Our Son's Room

I bought our first house in January 2001; it had three bedrooms as did our 2nd home that we bought in 2004. During the time we lived in those two homes, we only used one of the three bedrooms. I made the mistake of turning one bedroom into a nursery in the summer of 2002 since we were ttc. I painted the walls, put up wallpaper border (Boyd's bear theme), bought a matching crib set, etc. I gave that crib set away when we moved in 2004. In our 2nd home we did actually use one of the other bedrooms for 2 1/2 months since Nadia arrived before we moved. Our current house has four bedrooms, and three have been used right from the start since we made one of them into an office for Paul. I hadn't decorated the fourth bedroom yet. We had a set of twin bunk beds in there which were used a couple of times by guests, but 99% of the time the door on that room stayed shut. Well that will be changing in a few months! For the first time since 2001 ALL the bedrooms will be used on a daily basis. YAY!

In February 2005 when we thought we might have an adoption match with a birthmother expecting a baby boy (whom we planned to name Ian Alexander), I had picked out a transportation theme for his nursery (in primary colors). Although I saw many very cute bedding sets in other themes (such as jungle animals), I still found myself wanting to go with the theme I had picked 4.5 years ago. As with Nadia's room, I don't want to pick a theme that is too babyish. I don't want him to outgrow it at say the age of four which is what I think would happen if I picked Winnie the Pooh or something like that. I also didn't want to go the sports route just in case our son happens not to be too crazy about sports. Animals would probably also be a safe bet, but since the kids' bathroom is in a monkey theme I thought I'd pick something different. Even if you narrow it down to primary colors/transportation theme there are MANY choices - construction vehicles, trains, fire trucks, cars, etc. Wow! In the end I think I'm going to go with Travel Time (by Bedtime Originals). I really liked most of the items - lamp, mobile, wall hangings, and border.

I'm not crazy about the valance that goes with it, and it didn't have a coordinating hamper, but I found a hamper & valance in another collection that I think go well with the Travel Time stuff. I found other curtains that were much cuter (also had a transportation theme), but it was hard to find one that seemed like the colors would go well together. I started a baby registry at Walmart and Babies R Us last night although I doubt that's necessary for a second child; it's probably one of those things you usually only do with your first. However, since Christmas is about one month before he's due, I thought the registries would serve as idea lists for family members as to what to get us for Christmas. The only bad part of going that route is I want to start decorating his room NOW. I don't want to wait until after Christmas! :-) We'll see if I have the patience to wait and see if I get any of the items as gifts, or if I end up just buying the stuff myself before then.

I'm now up to 2 acid controller pills a day. I took two yesterday (one every 12 hours), and I felt much better than I had the previous few days. At least I'm still at the point where 2 pills is enough. For much of my pregnancy with Nadia even with 2 a day I still had heartburn. I gained 2 pounds in the 11 days in between my last OB appt and my perinatologist appt. I am going to try to be more careful about what I eat. I also am planning to make an appt with Dr. A (who delivered Nadia) to see if she still thinks VBAC is a good option for me. If she does, I think I'll start seeing her instead and plan on delivering in the same hospital where I had Nadia. Hopefully this time we can avoid both a c-section and the NICU. :-)