We are less than 40 days away from the due date. E is growing noticeably by the day. It's pretty incredible. Speaking of pretty:
Not sure why we decided to make her look as shapeless as possible:
The nursery is almost entirely finished. After much deliberation, Noah's Ark and the Book of Jeremiah narrowly beat out Omaha Beach as the theme. In the end, we decided the costs associated with projecting Saving Private Ryan onto all four bedroom walls in an infinite loop would be too prohibitive to justify. Here's what we went with instead:
I painted this.
That's a lie. They're stickers.
Framed animal paintings Grandma Schwartz found at a Vermont art fair.
The changing table E's mother used.
So we're pretty much done. Except for the fact that if born today, Matthew will be sleeping on bed springs. We're hoping the mattress arrives next Tuesday.
In other news, Matthew has already been purchased his first complete set of Topps baseball cards. I am going to buy him a complete set for every year of his life. I hope they will be cool presents for him to receive, appreciate and sell on eBay for pennies on the dollar in a poorly thought out attempt to buy a PlayStation 7 in 2025.
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