Nursery and craftiness

Well today is the big day of my 32 week ultrasound. I'm super excited to see how Olivia looks now! I'm sure she has more chub on her than the last look at 19.5 weeks. It is scheduled at 2 pm. Before that, Amanda is coming over so we can make a couple things for my friends at work who are having babies. We are having a joint shower on Monday. I'm really looking forward to that too! Here is what I made the girls at work so far (one is having a boy, and the other a girl)

I found these iron on patch type things at the craft store and pt them on onesies. They are SUPER cute in person, I especially love the little tie for a boy! And next are the diaper wipe cases I made. I got the idea from Amanda who made me one that I love. She showed me the directions, and they really weren't too hard once I figured out all the fabrics to buy.

That's all I have made for them so far. I think we may make something like burp cloths later today to finish up the present. I'm glad Amanda is helping, because I don't know how to sew!

Here is the nursery right now too. I got the bedding in the mail a couple day ago. While I was at work John washed everything and put it all on the crib, and put the mobile together. I think it looks super cute! I also included a picture of what the closet looks like right now. I have to get another couple of pink cube drawers and organize it better, but I think it will be a good thing to have for blankets and random things that are hard to find a place for. Plus we can use some of all the space in that closet!

Other than that. Not much going on today... just getting ready for my shower here on Saturday. I have a lot of cleaning and laundry to do! My first baby shower is going to be so much fun, then one in Seattle 2 weeks later! I love showers!

updates

I just woke up from sleeping for the day. I worked last night, pretty uneventful. I did have 2 of the cutest babies in the unit in my opinion! Twin boys, 3 and 4lbs each. Olivia was kicking like crazy when I woke up yesterday morning (at 6 am on a Sunday!). Will she be an early bird like me and John? After about an hour of it she gave herself the hiccups pretty hard core. John got to feel her moving and kicking a lot then he got to feel her hiccups! I don't think he had felt that yet. She didn't settle down until I got out of bed and took a shower. She was also moving a lot last night at work, and when I woke up at 3:30 pm today. It seems like me getting out of bed and walking around is the only thing that calms her down. When she was kicking yesterday I felt her on both side of my belly at the same time. I hope she isn't lying transverse. She better get into the correct position soon if she isn't already! Thursday is going to be a lot of fun!

There are so many fun things this week. My bedding is supposed to be delivered tomorrow. I think when we put that in the nursery will pretty much be complete. All I would have left is getting some sort of decal for the wall. I wanted to wait and get the bedding to make sure I loved it! We already have the closet set up and decided to just put the ikea chair in there as our "rocking" chair. Then on Thursday of course we have the 32 week ultrasound and this weekend my first baby shower here in Spokane! I'm also excited because I will get to see some family from out of town that I don't see very often. My cousin Brandon who lives in Florida just happens to be coming the same weekend!

Well, I hope everyone has a good week! I am supposed to work 4 nights in a row starting yesterday but I'm hoping to get Wednesday off since we are overstaffed. My assignment at work really isn't bad, but it is hard to work 4 12 hour night shifts in a row. Especially hard when 7 months pregnant and I swear none of the chairs are comfortable anymore!

15 weeks vs. 31 weeks

Amazing what a difference about 15 weeks makes!

maternity photos

My maternity photos are online now! Everyone can look at them by going to http://www.ambergphoto.com/ and the clicking on "clients" and the password is "olivia" all in lower case. I really like the majority of them! I may have to think about buying the whole cd.... We will see!

random

Nothing new going on around here lately, but I thought I should post something... John and I decided that we are just going to order blinds for the upstairs bedrooms and bathroom for now since It will be about 1/4 the prince of all the blinds we need. Since our living room faces a hill and no other houses, it's not that critical that we get them now. The only annoying thing is when 6pm or so rolls around and the sun is right in your face when you are sitting on the couch! Oh well, we just have too many things we need and those are down on the list.

I am making my mom's chocolate cake for dessert tonight, so that smells really good. We are having Amanda and Taylor over for dinner tonight- tacos! It will be nice since Taylor and John don't see each other too often. Amanda and I try to hang out every couple weeks or so. She made me a super cute diaper wipes case that she is going to help me make for a couple of my co-workers too. She says it's easy, and it looks so cute! So I will be busy today cleaning the house and getting ready for tacos. At least I will have the cake done in the next hour or so. Me and Amanda at a concert last year:

As far as Olivia goes, she was moving like crazy last night. John commented on how much she was moving, said she was probably trying to get comfortable spinning circles. That's what she felt like anyway! This morning she was on my left side, when she is usually on my right side- so that was different. It seems like she has days where she is super active (like yesterday) and others where I don't feel her quite as much. I am 31 weeks today. The time is flying by! I told John she could be here in 7-9 weeks! Crazy! Hopefully not any sooner than that though- I would not like to have her at work with co-workers taking care of her. I know she would get good care, but I want her to be healthy!

I hope everyone has a good day. It is supposed to be much cooler here today and tomorrow than it has been. I can't say I'm too sad about it, it's a nice break from all the 90-100 degree days. I am so glad I got this dress from target, I got it in 5 colors and I pretty much live in them now!

2 week check-up at 30 weeks

Today I had my 2 week check-up at my doctor's office. I met with the nurse practitioner (and will next time too). I can't remember why, but I think scheduling conflicts with my doctor and vacation... Anyway I think it was the quickest appointment I've had so far. Nothing out of the ordinary done. They took my weight, BP and measured me. I only gained 2 pounds so I think that was good. Also my BP was up at first, but they re-took it five minutes later or so and it was normal thank goodness! I always get worked up at the beginning of appointments! Also I was measuring 32 weeks. Right now I am 30.5. They said that was good and she was growing nicely. Otherwise nothing new or exciting to share, which I guess is good! I have another appointment in 2 weeks- on Monday August 17th. We have our 32 weeks ultrasound scheduled for August 13th at 2pm so that will be super exciting! I can't believe that is next week! I work Wed. night so I will have to make sure I don't sleep in and get there in time! Have a good day!

Leavenworth

John, Jenny and I got home yesterday afternoon from a fun night in Leavenworth with Julie and the kids. It was a quick trip, but it was nice to hang out with Julie and have fun in a pool! Here are some pictures from our stay. Next time John and I want to go inner tubing in the river! We always say that and then we forget by the next time we go. It was too hot to walk around town! I think I drank my weight in water!

Where we stayed. We stayed there once before and really like it. It is right in the middle of town and has a great free breakfast!