Showered With Love

I am a bit late posting this, my apologies. On Saturday September 19th we were showered with love, gifts from loved ones, good food, and my favorite.... Lindy's Italian Creme Cake with buttercream icing. That evening I went into the nursery to look at everything we got. I was overwhelmed and still am from the generosity of our family and friends.

I am currently washing tiny pink clothes, booties, hats, blankets, and bibs, and hanging them in her closet. I love washing her things jsut not my own clothes. I cannot wait to post pictures of the nursery, and I will this week. Here are a few pictures from our shower.

Nursery Rhyme with a sonogram of Kira

Little maryjanes

Home renovation update

This is what has been going on at my house this week. This week my house has smelt like paint, sealant, sawdust, and candles [trying to help with the smell]. As you can see we have another working toilet in the house. We also have cabinets in the the other bathroom, which do need to be painted and soon they will be. We also have more cabinets in the kitchen which covers the pantry, so atleast my kitchen does not looked cluttered. The cabinets in the kitchen still have to be stained. I am just happy to have them and grateful to have a husband that has worked so hard to get it all done.

Joe painting our bedroom

Our new granite countertop in the master bathroom.

More cabinets for storage. We have to do touch-up painting.

Yay! We have another working toilet in the house.

Cabinets in the kitchen.

As you can see I need to finish cleaning off my countertop here.

Spic & Span

I hope your weekend will be more delightful than mine.  This weekend I will be organizing, cleaning, washing, and ironing.  The nesting stage has begun to prepare for the arrival of my daughter, but my shower will be next weekend at my house so it is time to get to work.  I have to get this house spic and span.  Don't worry, I will have my husband and Mom helping.

Happy Friday Friends!

Out Of Order

My cell phone is temporarily Out Of Order thanks to 

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The culprit.  

Any time a phone rings Ferdinand finds it.  He starts kicking it around with his paw.  Last time my phone was ringing he found it on the counter top and knocked it on the floor.  When I made it to the kitchen I found my phone in pieces on the floor.  Thankfully, I was able to put it back together.  Well, that was not the case today.  All day I was tracing my steps trying to remember where I left my phone last and who I was talking to .  I remembered talking with my Mom and getting ready in my bedroom.  I looked where I thought I left it, but it was not there, and that was on my dresser.  After looking forever for it I thought it would turn up or when Joe gets home I will have him call it.  So, I decided to lay down, unfortunately my phone was still on my mind.  I started thinking what if Ferdinand found my phone.  I really thought I left it on the dresser.  My dresser had a few things on it that needed to be cleared off, so I started moving the stuff around still searching and found my phone submerged in the cats drinking well [pictured above with Ferdinand].  Who knows how long it had been soaking in there, but out of all the places, he knocks into the drinking well that sits on the floor next to my dresser.  It was in the water long enough that when I found it it wouldn't work.  I know it was him because he is the only one interested in the phone and he was in the room with my phone when I left.  Go figure.  My phone is drying out, but I think I will need to order another one.  Unfortunately I just replaced that phone about 2 months ago.  If you need to reach me, email me.

Thanks Ferdinand!

3D Ultrasound

She is sucking her thumb

It looks like you can see hair here

arm, hand, leg, and foot

Awww...

mouth is open

Monday we went to the doctor to have the 3D Ultrasound.  We got many pictures but Kira had her hand covering her face the whole time.  This little girl is stubborn.  The technician would shake my belly and she wouldn't move that hand.  On Monday we got to see her eye [only one] nose, lips, foot, and leg.  So, we went back today and got several great pictures.  I told Joe she has his lips and he thinks she has my nose.  Joe has full lips and he swears it is from sucking his thumb when he was a baby.  Kira sucks her thumb too.  We got a picture of her doing it.  She has hair but we are not sure how much.  It may be red hair too.  Joe had red hair when he was born, but it turned blonde just like mine was.  She looks a little uncomfortable in some pictures like she is running out of room.  I am so happy we had this ultrasound done.  We got videos of it as well.  We are so excited and can not wait to meet her.

30 Weeks

Hi Friends-

Sunday marked 30 weeks of my pregnancy.  Wow, it is going by fast!  I feel as though I can't get any bigger, but family and good friends told me I look great and that I am doing good.  It is getting harder to get in and out of the car, off the couch, and out of bed to go to the bathroom 5 gillion times a night.  It is now harder to breath and I guess that is because all of my organs have moved up pressing against my diaphragm.  I've had lower back ache but not quite as bad as the back ache I am now having.  It started yesterday and is in the middle of my back.  Oh, how I wish I could put a heating pad on my sore back or wish that I could sleep flat on my back. Thankfully, I have a wonderful husband who gives me back massages to help the ache.  

Kira is moving a lot, especially at night.  Feeling her move is a wonderful thing.