Loving it!

I have started the registering process.  We are registered at the cutest little boutique here in town (a little overpriced) for just cutesy things nothing too important.  Then we are doing Target (because its pretty universal) and Wal-Mart (which is the only thing in my hometown) for the basics and essentials. Target will be done sometime in the next week or so with Sour.  Wal-Mart will be done on Monday when I venture to Sulphur Springs for my long weekend since Sour will just be working. 
Those places should cover us nicely with all the necessities, but I am thinking about all the adorable things on Etsy I drool over everytime I peruse through (which is probably way too often).  And granted nugget and I and Sour would survive just fine without these things, and believe me I am surely not paying for it at this point time.  But a friend of a friend passed along that you can create a registry on Amazon, and then Amazon lets you add things to your registry from other websites that may not have registries. So let me just say a big Woohoo!!! 

So all you mommies, soon-to-be mommies, and future mommies, remember this!  All you have to do is get the little add-on and its easy as pie! 

To all my interent friendly, etsy obsessed, online shopping addicts, please feel free to use the amazon registry for some fun gifts!  HAHAHA I am so not asking for gifts! I just love how cool and fun it is too add just another option for sweet nugget to loved on and blessed and to be the cutest baby ever!

And this was dinner and dessert!

DIY #2

So I was told today that my belly really has changed since the last belly picture.  So I got Sour to do a pic when I got home from work this evening.  It is literally just a belly picture nothing more, but you can see some of the super cute dress I got this weekend while shopping with the MIL.

Sweet little guy is growing!  That is for sure.  And the wives tale is totally true that if you are carrying a little boy you carry low, because my belly starts so low compared to my friend Megan's belly with her little girl.

So here is the 2nd DIY that I did yesterday.  Here is the inspiration, they are from Pottery Barn Teen

I made my own version of these, put my own little spin to them.  Here are the starting tools/supplies:

Craft paint that works on any material, different size paint brushes, water, wood blocks, hot glue gun, and the plastic animals of your choice.  So basically you just pain the plastic animals whatever color that works for your color scheme or theme.  I choose good size animals with blocks that they would fit on and not topple over.  I wanted them to be heavy enough to use as bookends.  I also painted the wood blocks the same colors.  The animals took a couple of coats.  The green went on very thin, so it took about 3 coats of paint.

You can see here the spots coming through the green paint.

I also let the paint dry pretty throughly in between the coats so the paint wouldn't spread around too much (it tends to do that on plastic).  The wood blocks did well with one coat and just some touch ups.   I used the different sizes of brushes to get in all the nooks and crannies.  After getting all the coats on, I just hot glued the giraffes to the wood blocks.  And here is the finished product!

I am kind of in love them!  The colors are perfect and love the giraffes and just the right size.

We got the crib ordered today!  I think it was in stock so we can get it as soon as the room is painted!  I will share a picture of the crib tomorrow!

Blessed!

What a lovely weekend it has been!  Yesterday, I attended a sweet shower for a friend who is expecting a little guy pretty soon.  I definitely took advantage of the situation.  Made tons of mental notes of all the gifts she got so I knew what to register for.  Then I spent the rest of the day with my MIL.  To say we shopped till we dropped is an understandment.  We looked at cribs at 2 different places ( I think I found THE one), and registered at one of the places while we were there.  The registering was fun!  Luckily green is my favorite color because we are now registered for tons of it! We moved right along to some clothes shopping!  Which is one of my favorite past times, but here lately it has been not so fun.  Well yesterday, it was fun! And overwhelming.  I have now been blessed with a whole new wardrobe hopefully getting me into and through the winter.  So exciting to actually have options when I look into the closet. (Hopefully I will have some pictures to show some of the cute new clothes soon)  I did have to say some farewells to some clothes and put them away for awhile.
Today has been church with a great sermon and then lunch with some family.  And of course I snuck in a little nap after church and then did some crafting for the baby's room.  I thought I would share with you the DIY steps with some pictures.  So here is the inspiration.

