Happy Father's Day

So, today is Father's Day, and I'm sitting at home after coming back from my parents house. I wish I had brought my camera with me, because we went for a bikeride, and my brother made a little baby basket for the bike that reminded me of one of those things that clips onto motorbikes. He used a chairpiece from the thrift store, two baby baths painted, and other metal and tires and such. It's brilliant. I guess I'll have to wait to put up pics until my sis sends me some! It was so fun. The seat on my bike feels more uncomfortable year after year however, so I may need a different one... or a new bike.

My brother barbequed, I baked a cake (the recipe and pics of what I did can be found here), and my mom and sis made potatoes and salad. It was delish! I did lots with cake. I made a double batch of the chocolate fudge cake on saturday, turned one batch into the cake I brought to my parents house, half into 15 cupcakes, and half into an 8x8 for Chuck's dad. He was thrilled that I actually baked him a cake... he originally thought Chuck was bringing him a Father's Day Cookie from Tim Horten's.

I've been so focused on painting lately. Friday I primed the baby room. It took longer than I figured as the primer I used was not the really good stuff and needed 3 coats and more than one gallon (which it shouldn't have as it was less than 400 square feet of area painted), but now I have primer for the doors and such. I also painted the ceiling in the hallway/stairway as that area needs different paint. The original color I picked is beautiful in sunlight... but in the evening not so much. It turns almost greenish. So I'm taking the paints that we had on the main floor and bringing them upstairs.

The ceiling I did yesturday, tomorrow I'll do the yellow walls (about 270 square feet) and the blue will be done either tuesday or wednesday (60 square feet). I'm hoping I have enough yellow paint... it's touch and go I think. Then I need to pick colors for paint for the baby room. That is going to be difficult!

I'm watching "So You Think You can Dance", the first elimination round after the top 20, and I think the hostess looks like she's wearing a bunch of cupcake papers as a dress! :) Anyway, that's my little pointless blurb, ha ha.

I can hardly believe it's been six months (27 weeks) already. Only three months till my due date. It's kind of exciting, yet scary to think about. I've been doing a lot of praying, and experiencing a lot of God. I've also been experiencing strange symptoms! I know what they are, thankfully, but these are things you aren't really told... well, I guess I was, but I wasn't expecting things quite like this. My stomach feels bloated, and I've been having dreams that my belly button will pop out. Baby likes to squirm like crazy. Plus there are other... discomforts. All part of the third trimester I suppose. I'm still loving being pregnant though.

I have to say, my emotions as of late have been doing all sorts of crazy things. I'm depressed one minute, then fine the next, totally forgetting everything that I was so super upset about earlier. I've been praying about it like crazy, as I don't want to be depressed. The rain coming in the house was terrible for me, and the smell of pigs while I need my windows open for the paint fumes, and all sorts of silly things like seeing garbage on a floor I just cleaned, and so on. It's annoying. It's crazy. So, I think I've become focused on goals and tasks as of late to try to combat this emotional roller coaster and not think about so many things that have been going on. I really need to talk to some people about some problems I'm having with certain things, but I don't think I can. It's very hard for me. Chuck has been trying to help me with this, and I'm so greatful for it, but it really needs to come from me. I'm so confused... so I'm focusing on tasks again. It's just so much easier for me right now.

I just hope I have fun with all the projects I intend to do in the next while. They're gonna be costly... sigh.

Have a great Father's day everyone. And I'll leave you with a photo of what I did for Chuck... yeah, he's not quite a daddy yet, but I figured, close enough! :)