Sewing, and Ducky.

I sewed something new! Without a pattern! I have four really cute white baskets that used to have blue-striped liners in them. I bought them for the bathroom before we moved into this house, and we haven't really had anywhere to put them that makes sense. I did notice that they looked really cute on the top shelf of the guest room desk (which will be in Ducky's room after being painted.) Then I realized that I could actually still use them there in her room if I replaced the liner with something not-blue. So I made a pink-checked liner for the basket. I am not quite reebert yet but I am still feeling pretty darned pleased with myself. :)

(Okay, the liner didn't turn out perfectly but it looks pretty good from the outside, which is all you see anyway. I have a little bit of work left to do, but will take pictures for that gigantic picture post I've been meaning to do for weeks when I'm done. Then there's just three more to go...)

Anyway. I had a doctor appointment this morning--every two weeks from now on, until it gets to every week. Ducky is doing just fine. The doctor (a new one. I liked her, too--so far I've met four, and have liked all of them--that makes me feel pretty confident I'll find SOMEONE I like there when I go in to have the baby. There are still two or three more that I haven't met, but the odds are in my favor now, anyway) frowned over finding the heartbeat at first--which is hard to freak out too much over when the child is kicking me so hard that I am shaking, and had been doing it constantly for the last hour--but then she tried the other side, and there it was, nice and pretty. The other side, of course, would be my LEFT side. You know. Where I have a cracked rib. Figures. I finally had a chance to talk to an OB about the rib thing, too, and she thinks it is cracked, at this point, and is also thinking that it might get worse before it gets better due to the baby growing. LOVELY. I am really hoping that it already got worse and is now just getting better. :) It did do that, after all. Still, there's bloody nothing that can be done for it other than what I've been doing (heating pad, Tylenol).. although she did suggest possibly wrapping it with an ACE bandage. Speaking of the rib, it's feeling decentish these days. It still hurts, but it's a lot better than it was. Just don't make me laugh unexpectedly. Or cough. Or get out of a car or get out of bed in the middle of the night. Or.. well, it's fine if I sit still, usually.

Let's see, what else is pregnancy-related and new? Oh, yes, there was on onset of middle-of-the-night heartburn this week! That was less than welcome. My belly popped out again yesterday, and y'all, I outgrew a pair of maternity jeans DURING THE DAY yesterday. They were fine in the morning, and then by the time I got home, they were uncomfortable, and by the time dinner rolled around, I had to take the stupid things off. I will need to find a new pair this weekend or so, and I also have no short-sleeved shirts. Spring came by and teased us at the beginning of the week, and it occurred to me that it's time for the last-trimester round of shopping. Yay. My forehead has been a mass of un-poppable blemishes (isn't that a nice word for it?) for months, but I recently have discovered.. knock on wood.. that if I stop using my fancy face cleaner and just wash my face with a wet washcloth, it helps tremendously with that.

My parents came down to visit with us yesterday, and my mommy cooked for me because I had mentioned that I wanted some fried potatoes. I can't fry potatoes like my mommy does. Mine are good but they are very different. People are really very nice to you when you're pregnant, especially when they gave birth to you. She also brought down two huge garbage bags full of little girl clothes from my aunt/cousin. I can't wait to wash them all and put them away. Have to wait on a bit more work in the nursery first. Namely, it would help to have a dresser. And maybe for the closet to be cleaned out. Small things.

I am so glad tomorrow is Friday.