So here are the tools/supplies that you start with:

I found some fabric at Hobby Lobby that will match the bedding.  All different sizes of embroidery hoops (I started with 7 because I am not really sure where they are going to yet), scissors, a marker to trace circles and not shown hot glue gun.  I traced a bigger circle then cut them out and fit them in the hoop and tightened the hoop.

 This what they look like after that process.  The last thing I did was hot glue down the edges around the back of the hoop to give a clean finished look.  Like this! I can't wait to paint, so I can hang these up!

I worked on another DIY today too that isnt quite ready, so I will be showing you that later in the week. 

Have a blessed week!

Read Mark 5: 21-43 with a different perspective.

Heart Walk 2012

Hey guys!  Here is a completely unrelated pregnacy/baby post.  So many of you have probably seen on my facebook or have received emails/texts from me about American Heart Associations Heart Walk.  My co-worker Tracie and I were asked to co captain the Heart Walk for Christus Health Shreveport Bossier this year.  I am honored and pleased to take on this challenge.

It hit me though that I haven't reached out to this group of people or through this venue yet.  For donating at least $25 to the AHA Heart Walk you can receive an official t-shirt without actually walking on the day.  By the way that is a handy thing to know, the walk is on Saturday October 6 2012 at LSUS Shreveport, activities start at 0800 and walk starts at 0915. 

 Or another option is joining a team donating and raising money and walking on that day.  I would love and appreciate either of these!  We are trying to break our $15000 goal for the whole health system which we missed by quite a large amount last year.

I personally am walking for sweet little nugget.  I have had the privilege of taking care of many congenital heart disease babies during my time in the NICU.  These families are overwhelmed with the joy of welcoming their sweet little babies into the world and then that is met with the scary realization that your perfect baby is sick.  So I am choosing to walk for all these sweet babies that did and did not make it, and my sweet little man who I pray daily is born healthy, and all the future little nuggets.

I am asking you to find your own reason to walk or to give money to this amazing organization.  The money we raise in this area stays in this area.  We also have some very cool t-shirts we have had made for the Heart Walk for our hospital.  Let me know if you are interested and I will send you an email with a picture of the shirt and the prices.  I actually may post it on my facebook if some people act interested. 

Here is the link for my teams webpage that you can join the team or just simply donate.
Kay Sour Heart Walk Page

Thank you ahead of time for your donations and participation and time.

Half Way There!

Oh My WOW!!! I can't believe we have hit 20 weeks!  It feels like we just told all of our family and friends. Well lets catch you up on the 20 week perks

• Belly is growing!  My belly button is almost flat!
• No food aversions really at all.  Still loving pickles and pretty much any cold beverage (icees, limeades, ocean water, sno cones).  I have my days where I can just eat normal not too much more, but then you have days like Sunday where I had cinnamon cake for breakfast, sonic for lunch, taco bell for dinner, then a popsicle and a chocolate shake and some snacks in the middle of all that.  
• Had a Doc appointment today, baby HR 151, my BP is great, and 5lb weight gain in a months time. Anatomy scan was perfect from a couple of weeks ago.  He is growing right on time.
• Next month I have to do the glucola test :(.  I am nervous about it, hoping its not miserable for me or little one. 
• Sour asked the Doc today if I could drink a caffeinated bevarage, because I have not had one in like 16+ weeks.  He said of course!  So I plan on partaking in one soon.

So some super exciting news...My MIL (mother in law), really my parents-in-law, are fantastic!  They are more than a blessing and more than bless us.  Actually we are getting a whole new bathroom because of a sweet Christmas gift (I will keep you posted on those changes as well, it is going to be o-mazing). Now they have gone one more step, they are letting me pick out our very own crib.  She, with my mom and dad, are making my dream nursery come true.  We are going crib, plus some other stuff, shopping on Saturday.  I thought I would show you some of the nursery finds so far

The BEDDING!!! My parents are making this happen

The rug came in!  Isn't is perfect?!?!?

