...katie...????????????????????

[ashiozz]

YAY!! Im glad you made it home safe. Kiss the ground, you know you wanna


How is Kaida today?? I cannot believe how close to 3rd tri you are 0.o and to think - we met you whilest you were CRASHING third tri, now you will be really posting in there. does it scare you..? Third tri scared me... a lot..

 

[gigglebox]

it scared me too! well mostly when i was kind of in that inbetween stage. where i was over talking about GD testing, but wasn't ready for birthing plans. i feel like there's a lot of limbo land in pregnancy forums, naww mean?

recently i've been having a lot of feelings about missing being pregnant. then i remember the sucky times and i'm ok with not doing it again...i'll just live vicariously though my pregnant coworkers. also the thought of having a second one while already having a child running around doesn't seem like my ideal situation...i feel like the first one gives you all the chances to suck up the pregnancy stuff, where as later you've got that extra life running around to think about. does that make sense?

i'm rambling again.

 

[ashiozz]

Laura, I love your rambling, you actually remind me a lot of my best friend back at home.


I misses her.

anyways, yeah I agree, I don't think I could deal with pregnancy again already having a child running around, maybe when he's like five and more self sufficient, but not right now. I know I made things harder for my mom and I was 3 while she was pregnant, ALTHOUGH, once the doc told me she cannot pick me up anymore while pregnant because it hurts her (she was bleeding because of it) I became pretty easy going/self sufficient really fast. So I mean, it kind of depends on the kids abilities and real needs. I've always been kind of independent though and Tyler seems to have that, also.

I still dont think I'll be doing it again. I LOVE Tyler. I have this awkward feeling that the next won't mean as much to me... I mean, I went through A LOT with Tyler to bring him into this world.. the next one will be "much easier" in everyones words and really I feel like Ty and I have a really unique bond already, so I wouldn't feel right bringing another in 0.o IDK if that's weird.

There's TONS of limbo in pregnancy, at one point, Katie and I both admitted to each other that we felt done with third tri after GD testing was done and all we were doing at that point was waiting. I never had a birth plan, Im glad too, because it didn't go as I expected in the very least anyways =/..
So I felt.. bored.. with pregnancy..if that makes sense... 0.o

 

[Emerald87]

Yeah I have to book my GTT. I have a birth plan. It says:

Colin is not allowed to leave
No pethidine

That's it. They can go their hardest with whatever else lol. I'm not keen on vacuum or forceps though.

Lots of limbo. But it's been a waiting game the whole time so that's nothing new. Before the baby arrives I have to:
Clean the car
Sell the car
Buy a new car
Order cot
Clean out spare room
Paint
Turn it into a nursery
Have a baby shower
Clean and prepare the rest of the house
Make my birth announcements
Plus heaps of other shit

 

[Emerald87]

I've only got another 15 weeks if she plans to come on time and I need Colin's help for most of that meaning we can only work on it on weekends.

 

[ashiozz]

Yeah I have to book my GTT. I have a birth plan. It says:

Colin is not allowed to leave
No pethidine

That's it. They can go their hardest with whatever else lol. I'm not keen on vacuum or forceps though.

Lots of limbo. But it's been a waiting game the whole time so that's nothing new. Before the baby arrives I have to:
Clean the car
Sell the car
Buy a new car
Order cot
Clean out spare room
Paint
Turn it into a nursery
Have a baby shower
Clean and prepare the rest of the house
Make my birth announcements
Plus heaps of other shit

I told mitch he wasnt allowed to leave. He left twice, one time while I had an oxygen mask on to get Tylers heart rate back up, both on his mothers advice, I was a little pissed the second time (that's when I had the oxygen mask) AND THEN she tried to send him home after tyler came for sleep. REALLY? Really. She was the woman complaining that his dad missed all of both of her labors and she's telling her son to leave..? I was slightly infuriated .. Im surprised I didn't write about that in my birth story...

Emerald it'll all come together .. As much as I hauled ass to get my nursery done, hes still not yet sleeping in it (I have to get my new camera from the damn company that makes his monitor. 2-4 weeks, they should have mine by tomorrow) ... ><

 

[ashiozz]

I've only got another 15 weeks if she plans to come on time and I need Colin's help for most of that meaning we can only work on it on weekends.

This was the big issue I had too, I would be up ALL WEEKEND LONG, I mean like, Id work on his nursery for 12-14 hours straight sometimes.. 0.o and mitch would be sleeping through a lot of it after doing little bits I needed his help on -.- But it got done It'll work out!

 

[Emerald87]

25 weeks today. Finally starting to enjoy things a bit more.

Her limbs are starting to get so strong I can feel individual arms and legs pushing against my hands. I get lonely when she sleeps these days lol.

 

[Emerald87]

I'm finally working on my nursery theme. We get rid of the big bed in there this weekend which will free up lots of room. Ebay will get a huge work out too. I have to vacuum and wash today. Mother will be up tomorrow night and she's still insisting she can't come to the shower so I sent her an angry text telling her to save up for it because it means a lot to me.

I'm going to draw up some sketches today on how the nursery walls will be painted. Then I have to pick colours. I'm a graphite artist so paint is a huge change for me. Ash, any tips would be appreciated more than you know.

 

[ashiozz]

What are you planning to do as far as the walls? and are your walls texture or flat?? Also what color are they now and when is the last time they were painted?

