He's moving up a storm!

It's official: I have felt the baby move.... A LOT!  I felt him for the first time a while ago, but then went a while without feeling him move much (totally normal, I am told).  Flying home from Texas last weekend, he was moving the whole airplane ride.  His Aunt Tricia thinks he was moving because he hates to fly as much as she does.  We will see, I guess!  I hope that's not the case.  We are going to have this little guy traveling every chance we get!  

I woke up yesterday morning to him moving around.  It was such a great feeling, I just laid there in bed with my hand on my tummy feeling him jump all around.  It felt like the tiniest little pencil eraser poking my hand.  I can't even imagine how little his hand or foot is that I am feeling, but it makes me SO happy to feel him move!

This morning, the same thing happened again. 7:00 and he was up and moving around.  I grabbed Eddie's hand, even though he was sleeping, and put his hand on my stomach.  He immediately felt the little POP that I had been feeling.   I can't wait until I can look at my stomach and see it move around.  The coolest thing ever is lying on one side for a while, and then switching to flat on my back.  The whole baby has shifted over to that one side, so my tummy is crooked for a few minutes.  The morning is my favorite time to feel my stomach.  It is the weirdest, coolest thing in the world.  I haven't eaten anything, so my stomach is flat, and then it is like there's a grapefruit (a LARGE one!) stuck in my stomach.  I LOVE IT!

I am wondering if this means that the little guy will be active early in the morning.  He is actually moving around like crazy right now as I write this at 4:00 in the afternoon.  Maybe we just have an active guy!  

I am on cloud nine! :)  (no pun intended for the below post re: the wall color....)

Nursery changes

I feel like I have a TON of stuff to write about, it is just finding the time to write about it that's tricky!I am currently 22 weeks pregnant (!!!).  VERY hard to believe, but so exciting at the same time!  When we first got pregnant, we debated on where to put the nursery.  We have two bedrooms downstairs (the study and the guest room), and then upstairs we have the master and then a little loft that opens up to the rest of the downstairs.  

Eddie really didn't want the baby to be alone downstairs, and I agreed!  So, when we were in Paris, we had the loft closed in, to make it another bedroom.  It was looking good, but not painted.... we had to wait to pain until we knew the sex of the baby.  

This post will go in stages:

First, the before pictures:

This is the loft looking out into the family room.  The

 hideous yellow wall came with the house... we did not pick it!

This is the window in the loft.  I think it's pretty cute (minus the yellow wall...).  The yellow

 actually doesn't look that bad in the pictures, but

 it is a pretty heinous shade of mustard in person.  

And last "pre" shot: the closet of the loft.  This is where Eddie has kept most of his clothes.

  We had moved out all of the furniture when these pictures were taken, but we used to have some cute furniture up there, which made it really cozy and nice.  

And now, the MIDDLE shots:

This was after the drywaller came.  He scraped the popcorn off of the ceiling, closed in the loft, and added a door/door frame.  It was really shocking to come home to see it done!

This is the newly closed in wall.  You can where the mud has gotten on the walls from him scrapping the ceiling.  

Just another angle of the room.  You can see the raised ceilings, etc...

...and lastly, the added door frame and door.  Ignore the stuff outside of the door :)  I have been packing and trashing and working hard to get rid of "stuff" to make room for the little one!

And finally, the most recent pictures:

One "cloud blue" accent wall, the rest is white.

Phew!  That post took forever!  For all of you bloggers, I have a new appreciation for your blogs! :)  

I am not sure what we would have done to this room if we were having a girl.  I probably would have wanted it the exact same way.  I just love blue.... and I can't see myself painting the room pink! 

We are having some carpet cleaners come to the house tomorrow to get the carpet looking great, and then we can start moving some furniture in.  I will post again once we take pictures of the room coming along.  

Due for post!

I have not posted anything in forever, and feel the need to update!  I do not have any new pictures ready to post, but will try to get some up soon... promise!

We made it to the halfway mark!  I can NOT believe I am already 21 weeks pregnant!  CRAZY!  Time has flown and I know this little guy will be here before we know it!  He is moving more and more (I think! I am still not sure what I am feeling is him moving, but I will tell myself that it is!), and my tummy is expanding more and more! :)  I LOVE IT!

This past weekend, we went to Texas to celebrate Eddie's sisters graduating: Carrie from PSU with her doctorate, and Tricia from TCU.  It was a great weekend and we had a lot of fun.  My tummy got a LOT of attention!  Everyone wanted to rub/kiss/talk to my belly.... it was really cute.  It was great seeing the family, and I hope we can all get together again sometime soon.  The next time we all see each other will probably be after the little man gets here.  Crazy to think about it like that!  

