Isabella's Room

Well, I finally did some more to the nursery and I am very excited to share some pictures! I painted the room awhile ago and let me tell you it was a lot of work, especially the dots in the green, but it was well worth it in the end. We just put the rest of the furniture in yesterday and I finished painting the knobs for the dresser today...yes...I hand painted the knobs!!! I tried to find some to buy, but I just couldn't find what I was looking for, so, off to the craft store I went to buy some paint to do my own. I tried to capture what I could in the picture, but I think they look much better in person! I hope you all enjoy the pictures...it is still not done, but these capture most of it!

Greenwater Adventure

Since it was such a nice day yesterday Jason and I decided to take a little road trip up to the Greenwater area to see if we could find any decent areas to go camping in the near future. We had an awesome day and really enjoyed the sunshine! Miley also had a great time, she just loves going for car rides to new places, especially when we let her get out to explore. We did stop a few times, but at one point we stopped at the river to let her get out to play and took some pictures of our adventure. I am not so sure we found the camping situation we were looking for, but overall the day of exploring was fun and relaxing. Something I really needed after all of the stress from the federal review we just had at work.

Kimmy and Miley by the river!

Where's Miley???

24 week appointment

On Friday I went in for the 24 week appointment and everything looks great! Isabella is growing at a rate that is pleasing to the midwife and she had a very strong heartbeat. It was pretty funny when she had the doppler on my tummy to hear the heartbeat, Isabella kicked it pretty hard about three times, to the point you could actually see it move...very cute!!! Although, I am sure I won't think those big kicks are so much fun as she gets bigger and they get stronger.

On another note, a few weeks ago we made the purchase of the bedding for the crib and then later the paint. I am really looking forward to painting the room, but finding the time to focus on it seems to be a problem lately. Hopefully I will be able to get to it soon and then I will post pictures so you can all see it.

Pink or blue???

PINK!!! It's a girl! We had another ultrasound done today at Baby Pictures, which is a place that does them for fun! The ultrasound tech/owner was awesome, she answered all of our questions and made it a very enjoyable experience (unlike the day before). We chose the gender identity package, so of course, she told us within minutes that our baby is a girl and she also printed us a whole bunch of amazing pictures to go home with. We will definitely be going back to her to have the 3-d/4-d ultrasound done around 28 weeks! We both were hoping for a girl, so we are both very excited, not only to get the girl we wanted, but for the fact that she is healthy and everything looks great at this point! I am really looking forward to going shopping for all of that oh so cute pink girly stuff!!!

It's a....

We still have no idea. The baby had its legs crossed and the cord was in the way. Everything else on the ultrasound looked good. The head is measuring at 20 weeks and 5 days and the rest of the body is measuring at 19 weeks and 5 days. We heard and saw a very strong heartbeat, but other than that, not much activity. I found it kind of funny, considering the baby was VERY active all morning up until about 20 minutes before the ultrasound. I will post the pictures once I am able to scan them!

16 weeks!

I just returned home from my 16 week appointment and everything looks great! The baby had a very strong heartbeat and the midwife was very happy with the progress I am making. I have actually lost three pounds since my first visit, so that was kind of exciting too...and yes, the midwife was fine with it at this point! I felt the baby move for the first time on 2-28-09 and I have been feeling it move ever since! The first few times I wasn't so sure that it was the baby I was feeling, but as the days went by, I became certain it was! My ultrasound is scheduled for 4-2-09, so after that I will get to share if we will be buying pink or blue!!! I am also really looking forward to working on picking out decorations for the nursery, so I will be able to do that after the ultrasound.

Sick...Sick...Sick

As I entered my 14th week, it proved to be a very trying week...Friday started out great! Jason and I went to our second doctor's appointment, where we got to hear the heartbeat!!! It was exciting, as we didn't get to hear it last time, but it didn't even compare to seeing our baby on screen! We received good news from the doctor, she said she doesn't believe I need to be considered "high-risk" and gave me permission to go back to seeing a midwife if I would like to. We left the appointment feeling pretty good about things! On Saturday we were working on painting Jason's room in the garage and by the middle of the day, I wasn't feeling so hot. We finished what we could for the day and I had plans of making salmon and king crab for our special valentine's day dinner, but that didn't happen, instead I was hit so hard by an achy body and high fever, so we headed out for a very quick dinner before the rush, then went and got a movie to take home to watch...I have been on the couch/in bed ever since. I have always heard it is rough to be sick while pregnant, but I never imagined it would be like this. I called the consulting nurse a few times and they kept telling me it sounded like I had the bad flu virus that was lasting 6 to 10 days...are your serious...at this point I was only 3 days in and couldn't imagine another 3 to 7 days of this misery. Well, today I can finally say I am feeling "human" again!!! I am able to sit up on the couch rather than lay down and I feel like I have a little energy. Things can only get better from this point!!!