More Progress!

Progress!

Hope ya'll had a good weekend. We had a nice long weekend, thanks to Martin Luther King Day today. Mom and dad came up, and dad and Chris got baby girl's room painted! It looks so great! I have to say, Winter Amethyst is a beautiful color. :-) It matches the bedding perfectly, and is dark enough that all the white will really pop! All that's left to do is touch ups, which Chris has on his agenda. Here's a little sneak peak!
These pictures make it look little blueish-purple, but it's definitely not.

Chris and I went and ran a few errands this afternoon, and we came home to a big box at the front door.
I am beating myself up that I didn't order this one day sooner so that dad and Chris could have put it together, too! Oh well. Putting the crib together is on Chris' agenda, too. Lucky boy!

And for a little cuteness...mom and I went to the mall while the painting was going on and I found 2 adorable outfits on super sale for next fall and next December that baby girl will look oh so cute in!

26 Weeks and Good News!

So the 3-hour glucose test SUCKED!!!!!!!!!!! I just felt blahh all day. The girls in the lab said that if they called then it was bad news. No phone call on Tuesday, that's good, I thought. Then Wednesday I had a message on my work phone (weird!) to call the doctor's office. Crap! That was my thought. So I called the nurse back and she said I PASSED my glucose test! YAY!!!!! She said everything looked good. I told her I was relieved with that news b/c the lab girls said no one would call if I passed...she said she likes to call no matter what. I forgot to ask what my levels were, but I'll ask at my next appointment on Feb. 1. Baby girl seems to be doing good (I know I said that last week...not sure what else to say!). The other night, Chris said she's likely to come out orange b/c I seem to be loving foods that are the color orange....naval oranges, goldfish crackers, and macaroni and cheese are current favorites! According to my 26-week email update from Fit Pregnancy, the baby has gone through a growth spurt in the last couple weeks and she will double in height from 20-28 weeks. I'd definitely agree with the growth spurt. I feel bigger and her kicks are stronger! Crazy to think there's only 14 weeks left in this pregnancy. It seems like time is flying by! Here's my belly picture this week. Compared to 2 weeks ago, it certainly looks like I've grown. Also, these maternity shirts accentuate the tummy!
Our fruit of the week is an eggplant! Gross! :-) She was an eggplant last week, too. Is that a fruit??

Baby's now the size of an eggplant!

Baby's soaking up your antibodies, getting her immune system ready for life outside the womb. Eyes are forming, and she'll soon be practicing the blink...perfect for batting those freshly grown lashes.

Other exciting news is we ordered the crib! It looks a little something like this:Yep, it's a convertible crib so she can use it for a long time. Seems to be the best bang for your buck, but it also seems really practical. We are also going to order a dresser/changing table but it's out of stock everywhere so that will wait until next month. We were hoping the crib would be in by today (Friday) so my dad and Chris can put it together this weekend after they paint the room...unfortunately it won't be here until Tuesday. Oh well. I'll post pictures next week, assuming I remember to take some, of baby girl's room!

25 Weeks

Today is Thursday, the day I move up a week! No belly picture today b/c I've been working at home in my pj's all day because of the weather. Hopefully I can get one taken tomorrow and will post it this weekend. One bummer thing that happened this week is that I found out about my diabetes test...I didn't fail my 1-hour glucose test but I didn't pass it either. Boo!!! So I have to go back to the doctor on Monday at 8 for the 3-hour glucose test. I have to drink the sugar drink, and then they have to take my blood every hour for 3 hours (hopefully they do better with the blood draws Monday or I'm gonna look like a drug addict...my arm looks AWFUL from where they took blood this week!!). I'm not allowed to have anything to eat or drink after mid-night Sunday so I'll probably be starving by the time I get to leave. I'm pretty bummed that I have to do the 3-hour. I don't crave/eat sweet stuff often...actually, I tend to crave salty foods, but I don't give in to cravings much...can I blame it on eating excess sweets over Christmas? :-) Anyway, I'm praying I pass on Monday. Baby girl's kicks are getting harder. She was going crazy the other night before bed and Chris got to feel some good ones! We were laughing and were wondering what she was so worked up about.

