Baby Bump Progression

Here's a little update---

29 Weeks...and starting to realize how much effort it takes to put socks and shoes on!





27, almost 28 Weeks (looking a little haggard after an impromptu after work cleaning frenzy - I think they'd call this nesting!)



26 Weeks (I think) post apple picking break with Emily!



23 Weeks



22 Weeks (Post Spin Class Sweaty Picture)



21 Weeks (Hiking in Santa Fe while on our anniversary/baby-moon trip)





21 Weeks (Seated Mom's Eye View)



21 Weeks (Celebrating our 2nd Anniversary)



20 Weeks



18 Weeks



14 Weeks



12-13 Weeks

Around the House....

A few things were accomplished this past weekend...and I can take absolutely zero credit for any of it! Mom G-K came to visit. With all the excitement of the last week or so, she decided to come visit and help out around the house. I felt badly about having her drive all the way here to cook and clean - but boy was it a huge help! While I lounged or napped, Mom was hard at work making us food for the next week or two. She also worked on a couple projects that have been on my to do list for forever.

First up - she made us Veggie Lasagna, Butternut Squash Risotto, Roasted Vegetables, and Teriyaki Tofu with Wild Rice. She also stocked our fridge! Her goal was to help me to not have to think about what to eat after work this week. So far - it's working out great! I'm having more food aversions these days along with some more nausea - so not having to think about food is a huge relief to me!

Mixed in with all the cooking - She helped to finally organize our built-in china cabinet. Rather than looking in and seeing boxes...you now see this!



She also helped to organize and clean all our picture frames that have been stashed away since the kitchen renovation began. Just an fyi to anyone doing construction - just because you put things away doesn't mean that they stay clean and dust free. HUGE thanks to Mom for being the one to clean everything. It wasn't a fun job I'm sure!


In the process she turned our bookshelf into a bookshelf again. She even put out all our DVDs again - with one caveat. She wasn't interested in organizing by genre like I would typically do. I told her it was no problem - I'll get to that during my maternity leave! You all know that this will eat away at me until I get it done. Just kidding-well, sort of.



While mom was hard at work on this project, I sat and kept her company. After a while we wondered what Michael was up to.
I took a little trip upstairs and discovered him hard at work on this!


We grew a crib this weekend! Yet another big step! I can't believe we have a crib in the baby's room. Feels pretty real to me!
I also took a picture of the baby's dresser...I may have made a bit of an online impulse purchase. See that pillow - it was cute, I couldn't resist. The "S" is covered up - but it says "Snuggle Up." We also received the most adorable soothing sounds Lamb over the weekend as well from none other than Mama Pelio! And see that tea container on the right...inside is the cutest little hand knitted hat for the baby from one of our artists at the gallery! So sweet! Mom G-K also brought the baby its first wooden dog puzzle. So cute!

Baby Bump Progression

You probably already saw this post - but I added a 26 week picture. Enjoy!

My baby brain is on a bit of a delay these days. It's true - the whole baby brain thing that is. I'm not as smart as I used to be!

It occurred to me that it'd be easier to see the updates and the progression if I showed you the newest picture first. That way you don't have to scroll down the whole post each time.

Brilliant! Duh!

27, almost 28 Weeks (looking a little haggard after an impromptu after work cleaning frenzy - I think they'd call this nesting!)



26 Weeks (I think) post apple picking break with Emily!



23 Weeks



22 Weeks (Post Spin Class Sweaty Picture)



21 Weeks (Hiking in Santa Fe while on our anniversary/baby-moon trip)





21 Weeks (Seated Mom's Eye View)



21 Weeks (Celebrating our 2nd Anniversary)



20 Weeks



18 Weeks



14 Weeks



12-13 Weeks

Guest Room Update

As many of you already know - we had quite the exciting weekend over here. I won't bore you all with the details. All I'll say is that the little person threatened to make an extra-early appearance. After listening to what I had to say, he/she decided that perhaps it wasn't time to come out and play yet. Thank goodness (for now.)

So I don't have much to share with you this week, except this little update on the Guest Room. You may remember that I posted about the ice dam damage last year. If not - there was damage from ice dams last winter. (good- now that you're caught up we can move on.) The damage was primarily seen in the guest room. We're working on remedying the situation before winter is fully upon us. Anyhow in the meantime we had the inside issues addressed.

Here's a glimpse at how things have been looking since last winter:





While we had the painters at the house we decided to fix up the ceiling in the guest room as well. First everything had to scraped down. Then it had to be re-plastered. Here's how that looked...


After a day of drying everything was sanded down and re-painted. I didn't take a picture. Sorry about that! You'll just have to use your imagination.
At least it's done!

On to more important things - like getting some work done so I can go home and sleep. :)

Our Bedroom

The painters also did a nice job on our room.

As you probably can quite easily picture - I had a tough time picking out the color for our room as well. Typical. At first I was planning to stick with the earth tone idea as our bedding is all chocolate brown and ivory. I got a sample for what I thought was going to be a great color. The consensus from both of us - looks like baby poop! Since we figure we'll be seeing plenty of that soon, we don't need to see it on our walls as well! (The real deal might end up on the walls at some point anyway--who knows!!)

So the next idea was either a slate blue or plum color. I narrowed down the options and let Michael pick two samples to try out. (Collaboration at it's finest I tell you!) Here's a glimpse of the process and a few before pictures...









And after day one - think lots-o-dust!







Ultimately we decided the plum was too purple, and the blue was too gray. Rather than trying out another 15 samples (which we were tempted to do) we decided to pick a similar blue tone that was less gray and go for it! I was pretty worried at first, but it's really growing on me! I'm not one to make rash decisions. I know what you're thinking...It's only paint! But still. I wanted this project to be done and I wanted to be happy with the results. I've never picked a bold color before but it works! Not sure it's great with our bedding, but too bad! We're stuck with it! I think it looks really great with our silver light fixture and the silver radiator. Next up - maybe some matching furniture?? Just an idea! And perhaps some new lamps. Maybe something in Stainless or perhaps glass. ahhhh - someday!











It's so nice to have consistent woodwork throughout the house also. It really makes things work a little better together. So...what do you think? Was this a project a success? Either way - it's another thing checked off my pre-baby to do list and that makes me one happy camper! Only about 1,999,000 things left to do! And we only have 12 weeks left! (or maybe less) EEK!