The Nursery

It's done, and it's beautiful!  I have to be honest, this is now my favorite room in our apartment.  It's also the only room that I can honestly say I put a lot of effort into decorating but I am in love with it!  So here are the pictures:

This is the door leading into her room.  This star started out being white, we spray painted it yellow to match her room colors, it will be on a hook, I just haven't gotten the hook yet and I didn't want to wait on one silly little thing to put up pictures.  So pretend my hand isn't there.

Here you can see the curtains and valance that Nate's Mom made.  The "O" on the dresser was made by Nate's sister Brittany.

Here's a closer shot of the dresser and you can see the carseat too.

This is the same glider that I posted about forever ago but now it has a pretty blanket made by my sister Katie on it.  This room has definitely had a lot of family's help getting to where it is now!

 Here is the wall with the Crib.  The blanket hanging on the back of the crib is one that I made.  Nate's Mom made the crib skirt and bumper to match the curtains.  And that beautiful crib was a gift from my own Mom

Here's a closer picture of the front bumper and the skirt

And here is a closer view of the mobile I made.  I didn't make the stand attaching it to the crib but I did everything else on it.  I got the idea from something I found on pinterest.  I'm really proud of how it turned out.  I love it!

And here is an overall shot of the room.  Those pom poms hanging from the ceiling were also made by me (with some help from Savannah) and are another part of the room that I am really darn proud of myself for :) Everything in this room just came together perfectly, and I love it!  

 Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who had a part in making this little angel's room!  She is going to just love it.  Now I just have to wait out the next 5 weeks til she gets here!  Can't wait to meet her!

I. Can't. BREATH!

Ok I know that everyone warned me about this (including the piles of pregnancy books I read) but Oh my Goodness, I seem to be short on breath ALL THE TIME!  And it's not just when I'm out walking or cleaning or whatever; it happens when i'm sitting doing nothing.  Is there an old wives tale about that one?  Like, the more times you can't breath, the prettier she'll be?  Cause there should be one, I'm starting it.

I am 33 weeks along as of today, yay!  It is so crazy to me that in less than 2 months, I will have a little baby girl!  It feels very surreal.  I mean, obviously I know she's there.  She never hesitates with those kickboxing moves on my organs; or the stretching out to fill as much of my abdomen as she possibly can.  But it still blows my mind when I think about how different my life is going to be come November.  I think my belly is definitely protruding now, and I measured, I'm officially bigger around than Nate is...  Never thought that would happen but I have to admit it depresses me just a bit.  At least he still weighs more than me!

This is a better picture of my face and has a cuter background but my belly is kind of  in the shadow so you can't see it that well

I don't think my face is as cute in this one but you can definitely see that belly!

I went to the doctor today for one of my normal visits, it was a very uneventful visit but I'm considering that to be a good thing because I'd rather not have any issues to worry about.  I have to admit though, it's a little depressing to go to the doctor and come out feeling just as uncomfortable as when you went in.  I think we all kind of build up this expectation that doctors will fix all our problems and give us some magic pill to make everything feel better.  When you're pregnant though, there is no magic pill to make it easier, so instead they just tell you that you look great and to come back in 2 weeks haha.

Also, I am hungry all the time.  When I eat though, I can only eat a little bit because I get full so stinking fast.  Then I'm hungry less than 2 hours later.  I know this is completely normal but it is still something that's bugging me.  I am glad I haven't had any ridiculous cravings though.  I mean, nothing like pickles and ice cream.  I still do crave mexican food a lot though.  And sushi, I just love sushi.  Sadly, california rolls are just about all I can have.  At least those are good!

The other day, we went to Costco, Nate wanted pizza.  I just wasn't really feeling the pizza vibe but as we were walking through the store, I saw the shrimp cocktails and just knew that's what I needed, so we got some!  Pizza and shrimp for dinner...  We are so healthy :)

The next day, I took the few pieces of left over shrimp and I put them into a yummy Lemon Garlic Butter sauce and had that over pasta, it was amazing FYI.  I used one of the lemons my Dad brought me from my parent's tree in California.  I love lemons!

Another bothersome pregnancy biproduct, my pelvis feels like it is being ripped apart at the seams.  Kinda like someone shoved in a knife and started twisting.  Again, totally normal I know, but it HURTS!  I'm really not trying to just complain a lot, I swear.  I'm just being informative, that's what we'll call it.

I have been having a lot of fun this week though being crafty and putting together cute things for her room.  The dresser is on it's way so hopefully I'll be able to take pictures of the whole thing in the next week or so.  I'm dying to show you guys how crafty I am though :) who knew I had a crafty bone in my body?  I'm blaming the "nesting" for these sudden desires.

And now I'm off to eat second dinner.  It's the meal that comes before bedtime snack :)

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Ok, it might just be all these extra hormones inside me right now but I watched this video 10 times in a row and every time, I just laughed harder and harder to the point of tears!  (good thing I haven't done my make up yet today or I would have cried it all off)



Now I know you're probably wondering why I took the time to do a blog post that was only a video but I just thought it was that worth it to share.

32 weeks and counting!

31 Weeks

As of Wednesday I am 31 weeks along and we are getting very antsy for our little baby to get here!  On the one hand, I only have 9 weeks left until she's here.  But on the other hand, I still have 2 more months of being pregnant and that seems like so long to me still!  On the bright side, I will be starting to have doctor visits every 2 weeks after my next one, which is 1 week from tomorrow so that must mean I'm getting really close!

I have a few things to update people on....  The first thing, which wasn't really a surprise to me but I'm still very happy about, is that my glucose test came back fine and I do not have gestational diabetes.

The next thing is that last week was my last week of work and I am now a stay at home Mom, sort of, at least I will be a Mom when my baby is here.  Which brings me to my next topic.  One of the reasons for me stopping work when I still have 2 months left is that I have a condition called Hydronephrosis on my right side.  I know it looks like a big scary condition but it really just means that my baby is sitting on my right ureter causing my right kidney to get inflamed and swollen from not being able to drain into my bladder.  But as long as I don't stand on my feet too much and I do drink lots of fluids, the pain doesn't get too bad.  Being a hair stylist doesn't make it very easy to be off my feet so Nate and I decided that it would be better for me to be at home getting our house ready for her.  I have to admit, I'm really enjoying having extra time at home now.  While I was working, I would spend all my energy doing people's hair and have no energy left to do anything at home.  Now, I've been able to work on cleaning up the baby's room and organizing all of Nate's books (he has a LOT of books) and do my dishes and not feel like I was hit by a truck at the end of every day.

Another little issue that I have been having during this pregnancy is recurring bladder infections.  I had the first one about 6 weeks ago now and that one was really really bad, and then I had another one just 2 weeks ago.  The doctor said that if I get another one that they're going to have to put me on antibiotics for the rest of my pregnancy.  I really hate taking pills, not because I can't get them down but because I feel nauseous for a few hours afterwards every time I have to take some, so I really hope I don't get another one.

We also discovered that I tested positive for group B strep which means that I will need to be on an IV with antibiotics during labor but as long as I have that the baby shouldn't have any problems.  I had no clue what group B strep even was other than that pregnant women apparently get it all the time so if you are like me, then click here.  I found this information helpful when I was confused.  And just for the record, it is NOT an STD like someone stupid tried to convince me of.  So there.

I'm sorry if this post was boring because I didn't have any pictures to go with it.  I promise I'm working on being better about that, especially now that I have some more time on my hands.  As soon as I get the sheets washed and the dresser in, I will take pictures of her room and show you the befores and afters.  I also have a baby shower coming up at the end of this month that I will be sure to get pictures of.  Until then, try to be patient with me :)