Out of my Comfort Zone!

I went to see the dr this morning and we scheduled my c-section!! We are set for August 17th at 7:15 am. I have to admit I got a small lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. Obviously I knew this day was coming but just hearing it finalized was so surreal :)

Things are starting to come together, little things are falling into place and so many of our worries and fears have slowly started to fall by the wayside. Things are look bright and I am truly getting excited to have this new baby complete our family. She is SO loved already I just can't wait for her to get here.

I had some extra flex hours at work and took off at lunch yesterday and I had 4 WHOLE hours at home all by myself, it was AWESOME! I cleaned the whole house from top to bottom and got 3/4 of all of the tubs of clothes, hung, cleaned, folded and put away. I know this probably doesn't sound awesome to some people but for me I LOVE crossing things off my to do list! :) I think we are really starting to get ready for the new baby.

So I have totally debated putting this on my blog. When I went to take maternity pics the photographer was SO sweet and she suggested trying some "different" things. I am much more the stay inside the box person especially when it comes to pictures of me! I get my cd tomorrow and I can't wait to see the the rest of the photos of the kids hands on my belly, etc... She sent this picture to me last night and she has a technique where she puts textures on the photo. As much as it makes me uncomfortable I really do love this photo! I know one day I will look back and be grateful I have it and by that time in my life will probably think I didn't look 1/2 bad! ha! 

It definitely won't be posted on facebook but thought I would share it on my blog! Today is a good day, I am completely grateful for all of the hardships over the last months because little by little they are turning into huge blessings!

Chandler's Room- sort of...

Ok so we Kinda/Sort of got some stuff done this weekend. I may or may not have shed a few tears just strictly from the fact that there is SO much I want to do and I don't have the energy to do it or I can't do it (like paint) and I am not so patient waiting on Tex to do it! :) Does that sound like a hormonal pregnant woman or what??? I know, I know it will get done. I would just prefer it to be done sooner rather than later. Tex and I balance each other out in the best way but one thing we disagree on is the work now/play later (my motto) because he is a play now/work later kind of guy :) It will all miraculously come together and sweet baby Chandler won't know the difference!

Excuse the absolute terrible quality of pics via my phone but this was the best shot of me getting them up on the blog in a timely manner...

chandler's room is actually what used to be the office for the previous owners. It is small and cozy to say the least. It has wonderful deep closets and built in's but no window. I still love it, even though it is tiny!

Here is a view of the crib, dresser and chair with ottoman. I wish you could see the paint in it's true color I LOVE it!

Here is the view of the mirror, lamp and dresser. We still have to hang mirror, put stuff on the dresser, etc...

This is one of the built ins that will serve as the changing table. I have some cute wooden plaques that are going to go behind it to make it cute and fun!

This is one of the two closets in the room. They are the best closets ever and are SO deep. Thankfully we have a lot of storage in this room for all of her girly clothes!

The crib with the bedding! I loved the bedding when I got it but love it even more in the bed!

And Ann Mason LOVING every minute of getting this baby's room together! I have to keep her out of the room most of the time. She can hardly wait!

We still need french doors, decorations, etc.. but I like how it is going! I LOVE decorating nurseries!!

30 weeks and a Baseball Star

I was 30 weeks yesterday! We are starting to round the corner! Feeling pretty good. Get a little sore and ankles are starting to swell slightly after a long day but other than that all is good right now. Moods are definitely still level, thank goodness! I seriously look back on the first half of the pregnancy with shock about how crazy I felt, I am SO glad it was temporary :)

The crib is going up this weekend (hopefully tonight) the bedding is getting washed and I am hoping the room is going to at least get pieced together some what this weekend. We still are waiting on some wall decor to come in and little things but at least we can make it look like a room vs. something on the episode of hoarders :)

I have to admit when I moved to Owensboro I had no interest in baseball, softball, etc... I really hadn't ever gotten into the sport or gone to many games. Little did I know my past time here would be spent at the ball field watching my niece and nephew and of course my Palmer! I have actually grown to love watching this sport and just the whole "ball field" atmosphere. It is fun, social and the kids LOVE it. I am pretty sure we are going to go broke at the concession stand :)

This guy had his best game ever last night! Thanks all of the family and friends that showed up just to cheer him on, Palmer felt like a super star! He made two runs and got his first out while playing second base! He made sure everyone was watching and just smile at us. He loved every second of it. I have to admit I think the snack at the end of the game is still more important to him but he's just 5! :)

And then there's this girl.... I can't even begin to describe what a hot mess she is. She is like a tom boy with dress up high heels. You can't see in this picture but in fact she does have on her dress up heels and yes, I am the mom that let's her wear them to the baseball field :) She is dying to start gymnastics or play a sport so she was practicing her "swing" after the game. I don't know if the world is ready for this one :)

We have a low key weekend planned. We gave Tex his fathers day gift last night the kids were too excited. I am looking forward to lost of organizing and lot of playing!

