Day One Hundred and Twenty Six

This afternoon Jada helped me to clean the baby furniture that Trevor had brought over from Mum and Dad's. The cot set is nearly ten years old and was purchased when we found out we were having Bella. Although it is now showing some signs of age, I think they add character and hint to the childhoods past, of bottles thrown and baby teeth chewed on rails. This is the first step we've taken to prepare for the baby. I guess it's true what they say about the third; by this stage with Bella I'm sure I had bought everything she could have possibly ever needed and more and had it all set up in perfect preparation. I'm smart enough to know by now that you'll never be prepared for a baby! You will notice that the room is painted blue, and yes we did paint it before we found out the sex. Despite popular belief, we did not paint it with hopes of having a boy. It was previously a different shade of blue and Jada had used the room as her nursery. I'm not a strong believer in 'pink is for girls and blue is for boys', I often dressed the girls in blue and red and green and was often was asked "what's his name?" As we went to leave the room Jada stood looking at the cot forlornly, I think she really wanted to get in and lie down just to see what it was like. I hope that the baby likes it a lot more than she did.