week 23...where has time gone?!?!

hello all! we have been a busy little family getting ready for our little addition. here is a recap of the last few weeks.

• clean out current office - going to be the nursery (oh sooooo perfect for the little guy) :)


• tape off the nursery so john can paint - i need to do this yet - but i have decided on the paint. blue for the walls with 3 different widths of horizontal grey stripes. let's hope it looks as cute in real life as it does in my mamma mind.


• move office stuff to new office.


• clean garage.


• football game...yay...they won! :)


• rest...or at least try to.


• enjoy the labor day off together :)


• lay on couch and drink lots of water so the braxton hicks contractions go away...and stay away...


• buy crib - thank you target.com for your wonderful special this week :)
  

...that about does it. we have been busy, but it has been fun. once the nursery is set up, then i will post pics :)

this is week 23...i cannot believe how fast time has gone by! daddy has decided to start reading to the little guy. in the evenings now, john picks out a children's book (out of our vast selection of 5 books) and reads. it's cute. he makes the voices and everything. i still laugh, so guess that's a good sign. he will be such a good daddy. babes also falls asleep to piano music from my ipod. i think i might actually fall asleep faster than babes now, but i am convinced this will make him a genius...not that i ever had my doubts...


well at week 23, i am starting to realize that bending over is not the same. it's more of a side lean bracing myself on anything around to help steady my way to the ground. quite the site i would imagine. it is fun though...knowing it is not going to last forever :)


weight gained: 10 lbs (next appt is in 1 week...we will see how much the little guy...errr mamma...has gained)

cravings: anything with KETCHUP...love it and realizing is it truly a versatile condiment.

funny comments: this last weekend, a friend kindly said "wow you have popped!". thank you...i think...

the pics below are from our baby gender party! enjoy :)

the best cake baker around...with the finished product! :)

cute watermelon fruit bowl - supposed to look like a baby carriage...awww...

blue and pink all over the place...

beverage of choice....


it's cake time!!!!!!!!!!! ahhh....i couldn't wait!!!!!!

my lil' sis wanted me to use my "large" belly to hold my plate...my thoughts - not THAT big yet...

nervous...getting ready...(yes the rest of these are sideways...)

here we go...

IT'S BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

definitely blue!

yay - we finally know! our little football player :)

happy family of 3. i am officially out numbered. i can handle that.

the cake was goooooood!