This has been the 2 weeks of GROWTH for me (and baby). I feel like I have just expanded overnight! My belly is so obviously noticeable to complete strangers and I just feel pretty huge! It is weird how quickly things are changing, but also how quickly I get accustomed to these changes.
The biggest ‘symptom’ I am having right now is major pain in my whole tailbone/groin/inner thigh area. Other than that, I am feeling great and even taking that into consideration I am really loving being pregnant right now!
Baby Mailhes is now moving ALL the time and I am completely loving it. I feel like its our first form of interaction. She likes to move a lot more at night (or maybe since its the only time I’m siting still I notice it more?) and I think when I drink a lot of really cold water it seems to perk her up a bit too.

We had another sonogram so they could get a look at her face among a few other things and although she was still giving the dr a little trouble (I guess she is a little shy) they were able to give us some pictures of her face! This has made it 100 times more real to me seeing a picture of something that looks like a real baby. I have to admit I have the pictures on my nightstand and I look at them every single night before I go to bed. She is just so stinkin’ cute! So here I am- I’m already a mom that wants to show everyone the latest picture of what I think is the cutest baby in existence.
Its a picture of a picture so its very blurry, but I am loving those chubby cheeks!
She weighed in a 1 lb. 5 ounces and everything else is looking good and on track.

In a few weeks I have my last monthly appointment and from there we go to appointments every 2 weeks which just makes it seem like we are getting so close!

Other highlights of these past 2 weeks- we have been getting A LOT done at our house and especially in the nursery. I will try to post pictures soon. I have just had the best time decorating this room. Getting some fun DIY projects in which I always love and its been a great creative outlet lately.

I’m afraid to even think about how big my belly will be at my next post! Seems unreal, but such a fun time too!

Well I obviously missed the 22 week update so we are going with a 23 week update. Weird things are happening lately with my body and how I feel day to day, but overall I still have tons of energy and feel great most of the time. It is starting to feel like time is going by faster and faster and we just have more and more to do between baby stuff, house stuff and work, but I get bored easily so I wouldn’t have it any other way!

I have another sonogram tomorrow! Can’t wait to see baby girl again. This time we are hoping she will show her face more.

The all important nursery decor! I started out by putting a little too much pressure on creating a beautiful room for my little girl that I hadn’t made any decisions or done anything resembling progress with the room. I finally have a vision in mind and have started working on things to make it start coming together. Now that I have started it has been so fun to create this room for her and know that we are going to love this little girl so much in this room, laugh with her, possibly cry with her (maybe on those nights we can’t get her to sleep?) and create a life for her in our home.

Still lots to do, but here’s the very beginnings of our progress:

Wall color: Dinner Mint (Behr paint)

Dresser: found at High Street Antiques in Plano, repainted it with Annie Sloan chalk paint, sprayed the bottom and the hardware gold and clear coat(still in progress). This surprisingly came out exactly how I envisioned it in my head!

Accessories: metallic pouf to be used as ottoman was a must for me- bought from Land of Nod online. Other accessories from Hobby Lobby and not totally sure how or if we will work them all in.

Crib: Was the hardest decision, but has been ordered! The Parisian Crib by Bratt Decor in distressed black. Should have it in a few weeks! 

Glider: Ok this was also the hardest decision for Trey and I to agree on comfort and looks. The Kersey Glider from Babies R Us, but we ordered in in a lighter grey fabric that has some texture to it. Hopefully we like it when it comes in. Probably won’t get it until late November.

Possible accent color: Coral Dune by Behr. Not sure yet how we are incorporating this yet 

Still on the list of things to do or get:

– a black and white chevron rug? Maybe. 

– our very cool $15 side table from a thrift store that will be painted and redone

– hanging our gold chandelier (once we figure out where glider and other furniture are going- so this may be one of the last things we do)