Sunday, October 25, 2009

Starting a Nest...

24 weeks and my belly seems to be growing exponentially every day. We started to do some hard core decorating. As Darren said, "I want to make our house feel more like a home." So we finally found some pictures, ordered end and coffee tables, and purchased an area rug for our living area.
The baby's room is next but who knew baby furniture was so expensive?! A convertible crib, dresser, and end table is more than our entire king size solid wood bedroom set and it's half the quality!!

We also decided to get some fall flowers and a pumpkin to make our house look more festive...




I also went to a consignment sale in Lansdowne and bought a bunch of stuff- mostly clothes. Mommy loves sweaters and our little girl better like to wear them!! hehehe I think she's gonna have more clothes than me! :) This weekend we met Jill, Tom, Grace, and Anne for dinner at PF Changs. We had a good time and I wish we could do it more often! :)


Darren started a new job last week and he likes it so far.

Last weekend I helped make the invitations and favor boxes for our shower. My aunt Mary Jane designed them and they are awesome. She's so creative! They should be going out in the mail this week. It's the Saturday after Thanksgiving and both men and women are invited, but tell your hubbies not to worry. We won't be making them dress up in diapers or anything. It's just a party with food and beer. :) We finally finish registering (@ Target and Babies 'R Us), and I can't believe how much stuff a baby needs!


~Jess

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Goodbye Old Friend!

Last Tuesday, I unhooked the pump and have now been off of the medicine for almost a week and am feeling better than ever. In fact, I sent the pump back to the home health agency today. We had a lovely time together as it helped me through a rough patch, but I will not miss having to lug that thing around all day. I'm sure Darren won't miss having to jam a needle in my leg either!

This weekend I went to PA for my cousin's wedding. I like these big events because it's not easy to see everyone when you live 3 hours away and only spend about one weekend a month there. It was the first time I had to wear actual maternity dress pants. I am 21 weeks and my stomach is pretty big now so people actually notice that I'm pregnant and not just eating too many fries. Darren couldn't go because he had already planned a "guys weekend" in Tennessee with some of his friends from the military. He probably hadn't seen a lot of them since he got out of the USAF 5 years ago.

During the wedding I even found a sweet little girl to cuddle. :)