John and Cynde Visit!

Matt's parents were here a little while ago. We had such a great visit with them! We did lots of relaxing, went out to eat, did a bit of hiking, etc. Cynde helped me with some nursery details while she was here too. This will be their last trip up before the baby arrives which is hard to believe!

The only pics I took were of the day we hiked so I'll share those...

My favorite view...

Look at that belly! Can you believe it's still making it to the top of Philo?

xo!

Nursery Planning #4

Sorry I've been so slow to post a nursery update! I have several excuses....

This is the first.

This is the second.

We had a new outlet installed in baby T's room because we can't plug in an AC unit upstairs safely anywhere there isn't a new electrical line. We needed to have a vent put in the bathroom anyway so I figured they could do it all at once. It was way more expensive than I thought and because of the way the beams are lined up in the wall we ended up with the 3 holes you see above. It took them several weeks and multiple phone calls from Matt (nagged by me...) to come fix those huge holes in my newly painted walls afterward :(

It took me FOREVER to decide on a rug. I picked one and it was backordered until sometime in June. I finally picked another one and it arrived with a rip in it. UG. I decided to send it back and luckily they had another one left in the warehouse to ship to me!

My other excuse is that I was waiting for the weekend cousin was headed to Boston (she kindly offered to pick up an IKEA bookshelf there for me - what would I do without her?) and for my mom to arrive and bring some things Cynde had made (roman shades, bedding) as well as to help me decorate in the nursery. SO the room has been looking pretty sad and progress has been majorly stalled until recently!

I'll share some pics...we put together the IKEA bookshelf when John and Cynde were in town.  My mom brought up bunch of stuff last week and I had a fantastic shower this weekend where I received so many other things for the nursery!  Mom and Meg helped me check lots of things off the list yesterday (the collage is up!) and today (my mom worked hard on the dresser while I was at work).  These pics are from last week so they don't show any of the current progress but I'll share them so you can see something until I can get to posting more recent ones...

View from the hall as of Friday.

New rug, unfinished dresser and chair that needs to go downstairs...Our new chair is due to arrive this week! Yipee! Other things don't have a home yet but some have been hung already since this was taken :)  I love the rug and am happy I decided to go with it.  It's pretty neutral so should match for a few years toc come.  The dresser has been partially sanded and my mom painted all the lighter colored parts white today - it looks so cute!  I'll share more details on the dresser when it's done.

Crib! Put together and we put the bumper in there but haven't tied it on completely and I'm waiting on sheets/bed skirt.

A mix of new and some old favorites that belonged to me as a baby :)

Gifts for baby T from Lizzie, Aunt Meg and my mom (aka Bubbie)!

IKEA bookshelf...lots of changes happened here this weekend.

Gift from my sweet college friends - we can at least bring the baby home now!

AND baby won't have to go without a diaper :)

OK friends - that's it for now! I'll be back with more once I get to it!

xo!

Baby Bump Weeks 31-33

Hello friends! TGIF :) It's sunny and warm here in VT and it's supposed to stay that way all weekend - I'm so excited! I can't believe there are only 6 weeks left until baby T is due to arrive. I don't feel like it's that close although looking at the photos makes me realize that baby can't possibly have too much more room to grow in there!

Some recent pregnancy things...

- Sleeping - It's harder! I wake myself up often when I end up on my back and it's hard to get comfortable...people say it prepares you for not sleeping when the baby arrives. I'm not sure I think it's so necessary to get prepared for that - I'd love to sleep as much as possible before then!

- Comments - Everyone, everywhere. It's too funny. Most people are very complimentary but they always feel the need to say something :) Last night at dinner a man says to me at the salad bar, "Oh I see you're eating for 2!" I wasn't sure if he was just commenting on my belly or meant that my plate looked too full....

- Belly and fatigue - It's starting to bump into things.  I misjudge whether or not I can squeeze by a tight spot. It's hard to forget it's there now! I'm also getting more tired. I had to stop running a few weeks ago because it was just too uncomfortable. At first walking didn't pack quite the punch of running (and I still can't walk fast enough to really get the same feeling), but I'm plenty tired afterward. The events of the day wear me out but there is too much to get done to nap right now with work and getting ready for baby :)

Even though there are lots of things that start to get uncomfortable here towards the end I still like pregnancy. I was so afraid it would be so challenging that I wouldn't enjoy it and I'm so thankful that I've been able to feel pretty go so far. Fingers crossed it continues a few more weeks!

xoxo!

St. Simon's Part II

OK - I'm back! Things are busy around here...I'm working away on the nursery and will share pics soon. My mom is coming up this week and bringing lots of nursery items so it will be much closer after this!   Also, Matt's parents were here this past weekend so we were busy spending time with them.   I'll share pics a few pics from our weekend too at some point!

On Saturday, we spent the day sitting by this amazing pool :)

Matt texted to let me know it was snowing in VT - so I send him this pic!

Saturday evening my sweet girlfriends threw a little "sprinkle" for Baby T. A smaller version of a shower - how creative :) They also made yummy treats that all had some sort of sprinkle decoration.

They had champagne to celebrate - I even had my own 1/8th of a glass :)

The girls came up with an "On the Go" theme for baby T's gifts. So generous! They had a big gift shipped to my house in VT - a big thank you to those girls that weren't there as well who contributed to that! They also gifted some other on the go items. There were 2 new mamas there that were very knowledgeable about things we will need while out and about :)

I'm wearing another fun mama gift in the pics above :)  Chew beads!  Have you ever heard of them?  Look them up - they're great!

We had another photo session Saturday night of course....I'll just photo dump below...

Look familiar?

Lizzie's Baby T love :)

A group shot...

A not so serious group shot...

A different setting...

Group girl love for baby T! I'm so lucky to have such amazing friends :) Baby T is going to be one loved little guy/girl!

After another amazing sunset, we headed out to dinner.

Sorry for the iphone pic. Thanks to Cabba for sending it :)  Yum for seafood!

On Sunday we had to go home - it was so sad. It was an amazing trip and I'm so glad we had the time to get together. I miss you girls! Thank you SO much for your sweet and generous celebration of baby T!

xo!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful mom and mother-in-law! I love you both and we are all so lucky to have you!

xoxo!