We have been having some work done on the nursery, so I will post pics of that as well.  I will be better about posting pictures (they are more fun to look at anyway!), but my camera is broken so I have to get that taken care of too.... add it to the list!

xoxoxo!

OH BOY! OH BOY!

It's a BOY!!!!

Yesterday, we had our big ultrasound appointment.  The technician that we LOVE was training another woman, who we will learn to love :).  We were SO excited for our appointment... it was the longest day ever waiting for it!

All along, Eddie was convinced it was a girl, or so he said.  As soon as they told us it was a boy, Eddie let out a huge whoop!  He said he would have been thrilled either way, but he was psyching himself up for a girl so he would be excited, but secretly he really really wanted a boy. :)  

The trainee rolled over my belly and the usual technician said quickly: "I know what it is!"  Well, that let us know right away what it was!  It had to be a boy to see the "pecker" that easily... she waited until the trainee found it on her own and then they announced that it was a BOY!  I let out a scream and Eddie definitely whooped!  It was really cute.  We filmed the whole thing and will be putting it together at some point. This was the picture they showed us to really see the...parts....

I seriously have NO idea what else there is in this picture, but I do see the "part" necessary to determine that this is a BOY! 

In this picture, Cal was feeling a little camera shy (actually, he was in all of the pictures).  You can see his eyes and his nose peeking out over the placenta, and his arm is up by his head.  SO CUTE!  I love him so much already!!!

What's it gonna be???

I can NOT believe we get to find out TOMORROW what Peanut is... a cute little boy or a sweet little girl (actually, either way, he/she will be cute and sweet!).  The appointment is at 2:30, and I do not know how on earth we are going to wait until then (again, I am so dramatic!).  I would love to be one of those people who didn't need to find out, but I am not!  I have to know!

I just uploaded some pictures from the below post, and noticed how round and fat my face looks... makes me think GIRL, since women with girls tend to put on weight in their face (although, now that I say that, I can think of several people who had girls who didn't put on an ounce in their faces!).  

Honestly, I do not care one way of the other what this baby is.  I really really really just want a healthy and happy baby... that's all that matters!

My students have all weighed in and more than half of them are convinced it's a boy.  Many of the girls think I am having a boy and many of the boys think it's going to be a girl.  

Eddie still thinks it will be a girl, and my dad thinks it will be a boy.  He made a comment this weekend to my mom about Jackson and (our baby boy) riding around on the boat and getting stuck in the sound and needing Grandpa to come and get them.  The visual is really kinda cute! :) 

On Sunday, Eddie and I went to church and then lunch.  After eating a hearty meal, my tummy seemed extra large, so I had him take a picture:

19 weeks :)

After church, I went out to run some errands, and ended up meeting Mom at Triangle Town Center for some Gap Maternity shopping.  It was WONDERFUL!  The clothes were adorable and we had the best time trying things on (well, I had fun trying things on, Mom watched...).  After we left the Gap, we noticed that Pottery Barn Baby was having a floor sample sale.  The dresser that I thought was BEAUTIFUL in the catalogue, but was way too expensive, was on sale for very very very cheap, so we went ahead and got it!  While we were going, we went ahead and got a few more pieces too, so our nursery is coming together!  We are so excited (well, I say we, but I am not sure Eddie knows what's going on!).  

After we find out the sex, mom and I are going to a fabric store to make some of the bedding and such and then we will paint and get it going!  I will post pictures once we get moving in that direction.  I feel like we are doing this all so early, but I am almost to the half way point, so it's time to get moving!

Can't wait until tomorrow! :)  xoxo

Busy Weekends

What a weekend!  On Thursday night, we had a Junior League "kick off" party at The Fresh Market .  It was the start of our Home Roam, kitchen edition, that would be taking place on Saturday.  The party at Fresh Market was a ton of fun and Eddie and I both had a really good time.  

On Friday, we woke up rather warm.... turns out the air wasn't working!  A pregnant lady without air conditioning is an unhappy lady!  We had some air downstairs, but didn't have any flowing upstairs.  It was 88 INSIDE our house on Saturday!  Needless to say, we have an air person coming to look at it this afternoon.  

