Inn Above Onion Creek

We went on our last road trip of the pregnancy a few days ago. We stayed at a little bed & breakfast in Kyle, Texas. It was so beautiful and relaxing. Everyone we met there had been multiple times so I'm sure we'll be back once Alex is born. Here is a picture of the front of the house...our room was on the 2nd floor so we had a great view of the sunset.


We stayed in the Martin room. It was so cozy and relaxing!

Not only did they serve a wonderful breakfast, but dinner was included too. It was phenomenal. The first night we had NY Strip steaks, garlic roasted mash potatoes, steams asparagus and banana's foster! The second night we had herb crusted rack of lamb, mushroom risotto, grilled squash and an apple tart with mascarpone. I could have stayed for a week just for the food!

On our way home we stopped in San Marcos to do a little shopping. We got some cute frames for Alex's room. They match the pink ceiling perfect! Now I just have to figure out what I am going to put in them!

I can't believe as of today I am officially 30 weeks into my pregnancy. It seems so weird that in 10 weeks our baby girl will be here! I start having my doctors appointments every 2 weeks now. Sometime towards the end, they become weekly. I am still feeling great, other than being a little uncomfortable when I sleep. She has become more active than ever. She has been getting the hiccups in the morning. It is so cute. We just lay there and watch my stomach bounce! I already love her so much, I just can't wait to meet her!

just another day

Since I found out I was pregnant, I have had nothing but first...first time to actually have a belly, first time to see my baby on the ultrasound screen, first time to feel her kick, and so on and so on. Today I experienced my first last. Today is officially the last day I will be able to paint my toes myself. I've always done my own toes because I am too ticklish to get a pedicure. Well, apparently sitting on the bathroom floor bending over to paint my toes does not agree with Baby Girl. I have noticed in the past few days if I sit with bad posture, she kicks me so I straighten up. I guess I am invading her space. I have no idea why in the world I thought she would be ok with me bending over to paint my nails. She kicked a little, but then she settled down. I figured she was ok. When I finally stood up, my stomach was rock hard. I guess that is her way of asking me, or rather telling me, I better not do that again. Live and learn.

We are heading out of town tomorrow. I am so excited. We are staying at a bed and breakfast in Kyle, just outside of Austin. They serve breakfast and dinner so my plan is just to relax as much as possible. Coopie is staying with his "Aunt Linda." She was his foster mom for a little while before we adopted him. She has 3 other dogs that he adores. I know he is going to have fun playing with them, but it is still hard for me to leave him. What am I going to do when Alex gets here. Am I ever going to be able to let her stay the night away from me if it is already hard for me to let my dog do it?

nursery in progress!

so we spent the day Saturday painting Alex's room. I know from the pictures, it looks like Josh did all the work, but I did my fair share! I taped all the baseboards and trimmed everything. Ok, so maybe it is harder to paint the ceiling, but at least I helped. I only have 1 picture of the finished product because Josh wants me to wait to post more until her room is completely put together. We decided the fan just doesn't look right in the room now, so we are on the hunt for a chandelier. I think we have narrowed it down to one at Home Depot. I can't wait until her furniture comes in so we can finish up the room. Right now, we just have the furniture in there that was in there before since we will need it when the families come down for the shower in 2 weeks. Sunday we went to the movies then relaxed, we were both worn out from painting. Josh has spent most of the day smoking a brisket. He got a new grill for his birthday so he is working on his first ever brisket! It smells so good! So does he, every time he comes in, he smells like a big smoke pit, I love that smell! While he has been keeping an eye on the brisket, I've been in an organizing mood. I re-organized the pantry, our closet and my drawers. I feel so productive....except for the fact that I haven't showered yet! :) I guess I better hop in the shower, we have company coming in a couple of hours!

xoxo-
j

Friday = Picture Day

28 week belly pic

Alex's adorable little face!

the bottom of her feet (near the top of the pic)

the glider and ottoman

close up of the fabric

the chair we received as a gift!

So yesterday was a busy day. We went to the doctor in the afternoon and had our 3rd (and final) ultrasound. Oh my gosh...Alex is the cutest little thing ever. She turned head down and the doctor said once they are head down, they usually don't move so that's a good thing! She was moving her little head, arms and legs all over the place. She is such a ham, she kept looking where the ultrasound wand thing was so all the pictures we have are of her entire face. There are a lot of shadows so it's kinda hard to see the features. The tech kept trying to get a profile picture, but she kept moving her head so we couldn't. At one point, we saw a profile for a few seconds and she was opening and closing her mouth. Then she moved before the tech could save the picture. I did see her chubby little cheeks. She is so adorable! She has her legs and feet straight up and her legs are crossed. She is already so lady like! lol The tech took all sorts of measurements and she is growing so much! She weighs about 2.6 lbs. Each measurement dates the pregnancy. I am officially 28 weeks and 6 days along. According to the size of her head and length of her femur I am about 29 weeks and 3 days along but according to her mid section, I am 28 weeks and 2 days. Josh said she is going to be just like me, big head, long legs and a little mid section. I just can't get over how different she looks from the very first ultrasound we had at 9 weeks. She truly looks like a baby now.

