I almost forgot!

Last week at our 32 week ultrasound, we found out that the baby's head is down. The doctor and nurse said that the baby will likely stay that way until delivery. So I've been giving the baby pep talks to stay that way and that it won't be much longer. They also turned on the 3D imaging and we got this pic. Look at her chubby cheeks!!!

Read more...

Today is my Birthday!!!!

Well, yes today is the greatest day on earth! I came into the world at approximately 9:27am on this day 34 years ago. I've been thinking a lot in the past week about how this is the last birthday to myself. I will now be sharing my birthdays with not only my wife, but also with my child. I'll be putting her needs first instead of worrying about what I'll be doing to party. I am so thankful to God for another year of life and for the creation of new life. The baby said Happy Birthday to me nice and early this morning when I felt her movement. I am so very thankful and not at all sad about ending this era in my life and starting another. I also know that partying will not be a foreign word, vacations will still happen without children and I will still be me. I will actually be an even better me.

Today, to celebrate I am at home having hardwood floors installed in the baby's room. Last week, we started really working on the room. A friend and fellow realtor lent me the materials needed to patch the walls and ceiling in the room so it could be ready for paint. We ended up doing it ourselves and did a pretty good job. I enjoy doing handyman type of stuff so I did most of it. Then our cousin came in and painted the ceiling and walls all by herself. She wanted to do the room alone so as not to clash with anyone else and she did an absolutely excellent job!!! Today, the hardwoods go in and the ceiling fan goes up. Tomorrow, the crib arrives and is assembled in the room. Sometime this week, our cousin will come back and paint the woodwork. We'll still need to set up the closet with an organizer and put some shelves up. My sister is doing a mural on the walls too.

So, my goal was to have the room done by November. It will be 85% done by November 1st and I'm so happy. I've had a few people tell me they didn't think I'd go to my guess date and I had a dream that I had the baby early. I will feel so much better to know the room is done in case she gets here early.

Kim brought up the carry on bag so we can begin to pack it for the hospital. So we'll be really ready for anything!

Well, here's pics of the last two weeks:



31 wks



32 wks

Read more...

Nesting time!

Well, it's nesting time. Last Saturday I went into the back room and boxed up everything else that needed to be so that it can be moved out. I told Kim I was done and things could get moved. It was girls night out for a friend of mine who is getting married at the end of the month, so I went out and left Kim at home. Towards the end of dinner, I got a text with a pic that showed the room was cleard out! I was blown away because there was furniture, a bed and heavy boxes that needed to be moved and she did it by herself!

She also went ahead and took up the carpet. After doing so, she thought the hardwood floors looked thin and wasn't sure we should get them refinished. So, we had the guy come who was going to do it and he confirmed that if he re-sanded them they would get too thin and would creak as we walked on it. So we asked how much to install new floors and it was three times as much as we anticipated. NOT!!!

Luckily, we already went to home depot and scouted out the fold and lock hardwood and it was only $200 more than what we were gonna pay for the re-sanding. So I'm thinking we will either do that or carpet. Either way I'm ready to decide and get it done! We also had a friend come over that's going to help us repair the drywall damage we have. She even volunteered to build us a window seat and gave us some other ideas. She's not available to help for another couple of weeks but we are sure happy that she is willing!!!

I'm hoping to get the room done by the end of the month. My mother and grandmother in-law bought our crib the other day. It should be to us within 2 1/2 weeks. I was expecting it so soon and I wasn't expecting them to buy it the day we told them about it. We were at dinner for MIL's birthday and they wanted to go to Babies R Us afterwards to look at it and ended up buying it! Wow!!!!

Well here's the last two weeks' pics of my progress for you to enjoy! It looks like I really popped this week. At first I thought it was the shirt, but when I looked at my belly bare I realized it was the belly.




29 weeks



30 weeks

Read more...