5 days left!

There are only 5 days left until our due date... it's crazy how close that date we have been waiting for is right now! I am basically a ticking time bomb right now. The baby could come anytime! I am hoping that I will go at least one day early... it would be nice not to go over. I have everything ready and am always making sure I am prepared at all moments of the day. I make sure the house is clean, the car has gas, I am showered, and all of our stuff for the hospital is packed in the car and waiting to go. Basically it is just a waiting game now, and hopefully we get to meet this baby sooner than later!! Hard to believe that one day I will wake up and become a parent, Whoa! 

Since I am done doing weekly chalkboards I thought I would keep everyone up to date on how I am feeling still. 

Total weight gain/loss: 25 lbs gained, I did it!! 
Maternity clothes? Thankfully not for very much longer, only a couple of my maternity pieces are fitting me!!! I spend most of the day at home in my comfy pj's! 
Sleep: I sleep great until 2-2:30 a.m. hits, then its off and on until the morning.
Best moment this week: It's the week of our due date!!! :D 
Miss Anything? My body really cannot wait to return to normal functioning. 
Movement: Still lots, but less than there was before.. which I hear is a sign of baby getting ready! 
Food cravings: Nothing in particular... been eating a lot of toast and fruit and sometimes chocolate flavored things. One day last week I REALLY needed to have chocolate cake. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy
Labor Signs: I believe I have Braxton Hicks finally... cramping that comes and goes! 
Symptoms: Leg/feet/back pain, heart burn, peeing a lot, and am very tired. I get breathless so easily also.  
Belly Button in or out?  It has officially popped to as far as it is going to go. The top popped but the buttom didn't... if you can picture that.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Anxious
Looking forward to: BABY!!!! 

TO DO:
1. Paint and hang shelves
2. Put bedding on

Everyone take some time to say a little prayer that we don't have much longer to wait, we are so so anxious!! With any luck, my next post will be a birth story, and pics of our little one!

5 DAYS until our DUE DATE!!

Nursery Pics--After

We still have some minor final touches to the room but for the most part the room is DONE! Here are the after pics!!! 

Joel carefully putting up the decal

We got this dresser as a gift from my grandfather from Leon's. I found the shelf, aqua frame & silver bird from Winners Homesense. The silver owl is actually a tea light holder from Stokes and the little silver cup was Joel's baby gift from his godparents. The tear drop humidifier is from Babies R Us. The little plaque with the owl on it is actually from the hospital gift shop (I work at the hospital and find neat things there sometimes!!). The little white owl is a thrift store find from Joel's mom, and the crocheted owl was made by my sister-in-law. The frames are actually from the dollar store & our video monitor (a gift from my mom) you can find here.  

The aqua hamper that you can kind of see by the side of the dresser is from Walmart, I scored this for $10 because they couldn't find a price on it... turns out it's really $20!

These frames are also from the dollar store and are filled with free printables I found on the web, and our maternity pics! The change table was a gift from my grandmother and can be found on the Sears website. The baskets were purchased at Michael's. The changing pad cover was made by a friend of mine using aqua chevron fabric from fabric.com. 

I LOVE paper lanterns. I think they make everything look so magical... I knew I had to have them in the room! I got them online from justartifacts.net which is the cheapest place to get them that I have found. They ship really quickly too! The curtains were made by my friend with the fabric from fabric.com. They are one of my favorite things in the room, I love how they turned out! Mr Owl (I named him Hootie) is from Pier 1 imports, I love him! The side table we found on Amazon.  

This is my favorite part of the nursery... the tree decal! This is one of the first things I decided I wanted but I didn't expect to pick one so big. After looking online at etsy.com for a LONG time, I decided to get the huge one because the wall is so big and empty and perfect for it! Choosing the colors for it was also stressful, but it turned out exactly how I wanted it to! This decal is why we decided to incorporate owls and birds into the room since we originally wanted an elephant theme. The aqua crib sheet is Aden & Anais and is amazingly soft... I would not have gotten this if it wasn't for an online sale since they are usually way over priced. The crib is a gift from my grandmother and can be found on the Sears website. When the baby is born and we are sure of the name/gender we will be hanging a name banner between the two trees. We also plan to add color depending on whether it is a girl or boy. We are thinking purple for girl, and orange for boy. Right now, this is perfectly neutral and calm the way we wanted it. 

These baskets were almost too perfect for the room and I found them at Winners of course ;) Turns out they have some teal ones now too... shoot! 

These letters were purchased from Michael's craft store and I painted them with acrylic paint. We weren't sure how we were going to hang them since they were nearly impossible to hang with a nail. One day I got the idea to hang ribbon from them and hang them from a nail that way... and I think it looks better this way! There will be three white shelves on the wall under the letters for all the books this baby has collected already!! We got inspiration for the shelves here.

