Since we will not be having a Pendergrass baby shower prior to William's birth, Darryl & I went out on Saturday to look for and pick up some items that we will need before William is born. We went to Target and then to a new Wal-Mart built nearby. We didn't find nearly as many things on our list as we had hoped, but we did pick up some waterproof mattress covers/pads, crib sheets, a baby sleeper (like a sleep sack), car shades, and a Winnie-the-Pooh first handprint and footprint in frames to hang on the wall.

Also on the weekend: Darryl painted a coat of Killz on the nursery trim, and I began the process of sanding the white paint off the chest of drawers. The wood looks not too bad under there so far. Even though I was wearing a dust breathing mask, I may have breathed in a bunch of dust because my throat has been very sore ever since. It takes a lot longer than one might expect to sand the layers of paint off: I've only finished the top and 2/3 of one side.

Darryl took some photos of me at almost 33 weeks. I'll have to post them soon!

Yesterday, after work, I cleared off the two small white bookcases that will go in William's room and be for his books. I moved them out of the hall. Then I cleared off another bookcase (the one that Darryl's dad made) and moved it to where the white bookcases had been. As I was going to put the textbooks back in the bookshelf, I noticed that several of those that had been on the bottom shelf had cat pee on them. It was mostly dried on the pages, but we had to throw away some of the books because of the smell. Other books I was able to bleach, as well as bleaching the floor and bookcase. I think the culprit was Tiger, based on his having a history of peeing on things and places in this house, the Eclectic house, and also in the basement in Mississauga. Needless to say, I was extremely frustrated and annoyed and I do not think I will be able to handle it if he pees outside his litterbox again. Certainly, if any cat pees on William's things, or in any way acts inappropriately towards William, we will likely have to make the tough decision to find a different home for that cat.

This task, of clearing off the bookcases, was supposed to be a fun one for me, because it will make room for William's books and because it prepares a space in our hallway for new bookshelves. Instead, it was stress-inducing and took a lot longer than planned because of all the cleaning involved.

Week 33

"This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds and measures 17.2 inches. Thanks to his recent weight gain, he's losing that wrinkled alien look. Most of your baby's bones are hardening now, but his skull is still quite pliable. It's actually in separate pieces with spaces in between. This flexible structure allows your baby's head to compress so it can fit through your relatively narrow birth canal. The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance. This is totally harmless, normal, and temporary. His skull plates won't completely fuse until he's about 9 to 18 months old."

--from www.babycenter.com