29 Weeks!

 Let the countdown begin! Less than 11 weeks! Here's the most recent belly picture.  Today I was told, "If you're this big already, you're gonna be HUGE by the end!"  No it was not my husband, and yes...I almost cried.  I can't wait to not be prego and lace up my running shoes again.  Til then....

Ta Da!

This weekend I went down to my mom's with my foam pads and fabric and she helped (but she really sewed the whole thing while I watched) recover the pads for my glider! I LOVE them!  The picture makes the gray really seem more beige, but really it matches the rest of my nursery decor perfectly and it's super soft!  Can't wait to use this puppy! Just a little over 11 weeks left! I've got lots of projects I'm working on, I'm starting my "nesting" phase. Until next time...feast your eyes on this:

Lately

We're finishing up the second trimester people!  Holy crap time is starting to fly!  Here's the latest prego picture at 27 weeks. I thought I needed to be better about documenting things since I've heard it just gets worse as each child is born.

 Bump is definitely bigger!  I can't imagine how big I'll be by the time he actually makes his debut.

 We've been looking for a glider for a while and couldn't really find one that we both liked that wasn't $400.  Ryan wanted something with a higher back so he could be able to lay his head back and fall asleep comfortably while rocking the baby.  I'll make sure he uses this thing plenty!!! :) So my mom found us a really nice, solid glider that Ry fit perfectly, but it needed a change.  Here are the before pictures.

 

I finally bought a sander to use on my re-do projects.  I'd used my mom's before but we wanted our own.

 After I sanded this sucker, I used spray primer.  It was the easiest to get into all the nooks and crannies.  I started taking the chair apart but honestly it was a pain so I just left it put together and sprayed away.

All primed.

The finished paint job.  I did end up using spray paint.  I tried it with a brush at first but the streaking was too bad.  I sanded it and then finished it off with a wax.

 

Here's the adorable bedding my mom made. Ryan even helped pick out the fabric.

 It's starting to look like a baby could live here. :)

 K, so we have this great painted glider but what about cushions?  The glider didn't have any when we bought it.  So, we hit up the DI and found a similar glider that was literally falling apart and bought the chair and cushions, but just took the cushions and re-donated the chair.  Ugly, right?

 So I got out my seam ripper and took apart the covers. I really just wanted the foam, I went to a fabric store and this foam would have cost me around $80 for both the back and bottom.  I got them for $15.  We've tested them out and they are still in excellent condition and super comfy! And don't worry, I spent a lot of time cleaning and sanitizing.The marks on the bottom cushion were created during the sanitizing process.

 

Here's my pattern. I'm still waiting for the fabric that I ordered to arrive, so once I get those puppies covered, I'll post a final pic.

Now onto more news, Halloween came and gone.  This year we just spent the night at home and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters that came.  Last year we didn't really have any since we live in a condo and it was pretty crappy weather, but this year we had a pretty decent turn out.  Ryan went and bought full size candy bars from Costco and we handed those out. We just barely had enough.  So the following picture is Ryan dressed up in his Halloween costume for work.  His group at work dressed up as Warren Jeffs and his polygamist wives.  Ryan was a wife.  Creepy, huh?  I only have a picture of his group on my phone, but it was pretty funny.  One skinny guy in an orange jump suit  in handcuffs surrounded by three women.  All of the men dressed up as women were about Ryan's size.  Hey, they won best costume.

 

 

Here's my costume. I made it with freezer paper and fabric paint. I found these iron-on decals but couldn't bring myself to pay $20 just for the decal, so I improvised. It turned out pretty cute.

 Just some fun pics Ryan and I took at one of those photo booths in the mall yesterday.  We were laughing so hard the entire time we took these.  We took them to send to his sister Lindsay who is serving a mission in Honduras, just so she knows what we still look like. :)

Prego Update

OK, so I am now technically 23 weeks and 6 days.  More than half way! This little guy is gonna be here before we know it.  I am SO excited to meet him!!!  We had our 20 week ultrasound a few weeks ago and everything went great.  We got some really fun pictures of our little future baseball star. :)

Mom is doing OK.  Gaining weight like a champ!  (NOT my favorite thing!)  Since day one of this pregnancy I've had high blood pressure.  I've never in my life had problems with that.  At first I thought it was just all the cheese burgers and fries I've been eating, but apparently that's not it.  Thank goodness...I can keep eating my salty french fries. J/K.  But seriously...I do eat a few every now and then. But since my 8 week appt my bp has been gradually getting higher and higher.  They were worried about preeclampsia so I had to do a few different tests and they started me on some meds.  All of my tests have come back normal and the meds seem to be working so far.  The good thing about this is I get extra ultrasounds!  So I get one in 4 weeks to make sure the little guy is growing the way he's suppose to be and then another about 4 weeks after that. Can't wait!

