37 weeks and other news.

I saw the midwife today! 37 weeks, no group b strep (PTL), and everything is looking good. She's going to check me next week to see how things are progressing and I just hope all these Braxton Hick's contractions are doing something! Tuesday they were so intense I thought I may be in labor, and I quickly took a bath and went to bed :)

Cheeseball picture of yours truly in a shirt that I should have retired months ago...

And in other news! Moses now has no hair!

Before...

After....

And.. um... my walls are now all patched and we painted them all the WRONG color. Turns out our painting company mislabeled the paint. Well, after we had patched and painted every.single.knick. we realized that the paint wasn't changing as it dried. Lovely, right?

My nesting urges can handle this... as I start twitching...

And just for fun, here is my view most of the time. I sure love this kid!

Happy Thursday!

Our dining room table!

My wonderful husband made this! Isn't he talented? It took him a week and now we have a beautiful, affordable table. And I just love that he made it!

What a guy!

Happenings.

First

We bought a new computer. As a result I 1.) feel kinda dumb.. or old.. 2.) have no idea how to upload pictures 3.) my laptop just bit the dust so until I figure things out there will be no photos around here.

#2

I have not really been feeling the sweet baby girl move which I thought was a bit concerning. My midwife has just informed me, however, that I have an anterior and low lying placenta. As a result I cannot feel her kicks as well and I have to have another ultrasound at 28 weeks to check the location of the placenta. The placenta is low lying in about 10% of pregnancy's during the second trimester and they usually move to the top of the uterus where the richest blood supply is. IF mine does not move it is called placenta previa or partial previa and we have talk c-section... but let's not until after 28 weeks okay? Deal. Gives me the ebee jeebies.

#1

Moses has been loving, LOVING, these plastic balls that Kelli bought him for his birthday. He rolls them all over the house, sometimes for 30 minutes at a time. THANK YOU!

The house

We are finally settling into the house and a bit of a routine. I was feeling mildly overwhelmed at all of the housework, but I have divided it up by day and that has been working wonderfully. There is talk of hiring someone to help once we get closer to the birth of Baby Girl and after she arrives, but we shall see about that.

Also! Jeremiah has almost finished our dining room table, it is beautiful and I can't wait to show you all!!

Be blessed!

A baby girl and a big move!

We found out yesterday that we are having a baby girl! We are thrilled! I will try to get some pictures up in the next couple days of her sweet profile!

We finally did it! We moved! I have been waiting to upload pictures, hoping that I could dig my way out of the mess. Who am I kidding? I will be working on that for the next few months! Hopefully some of the nesting urges will help out with that! Until the, there are some photos from this past weekend!

Our living room! Ba ha ha! It basically still looks like this :)

Our dining room. The blue piece of furniture under the window was my dad's. I am going to repaint it and find some new handles for it. I love having it!

Also, Jeremiah is making us our dining room table! I can't wait to see the end product!

Our kitchen!

Here are the shelves Jeremiah built for our living room area.

That's it for now!

Our Home!!

After working through some problems with our HVAC unit, we now have heat! Our sidewalks are being poured in the morning, we close with the bank in the afternoon and we move in on Saturday! Waa hoo!

Here are some pictures of the process!

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We're moving!

This weekend we are finally moving into the house! I am so thrilled, and overwhelmed, but mostly thrilled! As soon as we get moved in I will start putting up some pictures!

I am excited to see this building phase come to an end. There are a lot of lose ends to tie up, but it will be nice to be able to do those things when Moses naps or after he goes to bed. Right now Jeremiah heads out to the house early in the morning and after work, which means a lot of time apart! Soon that will be over! Yay!!

Our little family.

Moses

My little baby is turning into a toddler! Thankfully we have another little one on the way to make the transition a bit easier on me.

Not everything has changed, he still cracks us up with how he sleeps!

I don't know why blogger is turning pictures on their side!

He is pulling up on everything! In no time at all he will be walking!!

Doing crafts with Grandma...

His new favorite game. He gets excited when he sees this blanket and crawls over quickly to hop on for a ride!

He is eating more and more new things, and has made the transition from formula to milk with no problem at all! My pocket book is breathing a big sigh of relief! He still loves his blue elephants and we have had to sneak them away for cleaning every now and again, they get yucky pretty quickly. He loves having his back scratched, and snuggles with mama in the chair. He isn't happier than when Grandma is around and he gets non-stop attention!

#2

I have stopped taking Unisome and B6 during the day! I cannot express how excited I am about this! I still take them before bed and an occasional Zofran - this is a big improvement! We are counting down the days until December 15th when we find out if we're having a boy or a girl.

