Is it summer yet?

I am so ready for June! Work has been crazy and some of the parents of my kids are really not helping either. This year has been much more trying than years in the past. Just so ready for summer and for Keller to get here! 13 more weeks! I can't believe how quickly this has flown by. I have friends starting to plan showers and it seems so surreal. I keep thinking I need to decide what food to take and what gift to get then I realize it's for me! Crazy!
The nursery is also coming together. I finally found a rug. Turns out it's three rugs. I found them at Target and have stitched two together. I plan on adding the last one on this weekend. It's a perfect size (I might add a fourth if I can find any more at Target). I ended up paying $20 per small rug. That's $60 and an hour or two of stitching for a great rug. Can't beat that.



I also have a few more projects that I can hopefully get to this weekend. The house is clean and Coby is getting better by the day. So excited for a pretty weekend. Hope yours is great!

Nursery Furniture

I've really got into a bad habit on waiting until late in the week to recap the weekend. I think it's because we have been so busy on the weekends that it takes me that long to recoup. Friday night we put together the rest of the nursery furniture. It only took us about 2 hours too put both the crib and changer together. I am really happy with the way it all turned out. Can't wait to get the matress and the rest of the bedding in.
Here are some low quality iphone pictures. I promise to take some with my good camera once everything is put together.




Saturday we got up, got the house cleaned and then ran some errands. We went to eat lunch then to look for a rug for the nursery. I found one that matched perfectly at Target but it's a little small. So I am trying to figure out if I can some how get two and stich them together. I also found some online but afraid to order any incase the colors don't match.
Then we came home and Coby did the yard and I went to the grocery store. By Sunday I was exhausted! We met my parents for a quick lunch then I crashed for the rest of the day.
Coby is having his back surgery tomorrow. A lower lumbar spinal fusion. This has been weighing on us for awhile now and we are ready to get it over before Keller gets her. It's a fairly involved surgery. It should last about three hours and will probably be in the hospital for 2-3 days. He will be off work for 3 weeks with very limited activity. We scheduled it so I can be off with him next week during spring break. Please keep us in your prayers that everything goes smoothly and that this will relieve all his pain.

22 Weeks

We had quite a day yesterday. We had a painter scheduled to come out and paint Keller's room. He said he would be there early, and he was. He showed up at 7:00 a.m. NOT my usual waking hour on a Saturday. But it was nice to get up and get some things done. I cleaned the house, caught up on laundry. Sidenote, does laundry seem like the neverending task to anyone else. As soon as I put the last load in to catch up a little laundry monster comes and dumps a whole new load in my basket! I was then able to get to the grocery store. All before 10:00! Coby was up and ran to work for a few minutes. He had the great idea of checking Walmart to see if the nursery furniture was in. Turns out only one piece was there (eventhough the girl said all pieces were). He picked up the dresser and brought it home. We had some lunch and then started putting it together. Getting the pieces out put me into a slight panic. The wood color looked like it had a lot of red undertones. It was supposed to be espresso colored. But we are also looking at it in direct light. Once we got it into the room the finished looked much better. THEN, Coby pulled out a the top of the dresser and the molding was broken off. Cue tears, panic, frustration, and a 15 minute bout of searching the internet for another set of furniture. The only other set I had found that was in our price range and I liked was "unavaliable at this time". So we decided to stick with what we had. It was an easy repair, just a little wood glue. I also looked through my "Baby Bargin" book and the brand we bought, Graco, got an A. So I was afraid of what another brand would be. Once it was put together I really liked it. It was heavy and sturdy. We moved it into the room and turns out it's about an inch to wide for the place on the wall I wanted to put it. I'll just have to wait until we get all the furniture in to see if there is another arraingment that would work. If not I guess it will have to work.

I am also really happy with how the paint turned out. It's hard to get a good picture and I'm sure everything will look a lot better once everything it put together, but here's a picture.

I also wanted to mention the "Baby Bargin" book. A co-worker recommended it to me and it has been so helpful. I list brands, price, safety rating of ever baby/toddler item. I have used it as a guide when purchasing and registering for everything. So helpful. Would be a nice little gift for anyone starting this journey.


Everything on the actual pregnancy home front is good. We went to the doctor on Friday. She said everything looked good. Listened to heartbeat and mentioned how much he was moving. I have been feeling him move a lot more and stronger. I can feel patterns of when he is awake during the day. Usually early morning, around 10 in the morning. around 1-3 in the afternoon and before I go to bed. Coby still has not felt him. I think it's just going to take patience. But today was the first day I could see my belly move from the outside. I was laying on the couch with the remote on my stomach. I felt him move and could see the remote move when Keller did. So I lifted up my shirt and sure enough I could see little kicks. That is such a fun feeling. The doctor also gave the the sugar drink for the dreaded glucose test next time. They let you drink it 30 min prior to your appointment so you don't have to sit there for an hour which is nice.
Hope everyone has a had a wonderful weekend!!

21 weeks

Can you believe I am actually posting during the week! I have a few things to catch up on. Here are some more ultrasound photos of Keller...
It's a BOY!! (he's going to be so embarrassed in 15 years;)

The top of his head with his hands up by his face.

His arm and hand. I love this one!

Spine and ribs.

His face. Kinda resembles Skelator here, but you can see some chubby cheeks! Wish we would have gotten a good profile picture.

His legs all stretched out. This is another one of my favorites.

And finally a belly picture of me at 21 weeks. This is the best picture of about 20 that Coby took while saying "work it girl, work it". Hence this might be the only belly pic we will get.

We have picked out paint for Keller's room. We have a painter coming on Saturday!Green as an accent wall and taupe color for the rest of the walls. The green in the picture looks a little much but I promise it isn't so yellowing, neon in real life. Both the green and taupe match the colors in his bedding.

An here is a picture of the car seat we got. I know it's still early but I found this online at Albee Baby. I had looked all over for the Graco Infant Snugride22 and could never find the color or fabric I liked. I wanted something easy to wipe down and a solid color (no Winnie the Poo print please). I figured the car seat is one of the most used and seen baby item for the first few months so I went ahead and got what I wanted while I could.

Well I think I am about all caught up. Now I have to go figure out what we're having for dinner. I had planned for chicken tacos but forgot to defrost the chicken.
P.S. You like the new layout? I did the header myself (after 2 hours of panic that I had deleted my whole blog).