I've always looked forward to shopping for maternity clothes...but after almost 4mos of modified bed rest and 2 months od strict bed rest, I am down to just using house clothes. Boo! I survived the past 8 months with just 4 maternity dresses. This brings me to shopping for the baby. I love shopping and I'm mega excited to shop for baby items...however, my mall takas days are over. So except for few items we bought from the Baby & Co Baby Fair few months ago plus few clothes picked up from Landmark and Mothercare (as in wala pang 10pcs), my shopping for baby items expedition has been close to zero.
Major parusa!!! Then again, maybe God has other plans with this shopping moratorium. I'm thankful for my husband who hates shopping, but has gone in shopping trips to buy some necessities. I'm thankful to my mom and sister who has bought things in my behalf. I'm thankful to friends who've gifted us with baby items as well as those who have lent us their baby gears. We are getting there...almost complete with the bare necessities. For me, cramming na talaga to! My friends will attest that for Christmas, I would already start amassing gifts for others as early as June. :)
So completing all items for the baby 1 week before my stork deadline is giving me an anxiety attack!
One last thing to cram is to set up our nursery at home. Since we haven't been staying at our townhouse since Start of February, the baby room is still our tambakan room. I'm really praying that I can be allowed to be more mobile in the next few weeks so I can set up our baby's room. Loserville if the only thing there is a wooden crib...hayayay! This is so not the way I imagined how it will be. It is also something that I'd like to prepare for myself-choose a carpet, get a changing table or cabinet in there, have a rocking chair or a recliner sofa for breastfeeding, customized some room decals etc.
In the end, this whole pregnancy has been a constant reminder that even if I'm a control freak and a constant planner, I really have to trust God's plan. He has made me helpless without any control with what's gonna happen, he has crumbled all my carefully laid out plans and he has taken away every iota of independence from my hands as I am stuck to the bed for months now. In spite of it all, I've also gained a lot more than I can imagine. I've learned to trust him with all my heart, not knowing what's going to happen week after week. I've learned to appreciate the people around me, both family and friends, they have been my eyes and ears to the outside world too :)
Pero God, let me just finish the nursery :) puleaaaaaaseeee!!!
Here are some of the early gifts that we've received from our relatives abroad! We're super thankful for everyone's thoughtfulness!
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| Thanks Ate Suzie |
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| Thanks Chariss Filart :) |
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| Thanks Ate Suzie! |
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| First shopping find for baby when I was permitted to go out for 2 weeks in Jan :D |
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