Yesterday afternoon after I had put him down for his nap, I was amazed at how little fussing he did after I left. He usually cries for a little, well, more like whines or he talks/yells to himself and his animals. Yesterday we didn't hear anything for about 45 minutes when Chris said "is that a normal cry?" So, I went to his door to listen and he sounded very close to the door and a little distressed. So, I opened the door to see him laying on he dresser saying "stuck, stuck..." Sure enough, he had his thumb stuck in his new lamp which has sports balls on the base! He often says "Take sports balls off!" and points to the lamp! We've told him that they don't come off and I don't think the he believed us, until now! I was able to easily get his thumb out and put him back to bed, where he was quiet for about another 45 minutes...
I was in the kitchen baking cookies for an Open House I was having to sell Creative Memories items that afternoon. Chris was sitting on the couch taking some CME/CEU quizzes for work. Then I heard Chris say "Um...Karen!" and I turned around to see Tristan walking down the hallway into the living room! "Oh Brother!" I thought "here we go with the getting out of bed"!!! So, I took him back to bed, not really thinking that he'd go to sleep because by know it was almost 3pm!!! But, I told him that if he couldn't stay in room his big boy bed then we'd have to put him back in a baby bed (Please God, let him stay in his bed, I thought because I REALLY don't want to move furniture around just to prove I wasn't kidding, which I kind of was...)! Anyway, he got back in bed and went to sleep! He then proceeded to sleep until after 5pm when Chris had to go and get him up!
So, today was similar, he didn't come out of the room though, but I did have to check on him a few times because he was just not settling down. Each time I reminded him why he needed to stay in bed and go to sleep. I think that it worked, sort of, because the last time that I checked on him he was sitting at the end of the bed near his bed-rail just swinging his feet but clearly aware that he shouldn't get out of bed! He did eventually go to sleep, again it was almost 3pm...
The last couple of times we've put him to bed he has lay with his head on a "pillow" that is in there. It's actually a bolster type pillow that I used to use to keep him from falling out of bed when he was in with me and nursing all night. We put it in his bed to stuff in fill a rather large and not that safe looking gap that is between the mattress and the old headboard. Once he gets a real pillow in there the gap won't be a problem... He's also been pulling up the blanket that is in there with him which, until now, he has never used! So, I'm thinking that maybe it's time to wash the coordinating bedding that goes with the theme of his room (sports balls) and try that out. I am sure Chris will be glad to see then end of the "sleep sacks" that Tristan is still sleeping in! Chris thinks that I am a hippie mother for still using them, OK, so maybe I am, but he hasn't suffocated in bed yet and I never expected that he'd go off to college using them, so what's the big deal!!!
On the baby front, we are pretty much ready... physically anyway! I am sure that we will never be emotionally ready in time, how could you be! The nursery is done and the clothes are washed.
we need to hang some pictures (which means taking them out of Tristan's room)! And we need to sort out the curtains situation! Tristan has some new curtains that match his bedding set and the curtains in Tristan's room match the nursery better... So, we have a little juggling to do! Maybe this weekend while Chris has a 3 day weekend we will work on that, although I was thinking that it would be good to go into labor while he already has a long weekend! So, we'll see which plan works out...
lastly, I am more than ready to not be pregnant (note that this doesn't mean that I am ready to handle 2 babies...) But, I am ready to not have feet that look like inflated rubber gloves, to not have this nagging carpal tunnel that's been getting worse towards the end, to not take 5 minutes to roll over in bed, to not walk like a 90 year old woman when I get up off the couch or get up in the night, not to have people ask me how I feel just because I am pregnant (and then have to smile and come up with a nice response), not to go to the doctors much too often for absolutely nothing and to actually wear some normal clothes again!!! Other than that, I've been feeling pretty good! I know that there are lots of women out there who have far worse pregnancies (and deliveries) than I do, so I'm not complaining, just stating a few facts about how I feel!
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