She has a name!!!!

I was determined last night to decide on a name for the baby. Brian and I spent an hour going over the list that we'd already come up with. As most of you know, we've known for a long time what we will call her, but have been having a hard time coming up with a name to go with it. After looking at the list, we still couldn't agree/decide, so we resorted to the world wide web. As Brian scrolled through lists and said them out loud, I was saying no to just about all of them. Too common, sounds terrible... and then we hit upon one that we both liked. I woke up at 3 AM (this is now a nightly occurrence 12 AM and 3 AM at a minimum) and couldn't sleep, so I went downstairs and turned on the TV for a while. The name popped into my head again and I realized how much I love it. I asked Brian at least four times this morning what he thought of it. He says that it's definitely first on the list. We both agree that it's a beautiful name and will hopefully suit her perfectly. And...we're still not telling! You'll know on the Birth Day!

The Nursery!!!

We're almost done. I ordered the ceiling fan today and am about to order the window treatments (I'll still need to do a bit of work on them.) Mom was here Thursday through Saturday and we painted the mural on the wall. It looks incredible! I need to take another picture where the top is not cut off. There are palm leaves that go over the window.

I'll post the final nursery photos when we've installed the fan and hung the curtains.

Tiny?

So, I just realized that it's been more than a month since my last post. One of my doctors said at my last appointment that this is the boring part of pregnancy. That was three weeks ago and until this week, he was right. But things are starting to get busy and there has been a little more going on. I suffered through a stomach virus over this past weekend (Brian felt completely helpless!). I'll spare you all the details, but leave it at - I didn't eat for two days and have developed a taste for red gatorade. This virus came with another - an ear infection. So, I'm popping tylenol and hoping I don't have to resort to antibiotics. I've been to the OB and the family practitioner this week and have another OB appointment - a regular one, tomorrow.

I've been going to a prenatal yoga class once a week and am really enjoying it. There are about 8 of us there on any given day and all of us are due within 1 week of each other - pretty cool to compare notes. I feel like I'm lagging behind though. One of them told me I was so "tiny" compared to them. That was a first - I've never been called tiny in my life! You'd think I'd feel good about it, but everyone tells me that I don't look 8 months pregnant. It's a little unnerving and makes me worry that the little monkey isn't keeping up. But what she doesn't do in size, she certainly makes up for in gymnastics! This girl can move! It's not uncommon for my entire belly to ripple or jump particularly when Brian and I are watching television (and since we live in 24 hour sports world, that's a lot!).

The nursery should be almost complete next weekend. I've drawn the mural on the wall and am waiting for my mom to come next weekend to paint. I can't wait to see the final product. The furniture is there. I STILL need to do the window treatments and we are waiting on a big stuffed chair that we ordered a few weeks ago. Brian will be on a 4 day golf trip in Myrtle Beach - the bachelor weekend revisited, so Mom and I will have to take advantage.

We have an Infant CPR class tonight and then Childbirth class tomorrow night and Saturday. I've been reading too much again and am having vivid dreams about the baby and delivery, so I'm sure the classes will add to the content of those dreams. Only 8 more weeks until she arrives!