Double Digits!

That's right the countdown to Sawyer is under 100 days!!  99 and counting til we see his sweet face.  Realizing how close us becoming a family of three is to being a reality is crazy.  Next Christmas we will have an almost 9 month old opening presents and crawling around and that is insane to think about.  Insane, but I can't wait!

Still been feeling good overall, but sleep is getting worse.  Sawyer is on my crazy work schedule which is great when I'm at work.  He will sleep most of the morning and then start his kicking and moving around at night.  Usually around 10:00.  Perfect when I am working nights.  This week though I took a couple of nights off for Christmas and Sawyer is still on the night work routine.  So Wednesday night, my first night off and just as I was getting asleep, he started up.  Kick, kick, flip, jab, etc.  Until about 2 something in the morning.  Then he relaxed for a bit and around 4:00 started back up.  It's hard to complain though when the reason you're not getting sleep is because there is a little miracle growing inside you.

Third trimester will be here before we know it!  We have picked out paint colors for the nursery and Drew bought an early Christmas gift for Sawyer (for me really!) to go in the nursery.  Once paint is on the walls, I'll have to take some pictures of the progress.  And yes, more pictures of the bump are coming!

She's Gotta Bump!!

24 1/2 weeks and feeling fine.  Belly bump is definitely here.  No question as to whether I'm pregnant or not.  I need to get some better bump pictures up, but I do have one from a couple of weeks ago:

Start of a bump.

My dad took some more in front of the Christmas tree over the weekend, but they are on his camera, so hopefully I can get those up soon.  My bump is a lot bigger in those pictures.  Basically it looks like I'm smuggling a soccer ball around.

Sawyer is kicking and moving around like no other.  He sometimes hits my schedule perfectly; moving around at work when I need to be awake and calming down when I'm asleep.  Every now and then though he get's confused and the kicking starts just as I'm good and asleep.  Oh well, it's still amazing that he is moving around and growing in there.  Pregnancy has really been good to me so far - something I know is a blessing!  I have started getting leg cramps, so I'm trying to up my fluid intake even more and adding bananas to the grocery list every time we go.  Other then that I've been just getting used to carrying around the belly - not being able to bend over as easily, using handrails when going up and down stairs, etc.

In other big news, I ordered some custom crib bedding on Etsy and the fabric swatches came in so I can start matching paint and other decor.  Here are the swatches:

To give you an idea of what the final piece will look like, the outside of the crib bumper will be the animal print, the inside of the bumper will be the bicycle print.  The crib skirt will be the little multicolored dot print, and the sheet is the large blue dots.  There will also be a personalized quilt with all these fabrics, and some other coordinating fabrics with Sawyer's name on it.  Can't wait till it's finished - which should be the end of the month/beginning of January.  So exciting!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

Well Jack Frost brought December in with a cold blast. Maybe not cold to people living a little further north, but cold for this Florida girl! And December means we're that much closer to Sawyer time! Some friends have generously offered to paint the nursery while we are in San Antonio for a little "baby-moon" in January. So I have one month from now to move the guest bedroom furniture into the spare room. Which means I have to clear out the spare room since it has been a catch all for everything since we got married. A lot to do especially around Christmas!

Pregnancy has continued to be good to me. After a couple of weeks of questioning is that me or is that Sawyer moving around I have definitely identified his kicks. And these kicks are pretty strong now, it's like he said "ok Mom, you don't know who's moving? Feel this!". The last couple of days especially I've been really able to identify where he is and even feel his little kicks with my hand on my stomach. Drew felt one this morning! So yes, while not real hard, they are definitely noticeable. Which is amazing!

Other baby related things are coming together as well. I have picked out bedding, just need to get it ordered, and in so I can pick out some paint. We also registered for baby things. Babies R Us is slightly overwhelming and deciding what is actually needed for a baby is kind of crazy. But I think we might be set. We also registered for some cloth diapers at Sweet Bottoms Baby online. Yes, we have decided to cloth diaper. But that is another topic for another post. More bump shots next time!