25 weeks

100 days to go!

How far along? 25 weeks (she's about 13 1/2 inches long and a pound and a half)

Maternity clothes? With this hot weather, I've started wearing dresses more frequently, but other than that, all of my regular clothes and one pair of maternity pants.
Movement?  She was having a dance party a couple of days this week! I feel her most at work (I guess since I'm sitting most of the day) and then usually after work if I'm sitting around. I've also noticed when I wake up at anytime during the night (we're talking midnight-4am) she is ALWAYS moving. Looks like we'll have a night owl on our hands...
Cravings? Fruit- strawberries, apples, grapes, anything fruit. Pancakes!
Anything make you queasy or sick? spinach and pizza still not sounding great... 

Sleep? Definitely not great, but I have slept through the night several nights over the past week or so! And by that I mean from when I go to bed until 5am, although I don't have to be up until 6:30 or 7 during the week- but I'm getting more consistent sleep rather than waking up a couple times in the middle of the night. I have also started putting a pillow under my belly/hip and between my knees to help with little aches and pains through the night.
Best moment this week: We finally made huge progress on the house over the weekend! YAY! Thank you J for moving the office furniture and guest room furniture!! Now the nursery is ready for her furniture :) We put together her dresser on Memorial Day and I got started organizing all of her stuff. It's still so surreal to me that we are getting this room together for this little person we are bringing into the world!

Gender: Girl!!
Labor signs? Nope- although I have noticed a few more of the BH contractions
Symptoms? The crazy, hormonal emotional pregnant lady has entered the building. Up until this week, I've been pretty "normal"...but now I've started having some moments of unexplained crying...I'm sure this is just the beginning. Waking up in the night with "round ligament pain" and hip pain. Monday I had a really strange pain in my belly- it hurt to stand up straight or take a deep breath. She must have been changing position, but ow! (either that or trying to escape out of my belly button!) Also, the "dark line" is slowly making it's appearance. It's VERY faint right now (maybe it will stay that way??), but it's there.

Belly button in or out? this is so weird, but usually at the end of the day when I'm sitting down, I can take a deep breath and half of my belly button pops out! I definitely think I will have an outie in the next month or so.

What I miss: sleep (better get used to it, I know)

What I am looking forward to: I read she could start getting the hiccups soon- I think it will be neat to feel that!

Milestones: 25 weeks seems like a milestone to me for some reason! (I guess like with birthdays 25/30/35/40 etc are bigger ones that the years in between) Also, my mom (who we plan to call Lulu) felt a kick this week!

Nursery {the Dresser}

We made some major progress over the long weekend thanks to J. The guestroom furniture is all moved out of the nursery, so we now have space to get her furniture set up!

Little miss now has a dresser. This makes me very happy, because now I have a place to put her stuff! The dresser is HUGE, which is great for storage, but we may have to revise the room layout. However, I'm hoping we can keep it as planned. We'll just see once we get the crib and glider in.

J putting the dresser together (this thing had SO many parts and pieces- I'm glad I didn't try to do this one on my own!)

All done! Don't mind the knobs...or lack thereof- I'm planning to get different knobs for the top 4 drawers and spray paint the rest. 

(Cash wanted to be in on these photos :)

 

Working on getting the drawers organized and things put in their place!

 The big brother had to be sure to check everything out

 Even though things may get moved around some and won't look this neat for long, it's definitely nice to have a place to put things. Yay for progress!

Also, not sure if I posted a picture of her shelf. So, although she may not have a name, she does have two pieces of furniture put together and set up in her room ;)

Insta-May-gram

 I wanted to share some pictures from this past month. May was a busy month and flew by! I can't believe today is JUNE 1st!

Sweet set (in a cute case!) for Baby E from Shannon!

My first Mother's Day card thanks to one of my sweet and thoughtful co-workers (I'm lucky to work with a few!)

Pretty flowers from the daddy-to-be to me for Mother's Day

One of his favorite spots- stretched out on the big green pillow, looking out the window :) What a life

Bump + ice cream 5.28.12

25 weeks on Memorial Day!

Day trip to Chatty for visiting, lunch, and shave ice :)

Fur baby birthday

I realized I never posted about Cash's 4th birthday! His birthday is on Cinco de Mayo (I forgot to put on his mini sombrero!). We celebrated with lots of extra treats, playing, snuggling, and a photo shoot :)

4!!

happy birthday to our first "baby"!

Here are some other recent shots of him that I love. I'm a little obsessed with my puppy. I can only imagine how I'm going to be with our daughter! Poor thing ; ) I just hope she and Cash will be the best of friends!

