skip to main |
skip to sidebar
I'm finally pregnant! I mean, I know I've been pregnant for over seven months, but people are finally starting to notice. The other day in the grocery store the checker asked me what I was having. I'm still really small though. I know several girls who are due after me that look more pregnant than I am. I work with a girl who is due in June and she is constantly being told how big she is, while I'm being told "You don't look very pregnant. Have you seen Mickaela? Mickaela is huge!" Nice. I'm not sure what's worse. Telling a pregnant woman how big she looks, or telling a pregnant woman that she doesn't look pregnant. It's a toss up. But I have recently decided that I'm okay with my mini-belly. At my last doctor's appointment, my doctor told me I have the perfect body for pregnancy. I have wide hips and a really long torso, so I carry the baby "very well". She said I will never be one of those women who gets huge. My body is just built different. I know I still have several weeks to go, meaning I Will get bigger. But right now I am grateful I'm not huge for many reasons: I can still see my toes, I'm not swollen anywhere but my belly, I can still bend over to tie my shoes, shave my legs, paint my toenails, etc., I can sit on the floor, and I can still sit in a chair with my legs either pulled up to my chest or curled underneath me. As for other updates, I'm still having lots of contractions and my doctor has now banned me from walking. =-( Matt and I used to walk the dogs together every night, but now he is going solo. I miss my walks, but I'd rather keep little Gertrude inside as long as possible. She's not quite done yet.
The nursery is finally starting to look like a nursery! Yay! I love decorating it and getting things organized and put together, its lots of fun! The last few Mondays, which is my day off, I have spent working on the room. We sold my desk, got ride of a bunch of stuff, and moved everything else down to Matt's office or storage. Then, thanks to my mom, I cleaned the carpets and was able to get rid of several "mystery stains" from the previous occupant (a 2-year-old little boy). I then washed all the walls and the chair-rail and base boards. Then I made cute lavender curtains to add some color to the window and tie in our color choices. Then we put up the border. Here are some pictures of the progress. Still plenty to do, but we have gotten the most difficult things out of the way. Now I can't wait to get the furniture put up so I can start putting gifts and things away!
I keep meaning to write this post, but its been a crazy week and I've been distracted by other thoughts. In our condo complex there are several young married couples. Matt and I have become pretty good friends with two of the other couples. Well last Saturday, Matt went with these other two guys snowboarding. They had a blast! One of the other girls (Jill) who lives across the street is also pregnant with a little girl. She's just due one month after me. The two of us spent the day in Park City at the outlet malls shopping for little girl things. We had so much fun!! I bought a couple little outfits and got some more ideas for the nursery. (The other girl had a wedding, so she couldn't join us.) We both had gotten coupons in the mail for both Carters and OshKosh B' Gosh. So we had fun picking out little things and even got them matching outfits for when they get a little older. I could have spent so much money there! They have way too much cute girl stuff! I had fun picking out her little outfit for coming home from the hospital. Jill and I talked all day and had a really nice, relaxing time. Then that night, the six of us went out for Thai food. Jill's husband served his mission in Thailand, so he wanted us to try it. It was really yummy! Matt and I were planning on registering on Saturday, but then we were invited to go snowboarding and shopping instead. I'm really glad we went though, I think we both needed a day of fun! It also helped inspire me to do the nursery more girly. We were going to do it a neutral theme (winnie the pooh) in case we have a boy next, but I never loved the idea. Then inspiration struck and I decided I really wanted a girl room! After I showed Matt some ideas, he loved the new color theme too. I'm excited to make my vision a reality! We've ordered a few things so far and I'll take pictures as the room progresses. Yay for little girls!
This is on the door to her room
Here is a picture of her hutch
Final wall with pictures from her in the hospital, her changing table, which I love! (if you remember that post from awhile back) and my glider that I also love (which was also a KSL find)
Final wall with pictures from her in the hospital, her changing table, which I love! (if you remember that post from awhile back) and my glider that I also love (which was also a KSL find)
