27 Week Appt.

• I had my last "4 week" visit Monday, I will now start going every 2 weeks! So crazy how fast the time is going.  I do have to go back next Monday for my glucose test and then again March 15th for another regular appt/ultrasound. 
• My fluid level is also kind of low so the Dr. wants to check that at the next U/S in two weeks. I drank 6 stinking bottles of water yesterday, do you know how hard that is?  Not to mention having to go to the bathroom all the time!
• Our pictures from the U/S sucked- I was kind of upset the tech only gave us 3 and none of them were that good.  He had his hand up by his face so that was blocking some of it. He also had the hiccups while we were there..
• I gained another 3 pounds so I'm up to a total of 12...
• His heart rate was 144 bpm and he is head down (which I realize can still change). 
• The tech was able to tell me exactly where everything was positioned at, which explained some of the jabs I have been feeling in my ribs! :)  
• We went to pick up the crib (we took Michael's grandma's van) and it didn't fit! haha, we were able to get the matress purchased and took that home with us, my Dad is going to pick the crib up Friday after work, again not like were in any hurry!
• The swatches came in (that are posted in the post below) they sent me some so I could match stuff to them, and I'm even more in love with what the bedding is going to look like.  :)

All things Baby

I ordered Brock's crib on Sunday and got a call Thursday that it was IN! Quicker than what I thought it would take. Here is the crib we went with:

photo credit- Babies R' Us

I LOVE it, I think its even better in person. So I'm hoping to go pick it up sometime this weekend or Monday after my Dr. appointment. Once I got the call that it was in it gave me some motivation to call and get the bedding ordered. I feel like we are slacking 'first time parents' I'm sure most first timers already have all the stuff ordered and perhaps set up by now? Hopefully I'm wrong. In our defense we aren't in a hurry by any means especially when the little guys room looks like this at the moment:

It's not quite baby ready wouldn't ya say?! ha.

We'll get there, Michael has been working his butt off so I have no worries that it won't be done, I just get myself overwhelmed at times and need a good sob session thats all. :)

So Thursday I spent most of my lunch hour on the phone ordering his bedding, but I loved every second of it. Mostly because where I ordered it is out of Mobile, AL and the lady had the sweetest southern accent! I could listen to someone with a southern accent ALL DAY! I wish I had one! :) Anyways back to his bedding... Its not going to be here until the first part of April. Here's what we I went with:

Love the minky fabrics, I had originally planned on grays and creams but when I was talking to the lady on the phone she said that it was definately white and gray zigzag print. I was a little bummed but then knew I needed to put some other color in there besides just the gray, I didn't want to use white because first our water is horrible on whites and second white and a small child don't mix well. I also had planned on painting the walls gray, so the more I told her my plans we decided that it would be too much gray so we decided to add in some of the Tiffany Blue color too.  I think I may throw in some navy and lime green colors too, not sure yet though.  I liked this because if we ever have a girl its still neutral and I can throw pinks in with it. I'm excited/nervous to see how it turns out and I hope it turns out as good as the vision I have in my head!!

** Only a few more weeks till little Miss Madison is here-- I CANNOT wait! My sister only has a few weeks left and I'm so excited to meet the little one, I hope she has lots of dark hair! I may have to stop in Fairbury every night before I go home just to get my baby fix! haha- Kidding Em I won't annoy you guys that much! :)

Remodel

I know I just posted pictures a week ago of the 'remodel process' but Michael has worked really hard this week and here is how much it has changed already:

Looking into the livingroom

View from when you walk in from the garage. 

Door to go to the garage and stairs going to the basement

The rest of the cabinets will be ripped out in the next day or two.  I can't wait until the tearing out process is over and we can start 'rebuilding' everything.  I'm ready for the mess of old to be gone and ready for the new mess.  I know that it will be so worth it in the end, it just seems like we'll never get there!!!

26 Weeks

**I will hopefully get a belly picture up tonight**

 

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Gender: BOY- Brock :)

Maternity Clothes: I have worn some maternity shirts for the length, but still wearing most of my normal clothes.  Its weird my jeans still fit but I have to use the belly band with all my work pants, it must be because my jeans are so low rise? Thats what I'm going with anyway!

Weight gain: 9 lbs.... I go to the Dr. Monday so I'm sure I've put on a LOT more, My belly is really 'out there' now.  

Movement: Yes!! He's moving a lot more now.

Sleep: Wake up about every 2 hours it seems lately.

Symptoms: Acid reflux, I had it so bad Monday night I almost threw up from it, it was horrible and then it started to come back again last night around the same time 10:30-11 ish.

Cravings: Gloria Jeans white choclote caramel sounds soooo good most of the time, thank god the closest is in Bloomington and I'm usually only there once a week. :)

Aversions: Nothing really I can think of, I'm just kind of in that stage where nothing really sounds good and deciding what to have a meal times is really hard, I almost wished I had cravings instead, at least then I know what I feel like.

