Week 24

We bought some paint and prepped the nursery for painting. Brett will paint today and tomorrow and I will do some accent painting this weekend. We are getting very excited to do the decorating and pick some furniture for the room. Brett's parents and my mom have most graciously offered to buy the furniture that we choose. I'll put up photos very soon for you to see! (Teaser = Enchanted fairy forest at dusk. Greens, browns, animal decals, and glowing stars for our little baby girl. I hope she likes it when she arrives.)

I've gained 20 pounds total in the past 5 months. There's only four months left now! The due date is December 11th for those who have been asking.

Special thanks and love going out to all my Tios and Primos in the Dominican Republic who have been emailing me with questions.

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY DADDY who would have turned 70 years old yesterday. I MISS YOU DADDY! <3

Week 23

Didn't write anything for week 23.

Week 22

Brett's brother, Eric, and his wife, Haley, gave us a doppler! We can't stop playing with it. Every night we check the baby's heart rate. I think she gets annoyed with it, cuz she kicks at it sometimes. Very cute! Here is a movie of Dr. Brett getting a reading. Sorry there is no sound. I accidentally covered up the mic on the iPhone when I was filming.

Week 21

The belly is getting so big. Finally broke down and spent some money on "maternity" clothes. Mostly they are just clothes that normally would be way too big for me. Then my big sister, Maria, sent me a gift card to Target with a note saying "Buy maternity clothes". So I got some more! Now I should be able to dress myself for the next month or so. Also Maria sent us our first bunch of soft PINK things for the baby. Thank you MTV!
We are now totally used to the idea of having a baby girl. At first I was really freaked out, but now I am so happy and excited to have a daughter. We bought her some things at the Renaissance Festival over the weekend. Two baby fairies and two feathery dragon puppets.
They will live in the nursery which we are designing in our heads. Hopefully soon, Brett will sand the walls in there so we can paint it and start the decorating. It has tan walls and chocolate carpet. Barf. (But the white wainscoting we will keep.) I will show you what it looks like now...


Sorry the quality and light of the photos is so bad. iphone camera.