Welcome to the 3rd Trimester

Today marks the beginning of the 3rd trimester. I have made it to 28 weeks! The picture below was taken a few days ago though. The decaf isn't working too well this morning so I really cannot think of anything else to say.

27 weeks, 4 days

Closet Dividers

In searching for a way to help organize the closet in the nursery, I decided to make some closet dividers. I printed up labels on my sticker paper from Newborn through 2T and then went downstairs to my crafting lair and got to work. The pictures I have are from before they were laminated. I then punched 2 holes near the top, strung some green ribbon through them and tied them to the closet rod. They turned out quite well if I do say so myself!

(Front view)

(Back view)

I am trying to refrain from putting up too many pictures until the nursery looks closer to being finished. The completed dividers in the closet will be in those sets of pictures. I must be getting back to finishing dinner now.

First nursery pics

I really started working on the nursery yesterday. Unpacking, doing laundry, organizing the closet, buying shelves, etc... As you know Dave has been working on the nursery for over a week. Painting, measuring and cutting chair railing, setting up the crib, etc... Today our work coincided and we both did a lot to really get the ball rolling. Granted it doesn't look like much right now, but we have made some serious headway. The mattress is on the way so we can get the crib all ready soon and we also found a dresser/changing table that is also on the way.

Anyway, here are some pictures of our new shelves, chair railing, glider rocker from Jen and the newly organized closet.

Dave installing the chair railing.

Green shelves w/ lots of books already!

Glider Rocker with quilt and new ottoman covering.

Right side of closet.

Left side of closet and new hamper.

Baby overload

It has been awhile since I've had a chance to sit down and blog. I was in MI in mid-June for Becky's bridal shower, came back to CO, a week later my parents and sister Amy came in for the week, we drove back to MI for a week and a half, had our baby shower, Becky & Ben got married then Dave and I drove back to CO....in a nutshell. Needless to say things have calmed down a bit here and will remain that way until Baby R. arrives. After that our lives will never be the same again!

My wonderful husband painted the nursery while I was at my parents house and now he is working on getting the chair railing cut, painted and put on the walls. After that we can start arranging and decorating the nursery. We had to rent a trailer to get back all of the stuff we received for the little one from my sister-in-laws, Jen and Sharon, and from all our friends and family at the baby shower. I will have to write separate blogs about the shower and Becky's wedding b/c those both deserve their own attention.

The main reason for this blog is to post pictures of our new Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper, which is our baby gift from my parents. This particular co-sleeper acts a play yard, bassinet and co-sleeper all in one. We liked it better than the Pack n' Plays because the weight limits are higher and they also attach to your bed to make it more secure. It arrived today in perfect condition and I set it up in our room to get the animals used to it. It will probably get pretty annoying until the baby comes, but it is better to get your pets used to all the baby stuff in advanced.

Anyway, below are some pictures and stay tuned for our nursery progress.

Set up as a play yard

Set up as a co-sleeper

How it will be attached (we've ordered leg extenders so it will actually be bed height).

24 weeks

This will be quick since my parents and Amy are both visiting this week and I don't want to be on the computer all day.

I have not heard back from my Dr.'s office about my glucose test and according to them no news is good news. Yeah! The little one likes to kick mostly at night and since I get up 2-3 times that gives me plenty of time to enjoy these acrobatics. I skipped the whole "flutters" stage and went straight to the good stuff with this kid.

Anyway, below is my 24 week belly. Only 16 more weeks!

23 week pregnancy update

(22 week belly)

I am currently in my 23rd week of pregnancy. In two days I will be 6 months along. Where does the time go? So far the 2nd trimester has been good to me. I am eating normally, sleeping a lot, and can still get around and do things with relative ease. However, getting up from the floor is proving more difficult as is shaving my legs. Afterwards I feel like I have run a marathon...well maybe not a marathon but I am pretty tired.

I have a pregnancy journal called The Belly Book. It is really kind of a fun way to document this whole journey and since I love to write it works out well. Well the 2nd trimester portion of the book has about 3 pages dedicated to baby kicks and hiccups. Plus the 2nd trimester portion only goes through week 24. So here I am in in week 23 wondering when in the world am I going to start feeling this little one move? Almost everyone I talked to would look at me a little weird when I said I still hadn't felt him/her even back in week 19. The only people who told me not to worry were my Mom and Dave's Mom. I trust them over everyone else since b/w the two of them they had 10 kids!

This past Friday I was sitting at our kitchen table on the computer when I had this weird muscle spasm to the left of my belly button. I didn't think to much of it until the same muscle spasm occurred 2 minutes later and then 2 minutes after that. So now I am staring at my belly willing the spasm to return. Then I see 2 little spasms in a row and realize that my little one is finally letting me know that he/she is in there! Daddy also felt the kicks later that night. I am kind excited that we both got to feel the first kicks on the same day. I always thought it was kind of unfair that the Moms get to experience this little joy long before the Dads.

Since then I have been able to feel him/her move a lot because I now know what I am feeling for. We went to a show last night and during one of the louder songs I was getting multiple kicks/pushes all over the place. This one is a future member of the 2029-2030 Red Wings Grind Line!

Tomorrow I have another ultrasound and my Glucose Tolerance Test. More updates to come!

My super awesome husband!!

Before the baby comes there was one more room in our house that we hated and wanted to do something about. That would be our (formerly) ugly front hall bathroom. It was peach with white tile and a vanity made the year I was born. Yuck!

So last week while I was in Michigan my Dave decided to redo the bathroom for me! We had already picked out the tile, wall color before I left though. He ripped out the old ugliness and got to work making a throne room to be proud about.

He is so cool!

The old ugly bathroom

Ewww.

New tile!

New Vanity

New low flow toilet

Wall art

New mirror and towel holder