Babies Room!

As I mentioned in the last post, here are some pictures of our little boy's room in progress. We need to decorate the walls now and it'll be almost completed! David and I had fun painting the room. It was a lot of work, but so worth it. David did a great job taping off the cream stripes!Anyone who has the Ocean Wonders mobile I'm sure loves it! It plays really sweet music and has a small light that lights down below and then a revolving light above that has fish and other designs that are projected onto the ceiling. I like to go in there at night and turn it on in the dark and it's so peaceful!




Stay tuned for pics and info from my first baby shower :)

Thanksgiving

Let me start by apologizing for my lack of updates! I am now 32 weeks along and can't believe we're hitting the home stretch. Not a whole lot has happened in the last 6 weeks or so since my last posting, but we have done quite a bit with the babies room, which I will post pics of separately. I have been feeling great other than some back aches (especially after working on my feet 13 hours). And just on Thanksgiving night did I start to develop heartburn. I've never had any all my life, so I wasn't sure that's what it was until I confered with David, who suffers daily from this! I had to work nights Wed, Thurs, and Friday over the holiday so David and I had to make our Thanksgiving rounds quickly in the afternoon. We ate at my family's and then went to his paren't house where we had dessert and played some Bingo :)

Me and my sissies Heather and Juile on Thanksgiving (and no, the pink was not planned! :) David's sister Dana and I being goofy. The photographer didn't give us a warning before snapping the shot!
David's cousin in law's Patty and Adrian who are both due in December. Both are having girls...Elly and Zion. Patty (in red) had to be induced this past Saturday the 25th due to toxemia so they are in our prayers.
My handsome husband and me on Thanksgiving :)

A CLOTHED belly picture ---getting bigger by the day :)

Mini Update - 26 weeks

Howdy...I just started my 27 th week and as of October 19, exactly 3 months our little one is due! Yeah! :) These pics are from last week. Things still going smoothly for us here. Last week I had a stretch of days off work to get some organizing done around the house. I definitely put the time to good use, but still got to sleep in. This little boy has been kicking the crap out of me and as he gets to be bigger and bigger, I think by 9 months he's gonna crack my ribs! ( Don't laugh, that happened to a girl I work with!! ) We bought paint for the nursery and hopefully will get to work on that more here in the next few weeks, but David is busy with church obligations and of course HUNTING season is here! Probably the best news I have is that after 3 years of being on a floor at the hospital that I really dislike, I FINALLY got a position in the NICU! I've been trying to get into OB/Labor and Delivery, but have been unable to do so, so I thought why not try NICU. So PRAISE the LORD he has blessed me with this position. I just don't know at this point if I will be starting sometime right after Thanksgiving or waiting until after maternity leave. Either way, I'm outta there! YEAH!While I was working around the house, I caught 3 of our 4 animals sleeping together on the couch. I couldn't resist snapping the picture! We love em to death! I swear our kitty Holly thinks she's a dog!
This is a picture of Abigail Arbaugh again ( previous pics on the blog from her in NICU). She's doing well and is now 5 months old! She's a sweetie pie and will have a playmate here shortly! :)
First off, I absolutely HATE this picture, but David was there and I was actually wearing "real clothes" so I had him take it. Just look at the belly, not the face and hair!
During my time off work I wanted to make something for a baby, and although I know how to knit a blanket, I think it would honestly take me until the child was 5 before I could get it done! So I resorted to a much less domestic project with the fleece blanket. As you can see, one side is a dk blue ( darker than this picture makes it look) and the other side is striped. It took several hours to do, but I was pretty happy with the results. It's a good size and nice N warm! Hopefully he likes it! I know the cats do!

24 Week Update

Hello everyone! It's been 4 weeks or so since I've updated the site, so I thought it was about time. Not a whole lot of exciting stuff has happened since then, but my belly is definitely getting bigger. I have another appointment this week and I'm sure I'll have a large weight gain! This weekend between going out to eat and the Ohio State game and chinese on Sunday, I think right there is 10 lbs!! Things on my end have been wonderful. Feeling the little guy move quite frequently....not sure what he's doing in there, but he's keeping busy! We've been picking up some clothes on sale along the way. Baby shoes and clothes are just as darn expensive as adults it seems! Still throwing names around and having a hard time agreeing on some. The scary thing is that next month is Thanksgiving, and then Christmas, and then basically it's any day after that! Lots to do before then! Anyhow, my sisters were home this weekend with their husband and boyfriend and we all got to hang out and watch the Ohio State game and see them crush Iowa!! Woo hoo! Among our festivities Heathers husband David and my dad decided they wanted to compare belly's with mine. Couldn't help but snap a picture!

Congratulations!!

I must say a big CONGRATS to my friends Amanda and Nathan Stieg! They recently found out that they will be joining the ranks of the rest of us and entering into boy raising! Amanda is due about a week or 2 after me and I'm so very excited that things are going well for them and that they'll be bringing a little boy into the world!