I do have a question...Is it too early to go ahead and start registering?  I know showers are a ways off but I feel like I want to get on the ball with it and not wait till last minute.

So I am still on my mission to watch my words and actions.  So I challenge all of you to make that intentional in your life as well.  Make sure you are being the person you want the world to see, the person you want your kid to be like.  

Its a GIRL!

For my sweet friend, Megan and her hubs.  I knew it!  So our little guy and their sweet princess can be a cute little couple!  Maybe we will just do an arranged marriage.  The party was adorable with a "Waddle it Be?" theme and cute little duckies everywhere.

So I promised some pics of some outfits.  Well the truth is I managed to capture the weekends outfits but no more.  But at least its a couple of belly pics to keep you updated.  One of my friends says it looks like I have finally popped.

Old Navy dress (which now I wish I owned in every color, super comfortable)

Dress my sweet mom got me and should actually work for a long time into this pregnancy

Next week we will be 20 weeks!  Half way there! 

So I have mentioned my cheapness lately, but this cheap girl got a victory yesterday.  My friend mentioned a Groupon for rugsusa.com, which is a website I have found the rug I am in love with!  I was too late at first, they had sold out, but then I preceded to check all other cities and finally found it!!!  Woohoo!!! Its the small things in life that get me excited!  So I can purchase the rug this week with over 50% off!!!  YAYAYAYAY!!

Moving on...I have really been thinking and this morning in church God really spoke to me

So little guy can hear now especially those noise close to the belly.  So I have started praying out loud, but today it hit me that I need to be more purposeful about what nugget hears.  I want our little man to know what love is and how to show love.  So I need to make sure that I am showing love and watching my words.  I want to make sure that nugget hears the Word of God and knows HIS presence.  Today in church we went over the Armor of God in Ephesians 6, but today I was brought more to the teaching of being the church everyday.  So I want Sour and I to be that witness to our son and families and friends.  I want us to be what our son sees as the way to treat people and live life.  So may today be the first day to be more purposeful of what sweet nugget hears.  

19 Weeks!

Could it really be already 19 weeks!  We will be half way there next Thursday!  We are flying through this like crazy!  I am finally feeling half way normal again, Praise the Lord.  This whole pregnancy thing really slows down the recovery thing.  No cramping/contractions for like 24 hours now, so that is a whole blessing in itself.  Because I am not going to lie, that was scary.  I know poor little man was starving and mad at me for squeezing him!
So 19 weeks...

1. Still love PICKLES!!!
2. Not eating as many pickles because my poor toes turn into sausages sometimes.
3. We are having a BOY!!!!
4. Sort of feeling like I should be putting on a little more weight.  If not that, I am sort of ready to have a more prominent belly.  
5. I think I feel a twinge of a baby movement every now and then but no definite absolute movement yet.  
6. Besides the bug, still feeling really great! 
7. So ready to start on the nursery.

All of my clothing research is paying off.  I am actually getting some cute outfits out of my closet every now and then.  I am not good at remembering to take pictures, but I will try to get better.  This weekend I may even take some awkward self photos in a mirror to give some of you soon to be momma's ideas about what to wear.

Speaking of what to wear...Little Boy already has some outfits!  We are being so blessed by all of our friends and families.  I wanted to share some photos of the adorable things nugget has received.

Precious frames I can't wait to put his little face in

Some of the loot.  Giraffe and elephant blankets, lovies, onsies, and oh so soft Patty gowns!

I have also even picked up a couple of accessories for his room

The "S" is for Sour since we don't have a definite name picked out yet

"Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked." Psalm 84:10

PS  One of my BFF's, Megan, found out what she is having today and we get to find out tomorrow!!!  I may have to share some photos!