Making progress...26 weeks! (About six months)

Well Spot is cooking right along. Nope, we still don't have a name for her, and when we do, we'll probably keep that to ourselves until the birth just in case we change our minds.

She's been really active lately. I swear she turned a summersault the other night. And last night as I was laying in bed, she was adamant that I was laying on the wrong side and kept kicking me hard until I rolled over.

The last few weeks we've really been trying to prepare her room...and ourselves...for her arrival. It will be here before we know it, espeically with the holidays coming up (and of course our tendancy to book our weekends months in advance with weddings and football games.)

Matt has been hard at work building a shelving/changing table unit. He finished it last weekend and it is perfect! Exactly what I pictured in my head. Spot's really lucky to have a dad that's so handy. Matt has also been installing the baseboard in the nursery. Now all Spot needs is a place to sleep. We found out the other day that the crib we ordered is FINALLY in and we plan to pick it up Sunday afternoon. Next on the project list is repainting and repairing an old dresser. And after an extensive search we finally found the fabric I was looking for, so Aunt Linda has kindly offered to make her a crib skirt and I've been busy getting my craft on to make some matching wall decor.

And now for some photos...

 The awesome shelves my husband made.

 

Fabric samples from Hobby Lobby. While there isn't a theme really, this should give you a better idea of what we are going for with the nursery. Basically, the theme is bright colors. I also want the orange to be my main accent color. (I know, suprise, Miranda like's orange.) We'll still have some pink stuff, since it's practically impossible to purchase any baby girl products in another color. Hence why most of the items we registered for are "gender nuetral" or "boy" colors. Also, I like pink. I just don't want it to feel like pink threw up all over the nursery if you know what I mean. Also, please no owls or other creepy forrest animals.

Oh what a lovely handmade quilt...is that a hedgehog or a porcupine frightening my daughter?

Sorry, I don't want my child to have nightmares about oddly proportioned creatures of the night (Even if they do come in the right colors.) Sorry if owls are your thing, it seems to be really trendy right now. (Photos stolen from Google Search.)

 

Lunch break photo shoot. 26 weeks exactly.

 

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.And another one just for fun