Well I got a friendly reminder from dad again that I have been slacking on the blog front. I have been meaning to do a blog, but just haven't made it a priority. So here is my update. Baby is moving and grooving lately. I have been feeling her constantly throughout the day and at night and it has been really fun to actually feel her moving around. She is very active, which hopefully means that she's got plentiful athletic jeans just itching to get out and use haha. This is me at 29 weeks...
And here's one at 31 weeks. I can't believe there's only 9 more left. The time has been flying by and it's still is strange to both Dust and I that we are going to be mommy and daddy in 2 short months!
We have been starting to put the baby room together and organizing our house a little better to get ready for baby to come. I took Dustin's old dresser, sanded it down and painted it to match the baby bedding, which we picked up across the border last week. I wasn't sure about the yellow, but I am loving the look together. Brenda helped me find the drawer handles on etsy, which match the chevron bedding and yellow accent perfect... hehe so fun! We still have a few things I want to do to get ready for baby, but it's coming together slowly, but surely.
I also put together the stroller and car seat just to be the keener I am haha. I even got lucky enough to get I a bag full of baby girl clothes from my Aunt Diane as she was getting rid of all her baby clothes, so that's fun too!
And I also took my first swing at making a blanket for baby. Lynz was a HUGE help and thank goodness she was there because it definitely would not have turned out as well without here there to coach and help me through haha.
Dust and I have also started a project of making our own headboard and footboard. We shopped around for a few months and were finding that they were just so dang expensive, so we kept putting it off. Then my cousin's wife, Laura Hill, posted a picture of a headboard and footboard that she had made herself from plans on a website. So we decided to check it out and quickly realized that it was something we could and wanted to do! The website is ana-white.com and it is an amazing site with free building plans and pictures to go with everything!!!! We were so excited and have a few more projects that we plan to tackle in the next few years. So Dust and I (mostly Dust) did the building two weekends ago and I have been put in charge of painting. I decided to go with the antique look, so I stained the wood first with a dark walnut stain and then painted over it with an almond antique color. I did two coats and left it to dry and will be going out to Raymond tomorrow afternoon to sand down the edges to create the antique look. I'm a little nervous, but excited to see how it turns out. Here they are after the first coat! I'll put more pics up once they're done and set up in our room.
Other than that we've been staying busy with me subbing and Dust going to school, hunting and playing bball with some rec teams. Dust has been testing out all his new hunting gear and is pretty stoked about getting out there and shooting something. He spent one night trying on all his hunting stuff and testing his new boots to make sure they were water proof in our sink haha He's such a stud :)
Dust also thought it was very important to trim our annoying sidewalk crack grass growth before the snow came, so he took the scissors out and went to work... I just had to take a pic :)
I got to sub out at West Raley Hudderite Colony all last week and had a blast with the kids. They're such nice people and it was neat to be able to learn more about their culture and way of life. Thank goodness for Raymond as they have been my main source of income for substituting! I have been getting calls from all the schools in Raymond each week and feel very blessed for the opportunity to be subbing so much. I am feeling fantastic and am even more grateful for Zantac as it has saved me from my heartburn and will continue to love using it for the remainder of my pregnancy! Man heartburn is rough!!! I spent one night over the toilet throwing up for 15 minutes because of heartburn and the acidic burps that were coming up... yuck!!! But other than heartburn... pregnancy is great. I had an appointment today and everything is great! I passed my glucose test (woot woot) and everything is looking great! We're getting more and more excited for this Christmas and the new addition coming to our family!
