Starting on the Nursery

We started getting the nursery together. My mom came up here and helped me stencil these alligators on the wall for 8 straight hours. I could not have done this on my own without getting discouraged. There were 3 overlays with 5 colors. Then, I finished up after putting in another 3 hours. We still have no furniture for the room, although it has been ordered and will hopefully be here at the end of june. I've also gotten a cute zebra print rug that is brown and cream. I'm looking forward to getting everything set up in there! It is exciting!

More week 29

Linda, a good friend of my mom, had a very nice baby shower for me in columbia a couple of weekends ago. We had a really good lunch and I was a tad jealous of the tasty looking wine they were all drinking!! It was a fun time and here are some of the photos.

The baby has been really active this past week, kicking so hard at times it hurts! Guess he just wants me to remember that he is in there...but how could i forget with all of this extra weight I'm lugging around!!

Sunday morning, too early

It's early sunday and I couldn't sleep past 5:30am. My head kept thinking about all the things i need to get done before this little guy gets here! Guess I'm getting myself ready for what is to come! I wanted to post the ultrasound photo from my last visit, which was about two weeks ago. They said he was about 2.5lbs and his measurements had him at a rough 15inches. He is growing fast and will be here in no time at all!

First week of Third Trimester

Week 28...

Little Freeman has been becoming pretty strong these days. He is beating me up on the inside. I swear he is going to be a boxer one day. I keep thinking that if he is this big and strong now, what is he going to be doing in there in two months!!?? He's also started getting the hiccups which feel kinda funny in my tummy. Belly is really looking like there just may be a bowling ball in there.

Second Ultrasound - gender

Week 18...

We found out during our second ultrasound back in February that we were expecting a baby boy. Hunter was pretty excited as I think the idea of having a girl somewhat scared him! Here are the photos from that ultrasound.

The first three months

We found out we were pregnant November 8, 2008. Hunter was in denial for another three months or so (he may still be now)! We decided to keep things our secret for a little while until everything started to sink in. We had both been training to run a half marathon early December down at Kiawah Island. After consulting with my doctors, i got the go ahead to continue with my runs. We both completed our first race and had a really great time. Around the same time, we began to tell family about the little one we were expecting.

While I wasn't really sick in the beginning I did struggle with energy, have waves of nausea, and felt icky! I didn't show at all in the beginning and I suppose that is a good thing. These are pictures of our current fuzzy "kids."

Second trimester construction

Around week 12...

We live in an old house and decided that with a baby on the way, we best do some home renovating before it was too late. So, i find myself living in a garage apartment with two dogs, two cats, and a husband for nine weeks. Things were tight and we were all very close. I knew the crunched space would be worth it in the end as we were going to end up with a nice kitchen, two nice bathrooms, and a great deck and fence in the backyard. Before pictures of the house...