Hiccup

Another first. Charlotte had her first hiccups this morning. Niki said they felt like little, evenly spaced kicks. They only lasted a few minutes, though.

Joe Thomas, a friend of ours, helped us pick up the crib and glider chair for Charlotte's room over the weekend, and we have begun emptying the room. Prior to the pregnancy, the room had been used as a craft room/office/storage room. In addition, in preparation for installing a ceiling fan and Charlotte's man-in-the-moon light, we have completely emptied the attic. We have been pulling out our favorite childhood toys and books from boxes in the attic for Charlotte - Possum (for those you who remember Possum) has made his appearance, for example. We have also gone through our old books and found books with stories that we are looking forward to reading Charlotte, such as Tall Tales of America, Albert the Running Bear (given to me and Stephanie by Mom after she watched Uncle Dave run his first Boston Marathon in 1983) and Grimms' Fairy Tales. (Niki is not real keen on me reading Grimm's Fairy Tales to her. If you have never read the original Grimm's Fairy Tales, give it a try. Wow. Gruesome.)

In addition, I have never read all of Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha, and think I would like to read that to Charlotte as a baby. So, that book went in Charlotte's libary as well.

We have completely abandoned the color scheme for Charlotte's room that Niki pondered from Target (the picture is in an earlier post) and will be going with mostly blues and sage greens. The glider, though, is in a "ginger" color (orangish/redish/pinkish), and sets off nicely to those other colors. They are not quite pastels, but are light and calming.

I'm looking forward to seeing how this all comes together.

Charlotte's Dad