Sunday, May 23, 2010

Baby Shower

Finally one week later I'm posting pictures from our baby shower. This week was busy and I'm trying to spend all my free time on thank you notes so I'm just now sitting down to post the pictures.

It was a wonderful day filled with lots of friends, family, cake, and gifts. We couldn't have imagined anything more! We love everything that we got and we can't wait for Deacon to be here and enjoy it all. We have the swing set up in the living room and the pack-n-play in our bedroom and it's weird looking at those things knowing how we close we are to using them! Of course Maddy has tried out the car seat a time or two and thinks it's pretty comfortable.

We would like to thank all the girls who helped throw our shower! I know we express this over and over but we love our church family as if they were our biological family. We wouldn't trade there love and friendship for anything in this world. God blessed me in my life with a biological sister who is my best friend and a group of women from church who are like my sisters in more ways than one. We love them and their families tremendously and can't wait for Deacon to meet them all. He will think he has one really big family and he certainly does!

Now for some pictures:

Future Daddy and Mommy-I was very swollen this date and chose shoes for cuteness over comfort-one day I will learn!


Most of the hostesses-I think a couple missed the picture!


Deacon's Goodies Part 1


Deacon's Goodies Part 2


At home waiting for Daddy and Chase to put everything together!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

33 Week Update & Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today is Derek's 27th birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy! We love you very much!

We had our baby shower this past Sunday and it was amazing. I will post pictures later on this week! Deacon is on very loved little boy already. After the shower Aunt Tay and Chase, Granna and Poppa came to help put stuff away. Derek and Chase got everything put together and I love everything! Maddy is very curious about all this new stuff. She has been in his carseat, his pack-n-play, and laid on his play mat. I hope she is used to all his stuff by the time he gets here.

Pregnancy Highlights- Week 33

How Far Along:
33 weeks 4 days

Maternity Clothes: Yes I can't imagine life without them-I may miss some of them a little bit!

Best Moment this week:
Deacon's baby shower, seeing all his stuff put together

Food Craving: Fruit

What I miss: Painting my toenails-Thank God for Aunt Tay

Sleep: The last 2 nights I've only gotten up twice which is very nice!

What I am looking forward to: Holding him in my arms, introducing him to Maddy

Symptoms: nausea at times

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

32 Week Update

I had a wonderful first Mother's Day. Derek, Maddy, and Deacon really spoiled me. The only thing better would be Deacon in my arms!

Pregnancy Highlights- Week 32


How Far Along: 32 weeks 4 days

Maternity Clothes: Yes I can't imagine life without them

Best Moment this week: My first Mother's Day


Food Craving:
Meat-gross I know but it's what I have to eat at the moment

What I miss: My old clothes, laying out on my stomach

Sleep: I am sleeping harder these days but still getting up 3-4 times

What I am looking forward to: Seeing his face on 4d this afternoon- hopefully he cooperates and the baby shower Sunday

Symptoms: Lower back pain, nausea at times

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Nursery

The nursery pictures are finally ready to be posted. There are two small projects left to do but I'll point those out when I get to them. Our nice camera takes awesome pictures but they are huge. So for blogging purposes we use an older camera because it is faster. This is why the quality of these pictures aren't the best.

This is what you see when you walk into his room:


To the left is his bookcase made by Poppa. We wanted a toy box and a bookcase and we were talking about this one night when my parents were over. My dad began sketching out some ideas and this piece was created. None of us knew for sure what it would look like until it was done but we love it-getting it into his room was not fun. At one point we had Daddy pinned in the bathroom, Granna pinned in the hallway and Aunt Tay pinned in the guestroom while Poppa, Mommy, and Maddy were attempting to take out the window in Deacon's room to push the bookcase through the window. We were unsuccessful with the window so we came up with another plan and finally succeeded. Mrs. Moyers made his cushion and Mawma made his pillows. I am going to put Deacon on one blue pillow and Asher on the other. We are still collecting things to go on his bookshelf and are just using the stuffed animals on there now as fillers. They will more than likely move to the toy box.



In the corner is his glider. We ordered extra fabric from the company that made his bedding and had it recovered. I love it. A lady in Colorado that I found on the Internet made his blanket for me. I had leftover fabric from his curtains and I sent it to her for the blanket.



These are his curtains. I got the idea for them from my friend Maria. She ordered her youngest sons bedding from Javis Davis and then ordered extra fabric and had curtains made to match. I ordered Deacon's bedding from the same website and ordered extra fabric and went off her design for the curtains. Thanks Maria and Ollie! Mrs. Moyers made the curtains. Derek and I found the things that are holding the curtain rod at Hobby Lobby and I painted them to match the room. I like that they are different.



