What's Up Wednesday (10/26/16)

What We're Eating This Week

Nothing too creative in this department this week. It's getting hard for me to feel like even cooking anything. I'm tired and just not craving anything in particular. Breakfast foods have been my friend apparently.

Monday- Red Pepper and Parmesan Fritatta 

Tuesday- Cereal (yikes)

Wednesday- Spaghetti with Meat Sauce

Thursday- Leftovers

Friday- Going out to celebrate Josh's birthday! (Yay! No cooking for me!!)

What I'm Reminiscing About...

Timehop is a fun app. This week this photo popped up on my timeline. It came at a perfect time since Jamee and I just carved pumpkins with our class for the fourth consecutive year. What a fun tradition. I have photos of the last three but not the first year. We must have had our hands full that year- no time for a picture! Ha! 

I reminded Josh this week that this time last year we found out that our first IVF egg transfer had failed. That seems like so long ago. It's amazing to look back and while it still makes me sad that it didn't work, I'm so thankful to be where I am now. This precious boy growing inside of me makes all the heartaches and long wait worth it! This was a quote I posted this time last year. 

How true it is! God's timing is always the best!

What I'm Loving.......

The cooler weather! Normally I'm a hot natured person and you'd think I'd be ever more hot growing another human but it's as though I've cooled off! I'm loving wearing leggings, tunics, scarves and other cute fall clothes. Not to mention I've been able to break out my boots! Yippee!

I'm also loving sitting in baby boy's nursery and soaking it all in. Next weekend I hope to put some pieces on the wall and arrange furniture the way I want it. Mom and I need to head out to Mary Jo's fabric store to find some fabric for curtains. I saw some I loved from Pottery Barn Kids but I'm pretty sure we could copy and make them ourselves for cheaper! It's starting to come together and I'm so excited! How come the baby will have the most completely finished and decorated room in the house? Seven years here and still a work in progress. 

What We've Been Up To.....

Josh and I took our hospital tour of the Maternity wing where we will deliver last night. I'm super pumped, excited, and NERVOUS but mainly excited. Everything that I was hoping to have available to use is there! Nice tubs, yoga balls, limited interventions, baby staying in the room, one to one nursing staff, you name it- it's all great! The "plan" (and I have that in quotes because I know things change...) is to have this baby as naturally as I can. We are using a midwife who is totally on board with the things we desire to happen during this birth. I'm lucky that the practice I go to also has great doctors who also value the less intervention approach and are respectful of patients wishes, in case something changes and we'd need to see the OB instead of our midwife. Josh and I were giggling when the tour guide talked about how they put baby skin to skin with mom immediately after birth and one dad asked if he could do skin to skin too. Of course, she said yes but my hubby (the master of snark) whispered in my ear that our kid would be getting "skin to fur". Ha! He is referring to his chest hair. Oh, Joshua John. Always keeping me laughing.

This made me laugh the other day too. We shall see how cold it is come January! 

What I'm Dreading...

Not really dreading anything right now. Life is good!  

What I'm Working On.....

We have been working on this dresser for the nursery all week. It was a gem of a find at a consignment shop near my school. $65 dollars and some Annie Sloane chalk paint later...ta da! Almost finished, just needs the doors put back on, some hardware and it moved into the nursery! If you've never used chalk paint before, it's awesome! No sanding or priming necessary. So easy to apply and use. The waxing part was a little trickier but it ended up ok. I wanted to go with a red but my mom and Josh got me to go blue instead and now I love it!

What I'm Excited About...

Friday we are going to a 4D ultrasound place to see our sweet baby in 4D. My friend Melanie told me about this place that offers teacher discounts, so I called and booked a session. My mom is coming with us because she so wanted to come to an ultrasound with me but for all my others she was out of town. I can't wait to share pictures when it's done. My friends who have had the 4D ultrasounds have amazing pictures of their little ones. It's so unbelievable when they are born how much they resemble those pictures!

What I'm Watching/Reading....

Honestly, no time for tv or books right now. I work on things until 9ish and then crash in bed! If I read anything lately, it's mail catalogs and my couple magazines that I get in the mail. I'm making a list of things to read and watch over Christmas break and my maternity leave. Have any good recommendations?

What I'm Listening To.......

I'm loving listening to This American Life podcasts as I drive to school and back each day. If you've never checked them out, I highly recommend. Interesting stories!

What I've Been Wearing.....

Whatever fits! Ha! I'm still able to wear a lot of non-maternity clothes but it's getting harder each day! I ordered a couple of comfy "jeggings" from Loft and I'm loving those. Gotten lots of compliments when I wear them too.

 

Someone requested a belly shot so here you go. I feel so huge in some clothes and in others I look small. I guess I'll still be stretching some for the next two months. Crazy that I'll be 30 weeks on Saturday!

What I'm Doing This Weekend.....

This weekend we are taking our youth group to Raleigh. We have some fun things planned to do- check out the capital, a few museums, have devotional/small group time and  just enjoy each other's company. Time spent with them is always fun!

What I'm Looking Forward to Next Month....

Thanksgiving, Baby shower #4, a three day week (two times in November!) and time spent with family! I'm going to see my brother and sister in law two times this month, which is a record! They live all the way in Orlando and are both busy flight attendants, so to spend time with them is special! I know November is going to FLY by!