28 Weeks

We have officially made it to the THIRD TRIMESTER!! Now, now, let's not get too excited, there are still 3 more months to carry this little girl. She needs to get a lot bigger and stronger before she comes into the world! I'm thrilled to be on the downhill slide part of pregnancy now though!

Technically, yesterday was 28 weeks, but I wanted to wait to post after my doctor appointment today!

Good news is that our little angel is just kicking away inside and as healthy as can be! Her HR was 134, which is just where it should be and I am doing well too! Symptoms are still very mild. However, I have added some rather annoying ones to the mix. Restless legs and occasional headaches. Nothing too serious and I am certainly still counting my blessings for not throwing up yet. I'm pretty sure I have escaped that one and I am feeling very lucky!

So, in other news, it is still cold in Cheyenne!! And if it is a beautiful day with no snow and plenty of sunshine the wind is sure to blow and make what looks like a wonderful day, not so wonderful. I'm counting down the days to my trip home. I'm very excited to feel the sunshine on my skin again in two weeks. Hopefully the sun will shine without the wind soon in Cheyenne. I'm hoping that by May it is nice enough to go outside with just a sweater on!

Things around the house are progressing. We have painted the baby's room and put what furniture we have already inside. The cradle will be going downstairs once we get a crib. She will be sleeping right close to me so I can take care of her for the first few months.

Today the rug I ordered came and I was so excited because not only did it come early, but it is absolutely perfect!! I'm in love with it and I am hoping to finally be able to finish up her room. I'm trying to bring in some other colors so it isn't just PINK! I want something soft and sweet. We will see how this all works out though. I will post more pictures as I get things done, but here is what we have for now!

 Right now I have only completed one of the curtains. I wanted to get it up and see what it looks like before I did the next one to see if I wanted to make any changes. I really like it so I'm going to go ahead and make the next one this week. :-)

 Her changing table still needs the pad, but my wonderful mom is making a new cover for me. So, until I get it the changing table is a clothes holder. Fun little sentimental fact.... The wooden boy and girl carvings on top of the dresser my mom made for my nursery. I have always loved them and I'm so happy to have them to put in my little girls room! :-)

 This rug is just amazing!! Again, my wonderful mother had a part in it. She helped me find it online at Joss&Main. It was an amazing deal and it is just what I want. I'm so in love with it because it is sweet enough for her room now, but she can also grow up with it too!

 This corner is pretty boring. I'm got another great deal on the picture frames though. Those pictures were also in my nursery. Love them too! I clearly need more books to put in the book rack. I'm sure that will come with time though.

The closet is nothing too amazing, but I had to show off the shelves that Chris made for my baskets. There is another set of shelves on the other side with more baskets. Chris did such a great job with them and really fixed up her closet well. I love her cute little dresses too. I can't wait to get more!

Well, that's all I got for now. Until next time my belly will continue to grow and hopefully things around the house will continue to get done.

26 Weeks

Time has gone by so fast!! I can hardly believe that I am already 26 weeks pregnant and feeling this little girl ALL the time! It is so much fun, and I'm so excited for her to get here! I am so close to being done with the second trimester and that means there is only one more left!! I'm getting very excited and I've already started buying clothes that I find too adorable to pass up. Here are a few of my favorites!!

I love these little shoes so much! I died when I saw them and just had to have them. I got them at none other than the base exchange here in Cheyenne!

 

So, one day I go into TJ Max thinking, I'm going to look at lamps for our bedroom and I come out with these four little cuties! I just love how sweet they look and the elephant is stinking cute!! 

 

 I don't know what it is, but I just love onesies!! They are so cute and I love that they snap at the bottom so the shirt doesn't ride up on the baby. I'm a huge fan of Lucky brand clothes. For whatever reason, I can think something is cute and look at the tag and it will be Lucky.... or when it comes to babies, it is usually Carter's.

Rompers are adorable, and I had to get this little jump suit for Chris, just because it wasn't pink!

Front

 Back

 Close up on the back..... Those are just the cutest little bum pockets ever!!

I love it when they put cute little bows or something unique on babies clothes. It gives it personality and makes it even cuter! I mean, poka dot pants are cute, but those little pockets just made them irresistible!!!

Sorry, I know that was a lot of baby clothes, but I just love them. They are so cute and tiny and I'm finally going to have a little girl to dress up... Colin & Gavin, your services are no longer needed!! Thanks for the good times when you were toddlers though! :-) (My poor brothers....)

Now onto 26 weeks pregnant!!! Please excuse the no makeup on my face.... just look at that growing belly, it is much cuter!!

I'm growing everyday, feeling her kicks and punches everyday, and overall feeling pretty great!!

Here's to just 14 weeks left! :-)

We Bought A House!

That's right!! We bought a house! We have actually been in it for 3 weeks now and we love it so much! There are lots of little & big projects that we want to tackle to make it our own! Since we have been in we have mostly just painted things, but as time goes on and more projects are finished I will be sure to show you pictures.

So, let's start with all the before pictures.

This is the living room and dining room right as you enter from the sun room.

Next we have the two bedrooms off of the dining room. First is the guest bedroom which has a view of the front yard. Then, Baby's room and she has a view of the neighbors house. Not very exciting, but she won't be spending much time in there in the beginning anyways.

In between the two rooms is the bathroom. Thankfully, with this place both bathrooms had just been remodeled and so they looked pretty nice and we won't have to do much work in them.

Off the dining room is the kitchen and I only have one really bad picture, which doesn't even show the whole kitchen. We are hoping to be able to remodel the whole kitchen, but that will come in time.

Downstairs is the basement, obviously, which has been made into a master suite of kinds.

There is a nice big room for our furniture...

A good sized walk-in closet with plenty of space for storage and all of my shoes! :-)

Then there is this really cool room with lots of storage space. It will be my office/craft room.

The bathroom is nothing exciting, but it is finished and it looks pretty nice. We like it...maybe one day we will repaint the walls though.


And there you have it! That is our little house.

Now, on to the fun part! Making it our own!

The first room that we went ahead and painted was the master bedroom. I don't know if you noticed in the previous pictures, but it was pink! Like a bright orange, salmon, PINK!

It kinda clashed with our bedding and so we painted it a nice soft blue. (Yes, blue is my favorite color as you will soon find out if you look at any of the other things I post from our house. Not sure there is a room without blue in it.)

We chose the one on the left. It is hard to see in the picture, but it is blue, primer, and then a softer more lavender color on the right. Chris wasn't down with lavender. :-)

I'm really in love with how it turned out, which is good considering all of the time that I spend down here. It is relaxing and peaceful, and warm. I feel safe and comfortable...not to mention Chris has acquired a couple of guns as a very late birthday present and his newest one is sitting on his side of the bed. Overall I think it turned out great! Over time I'm sure we will put more pictures on the wall... sorry you can't see the ones that are on the walls, they're nothing special though. I would love to have pictures of our baby down here... well actually everywhere! :-)

So, that's our house and our first project finished. We have finished a couple more, but I'll post those on a later date when the rooms are actually clean enough to take a picture of them. :-) Moving in takes time and it can be so stressful. It is also slow when you are pregnant and can't do as much as you usually would. But, I have really loved making this little house our own.