Dawn

I woke up a little before 5 and just haven’t been able to settle back to sleep. A lot of it is probably the morning sickness starting to kick in. This is about when it happened with Pippa too. I hope it’s a similar experience. I was constantly nauseated, but without any actual vomiting.

Alan and I have been spending a good part of each day getting ready for the move. The irritating part is trying to separate what’s coming with us and what’s going with the movers. Especially because we don’t want to disrupt Pippa’s life too much by dismantling her room or piling a lot of our stuff in there. But it’s Monday and the movers will be here tomorrow to pack up. So we’re putting all the stuff that’s going on the U-Haul in her room and she’s going to spend the night in our room with us. The movers will be loading up the truck on Wednesday, then we’ll have a day to pack up the trailer with the rest of our stuff and we’re out of here on Thursday. Scary!

It also means I have two days this week where I have to figure out something to do with Pippa, because it’s not recommended that young children be home during the packing and loading process. One day will be a zoo day and I think one day may be a movie day, but that still means a lot of time to kill.

The idea of taking her to the zoo by myself is daunting. I may invest in one of those monkey backpack/leashes. It’s not that I like the idea of putting my kid on a leash, but I do like the idea of her being safe. She’s very independent and adventurous and she will happily wander off to explore. She doesn’t like to be held when there’s a lot to see and lately when we try to make her hold our hands, she just pulls and goes boneless. So it’s something that makes sense for her. If she was the type to stay close or hold our hands, I wouldn’t even be thinking about it, but that’s so not Pippa.

Anyway, it’s about time to get her up. Between morning sickness and the anxiety over the move, I’m not going to be eating properly for the next two weeks.

~Liz