Texas and pregnancy updates!

A lot has happened since I gave a real update so this post may be a little long. I also haven't taken any of the side view photos since the last one at 25 weeks and I am now 32 weeks... I have to do that tonight :)

At 26 weeks, Mitchell and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary! I have the very best husband in the entire world. I can hardly believe that we have been married for 4 years. Our marriage hasn't always been easy, especially the year that we struggled with infertility, but all of the struggles and hard times that we have been through together has only made us stronger.

At 27 weeks, we were in Arkansas celebrating Christmas with Mitchell's family! We had a lot of fun sitting and visiting with his grandparents.

At 28 weeks we were in Fort Worth! This is my tummy waiting outside of Spring Creek BBQ! YUMMY.

Here is Mitchell waiting next to me. I don't have any pictures of our time during the 29th week when we were in San Antonio.

At the end of the 29th week we went to the Fort Worth Stockyards to do a maternity shoot with my Aunt. I will post those pics at a later date :) They are so cute!

This quote is in the Fort Worth Stockyards and it always makes me giggle! Texans rock! We drove back to Pittsburgh on the 9th and we have been quite busy since then.

Mitchell accepted a job with Raytheon in Dallas so we will be moving back home after his graduation on May 20th (also my mom's b-day) I am so excited to move back home but I will miss all of my Pittsburgh friends.

To be able to get ready for our move we have been busy getting the house ready to put it on the market. Because of this I have been very busy working on the house and "finishing" the house, finally. :)

Here is the master closet, all color coded for its photoshoot.

I have also been busy working in the nursery!

Here is the basement guest suite! Anyone who comes up to see baby Adelaide can stay here!

Theo got a bone and really loved it so I thought I would throw in a pic of my little guy! :)

Texas!

We have been traveling!

We spent 4 days in Little Rock, AR with Mitchell's family and now we are in North Texas with mine and will heading to San Antonio in less than a week to see the rest of our family.

I am loving being able to share my pregnancy with my family!

Grace was able to feel Adelaide hiccup on Wednesday (I was excited to share that with her because she didn't start hiccuping until this Sunday)

I had my first Braxton Hicks contraction on Tuesday while we were walking around the Old Mill in Little Rock.

I will post pictures soon. Baby is just growing and growing.

I am now almost 28 weeks and tomorrow I will be entering my THIRD trimester! Adelaide will be here so soon!

25 weeks! God's timing is perfect!

I've just been busy growing a baby! I had the glucose tolerance test yesterday and felt yucky the rest of the day. I didn't go to Bible study because of how yucky I felt and I was pretty bummed about that. We were supposed to read Luke 1-10 this week. I was reading it and in the first chapter I was absolutely floored! I am currently in my sixth month and all the time I am reminded that God's timing is perfect. Check out these verses that I came across

"And this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible" Luke 1:36b-37

I got goose bumps reading that. God is so good, not only did He bless with this amazing gift but He reminds me of His love continually! After struggling for 15 months to get pregnant with no meds working and having PCOS confirmed for a third time and being tested for premature menopause and and having xray solution shot up inside of me and then prayerfully deciding to stop trying to get pregnant and start trying to build our family another way, it feels so unreal to actually be experiencing pregnancy.

Tonight I am going to the Women's Bible Study Christmas Party and this is the gift that I am bringing for the exchange. The nail polish is Essie "Rasberry" and I am totally in love with the shade and may go get myself some for the summer! Getting together "beauty supplies" made me think of another verse.

" Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised"

Proverbs 31:30

It can be so hard to remember that. Truthfully, I don't know if I have ever felt prettier than now, being pregnant. I think that waiting on the Lord and receiving His blessing just makes me feel beautiful from the inside out... okay now I am just talking.... How about some more pictures?

I have been working on some more of Adelaide's things.

Her closet is slowly coming together. You can see one of her vintage dresses hanging in the closet! (Almost all of the stains came out of the dresses) You can also see her elephant mobile that I need to get the attacher-thing to attach it to her crib.
I finished her bed skirt and put her "library" bucket and toy bucket under the crib.
This is the next space that needs TLC. Mitch has offered to sand and paint the dresser and then I need to turn it into a diaper changing station. I also need to clear out some other stuff and I think that I am going to add little rosette flowers to the lampshade to cute it up a bit! On the ground, to the left of the dresser, is a quilt that belonged to my great grandmother that I need to sew some new patches onto. I am hoping to use it on Adelaide's big girl bed, when that time comes.
I have cleared out a lot of junk around the glider. We still need to move a side table in there and put a lamp on it.
It is coming along, slowly but surely. I still need to put stuff up on the wall.