This is his crib corner. I wanted the crib centered on the back wall and Derek wanted it cornered. Once we got the bookshelf in he won the battle but now I love it. The boat to the right is one of the first pieces we bought for his room. We had our eye on it for awhile and waited for it to go sale. Once he is born Dena is going to embroider his name and birth date on one of the sails.



This is a close up of his wheel. I did his monogram on the Cricut and Derek attached them to the wheel. We found this wheel at Hobby Lobby and it was a drift wood color. Derek repainted it and bought the rope to attach to it.


This is his crib. I designed his bedding on Javis Davis long before we knew if he was a boy or girl. I was in love with this bedding and I was hoping I would get to use it!



Here is his armoire which Poppa and Granna repainted. I love it. The lamp came from Max Rosa's nursery which I think is very sweet. We are working on something to go in the two frames. I attempted to blow up his 4d picture but it's distorted so I am trying another idea.



This is the inside of his armoire. His little diaper bag is ready to go! I labeled these canvas bins which you will see in a close up in the next picture.



Here is a closeup of one of the bins.



To the left of the armoire is this anchor. We found this anchor at Hobby Lobby and Derek repainted it. I love it and the anchor is a sign for hope.



This is his changing table wall. The lighting isn't the best in this picture.


Here is his verse. I painted the canvas and printed out the letters on the Cricut. This took much longer than I imagined.


These are the baskets under his changing table.Dena embroidered them for us and I love them. Maddy loves the diapers on the bottom shelf so we may have to rearrange them. She has destroyed 3 to date but she was in so much trouble last night after getting one that I think she may have learned. Her Daddy was VERY mad!



This quote is above his closet. We got it on clearance before he was conceived. We weren't even trying yet but we had begun talking about it. I'm sure our world will come to a halt when he see him for the first time so it was very fitting.



I love his room and can't wait to fill it with the most important accessory of all-him! I love that Derek likes to decorate as much as I do. I like to get creative and do projects regardless of the amount of effort it takes and he is the same way. We hope you enjoy his room!

Monday, May 3, 2010

31 Week Update

Wow! I can't believe we only have a maximum of 8 weeks 4 days to go. That is so exciting. Deacon is still hanging out in a breech position so it's looking like if he decides to stay this way I will have to have a c-section. Of course we know that he could still move and we are keeping the faith that he will but we are also preparing ourselves for a c-section if needed. I just keep reminding myself that God knew the day and method to which Deacon would enter this world long before he was ever conceived. I know that if we end up with a c-section God has his hand in it and it will be the best decision for all of us.

I found out last Wednesday night that I do have gestational diabetes which made me very upset and anxious. I have done good so far keeping my blood sugar numbers under control so I hope it will stay this way until he makes his grand appearance. I had a hard time talking about it to anyone last week without bursting into tears but I'm doing better this week. Derek was at work when I found out and when he called I could barely talk because I was so upset. I always do that when something is bothering me and then I finally hear his voice. I'm trying to work on that. I have lost 4 pounds since I have changed my eating habits which worries me a little but I'm sure everything will turn out ok. We would appreciate your prayers that my blood sugars would stay under control until Deacon is born. It always amazes me how people find it appropriate to ask how much weight you've gained. My patients at work are the worst about this! This is very personal to me and I don't even think Derek knows the answer to that. My pre-pregnancy weight is something I would never share so I'm certainly not going to share my pregnancy weight.

Jackson and Amelia spent the night on Saturday night and ended up spending half the night sleeping on the laundry room floor on a pallet as we were under a tornado warning. It's always an adventure when we have them. We love them both dearly and we are trying to soak up as much time as possible with them before Deacon comes.

I will probably post nursery pictures this weekend. We are so in love with his nursery. I could sit in there for hours. We are so thankful that my Mawma..with a little help from Pawpa and Deacon's Granna and Aunt Tay made the pillows to go on his book shelf. We couldn't have pulled his room off without the help of mom, dad, Taylor, Mawma, Pawpa, Mrs. Moyers, and Mrs. Dena. We are thankful they can pull our ideas off because even though I can come up with ideas I usually need some help pulling them off.

Pregnancy Highlights- Week 31


How Far Along: 31 weeks 3 days

Maternity Clothes: Yes I love how comfortable they are

Best Moment this week: Putting a few little things in Deacon's bag for the hospital, getting our embroidered baskets from Mrs. Dena, spending time with Jackson and Amelia

Food Craving: Most anything that I can't have right now!

What I miss: My feet and legs looking normal-varicose veins and cankles don't look too appealing in shorts

Sleep: My sleep was nonexistent this weekend thanks to the storms!

What I am looking forward to: Mother's Day on Sunday, the early service next Sunday, getting the rest of Deacon's things from Mrs. Dena-we ended up ordering his coming home outfit in the next size up and she is putting his monogram on both just in case!

Symptoms: The tailbone pain has crept back a little this week but not near as bad as before!
 

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