Nantucket Nursery!

 We are in the process of finding a rocker/glider for the corner in the above picture by the little night stand!

Nursery Construction

  Mom came down to help and she came to an ultra sound with me!!  It was rough we had to move all the office furniture downstairs and paint the entire room and by we - I mean Shawn and my mom since I can't lift  heavy things nor smell paint - ha have to take advantage while I can :)  Thanks mom and Shawn!

The before pics

                                    And it begins!

                                                  The men are putting together the crib

                     The finished project ** note they put it together in the basement

                                             The nursery helping crew!

                                              Maybe a little much in one day???

    HA!  Okay so after the crib was built and barely barely fit up the stairs it definitely would not fit down the hall and in the nursery door so they had to take it apart and put it back together in the nursery!!  HA we couldn't believe no one realized it wouldn't fit in the door.  Thanks men for your patience and help.

     

                                                              The crib builders!

So I have entered into the 3rd trimester!!

Pregnancy is going so fast!!!!  Before we know it our little girl will be here!

Everything has been going really well -  I had a really busy last few months work wise.  I was filling in for my company at Heartland Girls Ranch out in Benson  which was a 3 hour drive for me two days a week. This made for some really long days because I had to fit in my clients on top of the Ranch.  I am now done there - we hired someone full time so looking forward to getting back to just a normal 40 or so hour job a week :)

I had a lot of energy during the 2nd trimester and hope to keep it a while longer into the 3rd trimester.  Let's see some fun things that happened since I posted last - I feel our little girl move everyday and a lot!!  She is one busy little person!

Shawn has felt her move several times as well - in fact this  morning when he was reading her a story (reading my belly a story!) she started kicking - so I think she recognizes his voice!!

Also I did hit a hiccup and failed my first glucose screening - which is a test for gestational diabetes.  I had to go back and spend 4 hours in the lab and got my blood drawn 4 times - they actually poke you in the same spot twice!!  Anyways I passed that screening with flying colors - so don't have to worry about gestational diabetes which was a relief.  I have been trying to eat healthy and continue to work out but I figured once they told me I couldn't eat junk food is when I would start craving it.

Speaking of cravings - my favorite foods have been popcorn, meatballs, and oranges!!!  Of course not all together but love all 3!

I am still feel like I am still really mobile and can do most things :)  I hope this feeling also last a while longer!

Shawn and I went to an all day Childbirth Prep Class on Saturday!  It was a long day but I felt like we really learned a lot!!  Some of the topics were: nutrition, exercise, public health programs, labor and delivery, newborn care, car seat safety, bottle feeding, nursing info and more...  It was a fun experience to do together and we left thinking we learned a lot!  Shawn's one comment after the labor and delivery section to the class was man I think the C Section looks a lot easier :)  ha we watched a video of a delivery!!

This week will be a fun baby week - I have an ultrasound on Wednesday that my mom is coming down to come a long with!!  We are then painting and setting up the nursery!!  Well  I guess my mom and Shawn are since I can't lift heavy things and can't paint - bummer NOT!  But I am so excited to post pics of it when it is done!

So I am now into the 3rd trimester!!  I am 28 weeks - which 37-40 weeks is full term :)  We are getting really excited to meet the little kicker!

Hope to update again soon!!

BELLY PICS ALONG THE WAY!!!!

The first one is from Week 18 (black shirt), the next set is from Week 24 (blue shirt) and then pop Week 28 (white shirt)!!!

I know finally uploaded some pics!!!  ENJOY :)