What do you think?

Things are coming together for Adelaide Lillian

I thought all of you might like to see what I have been busy doing up here in the Burgh!

I made this cute "A" for her diaper bag. It is made from tapestry samples that Karen gave me!

Here is the close up. I am going to put a grommet through the top.

Here are her swaddlers and a whole bunch of burp cloths that I have made. My favorites are the ones with the African wax fabric.

These are her little bitty 0-3 month clothes with the moccasins that Mitchell bought her. The knitted things at the top of the drawer were my bonnet and booties.

Here are her bigger clothes, extra sheets, and a cuddly blanket for her.

I found this little dress at Nordstrom on great sale! I have a FuzziBunz diaper that perfectly matches this dress. The color is called "crushed berry"

This is the small FuzziBunz in Cotton Candy next to the one size adjusted to the smallest in Crushed Berry. Based on how small this adjusted we decided to register for the FuzziBunz one sizes!

This is my diaper stash so far. I have two Lil' Joeys by Rumparooz (the two in green) They are for newborns and fold down around the umbilical cord. The Lil' Joeys are all in ones, meaning that it is super simple to use, no special folding, no inserts. There are three FuzziBunz (two small and one one size) I have a fourth FuzziBunz that is an XS in light green, it is currently at my friends' house adorning the little bum of Selah Joelle Dutra. The striped one is a Thirstie Duo Wrap in size 1. It will go over a prefold or a kissaluv for the newborn period!

Here they all are in their drawer! Cloth diapers are so cute!

This is my glider (Thanks Aunt Lisa) with my ottoman. Draped over the arms is Adelaide's collection of vintage dresses that I need to clean.

Here is her little library!

This is how the room is looking! I love the patchwork feel of it all.

Another view. The blankets over the side are from Uganda.

Here is a close up of the contents of her crib. I made the doll for her way back during TAMS. She is all hand sewn and Mitchell helped do some of the stitches on the heart. The little bear was brought back for Adelaide from Scotland by soon-to-be-Aunt Caroline! The little dog was my toy "Ruff Ruff".

Still on my to-do list:

Get stuff that doesn't belong in the nursery out of there

Clean the vintage gowns

Finish the dust ruffle

Make her a quilt (I already have the fabric and it is fabulous)

Grommet her "A"

Sew some pillowcase dresses

Put up some wall art, including a fabulous giraffe print from Uganda

Hang her mobile, African elephants!

I hope all of you like it!

Weeks 23 & 24

Slowly but surely we are getting closer to March! She has been so wiggly lately.

On Friday we had to get the car worked on and spent 4 hours in the waiting room... that was fun.

I have put up our Christmas decorations. My favorite part of the decor has to be ornaments and all of the nativity scenes. Christmas is probably my favorite time of the year. I love all the songs and hot cocoa and I love that it means family!

Please continue to pray as Adelaide Lillian continues to grow. This week she is growing her real hair! That is so crazy to me.

Also, I think I have finally perfected our baby registry.

Update and such not!

Everything is going great. Adelaide Lillian has been kicking and wiggling a lot. She swiveled around to the back in the last couple of weeks so I think that my tummy looks a little bit smaller than it did when her bum was right up front.

It has now snowed twice here... I have been listening to Christmas music and am getting the house ready to be decorated. We have also been planning out our Christmas vacation plans. I can hardly wait to see all my family!

I feel so blessed to be on this journey. Adelaide is most active in the morning while I am still lying in bed. This morning she was very funny. If I would poke her on my left side she would kick back. She even kicked Mitchell after he poked her.

Mitchell went to the AISES national conference. I didn't go this year but I will go again next year! While there he bought some very sweet hand made, beaded moccasins for Adelaide. They are amazing and I can hardly wait to put them on her.

Please continue to pray for us. Adelaide should be here in about 4 months. Please pray as we continue to plan and get everything in order.

20 weeks

You can see from the top pic that my belly button is now out!!!

I am really enjoying this pregnancy. My energy is really high now and I am getting a lot done.

Mitchell has been really busy this semester so I don't get to see him as often as I would like. Please pray for us as this semester winds down.

Please pray that Adelaide continues to grow strong. My momma-worry-mind keeps me up a lot at night and I would really like some sleep :)