Weston's Room

I've finally finished Wes' room, well, sort of... of course there are things I still want to do, but its decorated and more importantly can room a baby at a moments notice. In fact, I even got to go to Babies R Us today and get everything left on the registry that I needed before he comes and I still have gift card money left over so that when I need more stuff, I can go get it without worrying (we have been so blessed by our friends and family). Here are some pictures of the room:

This pictures shows lots of stuff; it shows the storage boxes that were the inspiration for the color/bedding, it shows a beautiful frame Jenny Patey made for us and an elephant I found at World Market that is from Madagascar (both on the top shelf), as well as our day bed with the new pillow covers that Katherine Johnson made for us. It also shows the adorable rocking giraffe that Melissa Ramirez and Dawn Hughes (the girls who threw me my shower) got for us. 

I took this picture to show one of my favorite decorations, the giraffe we found at Pier One, Kurt calls is Geoffry =). 

In this picture you can see the beautiful changing table/dresser (with cute safari picture holders), the glider, a bulletin board with pictures of Wes' friends, a chalk board I got from World Market that came from India and a framed poem that my Nana made for my Mom when she was raising me. 

This is Wes' closet, you can see all the books he got on the top shelf and all his cute little shoes. 

This is the mobile I made for Wes. My mom and I found an old mobile at a consignment shop and I took off the old stuffed animals and added my own stuff, that way it fits the room perfectly but still has the motor to turn around. It has a monkey, lion, giraffe, and elephant. You can see on the back of the monkey that I put polka dot paper on the back of each animal. I also made curly-cues out of zebra and giraffe print. 

Here is Wes' crib, with the bedding that my mom made. It also has a sign above it that Connie Hall, a lifelong family friend, made. She has gotten several requests since making this sign because its so cute! I don't know if you can tell but there is a baby doll in the crib, Kurt's parents bought it for us several months ago to help train Bella. 

 This is a picture of a diaper wreath that Mrs. Costello, a lady from our church, made for me, it is so cute and not only gives us diapers but a bunch of other goodies like bottles and rattles and fun stuff. I will probably take it apart soon since I want to actually put all the goodies to good use. 

Belly Pictures

I am 9 months prego, that sounds so weird. Here are some maternity pictures at 37 weeks. 

Update

Kurt is doing great at his new job with dental sales. The first few days were challenging but since then everything has improved by leaps and bounds. The guys on his team are great and encourage him daily and he has really learned a lot about sales. He will be leaving again next week for an entire week, so we continue to appreciate prayers (which we have truly felt in the last weeks). 

I am off work now, which has been such a blessing. I have been able to rest a lot and slowly but surely get Wes's room ready. Below are some pictures of something else I've been doing, playing with Bella. She especially likes going down the slides at the playground. 

Prego update

I went to the doctor yesterday and they took me off work, yay, so that I will be able to rest. Work was definitely hard, my feet were swelling a ton and not being able to sleep well anymore made it even harder. Fortunately, the swelling has nearly disappeared since my last day of work last Friday, so it should definitely help. Unfortunately, the sleep has not gotten any better, but that is unavoidable and typical at this stage of pregnancy. 

The doctor is also concerned that I may be at risk for hypertension and toxemia (preeclamsia) so they will be keeping an eye on that. So far I am fine and the doctor said that rest should also help keep this condition at bay. 

The doctor said that Wes is ready to go, according to measurements he is a tall boy. In her words, "the sooner he comes the better." I'd like him to wait a little longer, though. =)