Just wanted to share some pics of the painted nursery. I love the colors and can only begin to imagine all the fun he’s going to have here! Isn’t it so perfect?!
This changing table has been in this room when it was an office to hold supplies, but we haven’t decided whether to refinish it or not.
it was hard work but worth it…two days later here are the fine results of being on my feet so long that day
ah yes..the sexy swollen ankles and toes that come along with pregnancy.
Ok, I know what you’re thinking. Painting caused migraine. Not quite. I had a migraine , an ocular migraine to be exact on Tuesday morning while I was at work and I certainly freaked out my employer. Praise God though that all is well with myself and the baby. In fact, he was very very active while the OB was measuring him and detecting his strong little heartbeat at 155bpm. I’ve also gained another 3.5 lbs so I’m now at 136.5lbs at 26wks. woo hoo!
Better news to report is that we’ve painted the nursery on Wednesday evening. Ray couldn’t have chosen more perfect colors for him and I’m so happy that I handed over the swatch and said “pick two colors” because as my friend Chelle can testify – it takes me EONS to settle on a color. I was surprised to learn that Walmart now does color matching and also offers Kilz with low VOC which meant that I could take part in doing something I completely love doing – PAINTING! So with swatches in hand on Tuesday night we took a late nite trip to Walmart and had our two gallons made (one of each) and came home. Of course, no painting project goes without some quirks right? Well, although the Kilz paint is low VOC we still opted to open the window in the nursery and turn all the fans on in the house to make sure I didn’t get , ahem, high on paint. After a few minutes we started noticing knats on the walls…sticking to our new pretty walls! ARGH. Where in the heck are they coming from? After a while we realized they were so tiny they fit thru the screen on the window and were happily attaching themselves to the new sky and grassy hills we were painting! DANGIT! There we are, with tweezers picking out bugs from the wall. Tinybugs,but bugs nonetheless. I joked “we should leave them here, afterall it IS going to be a jungle theme.” Note to self though – unless I want the baby to enjoy a knat sandwich we can’t be leaving that window open when the lights are turned on to attract the bugs at night!
Well, we were so exhausted after our creative painting job that I didn’t want to go grab the 20D to take really good shots so I got these from my lil Sony camera. I’ll take more tonight after he shampoos the carpet and we assemble the furniture in the room. I can’t believe it’s all coming together now!!!!
This second image came out kinda funky and is not true to the colors. The one above is though.
Doesn’t it rock?!
For those who want to know, the blue is Sky High Blue and Leapfrog from ICC Paints, but again you CAN do a color match with Walmart. Use base 1 Enamel interior for the Sky High Blue and Base 2 Enamel Interior for the Leapfrog.
The nursery room is primed and ready for some color! I”m so stinkin’ excited to finally get this going. The crib and armoire were delivered to our house over two weeks ago by my best friend who did us the favor of bringing these ginormous pieces to us and I’ve been itching like crazy to rip open the boxes and assemble it. But alas, I can’t because if I did they wouldn’t fit through the door! Imagine how hard it is waiting on doing that! Just a few pics to document the start of this process too.
We went with a dark cherry wood because I’m a sucker for these finishes and it compliments the rest of the house (hey, I gotta have flow throughout the house right?!) Plus can you imagine the mess that would show up immediately in a boys room with white furniture. Yea, I’d rather not set myself up for that heartattack.
In other exciting news, Baby boy is moving SO MUCH more now and to the point where others can see him moving around too. woo hoo i LOOOOOOVE being pregnant. I wish I could freeze this time. And that’s not just pg brain talking. I just love it and the connection we share right now. This is THE CLOSEST I’ll ever be to him in all my life. Sigh. I love that he’s got a routine going on where he’s most active after eating pudding and between 10-10:30 and 11:15-12am. He’s definitely fond of music because when I have it playing near my belly thru my laptop he’s dancing around and we just watch him get into the groove.
Ray decided on the colors for the nursery. On this computer the Leapfrog looks more lime, but its not. Its definitely a perfect color for a little boy. I can’t wait to see it on the walls!
So much has happened since my last post. Lets see, I’m definitely showing alot more. I’m much closer to the moment that I have to remove my navel ring as I’m bumping my belly into things more and more. I can BARELY reach the top cabinets in the kitchen to get dishes without getting stuck.
Here are a few more random belly shots I”ve taken
taken at 25wk
Today was our 24th week visit to the obygn and it was a quick, but informative visit.
Which brings me to 133.5 lbs at the 6month mark of this pregnancy. That was my pre-pregnancy/pre-workout weight back in September. I think that’s kinda funny actually. To pretty much come full circle on my weight.
The Dr. told me we need to “keep a watch on that weight gain” because no doubt that at that average I’d be up to 160-170 when my due date comes around and yea, that’s not happening. I completely blame this on my work schedule which resulted in me getting home every night at 9:30pm, eating a hefty dinner and then going straight to bed. No exercise, no walking..nothing to burn off anything that I ate. No bueno! Now that I”m getting off at 5pm, I shouldn’t have a problem maintaining a good average…and eating more salads!
We also went to register at BabiesRus today.
Someone please tell me how people managed to raise a child before this store existed. My god. The amount of stuff in there is UNREAL. The prices are just insane and by the time I left my feet were swollen and throbbing. Thank God for baby showers because we’re be in the poor house if we had to get all this ourselves. Whew!
After attending my best friends Amandas’ daughters 3rd birthday where I indulged in one too many yummy cupcakes (yet didn’t beat Ray with the 5 he ate), we drove to Salt Lick for some yummy ribs. Seriously, I can never get tired of eating here. The drive is about 15 minutes from our house to Driftwood, but oh ma gawd..SO worth it! While I was eating ribs, the baby was bouncing around in there with pure delight. Either that or he was telling me to chill out on the bbq sauce. Here are a few pics from today and a new updated bump photo taken one day shy of 23 weeks which we reached today!
Below are a couple of belly pics w/ some artistic touches.
The adored onesie – well I’m a huge Bono fan so I HAD to get it!
and I setup this shot in our bedroom once I realized my belly had really grown in the last two weeks
