Happy Birthday Adam!

Happy Birthday to my big brother, Adam! Adam is 35 this year! Wow, how did we all get so old?

Interestingly enough, me and my two siblings all married an individual younger than ourselves. Which makes it easy to remember everyone's age. Adam is 35, Laura 34 (or will be in a couple weeks), Dave 33 (skip a year) Jen 31, I am 30 and Glenn is 29!

I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I hope we see you soon! Glenn and I can't wait for you to come visit your nephew next spring/summer.

Bellyography

 

Weeks 29-32! During week 29 I painted the baby's room. It is coming along, but I still feel like there is a ton to do! Nothing a trip to IKEA can't fix.

 

 Glenn was gone this week so I had to get creative and I turned 30 a few weeks before.

We were in Mexico for Thanksgiving. More of those pictures coming soon.

Another picture from our photoshoot on Sunday. I brought a couple wooden numbers that I bought at Michael's and spray painted since I didn't know where we would be taking pictures. I think it turned out pretty cute.

Only a couple more bellyography series and the baby will be here. Craziness.

Family Photos

Last weekend, Glenn and I got family/maternity pictures taken. I'm really happy with how a few of them turned out! You'll have to wait for our Christmas cards to see a few more, but here is one of my favorites. I think I'm going to order a canvas print of this one to hang in the baby's room.

Congrats Emily & Chris!

I woke up this morning and found a text on my phone of this handsome guy!

My best friend, Emily, and her husband, Chris welcomed Jack Michael Peterson at 10:51 pm. He was 7 lb 11 oz. he looks just perfect and I can't wait to talk to her.

I talked to her at 2 pm EST and she said things were moving slowly, but they must have picked up quick! I was expecting a December 4th baby!

Congratulations mama! I can't wait to meet him!

Bubble Tea!

While doing a little Christmas shopping on Saturday morning, I saw someone with a drink with black tapioca in the bottom and I had to hunt it down! I haven't had a bubble tea since Japan. When Hillary and I wet to Taiwan, we had at least one, usually two a day.

It has green tea in it otherwise I probably would have gotten a second. Next time I'm shopping though, I'm starting there!

Last one!

I'm almost done pinning the last stripe! Yes, I started this project in March, but I'm almost done. I'm just happy I finished long before we plan on moving again.

Bending over while sitting on the floor is getting more and more difficult so I'm glad this part is over. Just a few hours of sewing and this project will be done.

Only a hundred more on the list to finish before January...

Mom & Dad Visit

Mom and Dad were here this weekend! We didn't do anything too exciting: went to the holiday parade, checked out the local art museum and did some baby shopping. Hard to believe that next time I see them, it will be baby time! Hard to believe and terrifying!
Love you!

Nursery Progress II

I've been painting for at least a bit every night after work. The walls are painted. The ceiling is half painted because I ran out of blue paint. I thought a quart would be enough for the tray part of the ceiling, but the plaster walls are so dry, they suck up the paint so quickly. I'm hoping to finish the blue and the white parts of the ceiling before my haircut tonight. We shall see! I've been running on 8-9 hours of sleep each night and I wake up at 5:15 so that means an early bed time.

Then comes my least favorite part of walking around the room like a crazy person with my tiny brush and filling in all of the white spots in the textured walls. It usually takes me about 3 laps around the room to find them all. Then I clean everything up and find more! Drives me crazy.

Should be painted and cleaned up just in time for my parents to come. Good thing since the guest room is now full of all the baby's stuff!

Miss you!

While I was in Minnesota for my baby shower last month, I got the chance to catch up with my girlfriends. It's never enough time and now that there is a slew of kiddos in the mix, it gets even harder.

Ali even flew in from California. Thank you! We saw Sarah the next day, but minus Annie so it has been a long time since all of us have been together. Maybe 2 years?! We need to start planning a reunion now for next year or I know it won't happen!

Hayes wasn't a huge fan of Glenn. He kept giving him the stink eye all afternoon. Miss you all!

Bellography

Weeks 24 through 28. We're in the third trimester already! Crazy.

I'm not sure horizontal stripes are my wisest choice at this point, but I'm wearing what fits! I've managed to only buy 2 pairs of maternity work pants, 1 pair of of maternity jeans, 2 dresses (for my showers and a wedding), 1 sweater, 2 maxi dresses and a pair of shorts. A few of those I only bought for our trip to Mexico in a couple weeks. I've gotten a lot of use out of elastic extenders for my pants and a few rubber bands. Luckily most of my tank tops were really long already (love the H&M brand).

I'm feeling great still. Sleeping is getting a little difficult. I find myself having to flip over a couple times throughout the night because my hips get sore. And of course the 2-4 am bathroom break. I'd say the only major pregnancy symtoms I'm having are leg cramps at night, an increased appetite and the occassional emotional episode. (Glenn might have a few more to add to the list).

I borrowed this shirt from my boss' daughter. Yeah, she had her baby at 18...not sure it's going to last too much longer on this old lady.

I couldn't decide which jersey I liked better- Glenn's or the baby's!

I think the most frustrating part is not being able to do things I am used to doing. Yes, I still cleaned the gutters a few weekends ago (dang Glenn's fear of heights), but carrying a large flower pot full of dirt is getting much too difficult.

Only 76 more days til our due date. That is craziness. I started painting the baby's room on Monday so that should be done by this weekend. I'll be glad to have that checked off the list and I can start getting things a bit more organized! Just in time for my parents to show up with a carload full of stuff from my brother and our Minnesota shower.