Is it October yet?

Hello All! Again, sorry it has been eons since my last posting, but I have been busy (well I like to think so anyway.)

I am officially 33 weeks today, and couldn’t be any more impatient for October to get here. A couple of weeks ago I had an Ultrasound done to measure Lolo’s growth. Let me tell you, the two weeks prior to this u/s I was a nervous wreck thinking something could be wrong. Alas, the u/s showed her growing as she should be and at that time she was 3.5 lbs., right on target for 31 weeks, though they tell me she is a petite baby and only in the 19th percentile for her “age”, she is just fine, it’s just me that is measuring a week behind. Now all I need to do is stop watching TLC and seeing all the commercials for the “little people” and all that!

Aaron and I start Baby Classes September 8th and those go for 6 weeks, ending a week before my estimated due date, let’s hope I don’t go too early! The way I figure it, having the classes will make the last 6 weeks go by faster; I hope J Also, I have my shower to look forward to! September 20th then the wonderful women I work with are throwing my co-worker Deanna (who is due the same day I am) a shower at the office. All this fun stuff makes October seem like it’s knockin’!

Other than that, I have just been working and nesting.

Is it October yet?

What's New?

Well here we are, it’s August and I am two and a half months away from meeting Lolo! Let me tell you how I can’t wait to meet her and at the same time it still does not feel real. I mean, through her constant kicking and my visual ultrasounds of her, I still can’t believe that I am pregnant. Everyone has told me that time would “just fly by” and let me tell you, it has not. I mean, in retrospect it has, but actually living it day to day feels like I still have an eternity to wait and waiting has never been one of my strong suits, I guess I will have to learn to be more patient.

The past few weeks have been somewhat busy. The planning has started for my shower (I guess if I look forward to that, baby will soon follow, baby steps right?). Aaron and I made a little trip to see our friends Matt and Heather in Chicago, and let me tell you, this was not the same Chicago trip as ones past. It was a laid back mini-vacation and we had a great time, minus waiting for a cab for about a half an hour and almost having one taken from us by some random girl. I’m telling you, nothing would stop a selfish person from doing that, not even seeing two obviously pregnant women standing in the sun. The audacity of some people!

After we got back from Chi-Town, Bird and Batty came to visit! I was very excited because I thought she wasn’t going to be able to see me pregnant since she lives in the FL. But alas, a mini summer vacation up-north for her turned into a visit for me! We just hung out and went to dinner, the usual CH(K)rist(i)y stuff! But I miss her already and I think I missed her as soon as I couldn’t see her car anymore. L

Then this past Friday, Aaron and I along with Jake and his parents headed up to the Monroe County Fair to enjoy some people watching and greasy food (oh how I missed the!) It took me back to the old days of my shakin’ of the lemonade J Let me tell you, nothing, I mean nothing has changed about the MCF! The only thing I really enjoyed was seeing people I vaguely remembered from high school and seeing what their offspring looked like, and most of the time, it was not good. Jake had a great time! He loved everything about it, the rides, the animals, the tractors, and the food, namely the elephant ear in which we shared. I will have pictures soon!

Other than that quick synopsis, there really hasn’t been much going on other than staying busy with things around the house getting ready for baby, and as you know, housework is never done (when a man is also living in the same house – I swear I just washed all the dishes?!?!)

I will also try and get an updated “baby bump” picture posted soon! Hope all is well!

100 Days!

Phew! Milestone! I will finally be in the double digits tomorrow, and to me, that is a lot closer to meeting Lauren. Though, I still think counting weeks makes it seem closer to the end. Think about it, saying I only have 14 weeks left sounds a lot better than 99 days left, but I think it's all because the number is smaller. Anyway, I am excited to reach another milestone and I will have another picture to follow as soon as I look different from my last belly shot! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Check and Check!

Mark two more items off of my 'to do' list! I finally got Lauren's letters finished! After a problem with the wrong ribbon color, I found one that matched the wall color (not what I wanted to do, but had to do). The letters are now the focal point on the wall and not the ribbon. I'm still thinking I need to add more brown to the letters, what do you think?

Also, I finished spay painting the baskets I am going to use as storage - to make up for the lack of storage we have in our house! The inside of the baskets are bare because I am going to make liners to go inside them, once I find a fabric! More on those to come....

Busy Weekend!

This weekend was full of activities! Thursday, I worked a half a day, went up to IKEA, the finished the night off at a friend’s house.

Friday, Aaron was golfing for a majority of the day, so I got to clean and spray paint the baskets for little one's room.

Saturday, we got a call from my neighbor who is an ultrasound tech. and was willing to do a 3d ultrasound for me! Fun right? Wrong, Lauren decided to be stubborn (where'd she get that ;) ) and have her arms in front of her face for the whole hour and fifteen minutes we were in there! Though, we did get some great profile shots and body part shots. Also, it is 100% confirmed, she is in fact still a she! After the ultrasound, we were off to my Uncle's for a 4th of July party. The party, though small this year, was great, that is until my Aunt fell and broke her hip! We had the EMS come and take her to the hospital where she has since had surgery and is recovering.

After all that excitement, church was not in the picture for Sunday morning, so we could get things done around the house that was not able to be completed before. Sunday afternoon, we had Jake's 3rd birthday party to attend, and let me tell you, that boy is FULL of energy!

Here are some shots to sum up the weekend!

A Weekend Well Spent :)

Here is the result of my ENTIRE weekend, though I have to say, it was well worth it! I will take better pictures when the lighting is better. Please, tell me what you think!

The Final result!

Finally!

I think I finally have a hold of my registry! Man, that thing takes a LOT of review and knowledge to complete. I mean, I am not only thinking about what it is I want, I have to think of what Lauren will need. But alas, I have a good handle of it and it can be viewed here: http://www.toysrus.com/registry/index.jsp

Gotta Do This....

I am going to Jazz this up with the color in the room and they will be hung with ribbon above her crib.

Paint Colors

Here are the colors that match the bedding set. So the top part of the wall will be the Beige color, then about 1/3 of the way up from the floor I will do a 5" stripe going around the room to give the illusion of a chair rail and then the bottom will be the pink. I have some fun ideas to do with the top portion, but you will just have to wait and see what those are! Stay tuned!

22 Weeks, 2 Days Pregnant

Not only am I visibly pregnant, I have now started the maternity wear. So many women are afraid to wear maternity, but I come on… IT IS SO VERY COMFORTABLE! I can breathe and I bet Lauren isn’t crammed in there like Aaron thinks she is when I have “normal” clothes on!

Here is a picture to update “the bump”