25 weeks

Having my first shower next week super excited!!

I know I maybe way ahead of the game but I got my hospital bag ready today and after the shower I will get Kylies bag ready to go. 

I cant believe she will be here in less than 3 months (give or take a little)

How many weeks? 25 weeks

Total weight gain? 18 lbs, more than I would like but as long as my baby is health I am okay!

Measurements? Same as 22 weeks next appointment is at 26 weeks.

Line? yes

Belly button in or out? in

Can you see your toes? Yes

Swollen feet or legs? Not yet

Maternity clothes? I am still wearing regular tops but I am wearing maternity jeans and work pants.

Sleep? This week was a lot better!

Favorite sleeping position? on my back

Snoring? Nope.

What makes you uncomfortable (sitting for a long period of time, standing)? Car rides

Gender? Girl

Movement? Not a whole lot this week but I also haven’t had the down time to feel

Food Cravings? Green Sour apples, yumm and anything sour

Anything making you queasy? The smell of vegetables cooking, gross! 

Symptoms? Nothing really, just sleepy

Wedding rings on or off? Still on but getting tighter

Happy or moody? Happy but my moods can change quickly, ask my husband 

Best moment this week? Making it one more week with a healthy baby.

Miss anything? Running, sushi, sleeping on my stomach, being able to do things for myself.

Looking forward to? Meeting Kylie Sofia and her Houston baby shower next week!

Workouts? Stair stepper, walking uphill on the treadmill, elliptical, walks after dinner (weather permitting). At least 5 days a week, 45-1hour of cardio with some prenatal yoga on my off days.

Nursery progress? Walls are painted bright pink, closet storage done. Have done some labeling of buckets, painted the book case, waiting for Tyler’s grandpa do restore the rest of the furniture so we can start putting up decals on the walls and frames. 

Ross picture frame

Again I just love Ross ! It is always hit or miss but when I went yesterday I hit twice! Got a beautiful rug for $29.99 to match the nursery (pictures in the nursery blog) and this 4x6 picture frame for $3.49 .

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it until it hit me, a super adorable light switch cover. Now it wasn't the color I wanted so I found some ok spray paint I had from when I spray painted the cushions out  back. (In the blog as well)

I spray painted away and got this as my end result 

It matches my hairbow holder perfectly! As soon as I get it up I will posts final pictures of what it looks like in Kylie's nursery.

Bookshelf updo

I bought this bookshelf at a garage sale a while back, when we had just bought our house.

Then we got pregnant and it didn't match the crib or the changing table so I decided to give it an updo cheap and easy!

First I wanted it to match the crib 

So I bought this paint $3.75 at Walmart for small can

And painted it. It took about two full days to dry but it turned out exactly how I wanted it.

Then I decided I wanted to add some more to it and went and bought two small bottles of turquoise paint $.59 each at Walmart and painted the inside of the bookshelf 

Easy simple and give it a little pop of color to the nursery.

Label

So I am very OCD and love organizing. 

As I am setting up the baby's nursery I am realizing I have lots of bins but needed to have them organized.

As you know from other posts my colors are turquoise, pink, white, and brown so I found this labeling tape at Walmart for $2.00 in pink.

It is amazing!!

Best part, if you mess up or want to relabel, it comes right off!

I am not sure if I like using a pink paint pen to write on it or just regular white paint yet. ( I may also try a white paint pen and see what I like better) Anyway here is what they turn out looking like

You can't read that very well but it says blankets.

That's an example of the pink paint pen

That's an example of the white paint.

Again I love this cheap and easy idea of labeling.

Here is a sneak peak of what the closet looks like so far...

Diy bow holder

What an easy project.

I bought this frame 70% off at hobby lobby a while ago 

Took off the back pieces 

Bought this ribbon for $2.00 at Walmart

Cut it and stapled it with my staple gun on the back of the frame 1.5 inches apart.

(Make sure it is tight) tada you have a bow holder :).

