Today is rest day, after doing the midwife, Ikea, and Buy Buy Baby yesterday!
We're doing the nursery, but he'll room in with us while he's tiny. I want him close, and it's a hassle to get from our bedroom to the nursery at 3am. Once he outgrows the bassinet, he'll move to the nursery. I want it ready nice and early, though. I'll probably have him nap in there, if I can, so the crib is familiar, and I don't want to deal with decorating while we have a baby to take care of. We're kind of halfway there, actually. The nursery is going to be what's currently our barely used dining room (actually mostly storage), and we've always had it in mind as a future nursery. The walls are halfway the color we want - we had some issues under the chair rail so that needs painting. And we've mostly put art in there that would be ok for a baby, and we've picked up some more things since then. So we just need to swap out the furniture, paint the bottom half, and replace the beer poster with some little bird paintings
We're back to crib shopping. DH liked my favorite Ikea crib ok, but he found some others he likes. I think the frontrunner right now is the DaVinci Highland, but I want to see it in person. It just barely squeaks in under my "No way am I paying that much for a piece of furniture we're only using for a few years!" line. We also bought me a new dresser that fits better into our bedroom. My old dresser is only a couple years old and in great shape, so it seems irresponsible to not just give that one to the baby. I HATE that dresser, but I'm looking into painting it or getting some decals or something. I thought I'd finally won the battle to get a Hemnes dresser into the house, even if it wasn't in our room
But we did get Hemnes bookcases for the office, so I'll take solace in that. First world problems, right?
I got on the scale this morning, and it shows me up about 5lbs. That still seems like a lot to gain in one week. I gained my first 5lbs all in one week, too. I wonder if that's going to be a pattern for me. Gain 5lbs all at once, then hold steady for months, then gain 5lbs all at once again? I wouldn't worry too much about it, but if I gain too much (I think another 30lbs or so?) I won't be able to do a waterbirth. It kind of sucks to watch the weight creep back up after I worked so hard for 2 years to lose weight, but that's just part of being pregnant. A lot of it is boob, too. My bras are all too small again.
Roast chicken does sound good, but who knows if I'd want it if it was in front of me? I wish the meat aversion had faded with the other first trimester symptom!
How's everyone feeling? Who's next to find out the sex? Any private scans coming up? I need to schedule my 20 week scan today if I want to get it on the day I want.
iv given dd the day off nursery so we can have a nice lie in n not messing around pickin her up then rushing there 
