2 Months To Go!

Baby G's due date is less than 2 months away now, & we are making some major progress in preparing for her arrival! We have been working hard on the nursery. Matt got all of the painting done. Our friends, Tara and Jay, and my mom came over last week. Tara & my mom helped me paint a tree on the nursery wall that the crib will go on. We added silk peonies flowers to make it 3D, & it looks so cute! While we were doing that, Matt & Jay installed recessed lighting in the 4 corners of the room. The lights are on dimmers, which will be very nice for middle of the night diaper changes. The nursery chair arrived as well. We're hoping to hang the chair rail & the curtains this week. I'm so excited to see it all start to come together! Here are some sneak peeks. The pics didn't turn out very well since I took the pictures at the worst time of day possible, but you get the idea. It's hard to see, but there are white flowers painted in the center of the leaves:





Our other big accomplishment this week was buying a new vehicle. It was time to say goodbye to my 2-door Civic days. It just wasn't going to be ideal to struggle with getting a car seat in & out of the back seat. We got a Hyundai Santa Fe. It definitely feels weird to be driving a bigger vehicle after having Civics for the last 9 years, but it will be nice to have the extra space (and nice to have a vehicle that can fit the baby and Bailey), & the fuel efficiency is great for a SUV.





The weather was great today, so we decided to head into the city to enjoy the day. We walked along the lake for awhile, and then headed over to Wrigleyville to grab lunch and watch the Blackhawks game. We had a great time. It was so nice to be out & about (and away from the house & any pressure to do something productive). We both have huge blisters on our feet from all the walking, but it was definitely worth it. Here is this week's bump picture: 31 weeks, 3 days.



And, since I was a slacker last week, this was the 30 week belly picture:

Mother's Day

It's so weird to be acknowledged as a mother this year. Today has been a great day. I woke up to the smell of french toast cooking. After a wonderful breakfast, Matt gave me a Mother's Day card, chocolates, and a gift certificate for a pedicure (which will come in very handy since I can no longer comfortably reach my feet). All day long, friends have been sending "Happy Mother's Day" text messages. It just kind of feels surreal, and it's very sweet. :)

Matt has been working away painting the nursery all day today, & it looks great. I am so excited to get this project started! He has had so many people offer to come over & help him paint, but he insisted that he wanted to tackle this project alone for his baby girl. He did accept a little help from Moxie though. :)





While Matt was busy slaving away, I went shopping. :) I ran over to JCPenny because I had 2 $10 off coupons & I wanted to look for curtains for the nursery. I didn't have any luck finding curtains, but I got these adorable dresses for $6 total!!! I love a deal. Even if I did have to go through the line twice to use both of my coupons. I'm not ashamed. :)



Here is my belly picture from today: 29 weeks, 3 days. 74 days to go!

Belly Pics

I have been severely harassed by my sister for not staying up to date on my belly pictures, so here are the pictures from the last few weeks.

26 weeks, 3 days:



27 weeks, 3 days:



28 weeks, 3 days: