Nursery Progress

We finished the nursery!! We decided on paint colors and Mom came over and painted. She finished all in one day! Then a week or two later, we started the decorating process! Mom's gift to us was to do the whole nursery... She sure did! She bought all the stuff to decorate! Here are the before pictures:

And here is after the nursery was finished:

Baby Shower

Mrs. Lucien threw me a beautiful baby shower this past weekend! She did an incredible job, down to every single detail!! Her basement was decorated in little toys and books, and she had a clothesline with little baby onsies and outfits hanging across the top of the wall. She had a beautiful cake with blue booties and gave out blue cupcakes for favors. We played a couple games - a trivia game, an estimation game and a game where everyone had to cut a piece of string they thought was the size of my stomach. Most people over estimated, (mom almost doubled my size! :) but Karen's string was almost exact! She also had some cute prizes for the winners - a bottle of wine called Mommy's Time Out. Kelly made a beautiful diaper cake that was the centerpiece for the table.

Everyone brought such amazing gifts! We are so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends and Baby Noah is so lucky to be surrounded by such generosity!! I opened gifts and was overwhelmed with so many clothes, toys, books, blankets, a pack and play, a car seat, nursery decorations, and so much more!! After the shower I came home and went through it all over again! I am still going through all his stuff and trying to organize his nursery and put things away. I can't wait to finalize his nursery and get everything set up and organized!

29 - 30 Weeks

Well I am officially feeling like I'm into my third trimester. My baby bump is no longer a bump, but rather a basketball looking bump. I underestimate my size as I still try to squeeze between things I used to be able to fit through, but don't fit anymore. I still feel really good though! I have some minor aches/pains in my lower back that bother me every now and then. I'm tired most of the time again, but I also attribute that to having a job that I am on my feet all day long. It's difficult to stay on my feet and always smiling for my little first graders some of time! Sleeping has become a little more uncomfortable. It's more difficult for me to get comfortable and I do wake up a couple times throughout the night to go to the bathroom. All in all, I'm still having a great pregnancy and feel good.

Baby Noah is moving all the time!!!!! He definitely sleeps more during the day and is still awake at night. I'll be interested to see if this pattern stays the same when he is born. There are periods through the day when he will wake up and move and kick for about 30 minutes before going back to sleep. During the night he kicks pretty strong and moves a lot! He has even woken me up while I've been sleeping with a strong kick!

We started going to the doctor every 2 weeks now that I'm in my third trimester. We had our 30 week appointment the other day. I got weighed, measured, etc. Everything is still looking great. I passed my glucose screening and anemia blood test, so no problems! She said my stomach is measuring where it should be and commented that I am definitely carrying all the weight right in my stomach. I'd like to keep it that way! We heard the heartbeat - a nice, strong 142 beats per minute.

Our next appointment is the morning after Thanksgiving... I'm not looking forward to being weighed that morning! :)

Week 29 picture:

Week 30 pictures:

We picked a name!!

We've decided on a name!! Baby Upp will be Noah James Upp! :)

Aaron and I both love the name Noah, and James is Aaron's middle name. I can't wait to meet him!