Nursery Reveal!

I officially started working on the nursery over my spring break - the first weekend of April. The first step? Clearing out all the guest room furniture, which also involved reorganizing the entire upstairs. Let's just say thank goodness for the help of Trey, his brother, and father for moving all of the furniture and then my mom for her help in painting, putting the crib together, and her ongoing help with covering the nursery chair/ottoman. There is definitely no way I could have done all this on my own! 

Here's the nursery in the beginning!

Painting with mom: love this shade!
"Cotton Candy" from Lowe's

Lots of organizing!

Since then, and several baby showers later (which I am SO grateful for. Victoria is spoiled already!), I've spent quite a few weekend hours setting up, organizing, sorting, hanging pictures, shopping (the best part!), and more organizing. Trey's huge contribution was putting together her new drawers (courtesy of Target) which was no easy task. They look awesome - thank you honey! I'll let pictures show you the details. There are a couple unfinished areas that I can't finish until I bring my changing table up from Roanoke (yes, the one I used when I was a baby! It's been used by my big sis the past few years and matches the crib) and Mom is also coming in June to finish covering the chair. Check it out:

Look at all her cute little socks! Lots of organizing clothes....

The drawers Trey put together & her hamper.
I love this diaper stacker! So cute - will go on
the changing table.

The bookshelf - spent the wee hours of Friday night organizing this and the closet (below)

I <3 organization!

A view of the bookshelf/closet together

A view of the room from the door (note: unfinished chair in the corner)

The crib and new matching jungle decals - love this look!

This corner will be for the changing table
(rocker will go in our room)

This big chair will be covered in the tan,suede material
you can see a swatch of on the top cushion.
The white frame picture collage above the chair
will have pictures of Victoria & baby photos of her
parents!

All these adorable containers will go on the changing table!


Well, as if you can't tell, I am so excited for her to get here! However, I'm trying to relax and enjoy my "quiet" time until then. Now that the nursery is pretty much ready, I can spend more time being lazy! Although that's not really my style so I guess I can tell myself good luck with that!

xoxo, 

Bumpdate: 32 Weeks! Yikes!

My new favorite attire: preggers comfy clothes!

What a cute phrase: "bumpdate" (get it? Update on the bump). I stole if off another expecting mommy's blog and thought it was adorable. I have been so bad at updating, but this pregnancy has been flying by! This past Thursday marked 32 weeks (aka) 8 months. Whoah! And a lot has changed since my last update at 20 weeks. Check it out:

• Total Weight Gain: 2 weeks ago it was about 22 pounds - tomorrow I'll find out my latest gain...my legs are definitely not used to holding up this much weight!
• Size of baby: Around 3.5 pounds and 17 inches long
• Sleep: Pretty soundly minus my frequent bathroom trips and sore mid-back. However I recently bought myself a "pregnancy wedge" pillow to help keep me on my side or to place under my bump for support - loving it!
• Best Moment This Week: Video-taping V while she kicked around in my belly like crazy.

• Movement: All the time. I love it when it's a big kick and it catches me off guard...I tend to yell out in surprise (eee!)
• Food Craving: Icees on my way home after school - cherry limeade is delish!
• What I Miss: being able to bend over in the shower and shave my legs like a normal person (don't worry...I'm still shaving...sometimes!). I also miss being able to walk quickly. I'm a super fast walker and these days I'm starting to waddle...ugh!
• What I'm looking forward to: V's arrival. I can't believe it's getting so close! I spend every extra minute working on her nursery: washing her new things, folding, sorting, organizing, etc. 
• Weekly Wisdom: I learned this from a coworker: I've started to lay awake after my mid-night  bathroom trips because I have so much on my mind that I need to do before V gets here (ex. finishing the nursery, maternity sub plans, finding a pediatrician, etc.) and my friend suggested putting a notepad next to my bed so I can write it all down...freeing up my mind again for sleep...going to give that a try! I'll let you know how it goes.
• Symptoms: Swollen ankles and feet on work days (and shopping days!), really itchy skin in certain "growing" areas, and I'm finding it next to impossible to stand up after being on the couch, in the bed, or any other "comfy" surface that sinks in. Thank goodness for my husband and his willingness to give me a hand every time I need to stand up! I've also had a lot of back pain in the last ten weeks - especially if I accidentally sleep on my back (which is my natural position) and I've been trying really hard to stay on my side! Hubby has also been a huge help with this and I'll feel him pushing me to my side if he sees me on my back. What a sweetheart :)

Until next time! Xoxo,