24 Weeks

How far along? 24 weeks

Maternity clothes?  same as last week- pants with stretch, belly band, or the black maternity pants (definitely getting my $6 worth!); still wearing all of my regular tops (of course there are some that no longer fit in the chest or belly area!)
Movement?  She's moving more and more often!
Cravings? this week I had a serious craving for some Sunset Nachos (thank you J for going out to get them for me at the last minute!) and chocolate chip cookies, so I made some :) Fruit is still at the top of the list, too.
Anything make you queasy or sick? nope! Although over the past couple of weeks, I have realized pizza really never sounds good and spinach doesn't taste right to me. Bummer because it's (the spinach of course) so good for me and baby and I used to LOVE it!

Sleep? it involves lots of pillows and varies night to night...I'm just happy with whatever I can get!  
Best moment this week: I put together the shelf for baby's room (yes, all by myself!), so she now officially has one piece of furniture in her room that is just for her! 

Gender: Girl
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms? nothing new! 

Belly button in or out? getting more and more shallow...especially at the end of the day. I can defintiely see the inside of my belly button. I took a picture of it last night, but it's not something I think everyone really wants to see!

What I miss: sneezing and not feeling like I pulled a muscle ;)

What I am looking forward to: the 3 day weekend!! And hopefully making more progress on transitioning the rooms in our house (office to basement, guest room to office, guest room to nursery!) And not having to do a glucose tolerance test like most preggo ladies do around this time- we already know I have the 'betus (and under good control, too!)
Weekly Wisdom: I found out last week, Braxton Hicks can start at 14 weeks! I felt a firm spot a couple weeks ago. I thought the baby was probably still too small to actually be able to feel her body pressed up against a certain area, so I asked my nurse practitioner. She said it was probably a BH contraction, but nothing to be concerned about (unless I noticed it 5 times in an hour). There was no pain, I just happened to be feeling my belly and noticed it. It's interesting!
Milestones: She is almost a FOOT long!!

12 to 23

I thought it would be fun to do another comparison picture since I wore the same shirt for these weekly pictures. She's growing, that's for sure!

Baby E's Nursery! {The Plan}

I've really been looking forward to doing a post about the nursery! I think it's so fun to be able to do a room from scratch, but there's also a little bit of pressure because you want it to be just right AND there's a deadline :) When we found out we were pregnant, I knew almost immediately the direction I wanted to go. Thanks to Pinterest, I found that I really like more neutral, bright, and simple rooms. Since we aren't sure how long we will be in our current house, I decided we wouldn't paint the guest room (which will be the nursery) and leave it tan (Behr's Toasted Wheat). For a boy, I wanted to do tan/white/light or aqua blue/green. For a girl, tan/white/aqua blue/pale pink (although now I think I want to pull some green into the mix as well). So the color has actually worked out well with the color scheme. I also knew I wanted to do white furniture and the rest really wasn't hard as I had been "pinning" away on Pinterest for months! I put together this very unprofessional looking inspiration board, but you get the idea.

(clockwise from bottom: Sheep Rocker, Pottery Barn Kids; Comfort Glider, Pottery Barn Kids; fabric, babybedding.com; Graco Sarah crib, many retailers; White Window Blackout Panels, PB Kids; Rug, UrbanOutfitters.com; Bookshelf, Target; picture frame, DIY; Prints, TrafalgersSquare [etsy]; Dresser, IKEA; Picture Ledges, IKEA)

I like these fabrics for possible crib sheets.

And this is what I'm planning for the layout. I think the sheep can go somewhere between the crib and window or the shelf and window, and the hamper for dirty diapers on either side of the dresser (maybe the side by the door- away from where I'll be spending lots of time in the glider! ew)

To do:
- Empty room, move furniture from guest room to office
- Organize closet (she and I will be sharing!); including organizing her clothes by size and hanging vs not hanging and using hanger tags
- Change light fixture- will probably do a fan

Purchased:
- dresser/changing table
- Sheep Rocker (this was J's pick and a great find at the PB Outlet!)
- elephant prints for above crib
- picture ledges most likely to go above dresser
- window panels (got a GREAT deal on these from the PB Outlet as well! Thanks Shannon!)
- bookshelf (assembled and up in the room!)
- rug has been ordered
- ottoman for glider
- crib skirt (Serena & Lily, great find by Emily at Essex!)
- hamper for diapers

Still need:
- glider (still working on the color)
- crib
- fabric
- bedding: crib sheet(s), bumper (undecided)
- lamp for dresser/changing table
- frames for prints (thinking diy...)
- prints/photos for picture ledges
- baskets for shelf
- pretty hardware for dresser/changing table

To make:
- ruffle lamp shade (I want to try this using the floral fabric)
- sew floral fabric to bottom of crib skirt
- frames for elephant prints (using this tutorial)- thinking about doing 3 different patterns or 2 of 1 pattern and one other- stripes, dots, chevron- using white, pale pink, aqua, and maybe a gold??
- mobile
- ottoman slipcover

To decide:
- BEDDING!?
- Glider color
- to use or not to use? and if so, where? (of course she'll need a name first, ah!!)

Looks like I definitely have enough to keep me busy until she gets here! : )