'Wasting' Time...

The waiting game has begun and I've discovered a great way to pass the time - making baby cards. I'm sure there are a million other things around the house that I could be doing, but for some for reason choosing card stock, stamps, and designing cards seems like so much more fun. I truly hope this doesn't become a full time obsession, but it sure does help with passing the time. I'm sure these cards will come in handy when all my wonderful friends have their upcoming babies - and there are two due next month alone! Anyway, I mostly wanted to show off my other creative outlet since the baby's room is completed. I'm sure I'll be spending some time on my photography as well, but you'd be surprised at how hard it is to move around at 39+ weeks.

Fred Flintstone Feet

Despite my many attempts to keep my feet from swelling during my pregnancy, I failed. During my second trimester I could put my feet up for a few hours after having them swell on me and the swelling would eventually go down. But now, they are permanently swollen. Getting even bigger when its hot outside. Because of this fact, I had to buy, what I like the call, my fat flip flops. They are actually orthopedic flip flops that I purchased at my chiropractor's office and they aren't the worst piece of foot wear I've ever owned, but they definitely aren't the nicest. I've had to wear the lovely flip flops for the last couple months (thank goodness its not winter, I have no idea how I could pull off giant winter boots at work). So I have now nicknamed my feet 'Fred Flintstone Feet' and now understand why he never wore shoes - cause he couldn't find any that fit! So a warning to all those expecting mothers, your feet can swell during pregnancy (some worse than others) and be prepared to not be wearing your fancy heels, or flats for your whole pregnancy. I can't wait to put my heels back on - just saying :)

The Baby Room!!!

We finally completed the baby's room (minus one canvas print that we'll be hanging over the crib). Taking on the project of hanging the entire alphabet around the room was a bit daunting and definitely took a lot longer than we anticipated, however I am so happy with how it turned out. You'll notice I included a picture of the closet, which Clayton helped to install. I figured the more storage space the better - and I was right! Thanks to everyone for the wonderful baby shower gifts that we received. You'll notice there isn't much more room on the top shelving unit for clothes. Here's hoping baby can wear a few of the smaller items more than once. I'll definitely post another picture once the canvas print is hung over the crib. It'll be the finishing touch on my 3 month project.

Baby's Room - Sneak Peek!

The baby's room has been a work in progress for the last few weeks, not that there has been a major amount of work, just not enough time to get everything completed yet. Here is a little sneak peek of what we've been working on. Fingers crossed the majority of work will be completed this weekend and I'll have updated photos showing the nearly completed room!

The Nesting Phase

I finally have some time to catch-up on my baby blog and thought I'd start with describing what is so commonly referred to as the "nesting stage". Despite Clayton's thinking that I haven't enter into the so called nesting stage, I'm pretty sure my behaviour towards house cleaning/tidying/maintaining has changed significantly in the last few months. It started with wanting things to be tidy all the time. Don't get my wrong, our house is usually in fairly good order when guests come over, but on a day to day basis, chores can definitely fall to the bottom of the priority list. I remember people telling me how they couldn't go to bed without the sink being empty and how I thought they were absolutely crazy! Well, I think I have turned into one of those people. Even though I'm exhausted before bed I find myself tidying things and wanting to quickly do the dishes - you can't tell me that I haven't started nesting after hearing that. There are definitely other examples of this need to make changes to our house, the other big thing being the need to 're-vamp' all the rooms - not just the baby's room. Here is a little sample of one of my projects. A little paint and a couple new pieces and I think the bathroom looks way more modern than when we first moved in. On to the next project!

Baby's First Kick

Well its official! Baby has started to move around enough that I can tell its the baby moving and not my stomach (or something else). I'll always remember the moment that I felt the first kick, or movement, as I was getting a massage and was in an utter state of relaxation. I have now learnt that when I'm sitting on the couch, not thinking of a million things I need to do, and really getting to a relaxing mood that baby will start moving around. Its a really amazing feeling and I keep wondering what baby is really up to. Perhaps a kick, or maybe just repositioning. Either way, its such a wonderful feeling to know baby is moving around happily.

Clayton also got to feel the first signs of movement the other night. I think he's waiting for a few big kicks to know for sure, but he definitely felt something. I estimate that the movements will become bigger over the next months but right now they are big enough for me to feel, but not so big that I can see the baby moving around in my belly. Soon enough. Happy swimming little one!

Not my belly, but you get the idea ;)

A Different Perspective

I've been a little behind on getting a shot of my growing belly, so Clayton and I finally took the time last night to take a few pictures. Despite his attempts, I wasn't really liking my side profile and had to resort to thinking of new/different ways to get a shot of my growing baby belly. Here is my favorite shot of the series - something a bit different from your standard side shot. I quite like how it turned out and I must thank Clayton for his patience as I tried to direct the shot from in front of the camera.