The Nursery in the Making

We have started on the nursery but it has definitely been a slow process and we aren't close to being finished, so keep that in mind when you see the pictures. This room, before it became a nursery was our office/junk room. The walls were white and it was pretty much a "catch all" room for everything in the house that didn't have a home. Although I didn't get a picture of the room in that state, this is our before picture.

 The brown chair on the right side of this picture will be leaving shortly, and will be replaced with a glider or rocker of some sort. It is hard to tell in these pictures, but the walls are now a very light green. Joe and I love how the color turned out!!

BEFORE pictures

Joe and I had planned on having the crib put together before Mom got her last week, but when we got the crib out of the box, we realized that we had no hardware to put the crib together. It took TWO weeks for us to finally get the pieces we needed, but they arrived and we assembled the crib yesterday. The furniture is big for this small room, but it is absolutely beautiful and we love it!!

The piece of furniture on the left side of this picture will be a dresser/changer combo. We opted for this instead of a dresser and a changing table, because of space and the fact that this will grow with a child of any age, whereas after you are done with a changing table it really has no use.

After getting the crib together and moving it around the room 50 times to get it in the perfect space, this is what we have come up with right now. Keep in mind again, that a lot of the smaller things in the room will be moved and changed around. So, these are our DURING photos.

We will have some wasted space in the corners, but we decided to put the diaper genie in one corner close to the changing table, so it is out of sight, but functional.

I couldn't resist! :) Eli keeps us company while we set up the nursery!

Lastly is the closet. The closet has been the most difficult process for, and I'm sure I will change it 100 more times before committing it to it's final state, but this is the BEFORE picture.

Boring and simple. It was originally used to house Joe and I's work clothes.

This is the DURING photo of the closet. It won't be this jumbled when I am done. :)

At least now, it is a little more functional. The drawers in the middle of the closet house caps, socks, shoes, and misc. accessories. The baskets below it contains wash clothes, burp clothes, towels, and bibs.

More photos to come!

31 weeks pregnant!

I will try not to slack on my blog again. I am horrible at this, I know! I have a lot to update, but I'm not sure where to start! Okay, lets start with this past weekend. (The weekend of September 10th) Mom drove up to spend the weekend with me and come to my shower on Sunday, September 11th. She arrived on Friday afternoon, so we went to dinner, then Joe and I showed her around Waxhaw. Saturday, Mom and I went to Ikea in Charlotte then over to Concord Mills to do some extra shopping. All in all, I think we were out for 9 hours or so, but we had a blast!  Sunday was the day for my first baby shower!

Let me just say, that it was fabulous! We had an awesome turn out and were extremely blessed with everything we received. We got a lot of the items we needed, and I feel so blessed that everyone was sweet enough to be so generous! I owe a huge thank you to one of my good friends Sally and the other Girls in my Sunday School class who put together such a beautiful shower for me. They took care of all of the food and decorations, and Laura's Mom made the most amazing cake! It was delicious! I will post a few pictures today from my shower, but I am waiting on people to send me all of the good pictures! :)

Sally made this with fabric and tissue paper for Baby Kendall!

This is only a part of the food table! It was so beautifully set up!

 The beautiful cake

 Sally and I

This was our nursery floor after unpacking the car, and not everything fit in the picture!

Alright, the next update will be on my pregnancy so far. I am 31 weeks pregnant, which means I only have 9 weeks to go and November is closing in quickly! This week, Baby is about 18 inches long, and somewhere around 3.2lbs! Kendall's little brain continues to develop faster then ever and she can now perceive information from all five senses! Although Kendall is doing amazing, we had an unexpected trip to the Doctor yesterday, because I have been having really bad dizzy spells...almost to the point of passing out, so Doctor Sal wanted to check Baby and I out to make sure everything was okay. Kendall's heartbeat is still as strong as ever and her movements seem to become more frequent with each passing day, which is great! And although my weight gain and everything is right on track, the Doctor is referring me to a Cardiologist to make sure my dizzy spells are just part of pregnancy and not something more serious, so we will keep our fingers crossed. Now, since I have not updated my belly photo in a few weeks...here I am at 31 weeks!

  

I'm almost to that 30 week mark!

     I am just days away from officially being 30 weeks pregnant, and in the almost always uncomfortable stage. I'm starting to find that it's very hard to get comfortable for more than a few minutes at a time, whether it be sitting, standing, or lying down. The added weight is starting to catch up with my back and my hips, making it hard to do much of anything, but regardless, we are getting so much closer to the time we get to hold our precious baby Girl and that makes all of the pain worth it! We have a little more then 10 weeks to go, and this week, we have been cleaning out and setting up the nursery. Our plans were to have the crib put together on Monday, but when we got all of the pieces out of the box, we found that we didn't have any hardware to put it together, so it will be a few more days before we will get them in the mail. As soon as we get the crib put together, I will post some preliminary nursery and closet pictures. :)
     On a fun note, Mom is coming up on Friday for the weekend, and I have my first Baby Shower at the church on Sunday afternoon! I am so excited and I can't wait!! More pictures to come!

Our Weekend in Asheville

   What a relaxing weekend! Joe and I decided to head to Asheville for Labor Day weekend, but before we could leave on Friday, we had a baby doctor appointment and a Couple's 1-hour massage. Our Doctor's appointment went very well as usual. I found out that I'm slightly anemic, so Doctor Sal put me on an iron supplement which I'm not terribly excited about, but I know that that's what is best for Me and Baby Kendall. On a brighter note, I passed my Gestational Diabetes Test, so that is a great thing!
   After the Doctor's visit, we went straight to our massage appointment. We both got a 1-hour massage gift certificate for Christmas, but haven't had a chance to use them until now. It was a great way to start off the weekend!

   Joe and I made it to Asheville around 4pm on Friday afternoon, and sat out by the pool until we went out for dinner. Saturday morning, we woke up and got ready to spend the day at the Biltmore! Saturday early evening, we went tubing on the French Broad River and Sunday we came home. Here are a few pictures from our trip. 

The Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.

Joe and I on a "back patio" the size of our house! lol

One of many Biltmore gardens.

A gorgeous sunflower field on the drive up to Antler Hill Village.