My Tummy and Harley

Here is a better picture of my stomach (since many are asking for better pictures of my tummy).  This was over 4th of July weekend though, so I'm a little bigger since then.  I'm taking Harley for a walk in the heat.  We both didn't make it very far that day.  These days Blair is the one who walks Harley.  There are days I'll go with them and waddle behind them to get some exercise, but it's hard to keep up with Harley's steps.  She's always on a mission to find the perfect spot to sniff out.

Then here's another picture from the same weekend (I tried to pose quickly):

Blair and I all dressed up...

We went to a fabulous wedding of my good friend this past weekend.  Despite my pains and sinus allergies, we got all dressed up.  The wedding was amazing and the bride, gorgeous.  We had such a good time and were so glad we could go.  Here is a picture of us all dressed up.  Thanks to my wonderful sister in law for letting me borrow such a cute formal prego dress.  It worked out great and since it was a bubble dress, you couldn't even tell I was 25 weeks pregnant.  And I even wore heels and it wasn't that bad!  Ha!

25 weeks...what is a rutabaga?

I'm 25 weeks today!  Here is what the babycenter.com says about the baby this week:

Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

So I looked up with a rutabaga is and here's a picture:

She is still moving around a lot...kicking, elbowing, pushing, twisting, you name it, I feel like I can feel her throughout 50% of my day - which is a lot when you think about it.  This truly is a miracle!  And yes, I'm still a little freaked out that there's something growing inside of me especially now that I can feel it moving.

We're going to a wedding tomorrow and I'll try and take some pictures to post.

Blair in 1996 or 1997 at my old house!

So I knew I hadn't posted in a while, and thought I'd do another one today.  Here is a picture that a friend of mine found in her house.  This is Blair (and some guy we have no idea who) at our old house on Holidan Way.  He came over after Junior Prom with a bunch of my friends (he was one of their dates) when my parents were out of town.  Don't you just love his tux?  We both vaguely remember this night, but the proof is in the picture...we were friends in high school!  Who knew he would marry me and I'd be carrying his baby?  It's fun to think about the "fate" that was involved.

Nursery in the making

We've gotten started on the nursery and I'm so excited!  With many thanks to my in-laws who helped move the furniture around in the house, the room is cleaned out and ready to fill with baby things.  Here are before pictures of the "office" and a picture of what it looks like now in the first stages of the nursery.  The chair is amazing and we just got it in last week.  It's a glider/rocker/swivel...which makes it comfy for late night feedings and perhaps a rest spot for Blair after a dramatic baby diaper change - since he'll be changing all the messy ones...ha! 
This room was originally pink when we moved in and I had always planned on making it the nursery, so I painted it green within a month after we moved in.  I knew green would go great with a boy or girl.  So the colors for the nursery are green (only on the walls) and the linens will be a white shade (like the chair) and the furniture is most likely all going to be a dark wood and then I'll bring in a touch of pink in the chandelier, rug and accessories.  I've ordered the crib and it's on back order until the end of August...hopefully I won't need it until after then. 
We moved the big desk into the front bedroom along with the office chair and ottoman.  We actually like this a lot better since there's a bed in the front bedroom too...it makes for great telecommuting days for me.  On Tuesdays I telecommute from home and work at the desk and rest on the bed when needed.  Harley's little nap area (under the desk) was obviously moved, so it's taken her a little bit to get use to the new space but I think she's adjusting fine. 

Office Pictures:

Nursery Picture:

More pictures to come when we get more pieces in the room...which will be a while.  In the meantime, I've been framing pictures and paintings I've been meaning to do for months and have been hanging them up around the house...I guess it's what is called "nesting."  Blair will come home from work and I'll be hanging something or moving something around and his comment is "Ah...nesting again?"  I'm really having a good time organizing everything though.

22 Weeks and 4 Days

Here's a picture of me at 22 weeks and 4 days.  I'm definitely showing and instead of people ignoring the "questionable" bump on my stomach, they are all stopping me and asking me my due date or making baby comments.  People have been asking me what I'm craving and it's really the same thing...anything with fruit!  I've moved on to Cheerios instead of Fruit Loops and my absolute favorite thing to make is smoothies.  I'll make a banana/blueberry smoothie or banana/kiwi smoothie.  My Mom has been making me some green smoothies, which is fruit and some sort of vegetable like celery, kale or carrots.  I'm also eating a lot of whole fruits, especially watermelon, oranges, apples and blueberries.  And for a bad treat, I'll eat ice cream.  Sonic Happy Hour (2-4) is awesome!  I go on Tuesdays when I work from home and take Harley with me...she loves Sonic Happy Hour.  I get a watermelon or cherry limeade slushie for 86 cents!  I've tried all their flavors and these two are my favorite.  I guess this is really a bad treat too because it's mostly sugar.  I highly recommend it to anyone though on a hot Houston day.
Baby A loves to kick and Blair has been feeling her kick a lot, which is really special.  I've been feeling ok, I guess what's expected being 5 months pregers...definitely not unbearable, just a little uncomfortable.  I still love being pregnant, it makes me feel really good and I've been eating so much more healthier and exercising a little more.  In the mornings I do yoga stretches for about 20 minutes (Harley helps by sitting almost on top of me, watches and roots me on).  On Tuesdays I get to go to my Pilates/Yoga/Ballet class for 30 minutes.  I love this class as it helps my legs and butt look good with a large tummy.  The instructors are so encouraging and always talk to me about what they learn I can do.  Then I'm trying to walk a little more.  I'm usually really tired when I get home from work, but I try and go with Blair to take Harley for a walk.  I need to work more on pushing myself to go. 

Here's me at a little over 22 weeks and growing...

Here's Harley excited to go to Sonic Happy Hour (she was moving a lot and this was the best pic I got)