If anyone might think that my lack of posting is a sign that I'm taking it easy and am slowly getting ready for the birth, then no... on the contrary. I can honestly say that I think that I've never worked harder and never had less sleep than in these past couple of weeks.
We are working SO hard on the house, but still unfortunately all the progress I can show you is things like this:
This will very soon be our bedroom, but it doesn't exactly look like a heavenly place to spend the night yet, does it?! Still, I do hope that anyone who's ever been to our house will already see a big change. So much has been achieved, but still so much needs to be done. I'm exhausted even thinking of writing up a to-do list.
Michel spends nearly all his evenings at the DIY-store and our weekends are dedicated to work on the house alone. Needless to say that our social life is non-existent at the moment.
I still have to work for another two weeks and quite honestly I'm soooo fed up with it. The work is hard, standing on my legs for hours on end and doing all the things that pregnant women aren't supposed to do, like bending and lifting. On Wednesday after a long day at work, I had to pick up the house while Michel was at the DIY, get the children to bed etc. and when he finally came home we still did some painting until way past midnight... is it alright to say that I feel a little sorry for myself sometimes?! I am 7 months pregnant!
Except for all the painting and stuff there is also still a lot of sorting to be done, which is mainly my task. Thankfully, I'm in a rather serious "throw it all out" kind of mood, but it is difficult nonetheless! All the things that we've been hoarding for so long and now we have to get rid of it all. Today I found Amber's first shoes... sniff, sigh.
Well, ok, that was enough of my self-pitying. I know that kind of attitude isn't going to make things better, so I'll give myself another kick and get going. Tomorrow my Mum and I have planned another fabric trip to Amsterdam, so hopefully I'll be able to tick that off my non-existent to-do list!
I hope the baby is relaxing for two in there!
Look at that belly!
Posted by: lera | February 01, 2008 at 05:36 PM
I moved house when I was 7 months pregnant with Julian and 8 months pregnant with Louis. Speaking from experience, you are quite justified in feeling sorry for yourself.
Take care!
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Posted by: Levin & Emily | February 02, 2008 at 03:13 AM
Gosh, take it easy. You're working too hard for that little babe! ;-)
Posted by: Thimbleanna | February 02, 2008 at 05:47 AM
I'm so sorry for you :( What you need is a good long bubble bath and some pampering. But look on the bright side - you'll have a beautiful new baby and room soon!
Posted by: Ellen | February 02, 2008 at 05:52 AM
Ohw, poor you! It's not exactly as if you can rest as soon as the baby is born. Maybe one week afterwards, when the nurse helps out, but then family life will pick up again. Hopefully you'll get some time to rest before #3 appears, so both of you can start rested and relaxed in a family of 5! If there's anything I could do to help, let me know!
Posted by: Jantine | February 03, 2008 at 02:44 PM
I will vote that any clothes from older children should not be thrown out! How about shifting everything over to Mother's first? LOL
Mirre, you take care now!
Posted by: emily | February 04, 2008 at 03:36 PM
You are busy! I think you are justified in feeling sorry for yourself :) I hope you get some relaxing time in before that little one shows up in the world. Have a fun time fabric shopping! :)
Posted by: Chara Michele | February 04, 2008 at 11:59 PM
the belly shot is so sweet! i always ran ragged while i was pregnant. wanted everything done before baby got there. try to take care of yourself!
Posted by: heidi | February 06, 2008 at 06:48 PM
ok I'm exhausted after just reading your post! you are going to have to put some sort of warning at the beginning of posts if you keep posting such high-energy stuff. I find most evenings I spend slumped in front of the computer or tv, I am planning to get my bathroom completely redone, new floor, bath suite, shower etc in the next few weeks though(before baby!) so then I will be living in a similar state to yourselves (but without running water!). all this nesting hey!!
Posted by: hannah | February 06, 2008 at 07:26 PM
Good Luck getting everything done! I wish I lived closer, I´d come over and help.
Posted by: claudia | February 07, 2008 at 08:18 PM