Week 33!!!

 I really need to start setting a reminder to take my belly pics especially since we only have 7 short weeks left to go!!!  I can't believe how fast it's going by.  Her movements are much more pronounced now.  I can literally see every movement she makes and am feeling her in some crazy ways.  Her head is down now so now instead of having her head on my right side by my ribs it's now her little butt and/or feet constantly in that spot.  She sure does love that one spot.  It's very strange to now be able to feel obvious feet, hands, butt, and head all at the same time.  Very strange feeling but very cool and something I definitely want to remember.  Kinda shocking at times but still very very cool.  Last night she had the hiccups for a long while and Michael got to feel them while we were laying in bed watching Sons of Anarchy.

Cravings

Taco Bell hard tacos

Apple Juice

Banana Bread

Strawberry Banana Yogurt

still nothing too wacky... and here I was looking forward to dipping pickles in peanut butter and chocolate ;)

Our New Home

It's official.  We're moving early December!!!  Eeek!!!  The military is giving us movers which we are going to use and then we'll just have to put everything where it goes.  It's going to be a CRAZY December that's for sure!!!  But... since we're going to be moving early December I stand a chance at actually getting my Christmas decorations up!!!  Anyhoo... here's the floor plan!!!

Pearl's Bedding

      Searching for the "perfect" baby bedding is a nightmare when it comes to little girls.  So many frills, and princesses, and weird patterns.  As you all know I am going for an "enchanted forest" look.  Woodland creatures, and magic, and imagination, and such.  Pretty and magical but without the "Disney" look.  This look, as you can imagine, is hard to do when all of the baby girl bedding out there is well... GIIIIRLIE!  Before we had found out that we were having a girl I had found this bedding and had fallen in love with it but wasn't sure how well I could make it work for a little girls room, however I was completely stuck on how fun it would be to have an enchanted forest room.  I stuck with it and I am so glad that I did.  When I received the bedding in the mail this week (courtesy of my loving family) I got it out right away and looked at it to make sure it would still work for us now that the rest of the room is pretty much completely put together (only to be torn down and moved to another house in a few months... more on that to come though).  I had already been thinking and talking about putting bows on the animals but now that it was in the house I just wasn't sure I had made the right decision. It was much more brown that I had thought it was, however I put the comforter on the crib, grabbed one of Pearl's bows that her Aunt Holly had made for her, held it up to the bear and smiled.  It was ADORABLE.  So, I washed the bedding and started making bows for each of the little woodland creatures.  This is the end result.  I think the bows gave it just the right amount of feminine touch! :)

Before

After!!!

Nursery Update!!!

I love love love to putz around in the nursery.  It's my favorite room to be in... which is good since I foresee that I'll be spending a lot of time in there anyways once our little joins us.  We're really starting to feel ready for her.  There's only a few things that we need and a few things that we need to stock up on a little more but for the most part we are ready for her first couple of months with us aside from a few things.  Also, one thing that will change fairly soon is that on top of the white bookshelf there will be a tv and blu-ray player and I'll be moving the other items elsewhere.  This way Pearl and I can watch movies while we're cooped up in her room for late night feedings, excessively long daytime feedings, long crying sessions... etc. etc. etc.  :)

Here's a little sneak peak of the inside of her drawers (because I know you're just dying to see!) :)

This is the top drawer of the changer.  There will be diapers in the first cube.  I just moved things around a little for the picture.

The second drawer of the changer has socks, sleep sacks, mittens, hats, bibs, and bloomers

The third drawer of the changer has a crib sheet, cradle sheets, a changing pad cover, and some other linens (which I need to learn how to fold better)

The door of the changer is where I'm hoarding lotions, shampoos, powders, etc.  Every time I go shopping a get one item to add to the stock.  On the bottom is her health set (which when it's out of the box will be in the first drawer) and her grass drier (which will be moved to the kitchen once she arrives), along with breast milk storage bottles and a small changing pad.

The top drawer of her dresser has footed jammies and gowns.

The second drawer of her dresser has onesies.

The third drawer houses her tutus!  :)

The 4th drawer is 0-3 months

and the 5th drawer is 0-3 months.

30 Weeks!!! Someone slow it down PLEASE!!!

Yesterday marked week 30 of my pregnancy.  I cannot believe there are only 10 weeks left and I haven't done a bit of Christmas shopping!!!  Eeeek!  Lots to do and not much time to get it done!!!  Our sweet little PJ is doing great!  She's bouncing around like crazy.  The doctor says it's time to start counting kicks... 10 in an hour... HA!  She's more like 100 in an hour.  Michael FINALLY felt her move this past Friday night.  We had to use the back of his hand, but she really kicked the heck out of him.  She's only kicked that hard a couple of times and he said "she punched me!!!"  We are really having a great time getting ready for her.  This week we got her crib mattress, mattress protector pad, and 2 sheets and of course I had wash it all and set it all up RIGHT away!  I took pictures of the nursery today too, so I'll be putting that up right after this one.  I have been nesting like crazy crazy crazy!  Today, I even sterilized pacifiers so that they're ready to go in the jar in her room and ready to put in the hospital bag.  I've also started to research exactly what should go in my hospital bag!  Lots and lots to remember.  Good thing I've gotten good at making lists and lists for my lists!.  Now, if I could just remember to call the hospital and make appts.  for the classes that I need to take I'll be doing much much better.

Cravings

Not many really.  We went home recently so I got to have really amazing sushi (cooked of course), great Mexican food, and great Chinese food.

I guess the only weird thing I've started eating since the last time is Peanut Butter and Jelly with fritos on it.  Don't judge me!

Now pretty much everything I eat is giving me heartburn and acid reflux so I'm having to be pretty careful about what I eat and is it worth the burn.