third trimester here we come!

We will be 29 weeks this Wednesday! Crazy how time is flying by. The first 3 months dragged forever and now I blink and a month is gone. We have a doctor appointment on Thursday for just the regular check up. That's about all for now on baby news.

Our New Bathroom!

Here is our new bathroom:

Isn't it pretty? Ok, so this is the temporary bath downstairs while Floyd is working on the master bath. I must say, it is a nice shower but can be a bit chilly/drafty in the morning. Floyd is making nice progress on the master. He has all the plumbing done and we should have the new tub installed (no surround) by Tuesday. The tub surround man is coming out on Tuesday to take final measurements to make the surround. It will be the same thing -different color- that we put in at the last house. It is a cultured marble/faux granite look, easy to clean and no grout work like tiling!!!

I think we decided on nursery furniture but not putting a link to pics until we officially order it. I might be changing the bedding I picked for the nursery to these cute bugs I found. Don't worry frogs can still be in the room. I do still like the frogs. This bedding is more colorful than pale green. Again, I am waiting to post a link or a pic until I have ordered it since I tend to change my mind a lot!

It is time again for Floyd to take another belly pic since we hit the 3rd trimester this week. Hopefully, I will remember tonight for him to take it and will post it soon. I had a chat with the baby the other night, and he/she listens well, maybe too well. This little one will be super active one day and not much movement for 2-3 days after that so I told the kid to pace his/herself and be active every day and stop freaking mom out. So this one is paying me back with feet in the ribs and up all night. On the bright side, the little one listened. I feel good overall. Felt like a stuffed sausage the other morning trying to put on a pair of freshly washed jeans. That is always a good feeling first thing in the morning! I have been lucky and only gained weight in the belly and chest until now. A few pounds (but nothing more!) to the hips will be ok. I suppose. Floyd keeps telling me that I'm not fat, I'm pregnant.

I am getting to the point where I am ready for the remodeling to be done, school quarter to be done (yes I am only on my 2nd week in), and this baby to come out. I am sure time will fly by in the next few weeks. Well, I should stop procrastinating and write my paper for class on the seattle building code. Sounds fun doesn't it! I know you're jealous I get to read part of the code and write a paper on it.

Hope everyone is doing well. Spring should be here soon, right?

Yes this is still the same blog but I changed the background. I was getting tired of it being so dark. I am ready for Spring!

I DID IT!

ok, for all of you who have been asking. I finally registered! We are registered at Babies R Us http://www.toysrus.com/registry/index.jsp and I have a wishlist at Ergo baby. http://www.ergobabycarriers.com/babycarriers/category/wishlist/
They have the baby carrier that I would like. I picked out the black with camel but also liked black/green.

As for progress on the remodel, I am a mean wife and insisted that Floyd take a break last weekend and go snowboarding. He has been so dedicated about working on the bathrooms/laundry room that he hadn't been in weeks and the season will be over in another month. So here we are a week later and he has officially stalled out on working on the bathrooms. But that is ok. We are both realizing that we have 3 months until baby joins us!! So I think motivation should be picking up again shortly. I couldn't blame him for wanting to go snowboarding again today-it is a gorgeous day with rain coming tomorrow for Easter.

I finished my classes for the quarter yesterday. Thankfully that is over! I don't go back until the 31st so I have a week to play. Unfortunately, when I say play, it means start cleaning out and organizing the office so we can move it to the spare bedroom plus a long list of other items that I have pushed off doing. ohh, I think baby wants to say 'hi" to everyone. The little one is getting more active. It is fun to watch my tummy move when the little one kicks and moves around. The first time I saw it I almost started laughing in the middle of class.
Well, it is time to go work on more laundry and get the house cleaned up for Easter. Kate, Rich, Shelly, Roger, and Eric (Shelly's brother) are coming over for an Easter dinner tomorrow after church.
I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter!

Week 24

Here we are at week 24! Hard to believe how fast time is flying by. We start our baby classes tomorrow for the next 6 weeks. All is going great so far! Also attached is my new laundry room-upstairs!! No more carrying the laundry up and down! Just in time. Floyd has started working on installing the new tub/shower downstairs. The bathroom will remain unfinished for awhile but will be functional so we can have a shower while we remodel our master bath. So hopefully in the next month I will be able to post those pics.

No privacy!

So most people when they find out they are having a baby think of decorating the nursery. We are not most people. Our first thought was-let's add a 1/2 bath and laundry upstairs and remodel our master bath before baby is born. Don't worry, I am just the supervisor these days. Floyd has been working hard and has almost completed the 1/2 bath-just needs a door (who needs privacy?), a light fixture, and trim-so it pretty much is done compared to everything else.

So onto the laundry room...For that we are stealing room from the main floor bath(soon to be master bath). Right now we have no privacy in the bathroom for showering or other needs. It is wide open exposed to the rest of the hallway. My lucky sister stayed with us while she was in town for a conference this weekend. At least this time we had water, electricity, and heat. The next picture is looking from our bedroom into the bathroom. The second picture is looking from the hallway into the bathroom/laundry room. Today, Floyd is installing the electrical into the laundry room and the plumbing is all done. So leaves drywalling and painting and I should have laundry upstairs within a week. I'll get into the next phase later.....

baby bump

so many have asked for a picture so here it is....officially at 20 weeks and counting.

So we did finally cheat and take a peek into the envelope-no we still haven't opened the envelope but we did read what it said inside. Unfortunately this little one didn't want to tell us. The tech wrote down a % and a guess but nothing for sure so we aren't sharing the % or the guess since we really don't know. This little one already has a mind of his/her own. We might just be in trouble! We have our next appointment next week. I can't believe we are half way there!