TBNL's Decorations

We have been trying to figure out decorations for our little girl's room and without a "theme" we've been trying to find things that we like but that also work in with the room. I did some research on Etsy and found this:

My thoughts were that it would be difficult to put on the wall being so large, but figured we would line it up, tape it up and then slowly work the backing off of the decal. It arrived yesterday. The box was about 3 feet wide. The decal is supposed to be 90" wide! Something wasn't right. Knowing it came from Malaysia I was worried about returning or exchanging for the correct product.

Upon opening the box we realized it WAS the right decal...

It came in PIECES!!!! Each limb, trunk, flower and butterfly will be painstakingly applied. The good news, it probably won't get air bubbles or get super messed up. The bad news, it's going to take years to apply it!

We worked on it last night for about an hour. This is what we accomplished:

It is just two pieces...

Any bets on who kills whom first?

Catching Up

I'm slowly realizing that there is going to be a human cut out of my abdomen in about two weeks. Of course, this isn't the first time i've thought about it, but it's definitely the first time i've had some anxiety over it.

In two weeks I will first have an enormous needle stuck into my stomach to remove some amniotic fluid. If I live through that, within the next few days I will be strapped down to a table and have a baby cut out of me.

I am excited and ready to get all of the big, gross stuff out of the way so that we can lose sleep, be covered in baby puke and deal with a crying newborn :).

I really am excited. I can't wait.

October

Not too much has been happening apart from worrying about this baby. It really would be much easier to have a single blog. I'll work on that.

After our hospital stay we got everything ready. We've just been waiting now for the other shoe to drop and it hasn't, so now i'm trying to turn over a new leaf. No more stressing or worrying.

We've been plugging along. Work is going ok for Christian and I have been trying to do the things i'm allowed to do. There really isn't much.

Yesterday was our two year anniversary. Since marrying Christian isn't an option we just go off when we decided to make this work and when I confessed my love. We had made plans to go out to dinner with some friends and then I remembered that it was our anniversary. We're both of the mindset that everyday we should treat each other with the kindness and love that an anniversary brings. And we don't really "need" any presents to complete these points. And, generally, we're both a bit of procrastinators, so it works out really well. Christian wrote a really sweet blog entry and for me, it works.

I've changed my name to Gribble and am now one of the Gribble clan. Although, i'm only claiming the two that I like, Christian and Jake. The others, well, they don't really count. I've been trying to get credit cards, insurance, driver's license, etc. changed over so that when this baby comes she will be a Gribble too! It's incredible having my own family. Growing up and having exactly what I always wanted is surreal.

We aren't doing much, mostly because I can't and also because we both really love just being at home hanging out.