All grown up

I cannot believe that my little girl has completed her first week of preschool.  I mean technically it was only two days instead of three but we both survived.  I expected that being extremely pregnant I would be weepy and not want her to go but I was actually looking forward to being able to go grocery shopping all by myself.

What made it even easier was that Alexis was excited to go to school.  One of her friends is in her class so she knew someone right off the bat.  We went to school a little before check in to take pictures.  It was nice that Casey was able to make it since drop off is over his lunch.

The three hours she spent at school flew by.  Between grocery shopping and actually taking time to make myself lunch before I knew it I had to go get Alexis from school.  Pick up was pretty easy, she ran and gave me a hug and then realized that she had to leave and then she decided she didn't want to leave.  I guess it's better that she enjoys school and can't wait to go and doesn't want to leave, then her not wanting to go and throwing a tantrum and crying a screaming.  It was so hot last week the schools kept letting out early because most of the schools do not have a/c so on Wednesday she didn't have school but had it on friday.  Another easy drop off and then at pick up she insisted that she was going to stay at school for the night.

I am so happy she likes going to school and hope that continues as she gets older.  Here are some pictures of her first day.

Here is to a very good first year of school for my little girl who has grown up too fast.

All Painted

Earlier this week my mom came up to visit us and to help paint Chloe's room.  Once we figured out exactly what colors we wanted my mom got to painting.  She did most of the work and I mainly kept Alexis out of the room.  Although Alexis did help a little bit but that got to be difficult.  I am really happy with how it turned out.  Although we could have gone a shade lighter on the three walls but I think it will look fine once we get everything put in the room.

We still need curtains, which hopefully we can find a fabric soon.  I also have a couple ideas for wall hangings.  My mom will work on one and I will work on the other so they both can get done.  I will probably wait until Alexis starts school to work on projects that way I have time.

Here are the pictures of the completed paint job.

Here's to getting the rest of Chloe's room done!

Second Time Is a charm

In more ways then one.  I had my repeat glucose test today and thankfully the drink stayed down the whole time.  I am glad it stuck this time because I do not want to do that again, so hopefully I pass so I do not have to do the 3 hour test.

Downside to this second try is that the nurse had to stick me in both arms to get good blood flow.  Not the best, but thankfully she was able to get enough blood for all the tests they will run.  They check the glucose and my iron levels again.

I should know on Wednesday.  No news is good news.

Here's to not hearing anything on Wednesday.

28 weeks- 3rd Trimester

So I have officially reached my 3rd trimester.  This pregnancy has been flying by.  It has been a relatively uneventful pregnancy which is what I like.  The only big thing is today I was suppose to have my glucose test but the drink made me sick and I threw it up and so they couldn't do my blood draw because it wouldn't have had taken effect.  So I have to redo it again Monday afternoon.  Hoping that after both a breakfast and lunch in my stomach that I can hold down the drink.  My one big problem is having to drink it in five minutes so I try to chug it to finish it in time.  Hopefully this next time I can get it down rather quickly and with no problems.

I do not really have an update on the nursery because we actually still haven't started work on it.  We have picked up a bunch of color samples but still need to figure out which one will work the best.  My mom should be coming up in a week or so and then we will get down to business.

Chloe is all stocked up on clothes.  Between what we have saved from Alexis and from what we have purchased from people selling what they don't need anymore we have enough to probably put her in several outfits a day.  We will wash everything and probably pick and choose what we want and resell the rest.  Of course we will wait and see how big she is because who knows what size she will need to start with.  Alexis was a pint size little girl but has always followed the sizing of clothes pretty closely but all kids/babies are different.  We have also stocked up on diapers when people are selling extras they don't need.  We have yet to actually pay full price for diapers(except the left over size 5's we had from when we potty trained Alexis).  We have found that there are extreme couponer's in our area and they hold garage sales to sell off excess stock.  One of them has diapers and we are hoping to get to her next sale early enough to hopefully snag some good prices on diapers but I do know they probably go fast.

I don't have a picture from this week but I do have a side by side comparison from last week.  The one on the left is when i was just about 27 weeks with Alexis and the one on the right is just about 27 weeks with Chloe.

Here's to hopefully a successful glucose test on monday.

24 weeks

Well I have hit a milestone in this pregnancy.  Well one of many.  24 weeks marks when a baby is viable.  That means If the baby were to be born 24 weeks and beyond it's able to sustain life outside of the womb.  Not that I am super anxious to meet Chloe, she needs another 13-16 weeks before she makes her debut.  We went ahead and made a registry, most because you get a coupon for like a % off whatever is left on your registry.  We don't need much but we put a few items we need a second one of and just some basics that we may have gotten rid of after Alexis was too old for them.  It was kind of fun and even Alexis got into it, she wanted to use the scanner and scanned most of the items herself.

Not much else to report.  I have another ultrasound July 2nd to complete the measurements they couldn't get the first time.

Here is a bump picture:

Here is to a quick week and a half so I can see Chloe again.

We have a name

So after a few weeks of going back and forth on names, we have finally decided on a name for our new little girl.  The best part is if you ask Alexis she will tell you, if she isn't too shy, what her sisters name is.  Over the weekend Casey took her to an art fest and there was a vendor who was sell rocks with names etched into them and Casey got one for Alexis and Alexis insisted on getting one for her little sister.  I love that she is already thinking about her little sister and wanting to do and get stuff for her.

I also had my 23 week appointment today.  I go on odd weeks because I started at week 11.  I have finally gained some weight.  I am up five pounds since my ultrasound almost four weeks ago, which is pretty good.  They said i should gain between a half a pound to a pound a week.  I got to schedule my follow up ultrasound.  I got back in two weeks for another ultrasound to get the rest of the measurements they couldn't get before and to check my placenta placement.  I am excited to see her again.

This is how we announced her name on Facebook:

We are very excited to welcome Chloe Madison into our family come October.  Here is to a quick two weeks until my ultrasound and some more steady weight gain after not doing anything for nearly 20 weeks.

The baby's room

So we actually haven't started to do any work on the baby's room we do have plans for it.  We found a crib set that we love, and that my mom my surprised us with and we are using that as the basis for the room.  With Alexis we didn't really have a theme for her room, we didn't even have a crib set.  We never found one that we liked.  We had her room painted purple and when we moved we painted her new room purple.  This time around we are going, I guess you could say non traditional in the paint color we are going for in the new room.

We are hoping to find or have the store match the blue in the crib set so we can use it on the walls.  I know blue isn't traditional for girls, but it's a really nice baby blue/aqua color that I think will go really nicely in the room plus we will have pastel color accents, most pink accents so it will still be a girly room just blue walls.

My great aunt is doing a cross stitch piece for the room.  She made one for me and my sisters and then made one for Alexis.  She includes the baby's name, and all the stats of the birth.  I love what she does for us and it's just a special way to commemorate the birth.  The colors in the one she picked out will go nicely in the room.  And then I am doing to do a Pinterest inspired piece for the initials.  For Alexis we just have traditional hanging letters in her initials.  This time we will be doing buttons and frames in the letters.  Hoping it turns out as good as I think it will in my mind.

Since my mom got us the crib set I know have something to use to compare for paint colors.  I cannot wait to finish removing the moose and tree wallpaper that the previous owners had put up in the room.

Here are the 'before' pictures.

Here's to starting work on the baby's room.