How far along: 36 weeks
Gender: Girl
Belly button in or out: Out.
Maternity clothes: Still a mix, but obviously mostly just non-maternity things that can be worn unbuttoned/unzipped.
Stretch marks: Still nothing new. Running low on my belly butter and hoping it'll last until baby girl arrives! I bought one container of Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter & have been using it at least once a day pretty much since we found out about Ellie - pretty good in my book!
Sleep: Once (if) I can get comfortable, sleep is fine. Other than the bathroom breaks. And thinking about how I should get up and clean the house or prep dinner at 3 am...
Best moment this week: A quick two minute ultrasound this week to make sure Ellie is head down (she is!). It appears she has grown quite a bit since I last got to see her - 17 weeks ago already! It also appears my body is preparing for her arrival quite nicely. Hoping that means she comes sooner rather than later, but I know she will come when she's ready. I would, however, like to have her here by Mother's Day. :)
Miss anything: Just being comfortable I guess. I feel like I've been saying this forever and it just keeps getting worse. Go figure ;)
Movement: Kicks and squirms. Mostly just her little legs and feet moving around, some arms/hands down low and the occasional hiccups.
Cravings: Loving raspberry lemonade. I also may have given in and eaten an extra large bowl of coffee ice cream last night.
Queasy or sick: Still good.
Looking forward to: This week's doctor's appointment - can't wait to see if she's any closer to making her debut!
I thought I'd share a few (million) pictures of girlfriend's nursery - at least half of which have a cat or two in them. It's not 100% done, but it's pretty close! I have a couple more things to hang up and then we want to add some newborn pictures to the room once she arrives. We're pretty happy with how it's coming along. :)
Looking forward to: This week's doctor's appointment - can't wait to see if she's any closer to making her debut!
I thought I'd share a few (million) pictures of girlfriend's nursery - at least half of which have a cat or two in them. It's not 100% done, but it's pretty close! I have a couple more things to hang up and then we want to add some newborn pictures to the room once she arrives. We're pretty happy with how it's coming along. :)
Considering it's the smallest bedroom in our house (smallest room other than the bathroom), I don't think it looks too cramped.
I think I mentioned this before, but Ellie's rocker was an old chair we had sitting in our basement for the past 3 years. Tyler's parents gave it a makeover and it came out really nice! I added a before picture at the bottom of the post. :)
Love love love this little nightlight!
We got Ellie's crib from Tyler's grandparents and Tyler gave it a makeover, too. The white was an excellent choice if I do say so myself. ;) I added a before picture of the crib at the bottom of the post.
Also, we know the crib sides technically aren't suppose to be able to come down - we'll make sure it's nice and secure for baby girl. :)
The kitty corner.
My mom painted my old bureau white and added some cute knobs - pink and animal print, of course! I really like the little pop of pink.
The only piece of furniture we bought was the little nightstand on Amazon, for some additional storage space and organization. Plus, it will be nice to have a table top right next to the rocker.
Our little library so far.
And the overflow of toys/stuffed animals tucked away in her closet. We quickly realized that babies have a lot of stuff...
All of her clothes have been washed and are ready to go! Her drawers smell like baby laundry detergent when you open them - so good. :)
Here's a before picture of the chair - crazy, right? Rough shape is an understatement.
And a before picture of the crib. It was in really good shape, I just had my heart set on white and I'm really glad Tyler agreed! :)