I'll post more pictures once I have bows and it's hanging in Kylie's room.

Total project cost 

$10 frame

$2 ribbon

$12.00 

I may go back and add small hooks to I can hang head bands...

Update. I added the hooks bought a pack for .97 cents at Walmart of small silver hooks painted them white drilled holes and screwed them in...

Final product, in love!!!

Nursery so far

When I found out for sure it was a girl I already had an idea of what the nursery would look like. My vision was pink, white, brown and turquoise themed.

Before:

My husband picked out the pink paint from Walmart (he did a great job). We loved the way it looked only $11 for the gallon and we even had extra left over! Here are some pictures of the walls, we left one wall the original color so it wouldn't be too much pink (even though there is no such thing):

Next I ordered 96 circle wall decals $18 and name decal $25 from amazon with free shipping. I got them in 3 days!! Love them.

My next project was the closet:

I put some of the wall decals in here to give it some color:

I ordered the closet maid 9 storage unit $39 and 4 storage baskets (2 brown 2 turquoise) $22 from target. Put it together tada easy storage.

On top I wanted more storage containers so I bought two white buckets from IKEA $1.99 each (great deal during the holiday break) and 6 different size turquoise containers $7.99

The crib was a great deal we couldn't pass up, we bought this crib when I was 6 weeks pregnant. It is a Carter Johnston chesnut crib for $75.00!! 

We were lucky enough that my husbands parents saved his dresser and changing table that matches the crib perfectly! Free :)

Bought this bookshelf about a year ago at a garage sale so I painted it to match the rest of the furniture. I used this paint,

Here is a picture painted ...

cost $8.

I have been looking everywhere for the perfect turquoise and white rug and after searching everywhere and not wanting to pay $300+ for a rug. I found this at Ross 5x7 for $29.99 what a STEAL!!!

Do it yourself bow hanger, had the frame, so bought ribbon $2.00 total. 

(If you want to see how to make it I have a tutorial on the blog)

Total so far for the nursery: $241.99

Almost 6 months!

Boy oh boy has the time flown by next week I will be 6 months pregnant! I have been off for Christmas break these last two weeks so I will be posting lots of nursery pictures soon....

Nursery Progress:
All walls are painted
Closet Storage done

We registered this week and have started buying baby products, talk about overwhelming! Luckily I have a sweet friend who’s mom does that for a living and gave us a list of what to register for (life saving)

How many weeks? 23 weeks

Total weight gain? 15 lbs, more than I would like but its the holidays...

Measurements? Kylie Soifa is in the 64% tile weighing in at 1lb 2oz at 22 weeks.

Line? I noticed it for the first time last week.

Belly button in or out? in

Can you see your toes? Yes

Swollen feet or legs? Not yet

Maternity clothes? I am still wearing regular tops but I am wearing maternity jeans and work pants.

Sleep? What is that? I am having the worst time sleeping consistently but I am getting a good 4-5 hour stretch every night.

Favorite sleeping position? on my back

Snoring? Nope.

What makes you uncomfortable (sitting for a long period of time, standing)? Sitting for a long time and car rides

Gender? Officially a girl!

Movement? Lots of movement and can even see her if I stay really still in bed.

Food Cravings? Green Sour apples, yumm!

Anything making you queasy? The smell of vegetables cooking, gross! 

Symptoms? Nothing really, just sleepy

Wedding rings on or off? On but it may not make it much longer…

Happy or moody? Happy but my moods can change quickly, ask my husband J

Best moment this week? Confirming Kylie was a girl and feeling her kick

Miss anything? Running, sushi, sleeping on my stomach, being able to do things for myself.

Looking forward to? Meeting Kylie Sofia.

Workouts? Stair stepper, walking uphill on the treadmill, elliptical, walks after dinner (weather permitting). 5 days a week, 45 minutes of cardio with some prenatal yoga.

Nursery progress? Walls are painted bright pink, closet storage done.