If you didn’t love him before in Hell’s Kitchen, this is surely a reason to love him now.

I hate it when I read my last post and I’m all whiney.  I apologize about that.  How horrible it is to read things like, “Damn, I’m all healthy and crap and now this baby is moving according to HIS schedule and not MINE?”  Yes, it’s pretty horrible.

I’m still exhausted today, but I’m going to focus instead on the fun things of childbirth.  Like home decor.

So we decided on a Seuss theme many moons ago, before we even knew gender.  We did this because Bryan and I both grew up on the crack that is Dr. Seuss (we even had the same favorite stories: The Sneetches and The Lorax), and when Bryan was courting me, he would often read me Seuss by candlelight.  It was fitting our child should be tortured similarly.

Since we are in a house that we don’t own, we were kind of limited as to what we could do to transform a room without drastically altering it.  Oh, and I hate painting. 

So I found this wonderful nursery set online:

And was totally psyched!  It was only $309.

Um, screw that.

So I started looking for a simpler version.  I figured aiming for black, white, and red would be easier.  I found and fell in love with this set online:

Which Bryan said was dull.  So I offered to do some of my own handiwork to it, by removing most of the black bows and adding bright red ones instead and adding Seuss stuff as I saw fit.

This one?  Only $170.  Screw that, x2.  So I engaged in an eBay bidding war the other day and won a set for $60!! (Plus shipping.) Considering the other price options, I’m thrilled.

Now we’re on to the rest of the room.  I’m still looking for a full size bedset that will compliment this theme for the bed that we’re keeping in there, and Bryan borrowed an opaque projector that will help us provide wall-art.  Sudie et al also sent us great ideas for stickable, removable quotations that we may use around the room.  My goal is to not have a seven foot tall Cat in the Hat, but instead use his background art to create a Seuss environment.  I want a signpost that has Solla Sollew, Prairie of Praxx, and whatever beaches it was the the Sneetches lived on.  I want Truffula trees, swanny swans, and random fish. 

I want those because my FAVORITE book as a child (and I mean, a YOUNG child) was One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish because the illustrations were so completely vivid, but the storyline was so generic.  So I made up my own storylines.  I want that for Tony.

(Oh, and if you haven’t already, you have to see the Thneed that Kari made.  It is so incredibly fabulous.)

So does anyone else have ideas for a Seuss nursery?

It’s late for a first post. Because it’s been a Monday from hell.

I went to the doctor today, and left pretty bummed. Although none of the visits are exactly “happy” (belly jelly is cold enough to ruin anyone’s day), I left wondering why in the hell I ever wanted a kid. I love my child dearly, so I have to keep remembering that, but I’m constantly battling my own personal.. nature, I guess.. in this pregnancy thing.

Enough of that. There was tons of good news: my glucose test came back fine. (I say “fine”.. they start to worry if your level goes over 140. Mine was BELOW 90.) My weight is perfect. The baby is active. I’m on track to deliver a perfectly healthy baby. On DECEMBER 1ST.

I asked about induction, because work needs to know when I’ll not be there anymore. He actually laughed at me and said that he can’t predict things like that, and I should tell the people at work to get real. Well, unfortunately, his opinions don’t pay my bills. He said he doesn’t believe in inducing first-time mothers (without medical necessity) because their bodies are often not receptive to it, and 75% of those inductions end in c-sections because they’re trying to force something that isn’t ready.

But don’t worry, he said, he firmly believes in inducing AFTER the due date.

ANYWAY, here’s a story for you.

FOUR WEEKS AGO, I was at Walgreens buying hair dye and a lipstick caught my eye. It’s the new Revlon line that has collagen in the middle, and I picked a pretty cherry color (”Full Blush”). But at some point during the store, I set it down and did not ring it up. So I was sad.

Then, two weeks later, I was at Target when the same lipstick called to me. I picked it up and carried it around, and then inadvertently set it down at some point. It didn’t even make it to the register, but I still looked for it for two days after I checked out.

THIS WEEKEND, I ran to Krogers to pick up diet soda for my in-laws. They were having a 50% off sale on all Revlon products, so I picked up that same freakin’ lipstick. Did I fish it out of the cart? NO, I did not.

I am not meant to have full, pouty, “blushed” lips.