Week 26 - Still Painting...

 

Baby Charlotte is the size of a head of lettuce this week!  My lower back pain is starting back up so I went to the chiropractor three times last week which seemed to help.  Night time is usually when I feel my worst and just want to lay down which also feels better.  My belly feels like it the size of a large beach ball although I know it does not look like it yet and I know I have a long way to go.  No stretch marks as of yet as I am actively putting the "Mama Bee" butter on every time I get out of the shower. The weather has been so nice here lately...low to mid 80's...it has been nice to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air.

 

Dave and I are still painting as we get ready for new carpet that will go in next Monday.  We have finished the nursery (just a few touch-up spots) and have moved on to the new guest bedroom across the hallway.  I can't seem to find a before picture but this room we called "The Blue Room".  Big thick stripes of navy blue at the top and even the ceiling was a shade of darker blue.  We had to do two coats of primer on the ceiling and then two coats of ceiling paint to cover it all up.  We finished up the first coat of the new tan color and here is the result:

 

 

 

I think it looks 100 times better...if you were able to see this room in person you know what I'm talking about.  We have one coat left to do tonight and then I will paint the trim of Friday.  I am just about to be too big in the belly area for painting the low areas and especially the trim on Friday will be not fun so I am glad we have gotten this part done and out of the way before I am too big to help.

 



Week 25 - 15 to go!!

 

Charlotte is the size of a head of cauliflower this week.  She is 9 inches long and is weighing in at over 2 pounds.  She moves around a whole lot now and I can see her action through my shirt at times.

 

We are getting all of our registries finished up this week...we are registered at Babies R Us, Target and Pottery Barn.  The nursery is closer to getting finished.  Painting is all finished...I don't know how much more I could have taken of painting the trim while hunched over...my belly was super squashed.  Half of the chair rail is up now:

 



Week 24 - Starting the Nursery

 

Baby Charlotte is the size of an eggplant this week and my uterus is now the size of a soccer ball (according to my What to Expect App on my phone).  My belly area is feeling very stretched.

 

We started on the nursery over the weekend.  We picked out paint colors and got after it on Saturday and finished up on Sunday:

 

Before:

 

First Color:

Second Color:

The bottom color is called "Cement Gray" and the top color is called "Chinchilla".  We will be painting and installing a white chair rail between the colors later this week.  We have decided to leave the closet doors off and will be installing a custom closet organizer and doing either a curtain rod with some sort of curtains in place of doors or just leaving it wide open.  The furniture arrives on Friday and the new carpet gets installed on August 5th!  The nursery will be all wrapped up before we know it!  I can't wait to see it all finished!



 





Week 23 - Moving and Shaking!

 

Baby Charlotte is the size of an ear of corn this week!  She is in full swing of moving around in my belly and I can even see her through my shirt sometimes...it is really awesome!  Dave has finally been able to feel her moving...she seems to move most when I am laying on my back before bed! 

 

I have still been running...on Saturday I ran my first mile in 10:14...not shabby!

 

We had a slight scare over the past couple of weeks.  When I went in for my 20 week ultrasound the ultrasound tech couldn't get a good shot of the neck area so I scheduled another ultrasound for the very next week. When I went in at 21 weeks there was something showing up in the neck/throat area that looked slightly dilated and the doctor referred me to a high risk doctor to get another opinion.  She told me to not freak out that she didn't think it was anything to worry about; however, when you are sent to a high risk doctor your mind starts to wander a little bit.  We met with that doctor this past Friday and were there for 2 hours.  They performed a very in depth ultrasound and were really able to zoom in on the neck/throat area.  We were even able to see Charlotte swallowing (super cool)!  The doctor could not find any sign of anything being dilated or any other problems.  So needless to say we were relieved!  On Friday Baby Charlotte weighed 1.6 pounds and that ultrasound tech said we have a chucky baby already as her belly was measuring into week 24...guess I should start backing off the McDonalds!  So we have had three ultrasounds in the past three weeks...we got to see and get some really good pictures of her if nothing else!

We also got all of the furniture ordered for the nursery which will be in in two weeks!  The picture below is the set we got only it will be in white and the back of the crib will have a panel instead of all slats!  We are excited to have one more thing checked off our list of things to do!




Week 22 - Baby Bedding

 

Week 22 - Baby Bedding

 

Baby Charlotte is the size of a Papaya this week!  Over the next four weeks she is going to double in size...meaning my belly will be growing more rapidly too!  I am already having a hard time bending over from the seated position and getting in and out of cars is proving to be not so fun.  I put on a pair of strappy wedges last week and almost had to hold my breath to buckle the straps...are you kidding me!!  I know I have a long way to go but this is going to get ridiculous I have a feeling!  My heartburn is in full overdrive and I have found the less crappy carbs I eat the better.  Animal Crackers are not my friend!!

 

We finally made the decision on baby bedding and the colors for Charlotte's nursery!  What an overwhelming experience...too many choices, colors and patterns!  I had a slight panic attack last weekend about all of it, but I am really happy with what we have chosen.  I spent many hours looking for the perfect idea / pattern that was not pink.  So we are going with purple/lavender and gray!  This is the crib sheet that I found from Pottery Barn (which they don't even carry in the store so we had to order it online).  I am absolutely in love with everything about the pattern and colors!  I am really looking forward to getting the whole room started!  Dave and I are ripping out old carpeting tonight to get ready for fresh paint and new carpet!

 

We are officially registered at Pottery Barn and Baby's R Us so far.  Pretty sure Target will be added as well.