30 Week Update

The nursery is getting closer and closer to being finished! Last weekend my parents brought over the dressers that they've been storing in their garage for a few months. Below are a few pics of the progress....we obviously still have things to do, but it's getting there. Next on the list.....DECOR (the fun part!) Some things are on order and I should be getting them this week. Hopefully I'll be able to update you next weekend with some pics!!



I'm currently in my 30th week and starting to actually "feel" pregnant. After getting over a week-long nasty cold, I'm now struggling with lower back pain (mainly right hip.) I'm sure this will only get worse from here, but I'm thankful I haven't had to deal with this the whole time (as some women do.) I haven't seen my massage therapist in a couple of weeks (since I was sick,) so I'm hoping my appointment tomorrow evening will give me some relief - she works wonders :-)

Besides the aches, pains & cold, my pregnancy is going very well. At my appointment this past week, my doctor told me my blood pressure, weight gain, and measurements couldn't be any better - so I feel good about that. My uterus grew 3 inches in 2 weeks, so I'm thinking baby had a bit of a growth spurt recently (which probably explains the sudden onset of pain.) I have another growth ultrasound next week, so we'll see how much he weighs now!

On another note..today was a busy day. To make a long story short, one of the houses in back of us (to the left of the green belt,) just sold to new owners. They cleaned up their backyard near our fence line which used to be filled with sticker bushes. Yeah, they weren't the most attractive things on earth, but they've provided us backyard privacy for the past 4 years. So after they tore all the bushes down we now look directly into their back door and have the pleasure of looking at an old rusty shed and dog kennel that is not at all pretty. We had a large maple tree in the corner, but unfortunately it only provides us privacy a few months out of the year when it has it's leaves.

I started doing research on privacy trees. I wanted something that already had height and was fast growing. I found that the Leyland Cypress was a good choice, but to buy these at least 7 or 8 feet to start with , it would have been hundreds of dollars. Fortunately I decided to look on Craigslist and I lucked out. Someone was offering 6 Leyland Cypress tress (10 feet tall already,) and 2 cedars (8 feet tall) for FREE. All we had to do was dig them up. So this morning, Garrett and my dad went and picked them and got them planted in the yard. I feel completely worthless because I can't do any of the physical work right now, but I'm one lucky girl to have such awesome men in my life willing to do things to make me happy! Although the trees do not provide complete privacy yet, it instantly shielded a lot of their yard and gave us back some privacy.

Here they are :)

Garrett borrowed his dad's truck to haul the trees. I think the portion sticking out of the truck was actually longer than the portion in the truck. It looked a bit funny and totally Clack Griswold!


Here's the attempt to transplant the maple that we removed from the area where the new trees were planted. We didn't want to get rid of the tree unless we had too, so we tried to transplant it into another area of our yard. The roots were very large, so Garrett and my dad had to chop some of them. I think my dad's exact words were "I would've never tried to move a tree that f*cking big!" Haha!! We'll see if it works out :)


The babies had quite the fun outside today as well. Especially when we were using the fish fertilizer for the transplants. They were certainly interested in the smell. Casey keeps trying to dig holes, so it will be interesting getting her to stop that habit :)

28 Weeks

Last week I had my 28 week doctor appointment which included a growth ultrasound, glucose blood test, and visit with the doctor. Everything with the baby looks great. He's measuring in the 54th percentile for weight (2 lbs, 8 ounces) and all fluids around baby look good as well. This also marks the start of my 3rd Trimester - we're getting closer!

Here's a recent picture from the ultrasound. The tech tried to get as much of his body in one shot as possible, but he's just too large at this point. Sorry for all the reflections, taking a picture of a picture never works out too well.



His nursery is coming along. I was not a big fan of the first wall color I selected, so after Garrett and my dad painted the first round, I had to break the news that it needed to be re-done. Just too bright for my liking. So another 6 paint samples later, I went with a light baby blue color that I ended up loving. Last night, we put together the crib and the room is starting to look much more like a nursery now. The matching dressers are at my parent's house and we'll be bringing them over here next weekend.

Daddy's little helpers!!

All finished!

Thumbs up!


Over the past couple weeks I completed my registry at Babies R Us. My boss Michelle went along with me which was great because she's such a practical person and I just knew she'd have great advice. It's so hard knowing what you'll need when you're a first time parent! So after a couple hours in the store with her and another trip back the following night with my mom, it's finally finished and off my plate (for now anyways!)

Other than baby, we're all doing well. Garrett's 30th birthday was earlier in the month and Casey's 6th birthday was last Monday. I unfortunately missed out on Casey's actual birthday because I was traveling to South Dakota for a business trip, but she was well taken care of in my absence by her daddy and grandma. We celebrated a few days earlier when I was home - I don't think she cared that much!! As you'll notice on the photo, I didn't have enough icing to write "Happy Birthday Casey", so I had to settle with "Casey" - you get the point :) I also attached a group photo that we always take on birthdays, but this was the best one I could get...Rusty didn't want to look at the camera. Oh well!