Finally feeling some warmer weather and CeCe and I are trying to spend as much time outside as possible. Throwing frisbees and sitting in the sun on the back porch every evening this past week. It was my turn to bring treats for a coworkers birthday, so i whipped up these delicious cupcakes completely from scratch! I must have time on my hands while Pat is working in Lansing. I made the flags out of some leftover scrapbook paper and toothpicks and they turned out adorable.

Pat and I went to a Baby Care Basics class this morning and the instructor said "Some people have never even held a newborn!" in a can you believe it sort of way. I wanted to raise my hand, guilty! No really, give me all the information! It was mostly powerpoint and handouts, but at the end we practiced swaddling and dressing the baby dolls, so now I'm practically a pro.

I got this stretchy floral dress at Old Navy and its so comfortable I wish I could wear it everyday. Nobody will say anything, right? In nursery news, I moved some plants in there, mostly to get some light, but I love the way they look so they might have a new home. Still looking for a headboard for the twin bed that will stay in there, but the room is pretty much complete. Well except for not really having any baby things in there yet...

Two months to go and I'm starting to slow down and feel tired already. I guess I should get used to it?

30 Weeks

30 weeks and my belly is feeling so tight! Baby is moving around a lot and sometimes I swear I can feel her little head! Everything looked good at my doctors appointment today and pretty soon we'll be counting down the weeks in single digits :)

Not too much progress on the nursery lately, but I've been playing with the chalkboard wall in the dining room. I'm starting to get cabin fever being cooped up in the house with the weather so terrible. Here's hoping for warmer temperatures soon!

We've been narrowing down our list of names, which is fun but also a lot harder than we thought :)

DIY Light Fixture

We've had this light in the kitchen since we moved in and I've been wanting to update it to something a little more sparkly. I used a nail to hammer in holes around the perimeter and then strung crystal beads from the top rim to the bottom piece.

Before:

After:

I think it adds something unexpected to the kitchen and I'm glad I finally had the guts to do it. We also bought some retro dining chairs at the Habitat Restore for $5 each. They will take some work, but I think they will be a fun project to refinish to hoard sell eventually. Maybe a maternity leave project?

28 Weeks

Rolling into the third trimester today. Would you believe I'm sucking it in? I've been taking a picture like this every week to make a time lapse video at full term. Only twelve weeks left and it seems to be flying by, but I'm sure the time will go by even faster when our weekends are full of birthing classes, hospital tours and baby showers. For now we are enjoying the quiet time at home. It's too cold to do anything else anyway!

27 Weeks

We are already saying goodbye to the second trimester this week! With the raging hormones and growing pains settling in, I wouldn't say I cruised through this phase as many experts led me to to believe.... nevertheless I am happy we will get to meet our girl in three months! She is more and more active in there and now you can even see her little moves! The video is a little dark, but I was able to catch her in action for a few seconds.

I finished the floral mobile I have been wanting to make and I love how it turned out. We decided to hang it above the changing table instead of the crib in case anything were to fall off.

I hung up a few frames and its starting to look more and more like a room for a baby girl. The gold triangles are vinyl stickers that I layered to look like little crowns. Might be my favorite thing ever.

 My results from my glucose test were good, and I baked about 8 million dozen mini cupcakes this week for Valentine's Day. Now I am free to indulge!

XOXO

26 Weeks

Snow Day

Although CeCe loves playing frisbee in the snow, we love to warm up under the covers! Wool socks and a cup of tea followed this picture. Luckily I was able to work from home today, so we took lots of romps outside.

It's really sunny today and I love all the light streaming in the windows so I though I'd add some pictures of some tweaks I've made. This nesting phase has spread to the whole house...

And one more random picture of CeCe.