Our Journey from 3 to 5!

Our Journey from 3 to 5!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Top 5 Things for a New Mom!

Check out my post on Sara's blog! I am a guest blogger today since she is at home cuddling that super adorable little girl Keelin that was born on the 27th! Congrats Sara!

Will post updates tomorrow from my doctors appointment today!

Here is a picture from 33 weeks!

33 Weeks!!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

NURSERY REVEAL!!!!

Ok! So I got home today and my wonderful husband had taken down the Christmas tree!!!! Sooo that means the nursery was emptied and I can show you all of the pictures!!! So here it is!

Looking in from the hallway

Beautiful Wreath on his Door!


Mobile that I made to look like Pottery Barn


 Name Blocks that I made and his nightlight!
My FAVORITE picture in the room!!!


Glider

Closet- You can see my stock pile of diapers :)

Closet View #2 :)

 Cloth Diapers!!!
Seashells from our OBX trip back in September!


All of the wonderful books that we received at my showers! 

Lots of Catching Up to Do!!!!!

Well it has been WAAAYYY too long, even for me, to go without posting. However I am very excited that I now have an awesome new camera that I can post pictures easily so will PROMISE to keep this updated from here on out because we only have 6 weeks left!!!!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! We had a great time with ours and enjoyed the few days off from work!

So first for some pictures, then some updates!

30 Weeks


31 Weeks

32 Weeks

So LOTS of things have happened since my last post! The most fun of course was that I had 2 beautiful baby showers!!! I will do a post on those later this week after I finish uploading the pictures! They were wonderful and Colton and I were showered with lots of wonderful things! I cannot wait for him to be here so that I can dress him up in every outfit that we have received!

I also have been going to my regular doctors appointments and they decided at 28 weeks that we would do another ultrasound at 32 weeks to make sure that Colton was growing accordingly since I have not gained a lot of weight. Well I was nervous at first and then I was excited because I realized that we could see him one last time before he is born! So Aaron and I went on December 15th to the last ultrasound and he measured perfectly!!! He was 4.9 pounds and in the 60th percentile which the doctor was very pleased with! I was so relieved and have started gaining a pound here and there, so that makes everything a little better! Here is a picture from the ultrasound that you can kind of see his face. He is adorable! (although I am slightly biased!) He is squished a little, but still love it :)

On another note, the "nesting" was in FULL swing and I have cleaned out EVERY closet and room in our entire house! The house has been completely repainted and changed and I am sooo excited that everything is DONE! I think that now I can enjoy these last couple weeks with no major projects to do around the house! AND the nursery will be DONE as soon as the Christmas tree comes down! It is actually done now, but it has the pack and play and stroller in there until we make room in the living room! I couldn't be happier with the nursery and will have a big reveal post on it hopefully by the weekend! I wanted to thank my bestie Amanda for coming over 2 times in the last 2 weeks to help me organize all of Colton's clothes and things! I was so overwhelmed because there was so much stuff! So she came over and helped me and we were able to get it all done AND all of the big stuff put together! So thanks a bunch! I couldn't have done it without you!

I think that is all for now, at least that I can think of! There will be more this week along with another doctors update on Thursday and pictures for 33 and 34 weeks! :)

Now for the Stats!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Total gained of 14 pounds, but only weigh 4 pounds more then when I got pregnant since I lost 10 the first 3 months!

Gender: SWEET BABY BOY!!!!

Movement: Lots! He doesn't kick as much as he used to, but he rolls all the time. He has this new thing where he gets behind my belly button and it makes me cringe because it feels so weird! HA!

Sleep: Not so great :/ I did sleep last night but I think that I was exhausted because I had not slept the last 5 nights! Hopefully this will get better, but at least I will be ready for sleepless nights when he arrives!

What I miss: Being able to shave my legs and put on my boots. HAHA! That is now a thing of the past.

Cravings: Nothing really! I did enjoy a big jar of cherries from my Grandma this Christmas and that was super yummy and made me want more!

Symptoms: Everything has been pretty good. I have to say that Aaron and I both decided the other night that we are ready for me to not be pregnant! Not to say that is hasn't been wonderful, (because I have been blessed with a VERY EASY pregnancy!!!)  but I am starting to get uncomfortable and am really anxious for Colton's arrival! I know that I will miss not being pregnant but I just want to hold that sweet baby!

Maternity Clothes: EVERYDAY!!! And I have really been into leggings!!! They are the MOST comfortable thing for preggos! Love them!

Best Moment this week: Realizing that we have 6 weeks left and only 3 until term!!! So excited and READY for him to make his debut!