Since it was so warm, we wanted to spend as much time as possible outside this weekend.  On Friday, we went to Fridays on the Porch, in front of the Carolina Inn.  It was such a beautiful night and we had a great time.  Chris came out with Jackson and a bunch of other friends were there as well, so it was a fun night.  Afterwards, we went with Katie and Chapman, and Peter and Tiffani to grab some dinner.  Here are some pictures: (note: after looking at these pictures, keep in mind, I was REALLY hot... and awful looking!  Sheesh!)

Movin' on up!

Yesterday, as lunch was about to start, my cell phone rang, and I saw the number for the OB's office.  I answered it, and the person said, "Oh Carrie, I am so sorry to have to call and do this to you..."  I swear, I think my heart stopped beating!  My hand immediately went to my tummy and I quickly sat down. (such the drama queen, I swear!).  

I soon realized that the baby is fine and it was the appointments person calling to cancel my May 1st ultrasound.  The technician wouldn't be in that day, so we would have to reschedule. As relieved as I was, I was not very happy that I would have to push the date back even more!

The lady asked what days I was free the following week, and I told her I was free the entire week leading up to the 1st of May (:)) .  She said since I was so willing to work with them with the dates, that she would bump me up a few days.  

SO NOW, the new ultrasound date is Tuesday, April 28th at 2:30... and we are SOOOO excited!  Eddie has taken the afternoon off of work and we are going to go out and celebrate!  I know it is only 3 or 4 days earlier, but in our world right now, that is HUGE!  :)  

We'll keep you posted!

Beach Ball

Saturday night we went to the Beach Ball.  It was a fun night, but after all of my walking, I was exhausted!  I made it to 12:30, which is HUGE for me.... :) 

Here is me and Chris, my brother.

A belly shot from the night :)

Busy Weekend

We had such a fun, but busy weekend.  We woke up early and I participated in a 5K walk/run (please.  I walk.) which was in honor of Justin Straus, the former student of mine that lost his fight with Chordoma, a rare form of brain cancer.  The event was organized by Justin's best friend's girlfriend. The thought that a 14 year old girl could pull of an event like this is just crazy to me.  I was so proud of her, and I can only imagine how proud her parents must have been.  She wanted to give the event as a gift to James (Justin's best friend).  They weren't sure how many would turn out, and I was thinking maybe 30-40 would show.... well, I was wrong.  We ended up with more like 150-175.  It was incredible.  Here are some pictures from the day:

These are such great kids and Justin's death has had a huge impact on them (and their teachers).  Justin was an amazing person and we all learned from him.  Justin's dad, Steve, spoke to the group and shared stories about Justin and James.  I think because I am pregnant, I have a whole new understanding to the pain of losing a child.  The thought of it literally takes my breath away.  It was sad talking to Justin's parents before I was pregnant, but now it is almost painful for me.  I just cannot imagine the pain they go through on a daily basis.  Justin's dad copes by talking about Justin and his memories of him.  I do not know how I would cope.  

This is a sad post, and I didn't mean for it to be!  It was a wonderful day and a great way to celebrate Justin.  

After I left the 5k WALK, I met Sara, Katie, and Amy for another walk!  This one was about 3 miles.  Hank and I were exhausted half way through the day!  It was so gorgeous out though, so it was worth it.  I would have done anything to spend the day outside!  

Hank had some hot spots on his bum (:( ), so we had to make a trip to the vet after school on Friday.  The best way for it to heal is to shave the area.  SO, sweet Hank has a bald butt.  I took a picture of him when we were playing outside:

WONDERFUL Doctor's Appointment!

Yesterday, I had an appointment with Dr. Hardison.  I LOVE Dr. Hardison!!!  He was so great.  I seemed to have a ton of questions this month, and he took the time to answer them all.  My body has changed drastically in the past week...there is a BELLY growing now!, so I had a bunch of questions for the doctor.  

I told him about my last visit with the doctor (a different one), which was kind of rushed and I never really got to hear the heartbeat because he did the doppler so fast.  Dr. Hardison swore he wouldn't let me leave until I got to hear it loud and clear.  I laid down on the table, and the second he put the wand on my belly, the heart beat was GOING CRAZY!  It was so loud and so strong.  I was just laying there grinning ear to ear.  It was really incredible.  The heart rate was 150... I have no idea what that means for boy/girl (of course, Eddie wanted to know what 150 meant!).  I am just glad to hear the beat.  

I left the doctor grinning ear to ear.  It was a great appointment and SO much fun hearing that little heart beat!  AND we got to make the appointment for May 1st for the ultrasound.... time to find out the sex! :)