The House

We are waiting with baited breath to hear about our gas line, and hoping it will be installed in the next week. Big news! We got our certificate of occupancy! We are so thrilled, but we can't move in without gas (stove, heat, and hot water depend on it) so we wait. We have started the process of closing on our loan with the bank and it will be done in the next week. We have to get another appraisal and are hoping there is no problem there. The last phase seems to be dragging on and on, we thought for sure we would be in by Thanksgiving. We are trying to head over there each night and get a little cleaning done and tie up lose ends - easier said than done with no heat and Moses! I will upload pictures as soon as we're in!

This and that.

How many mom's have thought, "Hmm, play with this, it makes noise." Just to come back and have it all over the floor? Anyone, anyone?

I love watching this kid eat spaghetti!

Cleaning it up.. not so much.

How cute is this??

Mo is all over the place and even pulling himself up to standing. I think he will be walking in no time! He is also working on getting his two top teeth, and taking it like a champ.

As for the house, the last of our appliances go in today! I am so thrilled about this step. The painters were rescheduled for later in the week and I am hoping they will be done by Friday - if they are then we are entirely done with having sub-contractors come in! We passed our electrical inspection and we are just waiting on the gas company. The sooner the better, we are having to get creative so our pipes don't freeze - it has been cold here! We hope to find out next Tuesday when they will get the work done.

Also, we bought all of our living room furniture and it should be moved in this weekend! I have even found a toddler bed for Moses that I hope to pick up this weekend. I want to start transitioning him out of the crib before the baby comes so I don't have to buy another crib.

Jeremiah's brother and his wife are coming in this weekend and we are excited to see them again and for Moses to meet his Uncle Zac and Aunt Angela!

Hope you all are having a fabulous week!

The house, the house, OH the house.

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We are so, so close to being done. Every week something comes up that postpones our move in date just a little bit. Whether it be a snow storm up north that delays the shipment of our dryer or a hold up with the gas company that could delay our move in date at much as 6 weeks, each day holds something new and we are forced to be patient! After all, we can't move into a house without heat in the middle of November with an 11 month old. Here is what the next few days hold:

Today/Saturday: the electrician finishes up and Jeremiah works on fixing our neighbors rocks that were "disturbed" during building

Sunday: Jeremiah tackles what he calls the "honey-do list".. although "honey" only put one of the bazillion tasks on that list :)

Monday: the painters come and we have an electrical inspection; we should find out when the gas company can run the yard line - we're crossing our fingers that it won't be in 6 weeks!

Tuesday: the painters finish up

Wednesday: fridge, washer and dryer are delivered and installed (3+ weeks behind schedule)

The good news is that the county said we can begin to move things in before we get our certificate of occupancy. I hope to get things cleaned up and begin things like filling the linen closets and putting glasses and plates away in the cabinets. Jeremiah wants to organize the garage and get his work space functional. He hopes to make our dining room table and is anxious to get going. Kat has agreed to make our shades for the bedrooms (I offered to help, but who am I kidding, sewing and I aren't exactly BFF's), and I am busy looking for furniture to fill our space! We are so close!

A little bit of everything.

Look at our little man..

Eating fried rice, off of chopsticks, really?

I am amazed at how quickly Moses is growing up. Not only does he want to eat "big boy" food, but he can give me high five! It is fun to watch him develop and become more and more independent. Oddly enough, though, he has also become such a cuddle bug. He has never been much of cuddler, but lately he is content to just sit in my lap or lay on my lap and let me rub his back. I think he is pretty sweet.

And this last week I started my second trimester! I had every intention of taking a picture of my growing belly, but life around here has been a bit crazy. The Ohst's left on Saturday and Jeremiah and I have been figuring out what else needs to be done on the house so we can get moved in as soon as possible. Obviously, we did not get moved in this weekend. We need two more inspections before we can get our certificate of occupancy. One of those happens today and the other will happen as soon as the electrician finishes up. We are hoping to move in this weekend, but if that doesn't happen we will be scrambling to get moved in next week. We have to be moved in by next weekend because family is coming to visit! Ahh! No pressure, right? Moses and I have to camp out at the house today while we wait for the inspector to show up so I will try to get some pictures up!

We are so close to being done!

Get ready for this... the house could potentially be DONE this week! If the inspections line up we could even start moving in next week! Whoa! This week we have some appliances to install, some shelving to put in, the carpet goes into the bedrooms and the house will have it's final coat of paint... and approximately a million other little things. We are so, so close! Of course, this also means that our dear friends, the Ohst's, will be heading back to Hawaii soon. We are so grateful for all they did to help get the house ready and we will be so very sad to see them go.