What I miss: Running and feeling in shape, I miss the feeling you get after a good run!

Best moment this week: I ordered his crib on Sunday it should be here by the end of next week, although it probably won't be put up until the end of April, maybe sooner if his room gets finished sooner.   I'm going to order his bedding hopefully tonight when I get off work! :) I can't wait for our appointment on Monday, we will get to see our little guy again!!

House Remodel

Well, call us crazy but we are remodeling not only the babies room but the kitchen, livingroom and hallway, so pretty much everything (in my opinion).  Michael remodeled the one bathroom when he bought the house a few years ago, we just have to finish the back bathroom.  I get overwhelmed when I really sit and think about it.  I had one break down so far (crying, I blame pregnancy hormones). 

We have set up a make-shift livingroom and kitchen in the basement.  Our basement isn't that bad but I think it just depresses me when I'm down there watching TV.  I was off work today and I honestly think I would have rather been at work (thank god we don't have another 3 day weekend till Memorial day and hopefully Brock will be here then or at least getting ready :) Thinking that way makes me happy.  This house better be at least 95% complete by then.

Michael is upstairs tearing out drywall as we speak, and that makes me teary-eyed, because here he's worked all day and now he is up there working his ass off still and I feel so helpless because I can't do a thing. I think I'm just an emotional mess today! ha-ha. He is seriously the greatest hubby.

We ordered the windows and doors so those should be here in a few weeks and then we can put new drywall up!  We already have the cabinets/crown molding picked out but thats a ways away before we can start putting those in.  We still have to pick out the counters, backsplash, appliances, flooring, cabinet nobs.  I think I pretty much know what I want for appliances and we know we want wood floors for the kitchen and carpet for the livingroom area, its just deciding which look we go with.  And then there's the decor and livingroom furniture.... Ahhh I'll just stop there for now, its making my head spin thinking about it! haha.  I will leave you with some pictures,  Michael had already ripped out the carpet, trim and took curtains and stuff down before I was able to get pictures.  He started yesterday while I was shopping with my Mom. So here's the best of what I got for "before" pictures..... I will warn you it IS the original kitchen and verrryy out dated, but we made it work. :)

View from where the kitchen table was, to the right is the hall going to the bedrooms/bathroom

View from the hall to the left is the kitchen to the right is the livingroom and a closet was in the middle there

Kitchen (Ignore the mess on the counter.. We are keeping the original oven... haha kidding!!

View from the front door

Livingroom

Belly Pictures

Blurry Belly Pictures-

Really Blurry! :S

Sorry for the crappy quality, we bought a decent camera last summer, but it seems that if you aren't perfectly still the pictures turn out blurry.  If any of you know anything about cameras and possibly know what it may be please comment, because we can't figured it out for the life of us! Its a Nikon L120.
Anyways, on to the pictures, I feel like my belly has really 'popped' this week, someone else made that comment to me too.  I snapped these pictures really fast before work last Wednesday, so technically they are 24 weeks and 1 day.  I took them in the basement because that's the only mirror that I can see my stomach in.  And then when I was finished I was faced with the elliptical and treadmill :( it made me sad that I haven't been on either of them in FOREVER! I know once I get back to them I will miss not using them! ha, funny how that works huh! 
We had a nice weekend, especially since I was off today :)! We went to Champaign Saturday and registered.  I still have some things I need to add.  I was so overwhelmed by all the stuff.  I know we need everything, but what is everything?  I'm not sure what kind of bottle's he'll take, passies he'll take, etc., so I almost hate to register for that stuff. I think Michael enjoyed scanning the items :).  I showed Michael the crib and glider/chair in person that I want, I think he bout died when he saw the price tags on each of them haha!

24 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 24 Weeks

Gender: BOY!!!

Maternity Clothes: Nope (I am having to use my belly band though most of the time)-- I did just order some maternity stuff (none of its cute, in my opinion).  I bought one top at Old Navy on Saturday while I was shopping along with 2 regular cardigans and the cashier held up the maternity one and was like 'you do know this a maternity top' I kinda laughed and said 'yeah I've been holding off' and she was like 'oh you don't look pregnant'... She made my day but in her defense I had something a little looser on.! I think my belly has really popped out within the last week.

Weight gain: 9 lbs.... ahh!!

Movement: Yes!! He's moving a lot more now.

Sleep: Wake up about every 2 hours it seems lately.

Symptoms: Acid reflux and it sucks!!!

Cravings: Haven't really had any cravings lately.

Aversions: Nothing really I can think of!

What I miss: Running and feeling in shape, I miss the feeling you get after a good run!

Best moment this week: Feeling him move, I love it.  And shopping this past weekend with my Mom, Brock is one spoiled little boy. He got lots of new clothes! :) I had so much fun getting stuff for him!

This wasn't all bought this past weekend, and some of the outfits were gifts!!