Week 26_I LOOOOVE MY BEDDING!!

Hooray! The crib bedding has arrived. Spencer got home first and I made him text message me when it came. I rushed home and immediately put it all together. It is the most perfect bedding for me (and hopefully our son) because it combines the classiness of the Ralph Lauren fabric and frugalness of the WalMart fabric. It was custom made and designed by two wonderful women in Texas who I found on etsy.com. If you've never used etsy.com I highly recommend it. You can get great prices and customized everything! I think my Aunt Patricia should open a store on etsy because she can do the same great things many of these women can do. That's how awesome this website it!

And now, without further ado...

...drumroll please....

I got the bumper, the bedskirt, the toss pillow, and the crib sized quilt. This has really made my day so much brighter! It looks even better in person since the lighting isn't great in the bedroom yet. Everyone is invited to come see it!

98 days to go...but who's counting...Hooray!

Week 25_Still too long to go...

Well this week sure has been topsy-turvy! I haven't been able to keep food down very much or it just upsets my stomach. I feel true exhaustion where my entire body aches. I even had a good cry and I'm not sure why other than pure exhaustion. Plus I had tons to do this week!

25 Weeks and 3 days pregnant!

Last weekend we went to Beaufort Waterfestival and saw tons of people we haven't seen in awhile. Spencer loved the bands and beer and I loved the bands and friends. Our unborn child loved all of the patting and tummy rubs. And for the record, if I know you or you know my family or my best friend's cousin once removed then I certainly don't mind if you'd like to feel my rock hard abs (or rock hard uterus). I still think it's cool too. However, if I don't know you, please don't invade my personal space. I don't go around rubbing your belly so why do you feel like it's okay to rub mine. Even with a child inside, it is still my belly. Plus, I've been extremely irritable recently so there's a good chance I will reach out and rub your stomach right back!

On other updates, I am still completely exhausted and could sleep for 24 hours a day. So much for that second trimester energy boost! The doctor said my weight is just fine though and the baby is growing steadily. Sadly, she said for the last three months of pregnancy I should try to cut out all candy and sugar and limit my carbs because I'm too small to have a 10lb baby. These instructions really make me question whether or not she's ever worked with pregnant women because asking a pregnant woman to give up all sugar and candy is like asking my husband to give up beer. It's laughable! But I'm giving it a go...for the love of this little boy...and he'd better be worth it!

And today my amazing in-laws came into town to help us with the nursery. Before they arrived our nursery looked like a plain bedroom with too much furniture. Now though, it is my new favorite room in the house! It still has a ways to go, but it really is beginning to feel cozy and nursery-like. The men painted the room "bleached denim blue" and Mrs. Kay and I shopped and planned. As an analytical engineering type, my creative design bone is pretty small. Mrs. Kay and Mr. Jerrel have the best ideas and now we will have a perfect nursery to welcome our son home! Below are the basic pictures, but it's going to look even better when it's finished! These pictures really don't do it justice. It's warm and cozy (and not just because Spencer refuses to turn the air on upstairs!).

Also, the custom crib bedding that we ordered will be here this week. I'll post pictures asap because I'm so excited for the "yacht club" plaid!

And so, this week has really been a very blessed week with such wonderful family around, both in Beaufort last weekend and in Smyrna this weekend. We thank God at night for these gifts and the gift of our baby boy. (I just wish I could stay awake to enjoy them more!)

Don't kick your Father in the head smart guy!

So, I have to admit there haven't been too many real milestones in this pregnancy so far for me personally. True, the first ultrasound was a amazing and finding out we are having a boy was a big moment, but it isn't like I am going through a lot of physical changes (or pains) like Teresa. She has to wake up with this guy camped out in her stomach every morning. Me? Just a few tacos and some beer in there. However, this weekend I passed a big milestone, the one every guy waits for.

We were relaxing on the couch talking about how I still haven't felt the baby kick. As if on cue, Teresa felt him rearranging the furniture or something in his man cave. So, I put my ear to her stomach and suddenly IT HAPPENED.....Teresa smacked her stomach making me think I felt something. Real funny. So, like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football I put my ear back to the grindstone so to speak. After listening to the kid slosh around for a few minutes IT HAPPENED....Sally jumped on the couch completely ruining my concentration. So, one more shot at this. Ear back to belly I had a long talk with the kid about how it was going to be my way or the highway for the next 18 years and he needed to give me a sign that he understood and then IT HAPPENED...for real this time. A full fledged kick! Ok, so now my kid has officially kicked me in the head. Probably, not the last time that will happen but a great moment for me. Teresa tells me she gets kicked a lot and that getting kicked looses its charm after the 133rd time but she is just a spoil sport.

In other news, we had baby birthing class on Saturday. Teresa says that apparently a lot of people have done it wrong so now they make us go to class. We didn't learn much, other than ugly people like to reproduce (based on the other people in class, I think one couple were brother and sister.) I also found it quite strange that one couple there is having their second child. Seriously, did they forget how it works? Maybe they screwed it up really badly the first time? I don't plan to screw this up myself. I have completely mastered my breathing excercises and am already packing my "hospital kit"....clothes, camera, Xbox.......