The room turned out better than I had imagined and I am so happy with it! It was worth all the effort and time and endless wandering in stores to find matching decor :) Luckily for me owls are very popular right now, and teal/aqua was the color of the summer in stores! 

I hope the baby likes it as much as we do. We find ourselves sometimes wandering down the hall just to walk in and look at it because it is by far the BEST room in the house right now!! 

TEN days until our due date........... cross your fingers for an easy/quick labor for me! :)

UPDATE (2014): Here are some of the final touches we added to the room to complete my vision! 

Nursery Pics--Before

As the nursery is almost finished, I thought I would do a post to show you the "before" and then another post for the "after". 

Here's a look at what the nursery/spare room use to look like!

It was bright pink.......

With pink carpet.......

Then we painted it grey for a neutral look......

and ripped up the carpet.....

We put down new hard wood flooring.......

You will have to wait to see the finished product! We did end up going with the grey/white/teal and chevron theme, and added in some owls and birds. =)

Here is a little sneak peek.....

38 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 21 lbs gained
Maternity clothes? Not for much longer!! Woo!
Sleep: Pretty good because I'm tired all the time
Best moment this week: hmm... realizing baby can come anytime & everything is DONE! :) We are SO ready! 
Miss Anything? Just about everything right now. My body is done! 
Movement: Tons, as usual! 
Food cravings: Nothing in particular... been eating a lot of toast and fruit. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: Cramps, back pain
Symptoms: Leg/feet cramps, back pain, heart burn, peeing a lot. 
Belly Button in or out?  It's starting to pop... it just might.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Frustrated with waiting lol
Looking forward to: BABY!!!! 

TO DO:
1. Paint and hang shelves.
2. Put bedding on

13 DAYS until our DUE DATE!!

37 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 20 lbs gained
Maternity clothes? Yep, I just got excited thinking soon I'll be back into regular clothing!!! 
Sleep: Sleeping pretty good this week! 
Best moment this week: Meeting our niece Charlee and lounging by the pool with family. 
Miss Anything? I'm missing the feeling of being comfortable! I cannot get comfortable at all!  
Movement: It is getting realllly cramped in there... I can feel every single little movement.
Food cravings: Chocolate, and anything cold in this humid heat. 
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: .................NO. Come on! The doctor did say the baby is way down low and ready to go!  
Symptoms: Leg/feet cramps, heart burn, peeing a lot...
Belly Button in or out? What belly button? lol
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Anxious would sum it up. 
Looking forward to: BABY!!!! 

TO DO:
1. Make shelves, paint, and hang.
2. Put maternity pics in frames.
3. Put bedding (crib blanket & skirt) on--just waiting on them to be finished :)
4. Pack some stuff for Dad into the hospital bag.
5. Hang lanterns

17 DAYS until our DUE DATE!!

Maternity Photos!

Maternity Photos are here! I have been so excited to see how these photos turned out and to share with you! My sister-in-law, Vanessa, is an amazing photographer and we are so lucky to have so many opportunities to be photographed by her :) 

We started off the photo shoot in the morning (before our baby shower), taking photos by a local lighthouse and on the beach there. We did a couple outfit changes and my hair survived the wind (surprisingly!). After the shower we continued the shoot with some indoor photos. 

You can check out more work from Vanessa on her Photography page on Facebook.

Thank you so much Vanessa for once again capturing a major moment in our life! What would we do without you?! 

Love, love, love them! 

36 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 20 lbs gained
Maternity clothes? Yep
Sleep: Sleeping good but can't sleep longer than 7:30 am anymore! 
Best moment this week: Hearing the baby was head down, and I'm finishing work in TWO days!
Miss Anything? Stomach sleeping still!! 
Movement: Lots of it! Little feet and knees kicking me in the ribs and side! Lots of hiccups too!
Food cravings: Fruit, BBQ, & the usual Summer foods (why is food so much better in the Summer?!)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing this week! 
Have you started to show yet: Yes
Gender prediction: Boy 
Labor Signs: No 
Symptoms: Leg/feet cramps, heart burn, peeing a lot...
Belly Button in or out? It almost looks like I just don't have one anymore...
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, we're so close!! 
Looking forward to: Being full term SOON!!!!!! FINALLY!  

TO DO:
1. Make shelves, paint, and hang.
2. Put maternity pics in frames.
3. Put bedding (crib blanket & skirt) on.
4. Pack some stuff for Dad into the hospital bag.
5. Thoroughly clean the house (just so I won't think about it during that first week home).
6. Hang paper lanterns. 

4  DAYS until FULL TERM!

25 DAYS until our DUE DATE!!

                                                  

9 months!

I have now reached the 9th month pregnant mark, and knowing I only have a couple of weeks left is overwhelming!! I am just so ready and excited for baby to arrive! I managed to remember to take a bare belly photo every month and thought I would put them together to watch the bump grow! Here is the result of my belly morph: 

Holy cow! ;)