Tick Tock

I have just realized that time is not slowing down, it's speeding up. We have the nursery done and have started our childbirth classes (only 3 weeks left). *Tick* The salon is coming along nicely and might be done in May sometime. *Tock* Our last big project on our list is selling my house, my brother-in-law will be moved on by May 1st. We have some DEEP cleaning and some minor repairs to make before we put it out there. Now it is deciding between taking an easy route by getting a realitor or selling it ourselves. *Tick Tock*

We had a Dr. appt yesterday and got to do the one hour glucose test. Not bad, just drank a bottle of "orange pop" which tasted pretty good. My glucose came back normal so NO gestational diabeties (yeah!) Went over just a few questions with doc and discussed my last U/S. My placenta is slowly moving up just not out of the woods yet. Next U/S is May 4th, next OB appt is May 14th. *Tick Tock*

Feeling great, a little more tired at the end of my day but hubby has been wonderful! I've also experienced my first couple contractions (braxton-hicks), it seemed odd and at first I was in denial but DH felt my belly and noticed how hard it was too! They didn't last very long, and no pain or any other symtoms with it. Just felt weird, and silly enough to make me smile a bit realizing we are coming into the third trimester! *Tick Tock Tick Tock*

Nursery Pics!

My mom came and helped all weekend with getting this task accomplished and now I love just going in there and wondering how it going to be when our little boy is finally here!!

We had to remove two borders (one that had been painted over, the other on top of that), then sand the edges between paint and where borders were, clean walls, paint walls, touch up and finally freshened up the trim to a lighter beige.

What a relief to have that done. Still have to get the dresser cleaned up, was going to paint it but instead I will just add new handles and knobs. Will add more pics with those updates.










Belly pics to come next time.

Lots of updates . . .

A thoughtful and "loved" gift from Gramy Steph.

He loves it and says "rank ru"



We celebrated our 1st Wedding Anniversary on March 29th! Hubby and I agreed that with my birthday in March, his in April, putting in the salon, and getting ready for baby that we wouldn't do gifts for our anniversary. Well my hubby is sweet, so very smart and obviously knows just enough about women (me-especially) that he had to made some sort of romantic gesture . . .

I'll keep him!!



Had another u/s on Weds and still so exciting to see our little man (yes, reconfirmed 'It's a BOY'). My placents still is touching my cervix and we will know on the 14th weather it has made any progress or not.

Here are the lastest of our greatest!!



Working on the nursery and will have pics soon, I promise!! Went with a jungle theme and painting the walls Celery Sprig green, very light and bright. So far I really like it and will take the pics when we are done with the trim today!!

How do you keep up!

I can't believe how fast time is flying by and I have lots to do before our baby boy gets here!!

We had another check-up yesterday and all is good. Amazingly my blood pressure is pretty low, which scared me at first when the nurse asked if that was normal for me. I never paid attention to the numbers and this one was 92/56. Doc reassured me that this was a good thing as long as I didn't have any bad symtoms such as dizzyness or fainting.

Next appt I get to do the one hour glucose test(gestational diabeties), Oh joy. Also we get another ultrasound (April 1st) to check on my placenta's hopeful rise. Right now it is only partially covering my cervix and we have plently of time for it to move. As I understand he wants an ultrasound every 6 weeks to make sure of its progress, but he did add that if it moves away from my cervix it won't "fall" back . . . sigh of relief.

Haven't gotten to the nursery yet. Work is still staying busy as ever and I've been keeping up just to make sure we have enough money saved for my leave. Being self-employed has its perks but no room for maternity leave.

We (my dad) has been working hard on getting the salon in our house so that when it is time to get back to work it will be a little easier. Here are a few pics of the progress. . .


This is the door to the salon coming from our dining room:



This is entering from the outside door looking to the right where the bathroom will be:


Panning slightly to the left to see the door from the dining room:


More to the left, where my station will be:



A better look at the window I get to look out all day as I work:


And finally, this is the view from my station to where the bathroom is and to the right of it is where the entrance from the outside will be:


I am soooo excited to see the progress and to know this is finally working out. I wouldn't be able to do this if it wasn't for my dad. He has been working hard so I can be home more with my little man and still earn a living. I can't thank him enough!! Also thankful that my Stephmom is patient and understands how much I need his help, while his honey-do list at home gets longer.

Ultrasound Pics!!

What a great feeling to see the first pics of our little one! Everything is in the right places and accounted for. Healthy and on schedule! Its a great experience and hugh relief. Check out the pics . . .

Little Gibby's face and belly . . .


. . . side view of ribs and arm on the bottom . . .


. . . crossing legs . . .


. . . bottom of feet, blurred due to lots of moving. . .


. . . It's a . . .







Keep going!








Little more. . .








Almost there. . .









. . . BOY!!


We are thrilled and DH was still in shock hours after. It was so funny watching everything become more real for him.

Baby Gibby's heartbeat was 167 and heart looked great!

Only one thing that raises some concern, nothing that will affect baby, is that my placenta is on my cervix. Meaning that if it doesn't move up more then I will have to have a C-section. This is ok with me, as long as baby is not affected and pregnancy continues to go as well as it has been.

Now to get started on the nursery!!

What a great weekend!

This week is flying by so fast that I didn't get a chance yesterday to post about my great weekend with the girls!!

I stayed at Ali's on Friday night and true to her word we we up by 6 AM to get ready and get on the road. We drove straight to the Mall of America, Carrie's daughter Keifer hadn't been feeling good all week and decided to take an early nap that was about 3 hours long (she really needed it, and we hoped it was a good sign she was feeling better). Poor Carrie finally got to meet us around 1 while K spend the day with Carrie's MIL and family.

We had a great day shopping and catching up.

Where I live we don't have many places to shop, Target and Walmart are pretty much it. Carrie took us to a couple shops and showed me all the things that I should or shouldn't have. It was so helpful and a bit overwhelming. Thank you, I am so grateful. I will definitely be taking a couple more trips down to check out more things.

She also gave me THIS link to another blog on baby needs products with the research already done. Check it out, its alot of the product Carrie showed me and many of which I plan on getting. **Carrie got me The Happiest Baby on the Block, and I have no doubt Jerry and I will need it.**

Ultrasound tomorrow!!

Quick update #2 . . .

Check up yesterday went great. Baby's heartbeat is in the 160's still (maybe a girl??). He/she was kicking the doppler, everytime we would find the heartbeat you could hear this big swoosh or squelch. The way I was laying I couldn't really feel baby move but later that night I was sitting down waiting for my client and I got a couple thumps from him/her.

Our ultrasound is next week, like I figured. Weds, Feb. 25th in the afternoon!! I can't wait, super excited for the first real glimpse of baby!