 

[ashiozz]

ALSO: I joined the Mirena IUD club. YAY

Insertion was nothin, really, the people who say it is painful have thrown me for a loop 0.o

 

[Emerald87]

What are you planning to do as far as the walls? and are your walls texture or flat?? Also what color are they now and when is the last time they were painted?

I'm painting murals - characters from the legend of Zelda. Background will be grass, hills and sky.
Walls are textured - sort of. Just the plaster texture.
They're light blue/green - uber horrible! Painted 21 years ago when the place was built haha. We're going to sun soap them clean and do a gray base paint first. We're awesome large scale painters (we did a feature wall in the lounge room) I'm just stuck on the small things. Like how do I cut in the background next to the characters? How can I get texture and shadow on the characters (which is uber easy with graphite)? What sort of paint do I use on the small things? Etc.

Congrats on the IUD club. I'll be joining you guys after mine is born. May not be technically able to have kids but hey, Kaida exists so I'm not taking chances.

 

[ashiozz]

I used a projector, so my image was done on the computer first, and then projected onto the wall and then traced, i traced where i saw shadowing, the only way you can realy make shadowing look right is to blend paints til you get the right tone, but drawing it on the wall WHERE it needed shaded made it easier. Yeah, I was definitely going to say to prime it first, I used white primer, it took 3 coats to cover the horrible purple my room originally was...

I painted the base color after that, but my background wasn't complex, just grey, I do know i had issues with the moon and Jack, and the only advice I really have for that, is patience and a SMALL paintbrush for the edges with a nice pointy tip. You want it to be clear where the character starts and where the background ends, and you dont want either spilling onto one another, you will have to do some touch up before it is perfect.. Luckily for me, NBC wasn't ever PERFECTLY drawn, which gave me SOME slack but not a lot.

Youre not doing stripes so the texture isnt a big deal, but if you do any lines that you're taping off, since there is texture, theres a technique to seal the tape before you paint them, so that they come out crisp.

As for paint, And what to use, If the wall is exposed to a lot of sunlight, everything I read online said to use expensive high quality acrylic. Since my wall isn't exposed to sunlight, I surprisingly just used the cheap acrylics you get at the art store in plastic containers, after they are painted, you need varnish in whatever finish your paint is, mine was Satin so I got satin varnish, its shininess matches the wall and it is protected, also.

I hiiiighly recommend drawing out your design either on paper first or the computer and getting it projected onto the wall. My projector was a cheap crappy one from Walmart, but it did what I needed and it worked pretty well for the purpose.

 

[ashiozz]

also with the shading/blending, I used a nonpointy brush for the shading i did on the gate in the mural I did..

it was kind of a round one, but a small one and i kind of just blended my shade into the other paint with it 0.o It took a while to learn and get it right, but you come up with your own techniques as you go.

 

[Emerald87]

You are an absolute LEGEND. I didn't even think of the projector, I was just going to draw it. BUT we actually do own a projector, which use to be our old TV. It's going to come in handy again! Yay!

Yeh I will be drawing first to map out the basics but my final will be computer rendered using actual stock images from the official game. I want things as close to the actual pictures as possible. Then I'll project that.
Colin had the nerve to suggest I do chibi versions of the characters i.e. not look like the actual thing. I almost slapped him for his treason! LOL. If it doesn't look like the actual thing I may as well be painting random ducks on there.

Had no idea about the varnish, I'll remember that!! Ours will end up being satin too.
I'm going to get stocked up on good brushes etc. The pain should be just basic because it won't be getting direct sunlight.


However I'm having a nervous afternoon and it's making me not want to work on the nursery. I stupidly decided to read some horror stories which has got me concerned again. I have no idea why I do this to myself... I just have moments of clicking without thinking.
I'm going to pull myself together, do the washing up, vacuum and get onto drawing. I can do this.

 

[ashiozz]

you CAN do it. Im glad you have a decent projector, mine kind of sucked >< but clearly it still worked because his mural looks awesome.

We used a pic we found on the computer and changed some things, he measured the wall and made the image the right size so that we could get it projected on the wall, I had to move our tiny projector ONCE and match everything up ><

But yeah, thats my biggest tips right there Some of the colors, I used sample wall paints, like, the moon, is a sample wall paint, those are cheap, you dont need a whole lot, and I was able to get the right color

 

[Emerald87]

Anyways enough of my panic-y-ness - how are Tyler and Mitch?


LIA I SEE YOU!!! How are you my lovely?

 

[ashiozz]

I, Too, See Lia. you Lia!

Tyler is doing good.. Photo from today:

He has been STTN .. so last night he slept from 11:30-6:15 and played from then until 7:45 and passed out as seen above. lmao

He is doing AWESOME. We got him to play in jumperoo today and he actually giggled a little which is new in there =)

Mitch is ok, He was really awesome to have during my Mirena insertion, he held my hand the whole time =) and he was surprised afterward when I said "THATS IT!? That's what people called painful!?" lmao -- apparently my cervix is desensitized or something... but hes doing well =)

Cept he scared tyler last night, by putting his hands up and saying RARRRRR.. yeah 0.o good times.

 

[Emerald87]

He's looking far more proportional these days

LOL don't you love how men wanna rough and tumble and end up scaring a 2 month old.

Your cervix isn't desensitised - it's made of steel; remember?

 

[ashiozz]

This is true, but it used to be that I was in pain if they even touched it

He has been pretty proportional for a while, thats actually a compliment he gets 0.o lmao IDK why?

But he is looking cuter and cuter daily.. looking at newborn pics makes me wonder if he can really be the same baby.. 0.o