I won! I won!

I am so excited! I had the crib put together with the bumper and mattress and crib sheet but was still missing the crib skirt. I thought maybe I could get by without one but once I put everything together it became very apparent that I needed one or it looked a little unfinished. My second thought was oh, I will just get a plain white one, the matching skirt is mostly white anyway. Well low and behold they don't just sell plain white crib skirts. The only crib skirts I could find anywhere were ones that matched other crib sets (very obviously not matching mine.)

So what to do... what to do... I can't find a plain one, pottery barn hasn't sold mine for years... Enter e-bay! I started searching on e-bay for a skirt to match my bedding. Over the course of a few months I did find a few on E-bay but the problem was that no one just sells the crib skirt. When someone sells their skirt they tend to sell the entire bedding set. Since I already have the rest of the set I didn't want to pay too much and didn't have much luck initially but then I finally found the right set at the right time and I won!!

The package came in this weekend and I took it out and put it on the crib. It is a little wrinkled but much better over all. I need to take everything off and wash it anyway so I figured it would get ironed then.

Speaking of ironing and washing... I am really hoping for this whole nesting thing to kick in soon! I'm waaaaaaaaaitinnnnnnng!!!!! I brought back a bunch of goodies for the baby back from my trip to Texas and not too much has gotten done with it other than a little sorting. The picture below is the nursery pre-nesting. I am hoping to post a picture soon to show you post nesting.

New developments in the 30th week

As you can tell from my last post the baby is definitely growing! My weekly update e-mails this week have informed me that the little guy is now about 3 pounds and around 17 in long! I am becoming very aware of this little growth spurt because I am starting to experience some of the discomfort of the third trimester. The baby has expanded it's home in my tummy up to my lungs and ribs now. This results in me becoming out of breath easily when he is pushing into them. I could just climb up the stairs and have to catch my breath! Also, he sometimes finds a comfortable spot with his (what I assume is a) foot under my ribs. His comfortable spot is not so comfy for mommy. I really can't complain too much.... I am still comfortable the majority of the time but I can definitely tell he is filling up the space in there. The other development is his continued movements becoming more and more prominent in my tummy. I don't just feel him moving anymore. Now he actually moves my entire stomach! The movements feel so big! I can't even imagine over the next 10 weeks he will at least double (and hopefully not triple) his weight! He already feels so big!

Grow Belly Grow!

Here is the 30 week belly shot taken this morning. I have to say I am feeling kinda big. It is funny because at the beginning of my pregnancy I always thought I looked bigger than others thought I did. When I would see pictures I would think, "oh my belly looks way bigger looking down than it does in the pics". Now that I am bigger it has become the opposite. It seems that I don't feel too big and then I see a picture and think "Holy cow! Is that me??" It now looks much smaller looking down at it than it seems to when i look in a mirror or see a picture.

I had another uneventful doctors appointment this morning. The doctor said the baby is still measuring right on track, my weight gain is perfect and the heartbeat is nice and steady. We couldn't ask for much more than that. I did have a slight problem with my tests and have to go on antibiotics for a week but no big deal... It shouldn't affect the baby at all. I am thankful that everything has been smooth sailing throughout!

Belly to Belly

In one of my first posts I told everyone about all my friends that are pregnant. Natalie and I have been friends for sooooo many years and we have really enjoyed sharing this time together. And we are really getting to share it! She is due about three weeks before me, we are both having boys, and we hosted showers for each other both in the same weekend. We had mine on Saturday and then hers on Sunday afternoon... needless to say we were both exhausted!

I couldn't resist posting this cute pic we got of us together at her shower. I am 26 weeks and she is 29 weeks. I have to say the day before at my shower everyone kept telling me I looked so small. All I have to say about that is LIARS! The proof is in the picture! Although mine is lower than Nat's it is definitely sticking out there and looks right on for being three weeks behind her.

I am so looking forward to our boys getting to grow up together and become as good of friends as we have been over the years!

Elbows and knees...

One of the big changes I have noticed over this past week is that the baby's movements are becoming much more distinct. The baby is about 2.5 pounds, the size of a butternut squash, now so I guess he has less room than he used to which makes the movements more distinguishable. For example sometimes he just squirms around but other times I can feel what must be an elbow or knee moving in there. I think I am also just getting to the point where he can kick me in the ribs... oh joy!

It is hard to believe he is THIS big! In reality it is still so tiny for a little person, but it is amazing how they grow, develop and change so rapidly in just nine short months.

Baby's First Bowling Trip

I have been in Pennsylvania all week at a sales meeting for work. Tonight we got to have a team building night at the bowling alley. I thought I matched the bowling ball pretty well, haha!

Where's the baby?

There he is!!!

I have some great girlfriends at work. We don't get to spend a lot of time together because we are in different territories all across the county. We couldn't resist though... we had to get one pic of me with the girls and their "babys".

Tori, Kimber, and Maria at Parkway Lanes