preggo besties

My best friend and I are only a few days apart.  Our friend Jessica has been taking Brittany’s pregnancy pictures for  a while now, and we figured it was time to do one of us together.

I am 34 weeks and 4 days, Brittany is 35 weeks.

week 34

The end is so close yet so far away!

I am starting to feel extremely exhausted again.  I hate this.  I am usually a very motivated person.  But I barely have the energy to make dinner and do the dishes anymore.  Being tired all the time is a major downer as I want desperately to finish the house.  There are so many little projects that could be completed if I only had the energy to finish them.

I think my feet and legs might be swelling up slightly.  And I am starting to have hot flashes.  I had about one good week of sleep and now my body is back on the awake every couple of hours routine.  One minute I am hot.  Then I am cold.  Then I need to pee.  Then the cat is laying on me and won’t move.  Then the covers are all wrong and I cannot get comfortable.  Complain Complain Complain.  I hope this little guy loves sleep as much as I do…

Saturday Jeb and I went to a Child Birth Prep Class at the naval hospital.  I am happy that we went, but I don’t think I learned much more than I already knew.  If anything, though, it was nice to hear a very experienced nurse just confirm things that I had already read.  Also got to learn about the hospitals procedures and what not.  I am still a little bit nervous about delivering at this hospital, but I do feel more comfortable than I did before we went to the Saturday class.  I think, if anything, I am just nervous about the whole child birth process in general.  Having never gone through this before and having my first time be at a naval hospital sort of freaks me out.  But, I know all will work out in the end.

nursery progress (finally!)

What would I do without my mother?

Tonight, her and my sister came over and we got the baby’s room arranged a little bit better and also decorated a tiny bit.  Brittany got me the cutest owl decals and my mom found the perfect homes for them.

The owl decals looks much smaller in the pictures than they do in real life.  The polka dot paper on the changing table is wrapping paper from Marshalls, thanks to mom!  We also lined the dresser drawers with the same paper.

Next step is to find a rocker or chair and also get sheer curtains for the closet.  I also need to clean the paint off the closet floor and get some more baskets for the changing table.  Annndddd I need to find something for the mobile…thinking paper pom poms?  And need to decide on some more artwork for the room. Feels like so much still needs to be done!

Tomorrow I should be meeting my mother-in-law to look at fabric for the baby’s quilt.

I will feel so good when the room is finished!  So thankful for my mom’s help.

Oh and Lynx helped too…

 

33 weeks (and 5 days)

Here I am at almost 34 weeks.  How is it that I went from barely showing/looking pregnant at all, to this HUGE COW.

Ugh, just over a month to go.

In other news, we finally got the crib and changing table this week.  You can see some of the changing table and dresser in the background…as well as a certain cat who loves to hang out in little baby J’s room.  I am hoping to get a few more things done in here this weekend (with my mothers help).

Anyway, baby shower in two weeks.  Baby in about 6.  Time is flying.

floors complete (almost)

This weekend Jeb and his dad just about finished the floors.  Jeb still needs to finish parts of the hallway and most of the trim.  Here are a few pictures!

Our furniture looks so small in the pictures, but doesn’t look so tiny in real life.

Anyway, we are totally excited.  It is hard to believe how far we have come…we finally have our own home.  Something I have wanted for so long. It almost doesn’t feel like ours, it is just too nice.

And while we have most of the big stuff done, there is still a very long list of things we need to do…fun.

I don’t think much of anyone reads this here old blog, but, I need to keep up with the updates.  I know it will be nice to look back on later.

Baby J has been moving up a storm in the mornings now.  It feels like he is trying to kick his way out!  While I think being able to feel him move is pretty amazing, it still sort of freaks me out.  I mean, there is another LIFE living and moving around INSIDE ME.  I don’t think I will ever get used to being pregnant.  I am not a very happy pregnant girl.  I do not enjoy gaining weight one bit.  I do not enjoy the heartburn and I do not enjoy the sleepless nights and having to get up multiple time throughout the night to go to the bathroom.  A more recent discomfort; shortness of breath.  It feels as though this baby is just pushing all of my vital organs wherever he deems necessary in order to make room for himself.  Selfish little dude.

I know all of these things are just a part of having a baby.  Still doesn’t make having to deal with them any easier for me.

I can’t lie.  I am a pretty miserable being pregnant.  But, the closer we get (2 months!) to his arrival, the more less miserable I become.  And I know in the end, all the miserableness and discomfort and sleepless nights will be worth it to hold this little dude in my arms.

31 weeks

Here I am at 31 weeks.

All extra weight seems to be going straight to my belly.  I have not experienced any major discomfort or anything yet, so I know I should feel fortunate, however, I will be sooooo happy when I am back to my normal size…

settling in

We have started to settle into the new house a bit more.  Lynx and Shirley more so than us.

We still don’t have the flooring in yet as we are still awaiting its arrival…  I will be so happy when it finally does arrive.  I am sick of constant dust every where and having to wear shoes/slippers throughout the house all the time.  I am also super anxious to get started on putting everything away as well as start on baby J’s room.  Maybe I can convince Jeb to start doing some baby room things this weekend…

updates

We have made serious progress on the house and continue to do so every day.  I will post pictures soon.   So far we have gotten the new wall up and everything has been plastered and primed.  The flooring (except for the bedrooms) has been removed and we are just awaiting for the flooring we ordered to come in.  Today Jeb is painting and I hope to have the majority of the painting done this weekend.  I painted the half bath that is in the master bedroom last night.  It is a really pretty blue, however, it is a bit darker than I thought it would be.  I think once we get the vanity and everything else in there it will look nice.

We have not done much of anything to our other two rooms, the nursery and the office, but I am hoping within the next couple of weeks we can start making some plans.  I did just purchase some curtains from Urban Outfitters for the baby room, which I hope to use as either the curtain for the closet or the window, or both.

What can I say?  It was love at first sight.  I haven’t really had a vision for the babies room other than certain colors I thought I wanted to use.  I found the banjowl picture and had to have it and figured I would try to find things that would match with that.  Online, these curtains look like the same teal in the owl picture.  Lets hope they are!

progess

I just ordered this framed print from Society6.com for the baby’s room.

When I found it, I couldn’t get over just how perfect it was.  My love for owls combined with Jeb’s love for the banjo.  Just. Perfect.

We are starting to make progress on the house.  I originally intended on not doing a whole lot of work before moving in, however, after many many talks with Jeb, we decided to just go ahead and do an overhaul.  Things we have completed include a new, more secure front door (sorry, no pic), starting the closing off of the original entry way into the garage…

Before

Doorway framed, now has insulation.

…adding a new entry to the “garage space”…

New door!

….and knocked down some walls…

We will be putting up a new wall which makes the living space bigger and dining space smaller, and when you walk down the hall, you will no longer see this:

Jeb and my dad are working on the tile in the half bath, and hopefully that will be finished this week.  I have ordered our flooring, which unfortunately will take approx. 3-4 weeks to arrive, but will so be worth it.

We are hoping to be in the house in the next couple of weeks, even if it isn’t complete.  I was starting to get a little stressed out with all the decision making, but now that things are finally progressing, I am starting to get excited again!