In Your Room

Andy is finally done with the nursery renovation, and Labor Day weekend was spent starting to move in! We ended up painting the walls a light yellow color to brighten up the room. Blue would have just been too dark in there since we don't get a ton on sunlight with only one window. I'm going to focus on bringing in color with the curtains, bedding, wall hangings, etc. We're going more with brown and blue for those things. I also found the perfect letters for the wall that have blue and brown dots on them for his name. Andy put together his dresser on Friday night and we set up the crib Saturday morning! We also worked on unpacking our shower gifts and getting all of the clothes organized by size. It's been so much fun to look at everything we have received so far and the things I've picked up over the last few years and to get things put away. Now we have a better idea of what we need to get to fill in the blanks and to get ready to go. Only 6 1/2 weeks to go!

With only 6 1/2 weeks to go, I am officially done traveling and loving being at home. I think it will feel best to be at home now- riding in the car was just getting to be too hard, not to mention not sleeping in my own bed and following my routine. My belly is growing so fast and I am tiring out more again. Not quite like the first trimester, but getting close. I crash out on the couch almost every night before Andy attempts to move me upstairs. My back will also freeze up at night and it gets hard to move around. I was talking to one of my friends on the phone the other night and we had a laugh about dropping a pen on the floor- she asked me yet if I've gotten to the point where if I drop a pen on the floor I have to act like MacGyver to try to pick it up. I said yes, and then I have work to do to figure out how to get back up again. I really have to say though that even though there are aches and pains and brainless moments, I have honestly LOVED being pregnant. I used to roll my eyes when people said that, but honestly what a blessing to be able to carry our own child and experience this!

Baby is moving so much now. Andy and I are convinced that we have the strongest Olympian on the way. His kicks and movements have brought tears to my eyes once or twice- they have soooooo much power behind them. Andy is constantly reminding him to be nice to his mommy!!

We had our last monthly doctor appointment yesterday before I start going every 2 weeks. The word of the day was "normal". Everything was normal- baby's heart rate, my belly's size, my blood pressure, my symptoms- normal normal normal. And really- thank goodness for normal!!!! Apparently the baby's head is down so I'm getting closer, but the doctor thinks that I will go full term. I really believe he will make his appearance early, but maybe that is wishful thinking on my part!

The last ultrasound I need to have to check on that size of the monster fibroid has been delayed another 3 or so weeks. My doctor wants to do it around 35 weeks, which bummed us out because we wanted to take another peek at our little guy this week. Something to look forward to, I guess! I hope we get good pictures of Baby so we can post them on here! Cross your fingers!