32 weeks

Here we are at 32 weeks.

Mike and I are excelling at parenting already. We know this because:

1. The baby isn't due for 8 weeks and we have ALREADY GOTTEN A CRIB!!! Granted, it's still sitting in a box in the front hall, BUT! We HAVE a CRIB! Dad and Jennifer were incredibly generous and bought a beautiful crib for us that converts into a toddler bed and then a single grown up bed. 
2. This evening, Opie was being naughty. Mike said, "Opie..." in his most warning voice. Opie went upstairs and put himself in time out. 
3. We are making lots of big decisions that have to be thought about over the course of a few days
4. We are doing our taxes and it's January.

We decided to go with blue, yellow, green and pink for the color scheme overall in the room. So, I went to the fabric store and started getting things to recover the chair, which I think will be light green.  The dresser is already a french blue, and the other colors match the sheets we registered for. I think we have some beautiful ideas finally for the room. I am working on making a slipcover for the chair. Fingers crossed that I have the patience to make that happen.

 I decided to make a mobile for the baby, and here's the first/inner ring. I pasted yellow and blue fabric on either side of card stock and cut out butterflies. Then I attached them with clear thread. Then I tied the thread to an embroidery ring. I started with one small ring and then will do a larger one on the outside. We'll put this over her bed. 

31 weeks and Inauguration!

Here we are!  Again with the stupid face in the pictures, but baby girl is growing and kicking! I went to the doctor on Thursday and everything seems to be going well. I am now to the point in my pregnancy where I can't go more than 2 hours away from the hospital. That is crazy. 

It was a week of adventures. After Scare left on Tuesday, I gave a grand rounds at the VA and taught class. Then Josh and Erin Podvin came to visit on Saturday, and I worked on the baby's room on Sunday and we went to the inauguration on Monday!!  

This is the library wall. It is just a start- I am doing 1 more row above and 1 more row below, for a total of 4 rows on each wall. We got a rocking chair/easy chair for $30 off craigslist. I need to recover it, but we are both really pleased with our purchase. The baby's room is starting to come together!

The inauguration was a really incredible experience. The music was beautiful. For some reason, during the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, I started getting really emotional. It was so beautiful. 

My invitation!!! Erin got it from their representative in Georgia! Thanks to the state of GA for letting me have an awesome experience!

The metro- jam packed. 

The waiting masses...

View from where we stood

The parade route

On their way to the inaugural ball. So beautiful. 

30 Weeks

Here we are at 30 weeks! I can absolutely not believe we are at 30 weeks... yikes. This is about to get real.

The baby looks good in this picture, but my face looks ridiculous. I suppose I'll have to get used to that. 

We had a wonderful weekend visit with Scare. It was great to have her around- she was super patient with Mike and I when we went to Babies R Us. That's true friendship. She and I sat in Blueberry's room for a while and talked about different ideas of what we could do with it- I think we're closer to some good ideas for the room. We went to Ikea to see if we could find some furniture, but we didn't find much, so we just got some organizational stuff, a laundry basket, and a hanging star. We finally started our registry at Babies R Us the other day- we are still working on getting it finished.

Yesterday I worked on putting together two diaper caddies- this is a tiny but important victory for me. They smell like babies. I love them.

I went to the doctor today, got to hear the wee one's heart. Sounded glorious. She is kicking all the time now, even when I am lecturing, which is pretty funny for me. I can't wait to meet this little girl.