Thursday, December 13, 2012

Nursery Progress

Damien and I are slowly getting the nursery put together.  We have the dresser and crib put together, but still need to pick up the mattress for the crib.  I'm going to do that tomorrow and also start washing all of the baby clothes we received as gifts.  We are still playing musical furniture in the room to figure out the best flow and I think we have a decent plan - now it's just a matter of moving everything around!  Since there are still bags scattered around as I'm trying to stay organized (ha!), I'll provide a picture of the crib so you can see the wall color!  We decided on Valspar, color Sea Air.


 Yep, that's a huge stuffed animal panda bear in the crib!  My great MIL sent Emme an early gift from NYC - a huge cute cuddly bear!  The good news is that the cats are extremely alarmed by it and give it wide berth.  No sooner than Damien had the crib put together was Korben jumping into the crib.  As soon as we brought out Mr. Panda, Korben darted out of the room and hasn't tried to jump in there yet!  They do like to lie underneath the crib though which is okay with me!



Here is a close-up of Mr. Panda so you can get an idea of his actual size - he's HUGE!  (And he is wearing Damien's cowboy hat.)

And I know what you're thinking!  "Whoa whoa whoa, I thought that you were going with pink and purple in the nursery!"  About that...Soon before the baby shower, I was in "must the nursery before family gets here" mode so I set out to the paint stores to find the most perfect shade of pink or purple for the room.  Well, a funny thing happened on the way home from the numerous paint stores....
All of the pink and purple paints in the world just weren't looking good in the room and Damien started to have some serious doubts about a pink in general.  So I tried to figure out other colors that would work with the Jacana bedding set that we had selected.  I agonized over a blue, a green, or yellow, but ultimately was unsatisfied once I put the samples on the wall.  

In the middle of the angst, I started to see commercials for the Heidi Klum collections at Babies 'r Us so I decided to stop in and see them in person.  It was love at first site with the "Boho Harmony" collection.  Just about every color under the sun was included and the vibrancy was just perfect.  I told myself that the only way I would return the Jacana collection was if I could find the receipt.  If I couldn't find the receipt, then we were destined to have the Jacana set.  I must have anticipated our future reactions to a pink room because I found the receipt pretty much attached to the Jacana bag.

So it was a done deal and here is a picture of the Boho collection with all of the extras.  We have received many of the additional nursery decorations as gifts, but I still have a few more left to pick up before everything is said and done.




Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Week 34!

Haven't posted one of these weekly updates for a while - this one is going to be quite different from the previous entries, let me tell you!


How far along? 34

Baby's size?  Butternut Squash

Total weight gain:  28 pounds (
  • See?!  I told you that this entry was going to be plenty different from the others!  All of my clothes from the first trimester are still fitting so I'm guessing this weight is all baby and everything that comes along with that!

Maternity clothes?I pretty much leveled out with these many weeks ago.  My wardrobe definitely isn't as diverse as it was pre-pregnancy, but it's functional!

Sleep: LMAO - what sleep?  Okay okay, it's not that bad, but it is so difficult to get comfortable.  And then once I get comfortable, I have to get up to pee and the whole cycle starts all over again!  The body pillow has been a Godsend though and the nightly back massages courtesy of Damien certainly help alot too!

Best baby moment this past week: Finally seeing the nursery come together!
Miss Anything? I just missed Vanilla Eggnog with a splash of rum - next Christmas!

Movement: Since she is running out of room in there, I feel a lot of sliding movements, almost as if she is just moving her arm along my inside.  At the last ultrasound last week, she was already head down so that explains all of the kicking underneath my ribs!

Food cravings: 
  • Guacamole.  I don't even like avocados usually!
  • Tuna fish sandwiches!
  • Hawaiian Punch - diluted with seltzer or just water! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope!

Labor Signs:  Thankfully none yet.

Symptoms: Tiredness is returning, but nothing like the exhaustion in the first trimester

Belly Button in or out? Waaaaaaay out.

Wedding rings on or off? Not on in the morning, but I can usually have them on for the majority of the day.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy


Looking forward to: Christmas, seeing family, and getting the nursery finished!

Only 39 days Late! The Baby Shower!

Well, I'm back FINALLY!  I cannot believe how ridiculously quickly time has gotten away from me.  Seems like just yesterday I was attending my baby shower when in actuality it was over a month ago!  39 days to be exact...it's almost like I've been wandering in the pregnancy desert, hahaha.  

Now about that baby shower - It was a fabulous day and my friends are still raving about how much fun they had and how delicious the food was.  My fabulous Aunt Deborah and dearest pal Sandya really pulled out all of the stops for this occasion and it was just PERFECT.  We had DELICIOUS food (it was so good that the family is heading back there when they come to visit for Christmas!  We'll be heading to the Tailored Tea for a delicious brunch.)  The games were fun too!

