Sunday, May 27, 2012

Project Nursery: Complete

With 2.5-3 weeks till due date, we finally finished Elise's room. I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. Jeremy did a good job with the painting (and handling my nagging). 






 One of my colored pencil drawings from high school that my mom had


Thursday, May 24, 2012

May picture mash

I have neglected the ol' blog this month I see. It seems like May just started and now it is almost over- I can't believe June is almost here. We have been staying super busy around here getting ready for the baby and what-not. I have a mod-podge of pictures of various happenings this month and they are all from my phone or someone else's camera. No fancy shmancy edited photos for this post.

Right now we are nursing Leyton back to health (again). He spent the weekend having the time of his life in Natchez with his Poppa, Nonna and cousins and has come home with an upper respiratory infection, ear infection and pink eye. He is not allowed to get sick ever again. Especially not with a newborn coming into our house within the next month.


Anyway onto some pics: 

Here are a couple of pictures from the Bachelorette Beach Bash the first weekend in May for my friend Anzie. It was a great trip and the weather, water and girl time was much needed. 




Here are some pictures from Leyton's preschool's precious end of the year program. He was so cute and animated singing his little songs. 




This one cracks me up b/c it looks like he is giving me the 'stink eye' 

We had a fabulous baby shower last night held by some of the youth families from the church. Isn't this cake adorable?


Blurry, but you get the point. 


Here is a random pic from our family double date a couple of weeks ago. We went to the Plaid Rhino with our friends Michelle and Vincent and their 3 year old boy, Elliot. Here is Leyton and Jeremy playing air hockey. 


Leyton and I went to Home Depot last week to get some plants and he had to 'test drive' all of the lawnmowers. 




Wednesday, May 2, 2012

33 weeks




A month and a half away. Wow. I'm ready, but not. As you can tell from the picture above, I have hit a big growth spurt. At least it looks and feels that way to me. We have made progress on the nursery and Jeremy is almost done painting. Now I just need to sort through clothes and we will be good to go! 


I am heading out tomorrow for a girl's weekend at the beach! My good friend Anzie is getting married in a month and we are off to celebrate. I'm sure I will be a hit in my maternity swimwear, not that the general public will ever see pictures. I'll leave you with a  silly pregnancy questionnaire. I have done such a bad job on this poor baby's pregnancy journal, I thought it may make me feel better to fill one out. 

How far along? 33 weeks
Total weight gain: 20 lbs. That still sounds like alot, but the doc says I'm right on track.
Maternity clothes? I've been in maternity pants for awhile, but I can still pull off some flowy non-maternity tops and dresses.
How are you feeling? Good! Much better at this point than I was with Leyton. Probably because I haven't gained nearly as much weight and have been staying active. I did have some bad stretching pains last week, probably from the big growth spurt, but it went away after a few days.
Stretch marks? Just the few I got from Leyton. I hit a huge growth spurt in the past two weeks, so I will probably gain a few more. 
Sleep: I tend to wake up between 3-4am every night for a bathroom break and have trouble getting back to sleep after that. I'm not quite to that super uncomfortable stage yet but I know it's coming! Right now I just surround myself with pillows and it seems to do the trick.
Best moment this week: Seeing paint go up in the nursery! Also, watching my belly jump around like crazy.
Movement: Some days she doesn't stop moving. She rolls around quite a bit.
Cravings: Hmm. I honestly have not had too many cravings with this one. There are things that sound good, but not to the point where I have sent Jeremy anywhere at midnight. 
Labor Signs: None yet...although I do get those occasional Braxton Hicks

Belly Button in or out? In, but it's starting to flatten
What I miss: sleeping on my stomach, painting my toenails without grunting
What I am looking forward to: Meeting my sweet baby girl and introducing Leyton to his new little sister!