Almost 30 weeks!!!

Wow, time flies by!!! I can't believe in 2 days I will be 30 weeks pregnant! I feel like I still have lots to do before the baby gets here =) My body is starting to hurt from carrying this lil peanut around. The baby loves to sit on my right side... causing my sciatic nerve to be pinched, My hip, knees, and ankles are killing me, but I know it will be worth all the pain once I see Beckham or Lolanna =) It has been a while so I figured I would post some pictures of my huge belly. Here are a couple from 28 weeks and almost 30 weeks. Luckily I haven't gained any weight in the past 2 weeks, so my belly looks about the same ;)

28 weeks

28 weeks

Almost 30 weeks!!

Working on the nursery

Thank goodness for my wonderful family, My parents bought us our crib and Amanda, mom, and dad helped us put everything together. Bren put the book shelf together the day it arrived, so I got no pictures. He surprised me while I was at work =) I love how it is coming together. It still has a long ways to go, but we got a good start. I can't wait til I can post the finished nursery pictures =) Hopefully within the next two months.

Amanda putting together the book shelf.

My job was to hand Amanda screws, that's the most helpful thing I could do =) lol.

The girls working on the crib, Sophie wanted to help. =)

Amanda working on the drawer that slides under the crib.

Sophie is so adorable!!!

The crib sits super low, I love that I can easily reach into it.

Dresser/changing table, I still need to get a pad for the top.

As soon as I pick out a glider it will go in this corner next to the bookshelf =)

I am now 27 weeks pregnant!!! It's crazy I only have 13 weeks left, even though I haven't had the most fun pregnancy, it has flown by. My cousin Windy became a mommy on the March 25th =) I was with her as much as I could be, it was an amazing experience. Her baby boy gunnar is so precious, seeing him makes me even more anxious to meet our lil peanut!!! I know June 28th will be here before we know it!!

Painting the nursery

Today Bren and my dad painted the nursery. I brought the actual baby bedding to home depot and was able to great colors that match almost perfectly. I am so happy it turned out so wonderful! Bren and my dad did a fantastic job. I will post a few pictures of the start to finish. The lighting isn't great in the finished pictures, but hopefully you can get a feel for how it looks =) Once we get the dark espresso furniture in the room, I know it is going to look amazing!!!

Baby's bedding matches the wall =)

21 weeks and counting....

My belly sure has changed a lot over the last 5 weeks and the baby inside my belly has grown to 10.5" long and weights a whole 1lb =)!!! I had an ultrasound 3 days ago and it was amazing! Bren, my mom, and my sister Amanda were all in the room with me. We got to see the little baby's face, which is just precious. The ultrasound tech also looked at the heart, brain, spine, length of bones, kidneys, and stomach. She said everything looks perfect =) So far my pregnancy has been far from perfect, but I am starting to feel a little better. YAY!! I am gaining weight... lots of weight! I have now gained 18 lbs! I was hoping I would only gain 20 lbs my whole pregnancy, but that's obviously not going to happen ;) We stuck with our plan of not finding out what we are having, but it was super hard not to look at the screen when she went in between the baby's legs, we had to close our eyes. I go back and forth every day, one day I will be convinced it is a girl then the next I will just know its a boy lol. I can't wait to see what it is on June 28th!!! Below are two pictures. One is of the miracle inside my belly who Bren and I already love more then anything in this world. My belly gets lots of kisses from Bren and Kolter (the 16 month old little boy that my family babysits a lot... it is so sweet when he lifts up my shirt and kisses my big belly). The other picture is of my big belly! Luckily I have no stretch marks yet... hopefully my awesome oil for pregnant bellies helps prevent them =)

21 week ultrasound

21 week belly

Papa's 50th Birthday!

Today is my dad's 50th Birthday! My baby will call him papa =) I think it will be great that the year my dad will become a grandpa will be when he is 50! We had a big surprise party for him on Sunday and tonight we went out to a family dinner at Jalapenos. Recently I have found that I LOVE spicy foods, so Mexican food really hit the spot =)

Its been awhile since I have posted belly pictures, I have Bren take them.... then problem is finding a time I feel good enough to actually post them on the blog. I am now almost 18 weeks pregnant, but I still feel very nauseated almost all the time. I am now taking two different medications for the nausea, but neither one of them do much... but they do help a little. I was really hoping they would prescribe me some miracle drug, unfortunately I now know that one doesn't exist =(

Besides the nausea things are going well. I am starting to feel more pregnant and not just sick due to my growing belly. lol. With the help of my dad and sister Bren and I were able to get the nursery cleared out (we were using it as a storage room), next step is paint. Then the fun decorating part will start =)

13 weeks pregnant

16 weeks pregnant

I'll try my best to post another picture at 19 weeks, I am already a lot bigger then in this 16 weeks photo.... =)

cribs, cribs, cribs...

We made our way into Spokane today to look at nursery furniture. Originally I planned on waiting until I felt better to do something so fun =) Unfortunately I am now 15 weeks pregnant and I still feel miserable... So my hopes aren't very high that I will start feeling better anytime soon. We looked at lots and lots of cribs and we finally found the perfect one! It is set low so I will easily be able to lay the baby down and get the baby out, I think it was made for short people ;) We are going to purchase the crib and the matching short dresser/changing table.



We had a wonderful Christmas spent with my family. Our New Years was not very exciting (Bren had to work), but he got home in time for a kiss at midnight =)

I am getting a baby bump!! I will have Bren take a picture soon, just in case anyone wants to see it ;)

Nursery

I can't wait til I start feeling better so we can start on the lil' peanuts nursery. I was looking to get a custom made crib bedding set because I knew what I wanted and I wasn't able to find it... Today I found a set I LOVE!! I am ordering it as soon as I get home from work and I am going to save over $300 what I was going to spend on the custom bedding. Yay!!



There will be a brown accent wall in the nursery and all the other walls will be the pretty green (light turquoise color). I am also getting the valence for the window and the diaper stacker. My dad is super excited to start painting, so I need to get the bedding ordered so we can buy paint colors that match the bedding perfectly =)

As soon as I start feeling better I am going to go to Spokane to start looking at nursery furniture. We are definitely going to get espresso colored wood to match our decor =)

My 2nd trimester is going to begin on Sunday! I better start feeling better! I now have a little baby bump =) Bren went out and got me some oil I have heard great things about. Its called Mothers special blend, I am praying it helps prevent stretch marks =)Incase any expecting moms looking at my blog are interested I'll post a picture below.