Mo's bathroom, just needing the shelving in the linen closet, a mirror and the lighting to be installed.

And.. the closet doors! I am so grateful that these aren't mirrored :) They will be getting a fresh coat of white paint.

Prepping our patios, sidewalks and driveway.

Prepped driveway.

Beautiful!

Here is to a productive week!

More house photos!

Moses is breaking in the new sink!

I do not remember picking this out, but I love it!

Grouting tile in the bathroom.. making silly faces at Mo...

My appliances come in next week! I cannot believe how beautiful the house is - it is so much better than I could have imagined!

Something happened.

Have I ever showed you all my brown comforter? Or my beige bed skirt? Or my beige curtains? How about the lovely brown rug I picked out for Mo's bathroom, and the lovely brown and khaki shower curtain I picked?

I have this thing with brown. I just can't help myself. (Did ya get it, Kat, did ya?? Is she a republican?) I have had my eye on the chocolate and ivory Fiesta Ware for months, and yesterday I went to buy it. I knew exactly what I wanted: a 10 place setting of the square fiesta ware, 5 chocolate and 5 ivory. But, but, but then I saw scarlet. Oh my. It was all over. And, if I'm honest, I wanted to completely do away with the chocolate and order plum instead. Jeremiah vetoed that idea, but would you just look at this:

Was it the pregnancy hormones? I have no idea but this morning I am still thrilled with decision. These are gonna look so pretty in our new house, don't you think?

We're getting to the fun stuff!

I feel like I have been waiting... and waiting.. and waiting for this phase of the house! And, at last, it has arrived. Our cabinets are going in, this makes me a very happy woman. I say it looks pretty good! We're just poor folk and picked stuff off the shelf at Lowe's, what do you think??

I cannot wait until my shiny dishwasher goes in!!

This is not the first, nor will it be the last time, my living room is a mess!

The tile is grouted. It is fun to see what I picked out eons ago!

Our new move in date is mid-November, and we are just so darn excited to move into this place!

House update.

I have really been lacking on the house updates, I can hardly believe that something so big could be so low on my radar right now!

Our flooring is going in! Here is the laminate flooring in the living room and dining room area!

Our garage door.. and our trash.

Entry way tile and the guys hanging out.

Kitchen tile!

Mo's blue bedroom!

My yellow bathroom. I am in love with this color.

Things are happening faster than I can update! Right now driving to Aztec with Moses feels impossible most days, but it is always thrilling to walk through and see it coming together!

We are headed out of town on Friday for a week for much needed family get away, when we get back things will really start to happen! We should be moving in by early November!

Almost done.. with this phase.

The ceilings have the texture and the walls are next! The walls will have a basic orange peel texture.

A back view of the house! Our stucco is on!

Isn't it pretty?

More house photos!

All the drywall is up! Now just tape, mud and texture! I am so excited for this next phase.

Here is the back view of the house.

This is where a desk will be in the kitchen. I think it's kinda weird, but maybe it will prove to be very functional. I just hope it doesn't become a collection place. I despise messes!

Here is the entry way. The front door is to the left. I really like the edges on the walls. Different.

The kitchen! The pantry is through that door.

The living room! We changed out sliding glass doors for French doors and I am so glad we did!

Less than a week until David and Brenda are here! Then the fun begins!

More house photos!

It's amazing what can happen in a day!

Stucco! This has to sit for 7 days and then they can put on the color!

Here is what would have been our guest room, but is now going to be another NURSERY!

Our kitchen island!

This week the guys finish putting up the drywall, then they will mud, tape and texture! THEN the fun stuff begins!

A quick house update!

I can hardly believe how fast things are coming! It's amazing! The stucco should be complete this weekend and the drywall gets started on Saturday! Our sweet friends, David and Brenda Ohst (Papa and Auntie Pretty), are flying out from the tiny island of Molokai to stay with us for a month or so and help us finish things up. We are SO THRILLED to have them! David is an amazing finish carpenter, we are so blessed to have them help us.

Here is a front view of the house. Getting ready for that stucco!

The bathroom wall! After I got there we decided to switch it around so the door is closer to the wall/window on the right.

Insulation is in!!

And my sweet husband, working away. I am so grateful for how hard he has worked to get this house done quickly.

I am headed out there with Jeremiah this afternoon to help with clean up, getting us all ready for drywall. It may only be sweeping and vacuuming, but I am so glad I get to DO something to help! I guess it is preparation for the days to come :)