After we left the doctors office, we went to pick up the glider and ottoman. It turned out so cute! It matches the brown in her bedding perfectly!

Today I met one of my Mom's friends, her husband & their daughter for lunch. Her daughter is moving to College Station in August so she is looking for a job. We talked about the company I work for, what she needs to do to apply and College Station in general. They made me a baby gift. It is the cutest pink chair. It is going to look so good in her room.

Is it Thursday yet?

Yes, I know it is only Wednesday, which means yoga at 6:30. Hopefully it will better than last week. I can't wait until tomorrow...well, not so much 8-noon when I'll be at work, but tomorrow afternoon. I have a doctors appointment at 3:45 so I'm picking up Josh from work at 3:30 so we can head over there. Josh only goes to the appointments where we have ultrasounds, so yes, tomorrow is ultrasound day! I can't wait to see my baby girl again. This should be the last ultrasound, unless she is measuring large or small. If she is, then we may have another 1 or 2 as I get closer to 40 weeks to make sure she isn't going to be too big (like her Mama was) and to make sure she is still developing properly. I love that Josh goes with me. It is so amazing seeing our little girl on the screen. She always does the cutest things so I can't wait to see what she does tomorrow. I am also anxious to see how she is positioned. I feel random kicks all over the place. I have no idea where her head is.

In addition to the ultrasound, I received a call today from Let's Go Dreaming. It's the place we ordered her glider and ottoman from. Josh actually pointed out to me that it's not her glider and ottoman, it is mine. I'm sure Alex could care less if she has a chair in her room or not, but her Mama wants one so I guess Josh is right, it is my chair. Well anyway, MY glider and ottoman are in so we are picking it up after the appointment. I can't wait to see it. It was another one of those things were we picked the fabric for the chair from a tiny sliver in a book. I'm sure it turned out great! Once we get it home I'll take pictures and post them.

I should also have the ultrasound pictures posted on Friday...stay tuned!

drum roll please!

here are a few pictures of the bedding. keep in mind that her crib isn't here yet so I kinda set it up on our bed so it will look much better once it's ironed and on her crib!

what a weekend!

So, this weekend started out a little rocky! We planned on heading out of town by 6 or 6:30. Josh had a meeting in Houston that was supposed to end at 4. Well, he finally headed home at 5:30! By the time he got home, we were all ready to go! I got smushed in the back seat with Sheena and Cooper. Coop decided he wasn't happy with the small amount of space we gave him and opted to take up his space and part of mine so he basically laid across me for the almost 3 hour trip.

We finally got to the lake house, unloaded all the cars and everyone started hanging out playing Rock Band. Saturday, the fun really began. Josh and I got up and made breakfast for everyone then the guys and a few girls headed out to the gun range. I stayed back with Katie and Sheena so we could shower and stuff. When we got there, everyone was crowded around Tyler, Sheena's husband. As we got closer we realized Tyler was bleeding. Apparently, they were all shooting at something and ricochet from a 9mm bullet hit Tyler in the head. It really wasn't as bad as it sounds, but he had a piece of metal under his skin and he was bleeding pretty bad. Thankfully someone had a first aid kit so they were applying pressure to it with bandages. It finally stopped bleeding but the metal was still in there so we thought it would be best to take him to the ER in Athens. So off I went with Sheena and Tyler. When we got there, they immediately took him in and decided to do a CAT scan to see how many pieces were in his head and where exactly they were. There was only 1 piece and it was just under the skin. There was no other damage! They removed it, did an x-ray to make sure they got everything then put some glue stuff on his head to keep the wound closed. Everything was ok! 4 hours later we were back at the house. The rest of the weekend went by without any additional accidents. So we spent the rest of the time eating, playing games and relaxing. Although, I would have enjoyed a little more time relaxing than cooking!

Overall, it was a good weekend, but I could have used an extra day to rest! :)

I am so excited because when we came home for lunch today, Alex's bedding was on the porch. It is soo cute! I'll have to take some pictures and post them later! I can't wait for the crib to come in so we can put it all together! I think it may be time for a nap. Coopie is already passed out on the couch, I think I'll join him!