Holy Crap

I'm halfway through this pregnancy already, and time continues to fly by. Only 20 more weeks until my due date, but what's more, only 17 weeks until I'm considered full term. Eek! Am I the only one who feels like that's right around the corner?!?

We picked up a crib mattress over the weekend. We scored quite the deal and it fits the crib perfectly. I went through a bit of mattress panic a week or so ago because I spent so much time researching and reading reviews and finally deciding on one mattress in particular, but then realized it didn't have the right dimensions for our crib. (Doh!) I went back to the drawing board and think I'm even happier with the one we bought. It feels so great to have it here and airing out. I hope it's comfy for our little boy.

We ordered a low dresser, which will also server as a changing table, from JCPenney yesterday (major sale and free shipping--woohoo!). I can't wait for it to arrive! We already have the crib, mattress, a rocker, and side table, so the dresser will complete the furniture necessities for the nursery. Wow. It's coming together! We have plans to add a toy box and bookcase or some sort of cubbie storage, but those are smaller things that will fall into place as we decorate the room.

Speaking of decorating the room, that's proving harder than we originally thought. We're not finding many options we both like. We've talked about installing a chair rail, but that's a new-to-us project. I'm sure we can handle it, but we just have to decide if we're really willing to do the work given some of the other house projects we have lined up. I'd like to sew a crib skirt and curtains instead of buying a full bedding set, so I'm on the hunt for crib sheets and coordinating fabric. Once we're settled on that, we'll try to agree on paint colors, which will bring with it the usual indecisiveness and my husband's use of "that's just not the right hue" and "let's get a couple more samples." ;)

P.S. Babycenter.com says the baby is the size of a cantaloupe. Um, wow.

Edit: Oops, Babycenter says he's the size of a banana. The Bump says cantaloupe. Again, um, wow, except at the fact that those are two very different fruits and I do not in any way consider a banana and cantaloupe to be similar in size, shape, weight, etc. Why are these fruit comparisons so weird? If we're going to think of our baby as a fruit or object or whatever, I think the sources should all at least get their acts together and agree on a set comparison.