be able to help out. especially with lighter material. i'll prove handy when it comes to tiling the floor too. i did our upstairs bathroom when i was pregnant last time.)
okay, on to pregnancy. this one is KICKING MY BUTT. really bad. i remember being pregnant with Elliot and thinking that he better be darn worth it because pregnancy is the worst. and this time it gets even better. better in a bad way. all these pains and burning rib and back spasms and twitches and fainting started much earlier this time around, and it seems they are getting much worse. for the past month i have been laying down when Elliot goes down for a nap to kind of reset my back and rib pains, but instead of feeling refreshed like usual, this week i have gotten up to the same or worse pain. tylenol is quickly becoming my breakfast, lunch, and dinner. i really wish i could take some advil for the back pain. i take a daily epsom salt bath, and i have been visiting the chiro and masseuse every week to no avail. all i can do is pray this baby comes early like Elliot. (but not too early of course, i still want my water birth with my midwife). Its such a struggle. I want the baby to stay in there till at least 36/37 weeks, but after that he better come quickly or i will not be a very happy lady.
this baby is also more active than Elliot by a landslide. and Bean was pretty active himself! i am awake half the night because i am being constantly pummeled with ity bity baby feet, and then of course i feel like i have to pee ALL the time even though when i get up to go there isn't anything there. im tempted to wear a diaper and then if i feel and urge to let myself go and see if anything happens. at least i would get to stay in bed.
well, that is about it i think on my end of things. i'm just sitting and waiting for these next two months to go by. this baby has 7 more weeks before i expect him to start to exit the premises. we are already prepared. the drawer in my bedroom has been cleared out and filled with baby clothing, the swing is set up and ready to go, and the only thing left to do is pack my hospital bag and buy a hose to fill up the birthing tub.
come quickly, baby.
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