Happy Memorial Day!!

I had another doctor's appointment this past Thurs and everything is still looking/sounding good. To date I have only gained 6 lbs which I'm ecstatic about, since we're halfway there. The weight gain might not seem like a lot but I have to be very careful in that area since I was overweight prior to getting pregnant. (thanks to successfully quitting smoking) Jacob's heart rate was in the 150's and he was moving all around. No, I can't say that I have felt him yet. Not sure if I really haven't or if I felt it and didn't recognize it just yet. Either way, I have no worries about that. Afterwards we stopped at Babies R Us to just check the place out. I'd never been there before. Brian wouldn't let us park in the expectant mother's parking spot, he said we needed the exercise. He wants me to mention the fact that we didn't see the signs til after we'd already parked the car. It's okay, maybe next time haha. I don't think I ever seen so much baby stuff all in one place, don't get me wrong, I know that's what the store is for but WOW!!!!

We didn't get everything accomplished that I wanted to this weekend, but we sure did make a huge dent in the "nursery". The bedding came on Friday and I absolutely love it. It's so soft and really cute. So today we went and picked out paint and flooring. I love the look of the chair rail, so we're going to put one in, the top 1/2 of the room will be blue and the bottom 1/2 green. We've also chosen to install ourselves (yes, we really are crazy) the laminate wood flooring. You see, the room we've chosen for the nursery was once a little girl's room and it's all pink. That includes the carpeting. Now I don't have a problem with boys/guys and the color pink but the rug has to come out. We planned on replacing the carpet thru out the house once all the rooms had a fresh coat of paint, but since we're nowhere near that, we're holding off on the carpet. I think that the wood flooring will look really nice in all the bedrooms.

We are behind on ordering furniture for the room. I heard that it can take weeks sometimes for the stuff to come in, so that's next on our to do list. I really love the look of Baby's Dream furniture and Baby Bargains has rated them an A. Most styles convert from the crib to the toddler and then full size bed and they are made from solid wood. One of my favorites is the Kathryn style. I also like the idea of the drop-gate since I'm vertically challenged.

I'm feeling pretty good these days. There are some days that I'm exhausted and other days I feel energized. I had read that if you have trouble sleeping to buy a body pillow and that it will make sleeping much easier. I'm all for that, so I ordered a Snoogle because everyone says this particular pillow is the best. The first night I slept a few hours with it and tossed it on the floor. The 2nd night I slept a little longer with it and kicked it to the end of the bed. I figured I just need to get used to having something else in bed with us right?!? Well I'm a mover when it comes to sleeping. This weekend I swear that Snoogle was determined to get me. One end was choking me and the other end was twisted underneath my back in the most uncomfortable position, so after the 4th time of repositioning it, I tossed it in the other room on the bed on my way to the bathroom. Though it is nice to prop up behind your back when your sitting up in bed and it may work when it comes to feeding the baby if I have it wrapped around me, so we'll see. I really hope it wasn't a waste. Sorry this one is so long, sometimes it's so hectic during the week and I forget to update. I'll try to make the posts smaller in the future. I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!!!!