Baby's Room

We finally put the finishing touches on the baby's room last night, and in no time she'll be here.  Only 3 weeks to go (or less hopefully).  I'll have to take some pictures and post them soon but it's grey, yellow, and pink. I've gotten a little crafty and sewed a few things for the room too.  We reused Cameron's old crib and changing table but when I pulled it out, I had forgotten how badly she'd chewed up the rails. Oh well, at least I won't be upset when it happens a second time! I filled it in with a stain pen the best I could and it looks ok.

Cameron has had quite a lot of fun this week with one of her big baby dolls, dressing her in the real baby sleepers and hauling practically everything out that I've put in the changing table.  Her baby wears a diaper that gets changed, several outfits a day, sits in the bouncer, rides in the car seat, takes naps in the crib complete with the video monitor to watch her, she hears her cry she says and she rocks her, and I've gotten a lot of practice swaddling already too.  I'll have to wash pretty much everything again but oh well, she's having fun. 

I'm feeling pretty gigantic and waddling around pretty good now.  Yesterday I started to feel like she was really ready to be born.  She feels a lot bigger or heavier than I remember with Cameron. Maybe it's because Cam was breech and this one is not.  I feel her kicking and squirming around up underneath my ribcage which is pretty uncomfortable.We still haven't decided on a name. I think we'll have to wait till she's born and pick one when we see her!

Cameron is loving Montessori school and doing really well.  In the 6 weeks since we moved her there, she's finished the first set of 8 beginning reading books and now is on to books that actually have sentences and a storyline. We couldn't be more thrilled with how she's doing and with her teacher, who also happens to be an old family friend.  It's a lot different than her old preschool and the format really works for her. She can move at her own pace and adores the "outdoor environment" portions of the week.  They get two days a week of some outdoor activity where they learn about gardening, insects, digging in the dirt, how to hammer things, etc.  The first week she was there, they had live tarantulas for Halloween. Now that's not something you see in every preschool.  Since she's been going the themes have been artists like Monet and Van Gogh, dinosaurs, the food pyramid, the workings of the body, along with their "daily work" which usually consists of some sort of numbers, counting, or math.  They get to practice their life skills like cutting and preparing their own snacks each day (even something they grew in the garden).

We're looking forward to Christmas this year and the arrival of our new baby girl shortly after.  We will have Christmas morning at our house with my family and Cameron is very excited about the shopping she got to do at school for everyone.  We gave her a budget (and money) for a list of family and the elementary kids at the school helped her pick out things and wrap it so it's a surprise for everyone.  My grandma has been in and out of the hospital since Thanksgiving so we are hoping she's home for Christmas at least but it doesn't look like we'll be having the traditional afternoon pot luck and gift exchange at her house this year.

Well that's all I have time for this morning. Off to get Cam ready for school and make some rental deliveries.