What's current?
I'm officially pregnant as all get out :) Although, . . . I still feel like I look more plump than pregnant...goo. :-/ That's just the woman in me I suppose. Some days the bump looks cute, others not so much. I still find it hard to gain weight and not worry about it. I just worked so hard at loosing that 40 pounds last year, so it's tough to put it back on, even if it's baby Henry weight. Either way, I know I am nourishing his sweet tiny body to grow, so I need to just stop it with the drama :)
What's been going on?
Let's see we celebrated Christmas and a new year bringing us to 2012! holy cow... that means our preshy baby will be here in only 4 short months. I am such a freaking night owl anyways, so I am thinking those late night feedings wont beat me up too bad. I know it's going to be a new challenging transition but I feel ready. I don't know if my husband knows what he's in for though :) I am so happy I nannied for 8 years and had the opportunity to watch and half way raise so many children of all ages, over night, for long days, summers, and over seas. That experience will come in handy and be a total blessing for my parenting skills. I don't think I know it all, trust me, but I feel pretty calm about it. The only thing that stresses me out is the fact that Chris and I will never ever ever ever be able to just "get up and leave" or go on random vacations or make spontaneous adult plans ever again really. Selfish as it sounds, I love that I am able to freely meander around my life and having a baby will surely change that up a bit. I hope our Hen is a spontaneous little guy because momma and dadda love to get up and go go go!
Ideas for the nursery?
colors: soft sage blue- (rainwashed by sherman williams to be exact), cream, tans, and little hints of antique brushed silver (metalic, have to add a little bling in there even if he is a boy!)
style: classic, chic, slight vintage, pinch of rustic
samples from pinterest that I love, except we are doing white "picture frame" molding/bead board on the bottom half and painting the blue on the top. OR we might paint the walls tan on the top half.
Mix these two rooms together for a really good idea of what we want to achieve. You can see the white picture frame molding on this one below (minus all the pink). I am definitely doing a canopy of some sort made out of thick creamy cotton.
For details I love classic toys, books, rocking horses, teddy bears and vintage childhood items.
For DIY elements, I plan on making an assortment of vintage hot air balloons to hang in one corner of the room by clear fishing line, as seen below. I also want to "frame" a few pieces of vintage baby clothes-- hoping that Chris' mom still has a few pieces from him or even any baby clothes from family members that are heirlooms (possibly our grandparents if they still have any). I also plan on making a few stuffed animals for him, a yarn wrapped "h", and a picture collage from wooden pant hangers as real hanging devices.
Things I look forward to?
- moving into our new house sometime at the end of January-middle of February.
- NESTING!!! omg... I just want to sit on my big butt and knit a sweater for Henry :)
- I want to put his tiny little baby pad together and decorate our new house!
- baby showers with all my friends! I have the best ideas for the theme I want too... so, whose throwing it? :) hehehehe.... just kidding....
- going to destination maternity- woohoo holy gift cards for Christmas!
- hearing my son's heart beat January 4th and knowing he is still growing strong and healthy
