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House Update

It has been a long journey trying to finish our house.  I would imagine that my loyal readers are as tired of hearing “It’s almost done”, as I am!  As you know I was in Ohio for a week so that the house could be finished painting.  Here is what it looked like when I left.

Well kind of; we had doors up but they weren’t painted and it wasn’t this messy!

Blake worked really hard to get the trim up and get everything painted!  It was so nice to come home to fresh paint and a finished feeling house.  He even finished the bedroom even though it wasn’t in the original plan when I left.  He worked really hard to get it finished and move the bed in.  We have been sleeping on an air mattress for a few months now because we didn’t want to move all the furniture in before the painting was finished.  Here is what things are looking like now!

The curtains make it feel so cozy!

That’s right, still no chairs!  We found some just haven’t gotten them yet.

I am going to put big palm trees on each side of the entertainment unit and we need some framed art…BAD!!!

I love how the bedding looks with the paint.  We still have to move the rest of the furniture in.  I am hoping to find some good deals on some accessories like are rugs, pictures, and all the cute odds and ends.  Lowe’s has some nice indoor plants on clearance that I will be snatching up to help bring some green in!  I just hope to get things more settled before the baby comes because I fear it won’t happen after that!

I almost forgot!

Jeannie thank you for reminding me!  I was gone so long I forgot about the midwife appointment!

It went really good.  She checked my blood and urine and said everything was looking good except I need more water.  We talked about nutrition a little and I answered tons of questions.  This visit was mostly about getting my medical history and talking about how I was feeling.  We did attempt to hear the baby’s heartbeat.  Since the baby was still so little we would be lucky to hear it.  We did hear something for a slight second then she couldn’t find it.  I can’t wait until next time when the baby is bigger.

Over all I have been feeling pretty good.  My back has been starting to hurt so I did get to the chiropractor last week.  I will be working with him as well as the midwife till I deliver.  My morning sickness is letting up.  I feel good more days than not now.  Unfortunately I had a few bad days this weekend but feeling better today!  Now I just need to start doing more exercise.  I have only 6 months now!

Home!

I ended up being in Ohio for longer than planned.  Blake finished the bedroom too so I had to stay until Wednesday for the paint fumes to dissipate.  I had a great trip but was more than ready to come home!  I took pictures of my sisters new little one, Isabel before I left and made some announcements for her to send out.  Here are a few of them:

Isabel

Congratulations to my sister Chelsea and her husband Nate!  She gave birth to Isabel at 10:38 am Thursday.  Isabel weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces and was about 21 inches long!  Her labor went pretty fast; only having got to the hospital 2 hours before. 

I was so glad to get to be in Ohio to see the baby!  I will have lots of pictures to post when I get home Saturday or Sunday.  It all depends on when the paint fumes exit from my home.  Blake says that the house is looking fantastic too.  I will post pictures of that as well!

Babies, Babies and more Babies

Okay so maybe this week really just involves 2 babies, and no I am not saying I am having twins.  My little sister Chelsea is due this week with her second baby.  They are expecting a girl.  It was fun being pregnant at the same time as her for a few months!  My other sister took a picture of us together when I was in Ohio but I don’t have a copy yet. (hint hint Jen!)

I am really hoping that my sister will not go into labor until after Tuesday!  We are finally going to be painting all the final coats in the living room, dinning room, and kitchen.  This means a whole week of painting and fumes that I can’t be around.  So Blake is shipping me off to Ohio.  I am so excited because I really wanted to be there when my sis has her baby!  Now I have a good chance!  Her due date is the 18th but she has already started to have some small contractions!

I am not looking forward to the 3 hour drive by myself.  I am taking Chloe to keep me company but she can’t keep me from getting worn out.  I haven’t even unpacked completely from our last trip and now I have to pack again.  It is easier just packing for myself though!  I am really bummed out that Blake is staying behind.  I hate going without him!

