Painting Day 1!

We had a productive day! Here is day one of our painting project-- Jeremy will do one last coat tomorrow and then install the chair rail in between the two colors next weekend :)

Here's my contribution to the nursery renovation-- taping!

3.5 months and counting!

I can't believe I am 25 weeks! Crazy to think that we are so close to April. We have A LOT to do before we are ready for a baby in this home!  Here are some before photos of the soon-to-be nursery (you can tell we are still getting rid of stuff)...

Jeremy is going to do all the painting today (you can see the ivory paint swatch above). Hurray for having my husband home on a weekend (a very rare occurance)!  Besides that, I survived my first week back to work. I am looking forward to my first baby shower in 3 weeks in OC!

My doctor called this week to tell me that I'm anemic. Not a surprise since meat has been my enemy during this pregnancy. So, I'm on iron supplements for the rest of the pregnancy, along with having to add high iron foods into my diet daily- apricots, beets, spinach, cream of wheat, broccoli, etc. Wish me luck!

This morning I made these fabulous blueberry muffins to get Jeremy motivated for his big paint job. They were DELICIOUS! I cut the recipe in half which still yielded 12 muffins-- http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/blueberry-coffee-cake-muffins-recipe/index.html

Happy Weekend!

Nesting At Its Finest....

Now that our nursery is cleared out, we are moving full-steam ahead to get it all set up! Jeremy is tackling the paint and chair rail this week/weekend. He also got our glider and ottoman all set up last night, which looks great! And, we finally decided to pull the trigger and purchase our furniture.
Here is our fabulous solid pine, non-toxic Sophia crib by Sorelle :

And matching changing table:

We can't wait for everything to arrive so we can get it all set up!
We are going to wait to add those finishing touches when the baby is born so we can throw a little pink or blue into the room.

Besides that, I went back to work today. That was definitely an adjustment after 2.5 weeks off! Jeremy is busy as ever, which we are so thankful for.
We've decided to head to Carmel's Bernardus Lodge for our "babymoon" in March. We've heard great things from others, and Jeremy is excited that there is a winery attached to the lodge! http://www.bernardus.com/  We are so excited for a long weekend together before life gets crazy! :)

24 weeks

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
We are finally back home after a 9 day trip to OC. It was great seeing all of our family and friends!

Today was my 24 week appointment. I'm up another pound for a total of 11. Still cruising and enjoying my increased energy level. Jeremy gave me a fabulous diaper bag, a comfy body pillow (for my achey back), and amazing Venetian glass wine tumblers (for post-April) for Christmas. Very practical and appreciated gifts :)

We got our new car today- a 2010 Ford Edge which we LOVE! We said good-bye to our trusty Mini Cooper and now have a "family car" with ample room for Jer, Hazel, baby and me.

Also, we've begun to clear out the guest room to transform it into a nursery.
We sold our pull-out couch today and will be painting and adding a chair rail in the next week. We've also ordered our glider and are ready to pull the trigger on the crib and dresser/changing table! That will feel so good to have it all ordered!

As I said before, our boy name is SET! We are waiting to tell until baby is born.
We've narrowed down the girl names (from the list I posted in November) to Scarlett, Hallie, and Gemma. The middle name is set for Isabel. Now we are going to wait to choose until the baby is born. For some reason, we can't commit to a girl name. Maybe that means it's a boy?!

Tonight we are off to shop for a new couch as we are gifting our old living room set to my cousin and her fiance. Time to make room in the living room for our desk and baby stuff so we are downsizing....wish us luck!

Kicks! (and 21 week bump)

Finally! I can feel some baby kicks!

It began a few hours after our ultrasound. Baby King was positioned pretty oddly for the ultrasound, so the technician was PUSHING pretty hard trying to get some measurements and move the head around. (Not fun!)

Then, all of the sudden that night, I felt a little flutter. At first I second guessed myself, but then remembered that Dr. Voss told me, "If you think it's the baby kicking, it is!"

Ever since Tuesday, I feel them all the time (even right now while I'm writing!).

FINALLY!

PS- Up 3 more lbs for a total of 10. I am starting to fit into all of my adorable maternity clothes that I bought in October at Steph's store! :)

Ultrasound!

Today was an awesome day!
We saw our active little one finally! The baby was sucking his/her thumb, kicking like crazy, sticking out his/her tongue, throwing punches, and of course, sitting politely with his/her legs crossed :)
Jeremy and I loved watching the baby's every move. We had tons of questions, and were fortunate that our ultrasound tech spent 15 minutes with us explaining and showing us everything.
The baby weighs exactly 1 pound and is right on track.
We were in awe....take a look!

           Photo 1: Baby Sucking Thumb

Photo 2: Baby Profile

20 Week Appointment

Yesterday was my 20 wk checkup. It was awesome- baby is still a wild child, doing flips all over the place- heard that strong heartbeat again too. I mentioned that I hadn't felt the baby kick yet, and my Dr just reassured me that it should be any time in the next 4 weeks. Hurry up, kiddo! :)

I'm up another 3 lbs for a total of 7. It sounds small, but I sure don't feel small.
This bod is definitely in the process of some major changes!
She also gave me a referral for our pediatrician- guess I better get on some of these things! We did finally sign up for baby CPR, our hospital tour, Childbirth I-III, and breastfeeding classes. We are going to be busy come February!

Our big ultrasound is next Tuesday. It will be so hard to know that the technician will see if it's a boy or girl and for us NOT to find out! This is serious self control!!!