Thursday, August 23, 2012

25 Weeks

August 22, 2012

25 Weeks

How Far Along: 25 weeks

Size: Baby Girl is the size of a head of cauliflower: 13.6 in. long and around 2 lbs.

New Baby Developments: She is enjoying her new sense of equilibrium (knowing which way is up and which is down) and she is growing more fat!

Cravings: Ice Cream, Mac-n-Cheese

Aversions: Anything gooey.

Movement: Somedays she moves all day long and others just every now and then.  But, if I lay down flat on my back… she will move every time.

Looking Forward To: Scheduling a 3D ultrasound and some showers.

Best Moment of the Week: Starting childbirth classes so we can be prepared and confidant!

Sig

Thursday, August 16, 2012

24 Weeks

August 15, 2012

24 Weeks

How Far Along: 24 weeks… That’s 6 MONTHS PEOPLE!

Size: Baby Girl is the size of a cantaloupe: 11.8 in. long and around 20.8 oz.

New Baby Developments: Her skin is gradually becoming more opaque, and it’s got a new pink glow (thanks to the small capillaries that have recently formed).

Cravings: Ice Cream and peanuts… together… covered in chocolate :)

Aversions: Anything gooey.

Movement: A lot!  My new favorite thing to do is watch my stomach move.  It’s creepy in an amazing miracle kind of way.

Looking Forward To: Scheduling a 3D ultrasound and some showers.

Best Moment of the Week: Getting to see her for a few seconds at our doctors appointment.

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Sig

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Nursery! Upgrading Cheap Shelves

Nate is so handy.  He can basically build anything.  I am positive that he could build an entire house all by himself.  Maybe someday we will do that…. probably not…. but maybe.

In the mean time we enjoy fixing up our house.  In Rogers we basically re-did the whole thing, as much as we could afford.  Now, since moving and buying a newer house, we only have to change the things we want to.  We still have a few projects lined up (gutters, pergola, outside paint…) but since it has been so hot outside we have focused our attention on the nursery.

First project for the nursery:  Shelves!

We started out with cheap $20 shelves from target.

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Next, we added some trim pieces around each side.

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Then we caulked all the nail holes, did a little sanding, and painted everything.

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After adding a little bead board to the back, instead of the cheap cardboard, they look pretty snazzy!

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They look great and I am excited to cover them with cute decorations for our baby girl!

 

To upgrade some shelves of your own, here are the supplies we used for each set of shelves:

  • 1 cheap laminate 5 shelving unit
  • 10 – 1” x 2” x 8’ pint boards
  • 1 – 12’ base molding (3 1/4 x 1/2)
  • 1 sheet of bead board
  • Nails
  • Wood glue
  • Spackle
  • Sand paper
  • Primer/Paint

 

Sig

23 Weeks

August 8, 2012

23 Weeks

How Far Along: 23 weeks

Size: Baby Girl is the size of a grapefruit: 11.8 in. long and around 20.8 oz.

New Baby Developments: Her face is fully formed now!  And, she is listening intently to different voices and sounds.

Cravings: Little powdered doughnuts and Ice Cream

Aversions: Anything gooey.

Movement: She moves all the time!  Keeps me up at night sometimes.

Looking Forward To: Working on her nursery this weekend.

Best Moment of the Week: Getting a pedicure with Melissa thinking about what our toes will look like when we give birth. haha

Sig

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

MLB Stadiums : Minnesota Twins

I have the joy of being married to a man that loves baseball. I mean he loves it! And, I really do love that he loves it so much. It makes me happy to see him so happy. I will gladly sit through hours of baseball just because I know Nate loves it so much and it's fun to see him get excited about something. I guess it is our hobby. Every year we go to the Big Twelve baseball tournament and it is something we both look forward to all year.

We have always joked about wanting to visit every MLB stadium. So, the other day I decided to get serious about it. I'm all about checking things off a list so why not add another one to my blog? It may take the next twenty years, but we will get er done…. Hence the new tab “MLB Stadiums.”

Last month during our youth mission trip, we found ourselves in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It was a great week of ministry so we decided to reward ourselves for all the hard work… by going to a Twins game!  Pretty much if we ever go somewhere with a baseball park, Nate is going to at least drive by.  But this time, we went ahead and sprung for the game.  All the students enjoyed it and it was a nice relaxing way to end our week before the long van ride home.

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It was a little cold and rainy, but great at the same time!  We sat under the giant screen out in left center and cheered for the Twins with our matching shirts.  This was a huge stadium… probably the biggest we have seen yet.  Can’t wait for the next one!