A Day Late and a Dollar Short...

Where to begin? Well, Palmer is better thank goodness! That virus was NASTY. I have never seen him that sick, poor thing was literally down for 3 days and it took the rest of the weekend to fully regain his strength back. LUCKILY as of right now the rest of us are fine but any time you have a sick little one I think it takes a toll on everyone.

We seem to be back in action! I totally missed my weekly pregnancy update so here is a short recap! I turned 29 weeks last Thursday. Weight Gain - surprisingly still 15.5. I think night sickness has come back and kind of slowed down the weight gain. Apparently I can't eat anything with tomatoes right now :) Room is painted and the clothes were all being washed until the dryer went out on Sunday, kind of par for the course right now. Still no crib up or decorations, we will get there (or at least I keep telling myself) I think Palmer's room was done and completed in Feb he wasn't born until May and Ann Mason's room was done and completed in Nov and she wasn't due until February. Is this part of the 3rd kid syndrome? haha

29 weeks!

I was one proud momma on Sunday! Poor Palmer only got to go to one day of VBS but on Sunday the kids all performed the two songs with motions that they learned from the week. Ann Mason is literally standing behind Palmer not singing or moving and hid the whole time :) but Palmer got up there even though he really didn't know the routine well and did really good! I guess as a parent you are never really sure how that first public performance is going to go but they both got up on stage and no one ran off crying so I think it was pretty successful! It helped that Mamaw and Ethan were up there right beside him :) They did great!

If you asked Palmer and Ann Mason what the big news of the week would be they would scream... WE GOT A TRAMPOLINE! After not one, not two but 3 attempts to put it together Tex finally got it right! haha The kids are SO excited! I plan on lots of jumping so that mommy has some time to get some stuff done! ha!

That's about it! This weeks seem to keep on ticking by. Hopefully this weekend we will see some progress on the nursery!

28 weeks!

As promised my 28 week update a little late. This is BOLD for me, people! A maternity pic in a bathing suit, yikes! I didn't get any other pics of just myself and I thought it was a nice change from the bathroom self-portraits I have been taking!

Well, we are definitely back to reality poor Palmer woke up at 4 am with what we think is the fever virus where he spikes fevers on and off and just feels horrible. We have been told it lasts for 3 days to a week, I am praying for 3 days! It breaks my heart he is missing his first ever Vacation Bible School and he cried SO hard this morning watching his sister and cousin go it about broke my heart in two! I hope he feels better enough to at least go one or days at the end of the week!

Exciting news is we did get the nursery painted and I LOVE, LOVE the color. We haven't made any other progress but it will get done :) I got to see my precious baby girl this morning and she is already 3 lbs!!! She is in the 51% and is right on target. She is giving mommy all kinds of heartburn and other unmentionable problems right now but we are sticking with it.! ha! So far so good, another ultrasound is scheduled for 4 weeks so I always look forward to that!

Yep, the weight is coming on strong! I think week 28 and 29 will both be 2 pound weeks! I hope that is SLOWS down some! I haven't been able to eat as much in a setting so maybe that will help :)

It's now June so we are one month closer to meeting our sweet baby Chandler!!!

Sneak Peak..

I found a photographer that was running an awesome deal on the newborn/first year photo package. With the package you got free maternity pics. I am not a big maternity pics fan (of myself, not of others) probably just like everyone else I don't think I look especially cute pregnant, blah, blah, blah

Well to my surprise I received this little sneak peak today in my inbox and I LOVE this photo! If ya'll only knew what this little diva was doing before the picture (i.e. THROWING a FIT and being bribed by the photographer with dress up clothes!) I am just so surprised we even got ONE good picture! It makes me excited to see the rest!!!

Stay Tuned...

We are back! We are happy, healthy, sun-kissed and exhausted from fun! Our trip got cut short due to Tex's work :( but everything works out in the end. It gave the kids and I about 4 days to have a little stay-cation at home and we worked hard and played even harder!

I have TONS of pictures, weekly pregnancy updates and much more! We even started painting the baby's room this weekend! The countdown is on :) I am hoping to get caught up on everything tonight! Fingers crossed!