Nursery

So, I forgot to take "real" before pictures of when the nursery was a workout room. So imagine the room filled with a big weight bench, weight stand, and a heavy bag with stand (for all you non-fighters out there that is a 70 pound punching bag). For the record, Shawn misses his workout equipment. We didn't have any other spare room to put them in, so the weights went to his cousin's house (they bought the set together many years ago). The punching bag and stand are to be relocated to my mom's house unless we can find someone to buy it from us.

The before pictures are basically just white walls.



Without the windows covered it is hard to tell what paint color that is, but we painted the walls a light beige color and the trim is a chocolate.



After painting, Shawn and our friend George installed dropped down crown molding and behind the crown we put in rope lighting.



Then we finally put the crib in. Once it was all together we put the bumper pads and the bed skirt and sheet on. The theme is woodland creatures.



This is the quilt. The set has a deer, a fox, a bear, a bunny, owls, trees, and a hedgehog (or porcupine, we can't tell which).



Then, we got wall stickers that matched the crib set and put them around the closet.



And over the crib. We also have a little cross over the crib that has a little poem on it.



Then we put the curtains and valances up.



Finally we got the lights behind the crown hooked up so you can see what it will look like.



We are still working on arranging the other furniture in a workable manner. Plus, we are looking for a small bookshelf. When everything is finalized I will put up more pictures.

14 Weeks

So, I started taking profile pictures with the intent to do so every month, but after 8 weeks I forgot to do so at 12 weeks. But I did last weekend for 13 weeks. The funny thing is, I had gained most of the weight that I have gained by the time I took the 8 week picture. Mostly I think I gained that weight from eating lots of little snacks to keep from being nauseous. But the good thing is that I have only gained about 4 or 5 pounds so far.

Here is 8 weeks. The main reason I look big here is that my belt buckle is poking out from the rest of my clothes.



In between pictures I had a birthday (30!). For my birthday my brother didn't buy anything for me, he bought something for the baby. It was Clemson stuff, a little shirt with a matching bib and a banner that I am going to hang outside the door of the baby's room.



This is the shirt under the bib.



And finally, my profile from last weekend. Even though I am essentially the same weight in these two pictures, my body is all shifting around and my belly is poking out way more now. I guess I officially look pregnant! By the way, that is the baby's room. We have started painting. I'll have another post when it is finished.