Here are some pictures of the day!

 My dearest Sandya and I - she is the best friend a gal could ask for.
 My amazing Aunt Deborah who I refer to as my Mommy-Auntie!
 The room at the Tailored Tea - we had a cozy room on the second floor.  The building itself is a renovated farm house so there was plenty of old style charm to go around!
 Fabulous friends who arrived for the shower early!  From the left - Cristen, Erin and Chinasa.
 Opening gifts was a lot of fun!  This was an adorable little lamb for Miss Emme!
 Here I am with the CAKE!  It was a cute cake and tasted really good too!  My one regret is having fondant on it because the butter cream was divine!  Definitely going back to this bakery for future occasions!
Friends enjoying the shower!

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Week 25

How far along? 25

Baby's size?  Cauliflower

Total weight gain:  11-12 pounds

Maternity clothes? I've been stocking up on lots of tops and have work and jean maternity pants.  Target has some great finds!  I'm trying not to overbuy though.

Sleep: It is starting to get a bit rough sleepwise.  I wake up so easily at night and am contemplating sleeping in the spare bedroom to keep from waking Damien so many times during the night...or maybe this is good practice for him!

Best baby moment this past week: Lots and lots of movement! 
Miss Anything? Nope, I'm pretty well into the swing of things now.

Movement: Lots and lots

Food cravings: Nothing really as funny as that is.  I'm sure that another craving will strike sooner rather than later.  I HAD to have a bacon cheeseburger tonight, does that count?

Anything making you queasy or sick: Indian food unfortunately. 

Labor Signs:  Nope.

Symptoms: Just the usual which is a good thing!

Belly Button in or out? Half poking out!

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy


Looking forward to: Seeing everybody in a few weeks for the shower!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Week 24 Bump Pictures


A couple of updated bump pictures and yes, there is actually a bump in this picture!
Don't mind my totally whacked out hair...it really does have a mind of its own right now.

Long time no post!

Alright, I officially disappeared for the past month, but I'm back!  Lots of things going on and I just haven't had a chance to update.  ~sigh~  I had every intention of updating this blog regularly, but no matter, I'm back!

Let's see, in the past few weeks, our baby has gone through several fruits size wise including a banana, pomegranate, papaya, and grapefruit:















Other fun things are we finally decided on her name - Emmaline Winifred.  After rolling around the idea of the name Evelyn, we decided to make the switch to Emmaline not because we didn't like Evelyn, but because we just fell in love with Emmaline.  Another issue was that our cat's name is Evangeline (call her Evie) and we didn't want our future daughter to think we named her after the cat!
Winifred was a name that Damien came up with because we wanted to have the middle name be a namesake for my brother Frederick.  Our boy name was Nathaniel Frederick so that is more straightforward, but we weren't in love with Fredericka or any other female version of Frederick so Winifred was decided upon.  

We decided on the paint color for the nursery as well!  We'll be using Valspar - Sweet Lily
Here is a swatch.  It is a nice lilac - not too pink either.
I'm hoping to get the room painted sooner rather than later, but we'll see!  We have several other projects in the works...and by we, I mostly mean Damien, hahaha.  He's been great!






Alright, I'm off to work on the week 24 update and get an updated bump picture posted!

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Week 19 and Gender Reveal!

We found out that we are having a GIRL!!! Woo Hoo!
 
Damien and I are really excited and would have been happy with whoever was cooking in there.  

As far as names go, we had a hard time with girl names because our naming styles were so different (I like older names like Adelaide and Esme, while Damien liked more modern names like Caroline).  Our top four were Miranda, Lydia, Evelyn, and Vivienne.

Evelyn narrowly beat out Vivienne so that's what we're going with!

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How far along? 19 weeks 

Baby's size?  Mango

Total weight gain:  6-7 pounds

Maternity clothes? These bella bands are helping me stretch my pre-pregnancy wardrobe
Sleep: Nightly waking up, but the new mattress is divine.

Best baby moment this past week: Finding out that we are having a girl and that the anatomy scan went well!
Miss Anything? Not this week!

Movement: Yes -first kicks on Sunday night!
Food cravings: Hot corned beef sandwiches, olives, and chips and salsa

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really this week (fingers crossed that this continues.

Labor Signs:  Nope.

Gender Prediction: Looks like I was right!

Symptoms: Just the more frequent bathroom visits, lol

Belly Button in or out? in, but definitely heading out

Wedding rings on or off? on

Happy or Moody most of the time: Great mood this week!


Looking forward to: Getting the nursery put together!