So I said earlier the weather has been bad. We had snow Saturday overnight (which I mentioned in my post last time), then it snowed again Sunday night, and then last night we had some snow/ice and huge drops in the temperature. Today I think we got up to 12, with negative windchills all day. Here's our 7-day forcast...focus on the next 2 days!! I don't think I've experienced weather this cold! I'll definitely be doing no field work until next week!!!!
Doing field work this week has been interesting! It's looked a little something like this. Temperatures have been way below freezing, but believe it or not, I was actually able to take soil samples. Snow acts as an insulator...who knew! I've definitely stayed bundled up! Guess I'll go check out the Alabama/Texas game...the game certainly isn't going Bama's way right now! As an Arkansas fan, we ALWAYS root against Texas!! And if baby girl were here, I would allow her to use one of her Alabama pacifier's from her great aunt and uncle. This one time! Haha!!

Happy New Year...a few days late!!

We had a thoroughly exciting New Years Eve!! It consisted of this (which was very good):
And taking down this:
Thrilling, don't ya think? It's ok. We know we are a boring old married couple. Haha! We didn't need to stay up way late b/c we left early Friday morning to head to Memphis for this:
Actually we attended the 51st Liberty Bowl, but this was the only logo I could find. :-) We had a great time, but the weather was FRIGIDLY COLD!!!!!!! My Razorback Snuggie sure did come in handy! Ha! We visited friends, which is always fun...Vanessa, my college roommate, and Tamara, a college friend of Chris'.
We went to a very interesting Liberty Bowl parade...it was no Macy's but it was amusing!!

This is the cleanest semi I've ever seen!!!

I don't even know what to say about this!!!
McGruff, the Crime Dog, kinda looked like McGruff, the weird homeless dog
One of the 2 Corvette clubs in the parade. For some reason I took tons of pictures of these cars...I don't even care about cars. We got a kick out of that later. I'll only post 1 here. :-)
And finally, what we were waiting for....the Razorback mascot, cheerleaders, and band!!

Saturday was game day. But first we had to go here and I was oh, so excited! My first time to a Super Target!!!!
It kinda worked out b/c Chris picked up some long-john pants and we got some hand warmers while out. Ok, now game time!!

Chris, me, Phillip, and Holly...the beads came from the parade...no I didn't wear them to the game!

Eddie Money was the half-time entertainment...interesting.....
Hogs win...yay!!!

Our trip home was quite eventful. We left right after the game, went and dropped Phillip off at his car, and got stuck in serious traffic trying to get back into the state of Arkansas! So that put us back an hour. Around Little Rock I decided to check the weather on my phone...what a surprise I saw! We had no idea it was snowing in Fayetteville and would be all night. Things just got more interesting! When we got on I-540, north of the tunnel, that's when things got tricky...and they got worse the farther north we went. We finally made it home about 3:45. This picture is kind of bad but this is what we saw:
After about 2.5 hours of sleep (*yawn), going to church was kinda treacherous...snow packed on top of ice. Good times! By the time church was out the roads were just wet with slushy areas. Here's a picture of the church when we got there, and then one I took when we got home from church.

Overall, we had a good trip but are glad to be home. Going to bed early is definitely in store for tonight! Hope everyone had a great New Years!!!

24 Weeks

I think I read somewhere that the day you hit 24 weeks is considered "Viability Day," meaning the baby has a 50% chance of survival if it was born at this point and doctors would do everything they could to save a baby born at this point. Of course, we want to see NO baby until April...preferably the end of April!!! But I guess this is a good milestone to reach. My belly looks like it's rounding out, and I'm still wearing mostly non-maternity shirts. I have a handful of maternity shirts and picked up a couple more on sale the other day at Target. Chris likes when I wear them b/c they're more form fitting and I can 'show it off.' Haha! However, I am exclusively in maternity jeans! Last time I went soil sampling before Christmas, I had 2 pair of work jeans that still fit. Haven't tried since then eventually but I might have to go to working in gym pants/sweat pants. We'll see! Baby girl seems to be doing good. She's becoming more active and she kind of has a schedule...think I might have wrote that last week. Either way, it's becoming more obvious. Chris is also feeling more kicks on the outside. Also, like I wrote last week, I have my gestational diabetes test/doctor's appointment in the morning and hopefully all goes well there! This week's fruit is still a papaya but here's what is says this week.

Baby's now the size of a papaya!

Baby's skin is becoming more opaque as the fat starts to pack on. And, thanks to the formation of small capillaries, her newly thick skin is taking on a fresh pink glow.

I ran into TJ Maxx the other day while Chris went to Best Buy and I did find one little Christmas outfit for next year. It was $5 so I couldn't pass it up!!

Also, I thought I'd give a little sneak peak of what baby girl's nursery will look like! Love it!!