Here's a little picture of me to prove that I am in fact getting fatter.  This is mostly for my sister Melissa in El Paso since she hasn't been able to see me in all my prego glory.

Re-do Project!

I have been searching for the PERFECT dresser for baby boy's room.  I wanted a long dresser so I can use it as a changing table and for clothing storage since both Ryan and I take up both of our closets :)  I have been looking on KSL religiously and missed out on a few great deals, but a few Saturdays ago I was laying in bed looking on the internet and found this guy! $45, solid, and not a single thing wrong with it! Can you say STEAL?!!!   Honestly, you have to look at furniture and think 'potential.'  A few years ago I wouldn't have even given this dresser a second look.  So my mom and dad helped me pick it up in their truck and then my mom and I spent one day sanding/priming/sanding/painting/sanding/painting/distressing.  It had some cool hardware but it was just an ugly gold color, so we spray painted those with Rustoleum Hammered in brown.  I am SO happy with how it turned out!  The dresser looks almost white, but it's really a very light gray/blue.  LOVE it! It'll match my baby bedding (which my amazing mother is making for me!) Can't wait to get it in my nursery!  Oh, and did I mention the whole project cost me $67?

 I don't really have a 'before' picture.  This is after I took all the drawers out and sanded.

This is while lying it on it's back so I could sand the edges.  I'll post a pic once I've got it all set up in my nursery.

It's a....

BOY!  We found out today that we are in fact having a little boy!  We are SO excited!  My sister is a labor and delivery nurse at UVRMC and every few weeks we go down and have a little peek with the ultrasound machine.  Well, today I am 15 weeks and 2 days so we thought we'd try and see if this little baby would give up the goods.  Honestly, within like two seconds, he was spread eagle.  Not. Shy. At. All.  LOVE it!  I've been so excited and anxious to find out the past few days and I was really afraid that this little guy wouldn't let us have a good view.  But he sure did!  Now I can finally start buying boy clothes and either save or give away the girl stuff I've been accumulating.  All I can say is Baby Boy Hanvey has one proud papa.  I know Ryan can't wait to buy the little guy his first baseball glove. :)  It's crazy that in a little less than six months he'll be here! We can't wait!!!

 

Here's the little guy with his arms by his face.  I can't wait to meet him!

In other news, two weeks ago our place was flooded by our neighbors above us.  It has been a ROYAL PAIN!  The lady above us left her tub running and forgot.  I know some people have already told me they have done something like this before and caught it before it overflowed, but this lady was walking around naked with her towel wrapped around her. She still forgot.  Ryan came home form work early that day because he had a 'feeling' he should. He came home to water running down the walls after leaking through the vents.  Our wood floors are ruined by our guest bathroom and the flood company had to tear out the drywall on a few walls in our bathroom and storage unit and the linoleum floors and toilet in that bathroom.  They also put holes in the wall behind the baseboards to try and dry everything out.  We're STILL dealing with insurance two weeks later and waiting for the adjustor to get back to us.  We had to stay with family and a hotel for about the first week but now we're back in our place and just waiting to begin getting our place put back together. I'll post some pics later.  :)

Our Little Bambino

Ryan and I are FINALLY expecting a little bundle of joy!  We're thrilled and can't wait until he/she makes their debut February 2, 2012!  Today was my twelve week appointment and we heard our little guy's heartbeat on the doppler.  AWESOME!  All of this doesn't really seem real yet, other than the awesome nauseousness. :)  I feel really lucky because I haven't thrown up and I realize things could be a LOT worse!  With my Phenergan/Zofran cocktail, I'm good!  Here's a little picture from my 8 week ultrasound.