30 Weeks ~ Maternity Pictures

34 Weeks

32 Weeks ~ Night-Night Baby

I've wanted to make something for baby before she arrives, but I could't come up with something easy enough to be accomplished in an afternoon/weekend.

Yes, that is a hole in her head. Her arms have had to be re-secured numerous times as well.

This is my night-night baby. My grandmother made her for me when I was little. As you can tell, I loved her. I didn't go to sleep without her for years. I thought it would be really cool if I could find something similar to make for my daughter. 

I didn't expect to find this on eBay.

That's right. The same exact baby. For less than $6.00.

I snatched that fabric up and waited for it to come in. When it did, I took two or three hours on a Saturday and made this:

I didn't realize just how worn the original is until the new one was put together. She isn't as soft as my original, but I'm sure time will fix that.

28 Weeks

27 Weeks - Glucose Tolerance Test

Glucose Breakfast

On October 1st I had my dreaded glucose tolerance test to find out if I have gestational diabetes. Rather than drinking the nasty "juice" many offices force on their patients, I simply had to consume 2 pieces of toast, two eggs, four ounces of unsweetened juice and eight ounces of milk within ten minutes. Way better than the overly-sweet junk, but still a challenge as I do not scarf my food down by nature (I know, I know, that will change). 

Results are in. "Normal" results are between 60 and 140 milligrams of glucose per deciliter of blood plasma. My results showed 84 milligrams - well within the normal range. Yay!

25 Weeks

23 Weeks - Painting the Nursery

Before - Plain Cream Walls

We had a few things to consider when choosing a color for our girl's room:

1.   I hate super girly colors. This room was never going to be pink or purple.

2.   I don't like feeling like I have to re-paint, so gender-neutral was a must (no, we're not planning for baby number two, but what if someone made a mistake and we have a boy?).

3.   We live in a rental and need to keep the walls a color that is relatively easy to change.

For these reasons, we set out to find a nice blue-green hue for the walls. I think we significantly depleted Lowe's paint chips in the process, but we finally settled on "Delicate Mist."

After moving all the furniture out, I taped around the baseboards and the ceiling, cut in, and rolled the walls. Two coats and 24 hours later, I painted the baseboards white. The end result is subtle and spa-like. I love it!