And the other baby comes in this week when I have my first Midwife appointment on Tuesday.  I am really excited to see what all she is going to do.  I really don’t know exactly what to expect.  I will post a little something to let everyone know how it goes!  I will be heading out Tuesday after the appointment so please pray for my trip.

Oh and when I get home I will finally be able to post some pictures of this place looking more like a home.  I will finally get to decorate!!!!!

A big flop

I tried unsuccessfully to make Tammy’s Pumpkin Rolls tonight.  I have drooled over the sound of these for so long and was very excited to try them.  Unfortunately they didn’t work for me because my yeast was bad.  I tried dissolving what was left over in water with sugar after the dough wouldn’t rise only to find that the yeast would not bubble or foam.  As soon as I get some more yeast I will try them again.  Hopefully I will be able to let everyone here know how yummy they are soon!

This picture from Tammy’s site is what they should look like.  Mine went in the trash in the form of raw dough.

Arachnophobia

We are having the worst spider problem in the world.  We do live partially under ground so naturally there are spiders.  But we are killing at least one spider each night about the size of a quarter.  Or at least Blake is, I won’t touch them.  Half of our house is still unfinished.  It is just serving as a storage area for my in-laws for now.  A big hiding place all dark and cold perfect for spiders.  Oh my skin is crawling just trying to write this.

So to make this matter worse when we were having our satellite installed the guy doing it told us he saw a bunch of brown recluse around the hole that the wires are in.  We have seen a couple around the house resembling them but are not for sure.  This scares me for when the baby is born.  I would like to rid the spiders the best I can before spring!  We talked about having someone come spray but that is out of the question with me being pregnant.  I was apprehensive about this anyway with the dogs.

So now I just don’t know what to do.  My in-laws will be moving their stuff out of our extra space so we can finish it really soon because it will be the babies room.  So now that it is getting colder all those spiders living in there will come running right into the rest of the house.  Will someone please let me come live with them so I can avoid this problem?!

Great Trip

We had a great trip to Ohio.  My mother could not get over how pregnant I was looking already and is convinced that we are having twins.  I felt pretty good the whole weekend but wore myself out.  We had a great party for my dad on Sunday.  There was lots of yummy food!  We took our Wii and everyone had fun playing it.  All in all it was just a really good weekend!

Now we are home and I am exhausted.  As soon as I got home my allergies decided to get the best of me.  Now I have an ear ache, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, sneezing, and itchy watery eyes.  I know I sound lovely, a sight to see!  I am waiting for Blake to bring me home some medicine that I can take while pregnant and hopefully will knock me out too!  He has been so great helping out while I feel cruddy!

Tired is the most over used word in my vocabulary

It is so good to be feeling so much better.  I am 10 weeks now and feeling better and better the closer I get to the end of my 1st trimester.  I am so tired all the time and I really over did it this weekend.  Blake and I helped our church work a concession stand at UK’s football game Saturday.  It was lots of fun, a very different experience.  I was on my feet for a long time and 4 days later still feeling it.  My legs are so sore.  I think all the walking helped with the leg cramps I was getting at night because I have slept better the past few nights. 

Sunday was really nice.  We went to church and then did some shopping.  I am in bad need of some maternity clothes and have been frustrated over the prices on them.  We went to Once Upon a Child and I got 2 shirts and a dress for 15 dollars.  Now I will have something to wear! 

Not much is going on around here.  Blake is putting up some trim that is long over due to go up!  I am trying to make a list of things to pack for our trip to Ohio.  My memory fails me so much lately that I try to write things down more!  I am really looking forward to our trip!  I haven’t seen anyone since we found out that I was pregnant.  Also it is my Dad’s 50th birthday.  My mom is having a party and we will get to see some family we haven’t seen for awhile.  I am sad that the dogs are staying behind.  We need a relaxing trip and that means no dogs.  I hate leaving them with my in-laws though because they are crazy when we get home.  They spend all the time in their crate and it takes days to get the built up energy out!

I have so much to get ready in the next day so we can leave, so that doesn’t leave much more time to blog.