The Baby Room

So the past 3 months Jeremy and I (mostly Jeremy) have been prepping one of our bedrooms for the baby. What have we been doing for 3 months, you ask? Only prepping to paint. Now, I know you must be thinking, a little here, a little there, that's why it took so long. But no. The people who owned our house before we did had an interesting taste. We were lucky that they only decided to spruce up two rooms: the master bedroom and the nursery.

The master bedroom had two opposing walls painted hunter green, the other two maroon. It was so dark and made the room feel so small. This picture is from our walkthrough, so all the furniture is theirs...

Our first priority after moving in in Nov 2007 was to repaint the master bedroom. It took us forever to repaint because we had to prime several times, and our walls are really high in the middle of the room - around 12 feet. Also, they painted all the doors and baseboards a peach color, so we had to prime and repaint that, as well. However, we are very happy with the end result.

After tackling the master bedroom, we were all painted out, so we totally procrastinated painting the nursery. I'm actually kicking myself right now, because I thought we had pictures of it before, but now I can't seem to find them:( However, I can describe it! The room had a wallpaper border going around the middle. This was really difficult to remove, and a lot of the wall came with it. So that required a lot of patching. Under the border, the wall was painted blue - but it was really thick because it had been sponged on. So the wall had to be sanded, and the whole thing had to be sanded so it was all one consistency. Above the border, stars and clouds were sponged onto the walls. So, again, we had to prime and paint. But we like the end results!

Superman!

So for those who don't know, I have had a pretty miserable pregnancy. Morning sickness was more than just in the morning, and I have been on several medications to try and lessen the symptoms. For essentially the first 15 or so weeks of my pregnancy, all I could keep down was fruit and bread - and that didn't always stay down. In two months, I lost 12 pounds.

On a happier note, I'm feeling a little better (still need the nausea medicine), and have gained back 8 of the pounds I have lost. I'm eating more, and sleeping better, although my back is starting to hurt and I often have pretty horrible gas pains :)

I must say, I have had one strong support throughout the past several months - Jeremy. He has done so much and never complained. Here is the list:

1. He makes me a lunch to bring to work everyday, since just going into the kitchen makes me gag.

2. He goes to the grocery store every few days as often my diet is driven by what I think I can eat.

3. He has done all the laundry for the past several months (the detergent makes me sick, too).

4. He cleans the bathrooms, vacuums the floors, and fills my car with gas (again, the smell at the gas station makes me gag, and more!).

5. He changes the bedsheets whenever I decide that they need it, even if he just did it a couple of days ago, and will febreeze the sheets and my pillow whenever I ask.

6. And the most amazing thing - he empties and cleans my "barf buckets" (I have several in key positions throughout the house) whenever I use them. He has NEVER complained about it, or even acted like it bothered him. He's always there when I get sick, and will clean up any mess - no matter how smelly or nasty it is.

How amazing is that?

Here is the belly so far:

And here's the man:

It's a girl!

Today we went in for our second ultrasound. The doctor spend a lot of time looking at the anatomy (the baby is developing perfectly), and was able to tell that our little "it" is a "she". We are so excited! She is about 1.5 pounds right now, and was facing down. Enjoy the following pics....