Random Ramblings Part 2

This post was such fun, I decided to give it a sequel...

• I officially have lost my ankles.  You don't realize how much skinnier your ankles make your legs look until they are gone.
• I have developed what Tom lovingly refers to as "the pregnant lady shuffle".  In general, moving around has become a very slow process for me.  When I need to do it quickly, I pump my arms really fast and scoot my feet across the ground.  Picture power walking, but slower, and much more waddle-y.  It's a ridiculous spectacle.
• The best part of pregnancy (besides the miracle of life): I could show up somewhere unshowered, with no make up on, in sweat pants, and be really grouchy, and no one will care because, hey, I'm pregnant.  Also, someone will inevitable tell me that I look great because, hey, I'm pregnant.
• The worst part of pregnancy:  The pain in my hips.  No, the back pain.  No, the inability to get off the couch/out of bed/out of the car.  No, the peeing, the constant peeing.  Yeah, definitely the peeing.
• The part we were most excited about that turned out to be not that exciting: Expectant mothers parking.  The only place we've really seen it is at Babies R Us, and most people who go there are pregnant so it didn't really count.
• Tom's favorite part of pregnancy: He'll get back to me on that one, after it's all over.  He doesn't like to form opinions without having all the facts first :)

That's enough randomness for now, though I'm sure there could be more to come.  My next appointment is Wednesday.  Only 6 more weeks to go!!!

Love, 

Ashley

Nursery Update

We still haven't completed the nursery, but it's getting so close!  It's coming together great, and in my humble opinion, is just too cute :)

It's hard to tell in the pictures, but the walls are a light mint green color.  We also got new blinds, and will soon be replacing the floor.  Tom did a great job painting, and we just have some touch-up work to complete.

Progress!!

Thanks to one great baby shower down and one more coming up soon, we've been forced to make progress on the nursery.  Still not 100% cleaned out, still not 100% painted, but Tom and I both are feeling better that we're getting a little bit of work done :)  We bought a crib and a changing table, have picked out a paint color, and the whole thing is going to look great!  I can't wait to get it finished so we can post pictures.

I haven't been feeling that great lately, but it's probably just a combo of being run down from work and, oh I don't know, being almost 34 weeks pregnant :)  I just hope I start to feel better soon--still so much to do before the little guy arrives.  Another point of progress---we are getting closer to picking out a name!  We're down to about 4 names on the list, which is a vast improvement from before.

All in all, things are well, and we can now say that we are having a baby NEXT MONTH!  Totally bananas!