Project Nursery: Part 2

Well, here are the after paint and crib pictures!  We did have to finish painting the white trim and then we were onto the blue color!!

Here is Chris not letting me vacuum, but getting the room dust free for his son!  Look at the proud smile on his face, I don't think I've ever seen him so happy to vacuum before!

Just in case we might forget who we are doing this for, we marked his territory!

Chris trimmed the crown and baseboard I trimmed around the doors, windows and outlets.

After I finished trimming I started rolling.  Yes, my belly did hang out of my paint clothes, but we figured this is the last of the big messy projects for me till I fit back in them!

Next up: the CRIB!

There was a little talk about not putting it together while the paint was still wet because it might make it a little difficult to maneuver in the room, but after a few unexpected tears.....my softy husband and soon to be amazing father got straight to work.  

He even had a little fun while putting it together too; checking out Owen's view.

Owen, you better thank your daddy one day, he was half sick and still worked on your room.

Here is the fabric that your Grandmommy and I are going to use to make your bedding. 

(sorry it is blurry)

Project Nursery: Part 1

Well, we are very confident that this little spark is a boy and are headed full force into the world of baby blue and boy stuff!


The night we found out that we were having our little Owen, we headed to Lowes and bought no VOC paint in our new favorite color Sea Breeze by Eddie Bauer. Alaina, you have to tell me what color you used b/c I think they are very similar!

When we bought the house we did a few improvements to the nursery including:  scraping the popcorn textured ceiling, painting the ceiling, installing crown molding and switching the receptacles from ivory to white.  Of course, my personal electrician put us up to code with tamper resistant receptacles!

Here are the before pictures:

Enter in the room: the changing table will eventually be on the left wall.
Notice the bassinet that is ready to be set up.  Thank you Anna for the bassinet.  2 of my good friends babies have slept in it and I can't wait to put my baby in there too. Sophie and Camryn have proved it is comfy!

The other side of the window:  The crib will go in this corner.

The light wood dresser was my changing table when I was a baby, mom still has the matching rocking chair.  We are not going to use it because it is the wrong color wood, I enjoyed using it all through college and at our last house in my walk-in closet.

Corner where the bookcase will go and his closet.

The black dresser will be moved to the other side of the closet.

See the black dresser will fit perfectly on the little wall to the right of the closet!

Happy 30th to me!

Yup, here I am 30 years old and Owen is almost 20 weeks.  Last year, at this time I was envisioning having a 4 month old (didn't even know about the twins).  But, I am not letting these thoughts get me down.  I am enjoying the fact that the first words I heard this morning were "I love you, birthday girl!" from my dearest husband and whoosh whoosh whoosh of the perfect heartbeat in my belly.

Oh, and the other really cool thing was when we were laying in bed about to do the doppler; Chris realized that Owen was all snuggled on my right side and my left side was so squishy/empty. We found that perfect beat instantly because we knew where he was hiding!

Thank you God for the 3 children you have blessed me with on my birthdays; but next year do you think I could be 31 with a 7 month old and not pregnant?  

Never hurts to ask right?

Lil Spark: 19 weeks

How far along: 19 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: 11 pounds according to my DR office, Dr. L says we are right on track
Maternity clothes: Mom bought me 3 new tops for winter for my birthday!!!
Stretch marks: nope  
Sleep:  sleeping with an extra pillow in between my legs and tossing and turning due to my arms falling asleep
Best moment this week: the ultrasound! I had to keep reminding myself that it went great!
Belly button in or out?: still considered an innie, but not for long!
Craving: milk, have I mentioned this before?
What I am looking forward to:  feeling more kicks and being half baked next week!

I look happy, don't I?

Lil Spark is the size of a mango!

Thank you to baby.centercom:

Your baby's sensory development is exploding! His brain is designating specialized areas for smell, taste, hearing, vision, and touch. Some research suggests that he may be able to hear your voice now, so don't be shy about reading aloud, talking to him, or singing a happy tune if the mood strikes you.

Your baby weighs about 8 1/2 ounces and measures 6 inches, head to bottom — about the size of a large heirloom tomato. His arms and legs are in the right proportions to each other and the rest of her body now. His kidneys continue to make urine and the hair on his scalp is sprouting. A waxy protective coating called the vernix caseosa is forming on his skin to prevent it from pickling in the amniotic fluid.

Except that at the ultrasound they informed us that Lil Spark weighs 9 oz!  He is ahead already!  Grow Owen Grow!!! 

funny thing

I find it interesting that originally my husband wanted us to cloth diaper more than I did.  Back when we first got pregnant we had talked about cloth diapering, then when we found out it was twins it seemed overwhelming.  Now that Owen is on his way here the conversations picked back up.  So, one Friday night we sat and watched you tube on different diapers. Chris found this diaper and after watching the video we are both sold.

This is the diaper that we think has all the pros:  Nicki's Best Bottom Diapers

Here is the link to her website and the best bottom diapers: Click Here

What could be better than a seller of cloth diapers branching out on her own and creating a diaper with all the pros!  Her new line is call Best Bottom Diapers and we like the ones with the snaps!

Check out the latest print called Moo-licious!

 

 

I can see it now a little red t-shirt with this diaper on his butt crawling around my house! 

TOO CUTE!

By the way, yes I did start a registry with Nicki's Diapers...if you were wondering!

Lil Spark's photo shoot!

I didn't have time to scan these in yesterday, but here are our lil spark's ultrasound pictures:

Meet Owen:

its a...............

BOY!!!!!  

Heart, spine, brain, placenta, cord are all looking great! 


Bring on the Guitars and Cars....or should I say Mustangs in this family!

Here is the fabric I have picked out for the bedding for the nursery!!

So it will look something like this:

But with a black crib and the guitars will be the bedskirt!! Hope we can find a cool strip and solid to match.  I think I am going to paint the walls the teal color, but lighter so it is not quite that bright.  Oh and I need a light fixture...hum....off to daydream.