Beginning the 3rd trimester

Wow, tomorrow begins week 28 or the third trimester. It's so hard to believe that we only have 3 months left until we meet our little girl. Then again, at times, 3 months seems so far away yet. Those 90 days or so are actually pretty busy for us so I know that it will make time go by even faster. Aaron is still in the middle of basketball season with about 6 or so weeks left. We also have 2 more baby showers in the works. The furniture has been ordered and should arrive in another 6 weeks although we were told today that the dresser might be running a little later than expected. We are hoping that it gets here in enough time! As you've seen below, Aaron painted the nursery and today he hung the valances. (See new picture for that.) Now we wait. I don't do that very well so I've been "nesting" as they say. I've gone through closets and dreamt up new projects for the house. Weather permitting, I'd like to have a yard sale before the baby is born. Just to clear out a few more things from the house.


I absolutely love being pregnant. I think it's fascinating to think about what is taking place inside my body. So far, it's been pretty uneventful. I didn't have any sickness in the first trimester. I did have my first encounter with a kidney stone though. I've had some congestion and a sinus infection that refuses to completely go away. Aaron has been absolutely amazing. He's picked up my slack around the house and has been completely understanding of my weird and random crying spells. He's completely taken the initiative on working on the nursery and reading up on what's happening with me and the baby in each new week. Did I mention that he brought home chocolate milk (my latest craving) without being asked? He's probably just happy that I'm past my cream cheese, ham and pickle craving! Aaron has been able to feel her move many times now inside this growing belly of mine. Occasionally now, we can even see her kick if she does it hard enough! Speaking of growing belly, it's amazing some of the comments I've received so far from ding-dongs out there.

#1: Male co-worker of mine

Him: "Wow, how much longer do you have?"
Me: "I still have about three months left."
Him: "Really? What are you having, twins or something?"
Me: "Uh, no. Just one."
Him: "Seriously? What are you growing in there?"
Me: "Ok, really. Just stop."


#2: Another male co-worker of mine

Him: "So when are you due?"
Me: "End of April. Still have about three months left."
Him: "Wow. Really?" (shakes his head)
Me: "Yep." (I can see where this is going.)
Him: "Yeah, my wife was the same way. Got huge with both of our kids."


#3: Male delivery man that has our office on his route

Him: "Hey, congratulations! I didn't know you were pregnant. When are you due?"
Me: "About three months left now."
Him: "That's great. (looks at my belly) "Are you having twins?"
Me: "Nope. Just one."
Him: "Huh, ok." (starts to walk away and then comes back to where I'm sitting) "Are you sure?"

Unbelievable. I'm sure (or at least I'm hoping) that many of you reading this had these same encounters. Ugh. One person today did provide a compliment that I have to throw in to outweigh these other dumb-dumb comments. I was standing in the return line at a store today waiting with six other people for our chance at the counter.

FEMALE customer: (notice the gender!)

Her: "How far along are you?"
Me: "Oh, in my seventh month now."
Her: "Wow, you look really good. You're doing a great job of keeping your weight down. You look great."
Me: (dumbfounded) "Uh, thanks. Thanks a lot. I appreciate that."

Finally. Someone that can open her mouth and not spew stupidity. And that is the beginning of the third trimester.

Painting the nursery

Aaron finished up painting the nursery today and it looks great! He did a fantastic job! Attached are the before and after pictures. This past fall, Aaron's parents came for a visit and his dad helped him to install a chair railing. At the time, we didn't know what we were having but we knew we would like a chair rail either way. After we found out that we were having a girl, we started on bedding and colors. We got a few surprised looks when we said we were using chocolate brown as a paint choice but we really like how it turned out. The pink was supposed to be more of an ice or white pink but after it dried it turned more of a cotton candy/bubble gum pink. A little darker than we had thought but nonetheless, we still like it. So now we're waiting on the furniture to arrive which should take another 7 or so weeks. To all of you who questioned whether or not I would allow the color pink in my house- here's your proof. I'm a changed woman. And kudos to Aaron for his patience with this task- painting is not one of his favorite things to do...

Baby shower #2

The girls at work decided to throw a shower for me and Iris, a pregnant co-worker. Because I am the only female in my office down here, I traveled to Chicago to meet up with the other 10 or so of them. I was able to turn it into a business trip with meetings but after work, we all went to the Mambo Grill in downtown Chicago. There were 10 of us there and 4 that were unable to make it. That's it- only 14 total females in our entire company of 86 or so. We enjoyed dinner and dessert and presents. They all chipped in and purchased us several outfits, a blanket, some cups and bowls, a crib sheet and the valances for the nursery. It was great as almost all of these items were off our registries. The valances are being shipped here to the house and I am very excited to get those hung. This picture is of all of us at dinner minus one- she hadn't made it yet. Iris is sitting to my left.

Baby Shower in Texas

On Sunday, December 22nd, we had our first baby shower at Lavon Drive Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. This is Aaron's parents home church and where Aaron attended while growing up. Although the timing wasn't the best with Christmas being 2 days out, we didn't really have a choice as we will not be back to Texas before the baby arrives. The ladies that hosted did a great job of pulling everything together. The shower was a come and go style with cake and punch. People that wanted to were able to write down their guess for due date, weight, length and any words of advice they wanted to give. We mingled and opened presents. We received a few items off our registry which were exciting to be able to open. A majority of our gifts were gift cards which were perfect considering the long drive and limited space we had in the car. We will apply the money that we received towards the purchase of our furniture which we were not able to register for. Overall, the afternoon was a lot of fun and very helpful in getting us started with the things we will need. (The picture attached is of all of the hostesses that were able to attend that day.)