Nursery Progress......

Sooo we started on the nursery last weekend and I am so in love with it!!! Perry did such a great job!! I wish I could take credit, but lets be honest i painted for all of an hour and supervised the rest ;) I have an awesome hubby who already loves his little girl so much!

Here are some Before Pics of the room:

Here are the after:

I love how it's turning out! We just have to to touch up some spots and cleanup and we will be ready for furniture!!! I can't wait to see some furniture in here! Hopefully we will get registered for that soon! I walk in here every morning imagining what it will be like to come in here and see her sweet face in the crib! :) I absolutely can't wait!!!


More updates to come...

19 & 20 weeks....

How far along? 20 weeks...
Total weight gain/loss: Im guessing about 15lbs
Maternity clothes? Got lots of new maternity clothes from an online yard sale!! I should be set for a while..
Stretch marks? Nope...
Sleep: Sleep is ok.. I've had trouble breathing again when I lay down the past couple weeks :(
Best moment this week: Getting our 20week anatomical ultrasound done and seeing that she is perfect!!! I love seeing all her little fingers and toes!
Miss Anything? Not really...
Movement: Lots of movement! I can't catch her to feel her from the outside, but I feel her in there just kicking and punching away :)
Food cravings: Nothing really..
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really..
Have you started to show yet: yepp
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: I do have some cramping throughout the day nothing to worry about though..
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? Off
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time.. I have had some mood swings lately where I feel alot of emotions at one time. It's frustrating not to know how I really feel.. I just try to pick one and go with it haha
Looking forward to: finishing up painting her nursery and starting to put furniture and things in there...
Baby Purchases and Gifts: I have purchased a few things on an online yardsale :Babybjorn Carrier, Vera Bradley Diaper Bag and we purchased of course all the paint supplies and things to do her room! Blog to come with progress pics!!

Nursery Inspiration

Soo now that we know its a girl I am in full on nursery planning mode!!

These are some of the rooms that I have been using for inspiration!


I love the simplicity of this room. I love the white furniture! This is actually the crib and dresser we are registering for. I know we said we were going to do darker furniture, but when we found out it was a girl I just had my heart set on white furniture!

We definitely want to use wainscoting in her room, but we cant do the beadboard because we would have to remove the baseboards in the house and its a rental home so we can't do that. This is the cutest way to do it I think with the least about of damage to the walls plus it should be much cheaper, but we will see how that home depot bill turns out when we actually purchase it.. haha it always seems to be more than I think it will be. :)

This is the bedding we registered for at Pottery Barn and I actually want to use these exact colors in her room. There is a possibility I am leaning towards more purple colors because of her name will be Violet ;) . I'll try not to overdue it...

 I want to use these words somewhere in her room!!

These are a couple neat Ideas I want to do...

Also I want to do something similar to this picture frame idea above her dresser..

Anyways these are just some of the ideas I have it will be interesting to see how it all turns out. We are going to be flipping the guest room to my husbands old man room( yes old man room because he is having to get rid of it to make room for baby V) and we are making the old guest room the nursery!

We are getting ready to clean the rooms out now. I will start to post pictures as I go!

**I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE PICTURES LISTED BELOW MOST OF THEM WERE FOUND OF PINTEREST!! Please visit my January Baby Board to view these pictures with links to the original source**

18 weeks...

How far along? 18 weeks..
Total weight gain/loss: Im guessing about 10lbs
Maternity clothes? Same as before nothing new.
Stretch marks? Nope...
Sleep: Sleeping great!! I am sleeping with about 6 pillows :)
Best moment this week: Getting another 4d and seeing our little girl!
Miss Anything? Not really...
Movement: feeling alot more little flicks and flutters.. They always make me smile! :)
Food cravings: Veggies! and still sweets :\
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really..
Have you started to show yet: yepp
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? Off I can of course get them on but during these hot days my hands swell and it starts to get tight...
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to:  our dr's appointment next week and seeing her again!! Yep another ultrasound. This was supposed to be our actual gender ultrasound but we found out early. Im excited to get more pictures though :)
Baby Purchases and Gifts:  I bought her the cutest little fake wayfarer sunglasses and a cute little white chest of drawers that we are going to redo...

From 10-18weeks  I can definitely tell a difference..

August Favorites...

1. Baby Oil Gel - I am using baby oil gel or baby oil to bathe with. Helps keep the belly from itching.

2. Reese's- Have yet to get old. I have been craving these since my 1st trimester.

3. Starbuck's Coffee- A half-caff grande white chocolate mocha is what i'm loving!

4. Fruits or Veggies- Instead of a meat and 3 I would rather have all fruit or all veggies please! Still not wanting a lot of meat YUCK!

5. Cheese Puff's-  Up there with the reese's craving! I could eat these all the time!

6. Pinterest- Not just an August favorite its an all the time favorite, but I am loving getting all these great nursery ideas! 

7. St. Ives Oatmeal and Shea Butter lotion- I use this every time I get out of the shower! Smells great and feels great too!

Last but definitely not least!!!

8. Be Band- Loving using these so I can still wear some of my pre prego pants! I actually made on of these myself from jersey knit material and it worked out great!!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

It's A Girl!!!

We still can't believe it!! It's been so weird to say she or say her name. We found out a little earlier than expected. We found out at 16 weeks and 3 days! We had an opportunity to be in a commercial for  company out of Birmingham called 4d Mommies. A friend of mine told me about a status post on facebook that they were looking for someone 15weeks - 17 weeks to find out the gender on a 3d/4d ultrasound and we won!!! I was so excited when they chose us and even more excited that it was just in a couple days instead of weeks. Well I didn't sleep at all that Thursday night.. We stayed up pretty late at my N-Laws painting a box that we would put the color balloons in for the gender and release them at lunch after we found out the gender.

l had seen people do this on Pinterest before and was so excited we were actually going to be able to do it. That Thursday night (the night before the reveal) I probably only got a total of  30min of sleep. It was like waking up on Christmas! I got right out of bed.. We got ready and headed down. They recorded everything that happened in the room so hopefully we will have footage of that soon. There was nothing like hearing the words "It's a girl!" I will never forget it!

After we went to lunch and met up with 20 of our closest friends and family and revealed the sex of our sweet little bambino!

We go back on August 22nd(Perry's Birthday) to have our next ultrasound.. So no painting rooms just yet.. We are going to wait for another confirmation before we start on her room. Don't think that I haven't planned everything in her room out though.. hahaha I guarantee that her room will be done as soon as possible!

Here is a copy of the Ultrasound if you enjoy watching them like I do :)

Baby Barnett Gender Ultrasound Video

16 and 17 weeks...

How far along? 17 weeks and 4 days
Total weight gain/loss: about 7 lbs
Maternity clothes? Still wearing any stretchy pants I can find. Im getting tired of wearing the same thing over and over again...
Stretch marks? No -  I bathe with baby oil to help with the itching..
Sleep: Sleeping sooo much better now..
Best moment this week: Finding out that we are having a little GIRL!!!!!
Miss Anything? Wine!! I could go for a nice glass of merlot..
Movement: still feeling little flutters here and there nothing thats made me stop in my tracks yet...
Food cravings: I still want lots of sweets!!!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really..
Have you started to show yet: yepp
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: No
Belly Button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? Off I can of course get them on but during these hot days my hands swell and it starts to get tight...
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to:  feeling more  movement...