Sig

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Sum, Sum, Summer Time…

I was looking back on my last like 20 posts and they are all about our baby girl.  Can you tell what I am thinking about most days? ha

I need to get back on track with what’s been going on in our lives.  For some reason, this summer has been crazy.  We do the same amount of youth stuff every summer, sometimes even more than this summer, but for some reason… this summer has been a little overwhelming.  When we were at a larger church, we even took two mission trips instead of one.  I must be getting super old, because the thought of leaving my house for another week makes me want to cry.  I’ll just chalk those emotions up to pregnancy ;)

Anyway, despite my lack of energy, we have had a great summer!  It has been hot… I mean oober hot with a side of sweat.  (You can’t step outside for more than 10 seconds and not sweat.)  But at the same time we got to spend a lot of time together and with our friends and youth. 

Get ready for the mother of all recaps…

May 23-27 --- First there was Nate’s first day of vacation this year.  It was of course for the Big Twelve Baseball Tournament. 

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We go to it every year and look forward to it every year.  We watched around 12 baseball games, and enjoyed just relaxing at the ballpark.  Nate has basically been in charge of everything at church for a while now, so he needed a small break in the worst way.

 

May 28 ---  Memorial Day.  We went over to Zack and Hollie’s for the annual cook out and it was just a great relaxed time with friends.

We couldn’t talk the boys into playing any games, so we just ate and talked.  It was a little hard for me to hide being pregnant at this point, but I made it through a whole day with my best friends without saying something.

 

May 30 --- Falls Creek Bash

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Nate and I sumo wrestled for the first time. I think I got a concussion from the first hit.

 

June 1-20 --- The “calm” before the storm.  If this is calm:  we were busy at church getting ready for our new pastor, going to business meetings, putting on a wedding, telling the world we are going to have a baby, going to the doctor, having youth outings, and stopping by the Whitney family reunion.

 

June 24-30 --- Falls Creek

Our biggest week of the summer.  It was jump started with a bunch of van problems and ended with some more van problems, but it was a great week in between!

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We focused on prayer and learned about different ways to pray.  We had a few decisions in our cabin and will get to see one student baptized this Sunday, because of what happened at Falls Creek.  That makes everything worth it!

 

July 1-5 --- We were working hard to get ready for Minneapolis.  The other secretary was off so I had to work all day everyday… boo.  And we had our big ultrasound!  Not much Fourth of July celebrating went on in our house…. we were already too tired.

 

July 8-14 --- Mission Minneapolis

The second biggest week of our summer!  It was a wonderful trip where we headed north to help a new church plant.  We spent the week telling people about Lexington Community Church while sitting at a grocery store, doing a car wash, and a block party.

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We worked with powerplant again, so every day we were also getting in tons of Bible study and group time.  We really got to know each other and I think everybody took home some life-changing memories.

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July 15-21 --- We welcome our new pastor at church, get ready for VBS, go to the doctor, and Nate spends every night at the church (until 11pm) putting in a new sound system.

 

July 22-27 --- Vacation Bible School

We followed around a bunch of 4th and 5th graders.  It wasn’t much work, but just being at the church every day and then every night til 9:00 made me exhausted.

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Katrina is tiny pregnant here.  I am like a jumbo elephant next to her.

 

July 28-29 --- Melissa’s Baby Shower for Duncan

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I was super excited to help with this shower for one of my best friends.  She is always doing things for other people, so it felt good to do something for her.  Baby Duncan will be here in a few/couple short weeks!

I was a little obsessive about this shower.  Pregnancy has made me OCD and a little selfish.  I spent the majority of the day on Friday making this tub…

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It was worth it though, because she loved it!  Yeah!

 

And now, July 30-August 2 --- Our first semi-normal week!  I am working my normal hours and Nate isn’t up at the church late.  It has been wonderful going home everyday.  And the Olympics started so we have thoroughly enjoyed staying home and taking in all the swimming and volleyball we can.

We are looking forward to things slowing down a little, and are grateful for all the safety God gave us this summer.  School starts on the 16th, so bring on the cold football games!

~Whitney~

22 Weeks

August 1, 2012

22 Weeks

How Far Along: 22 weeks

Size: Baby Girl is the size of a papaya: 11.8 in. long and around 20 oz.

New Baby Developments: She is now sleeping in cycles… about 12 to 14 hours per day.

Cravings: Mac-n-cheese and little powdered doughnuts

Aversions: Chicken, Cereal, and anything gooey.

Movement: She moves all the time! Mostly at night now.

Looking Forward To: Sewing some curtains with mom.

Best Moment of the Week: Deciding her name!

~Whitney~

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

21 Weeks

July 25, 2012

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How Far Along: 21 weeks

Size: Baby Girl is the size of a pomegranate: 10.5 in. long and around 12.7 oz.

New Baby Developments: Her digestive system is prepping for the outside world and she already has a lifetime’s supply of eggs in her womb – about 6 million of them.

Cravings: Mac-n-cheese and Ice Cream

Aversions: Lots of stuff….

Movement: She moves all the time! I can feel her all the time!

Looking Forward To: Starting the nursery and deciding her name!

Best Moment of the Week: Getting over some weird two day sickness and making it through VBS at church.

~Whitney~