21 weeks 6 days

Is there no end to the shopping-for-baby madness?!? After dragging Nonny through Baby's R' Us, we amazingly emerged with only three little rattles: a little lamb, a teddy bear, and a rouge-cheeked hippo. As for the piggy bank ~ I've been obsessed with getting one for nearly a week and I have no idea why. Once I find those elusive brown Mary Jane's that I've been searching for, I think my shopping extravaganza will be over. They were the reason for the trip back to the baby store in the first place; they had one pair left which was in a size 2T. In fact, I don't think I saw a single size 0 in any of the shoes.

We've broken ground on the nursery this weekend, as well. Nonny has started to empty out his junk room to make way for my decorating expertise. I think I've peeked into the room at least once a day (if not two or three times!), trying to imagine the best possible places for the furniture that will occupy it. So, except for finding Fred-Face a new loving home, all of our duck are in a row...well, as much as they can be. I can't decide whether or not to keep Puddy. Ever since her excursion to the great outdoors (which ended in a nasty kitty brawl with a neighborhood Tom and two full months of quarantine from the rest of our animals - did I mention the $1000 vet bill?), the other cats constantly beat her up. Poor, poor Puddy. Now the dummy is back to trying to run outside again, as if I don't have enough to worry about. Ah well.

Anyhow, to end today's entry I wanted to share that little Madelyn has been a kicking machine for the last few days. Nonny can feel them all the time now, so she's definitely getting some muscle behind her movements. She kicks at his hand when he's resting it on my belly. She also kicks at my pants waistband, my seat belt, or my thigh when I lay down and curl up. I've been humming to her or playing a lullaby album with headphones on my tummy which always gets her moving. It's incredible! Just four more months until she's here. Thankfully these months are jam-packed full of holidays, so maybe they will go by quickly.

XOXO