Nursery theme?

While Jenny and I were out shopping yesterday, I suddenly thought of a nursery "theme." She made me the cutest blanket with this great fabric:

It's all the colors I really like- not too pink and girly. It got me thinking, how about a fruit theme? It is fitting too since I have been liking fruit like crazy lately. I am not going to overboard or anything, but maybe a fruit decal or two for the walls... thats all I can really think of right now. I think I might just get plain colored sheet sets for the bed since I have the blanket Jenny made and Amanda and I have fabric for a quilt we are going to try to make together too. I tried to look up ideas for fruit themed nurseries on the internet and found nothing. So maybe I am the first one to think of such a great idea? :)

Here is a cute decal on etsy that you can get made into different sizes. I think I would like it in red (it is shown on a fridge)

I feel a little behind in the nursery decorating area. Girls at work seem to have things picked out of what they want, and other blogs I read have things bought and set up! Olivia's room is still pretty messy with her clothes around the room- yikes! Hopefully we will get it goether one of these days. We also don't even have furniture picked out. I found a crib online that John really liked. He said he likes the ones that are taller in the back.

Something like this:

or this:

































I really like the first one, but I don't think it's sold anywhere. I'm not even sure how I found a picture of it. Anyway, this is the sort of style crib we are looking for, but nothing has really jumped out at me yet as being "the one." Hopefully we find something sooner than later though!

Dr. appt. 20 weeks

I had my 4 week check-up with the doctor this afternoon. John didn't come because he was busy working. Unfortunately my dr. was held up at a delivery and my appointment ended up being almost an hour late! That was ok though, because the nurse took my blood presure, which was FINALLY good. I also had only gained 1 lb a week the last 4 weeks and I got to listed to Olivia's heartbeat! It was a strong 154 beats/minute. Its always been around that. The doctor came in and said everything looked perfect. I had also been recording my blood presures at home and she said they looked great. She wrote down an average for all of them. She said everything at the ultrasound looked perfect and no further ultrasounds were recommended, but she always schedules one at 32 weeks to see how big the baby is getting. So I will be able to look forward to getting that in a few months! Also they finally got the lab results for CMV and I wasn't immune to it, but I hadn't contracted it in the NICU either. That is a virus that is very bad for women to get when they are pregnant and can cause abnormalities with the babies. I thought that one of our babies at work had it that I was in a room with, so I got tested for it just in case. So I just have to make sure to be careful when being in contact with the babies, especially if they have anything funky going on.

Anyway I will have another check-up in 4 weeks with a nurse practitioner because my doctor will be on vacation. I haven't scheduled it yet because I didn't have my June schedule with me and by the time I got home the office was closed! I think it will be the week of June 19th though.

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Today is John's birthday. Last year of his 20's! I can't believe we will have know eachother/been together for all of our 20's. I am so lucky to have John as a husband, he really couldn't get any better (most days ha ha). For instance he never leaves the seat up on the toilet seat and ALWAYS makes the bed before he goes to work so I come home in the morning to a freshly made bed to sleep in after working all night! I can't say I do the same for him... but I try! He is also so good at doing things around the house and taking care of the dogs. He is going to be a great dad!

So, since we had store bought cake last week with John's family, I figured I would try making something for him since I have the day off. I found a recipe for maple bar cake, and thought it sounded good since that happens to be his favorite donut. Well, it didn't go as smoothly as I would have hoped. The cake took way longer to cook than instruction said, and the icing was supposed to be poured on while it was still hot. Oh and I didn't add as much butter to the frosting recipe as it called for. (The intructions were screwed up) It wasn't the prettiest cake ever, but I dressed it up with a little white icing and candy and it does look quite a bit better. I just hope it tastes ok! Here is a couple pictures of it:

You can see how the maple frosting is pretty uneven over the cake. I think it had gotten too hard in the pot waiting for the cake to finish!

Happy birthday John! I love you!

p.s. The Happy birthday pic is actually a card from an etsy seller! http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15021363

She's getting big!

Week 20: Cantaloupe

Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!

I'm starting to feel her move more and more. I seem to notice her a lot more when I am sitting down, or have my legs bent. I have a dr. appt this afternoon which should be good. She will have the entire ultrasound report, so she should let us know for sure that everything looks good! John can't come because he has a big job today and has to be home in time for his birthday dinner! I'll post here how everything goes!

today

I have errands to run today. Tomorrow is John's birthday and I still have nothing but a card for him! I know he wouldn't mind getting just the card. He already told me he doesn't want anything.. I think he gets less and less excited about his birthday every year. It's just not a big deal to him anymore. I still love my birthday! So I think I will head up to target today and find a few little gifts to give him. Nothing special, just maybe something to open. Oh and I want to make a cake too. I found a recipe for maple bar cake that looks interesting. That is his favorite kind of donut, so maybe a cake that tastes like it will be good? Anyway, hope everyone has a good day!

Fruit

I have become a little obsessed with fruit since I became pregnant. Especially oranges. They are becoming hard to find good ones though! Jenny and I went to costco last night and I saw the most perfect strawberries. I had to get them. There are a TON of them, but I'm determined to eat them all! I tried some as soon as I got home, and they taste as good as they look! John had a couple and said they were the best strawberries he's had this year! So if any of you want some good strawberries, head to costco!

PINK!

Here are the results from the ultrasound. Little Olivia is right on track to make her arrival on October 8th!