I have no idea why this picture is so dark, except that it was a rare cloudy day. Usually this room gets a lot of light! Anyway, you can see the true color of the crib a little better here. It doesn't look like it from this picture, but there is room by the window (on the other side of the crib) for a chair, which we are getting from IKEA.
And yes, at some point we will start putting things in dresser drawers instead of laying them all out on top of the dresser.
Obviously, it's not finished yet. (For one thing, apparently you need a mattress for the crib...) Stay tuned!
Things are going well in our corner of the world. Work has been a bit trying lately – I seem to have a higher than average number of clients who are getting into trouble. Seth is teaching an undergrad studio at the university and LOVES it. I think teaching at the college level suits him perfectly. He’s also very busy preparing for his graduate recital on November 15. It’s going to be fabulous!
In baby news, I am 23 weeks pregnant and it’s still a girl! We had another ultrasound on Tuesday because at the last one, the baby wouldn’t move and the tech couldn’t get a good view of the heart (le bebe was sleeping, perhaps?). On Tuesday, in an effort to get the baby moving, I downed a can of Dr. Pepper before the scan. That may have been a mistake. Our daughter was so squirrely and hyper, all the pictures of her are blurry. But, evidently they got what they needed and her heart, stomach, bladder, and diaphragm (which, since she’s destined to be a singer, we think she will probably use a lot) are all healthy. Hooray!
We have picked out a name (but are not sharing – sorry!) and ordered her crib because everyone said it could take up to 6 months, so we thought we’d better hurry… but it’s already in and we’ll get it on Saturday. So, we probably appear a bit hysterical to the good people at Babies R Us. Oh well! I’m sure we’re not the only people to have a crib with 3.5 months to go… right? The baby’s room is painted and will have a new crib as of Saturday, so I’ll take some pictures. I love how it’s turning out!
One of these days I need to have The Talk with my bosses about my maternity leave. I’m sure it will go just fine considering how excited the entire office is about this baby – but it’s still a small firm and therefore doesn’t have the resources to fund a nice long leave for me. I don’t want to leave them in the lurch, either, considering I’m in court three times a week and that would be a lot for them to take on in my absence. We’ll see how it goes!
32 days till the election… is anyone else tired of the state of things? Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a card-carrying Democrat, but even though I’ve been doing my part to participate and am bordering on obsessed with the op ed columns, I’m still growing a bit weary of politics. I’m tired of the hostile, ignorant vitriol being spewed by both sides. I’m tired of people talking about Christians like they are the enemy. I’m tired of people assuming I can’t be liberal and religious at the same time. I’m tired of people taking mean, personal jabs at Republicans – because even though I might disagree with conservative policies, I know a lot of lovely, generous people who are Republican (my parents, to name two). And, naturally, I’m not thrilled with the jabs taken at Democrats either. I can’t help but think that people who speak in sweeping generalities must not know anyone on the “other side.” But why would they think that the inappropriate hostility is going to persuade someone? I think you are doing your candidate a real disservice any time you don’t take the high road. Anyway, that’s what’s on my mind these days…
