How your baby's growing:

At 11 inches (the length of a spaghetti squash) and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.

I forgot to post this update last Sunday, so here it is! All is well here! I've been having trouble sleeping because my hips and lower back have been really hurting. I'll update more on Sunday!

22 Weeks & Nursery Ideas

This week was very crazy for me, I had a big fundraising event at work. I worked over-time, in only four days, and let me tell ya, being pregnant, up on your feet working two 13 hour shifts is not fun! The event was a Hoedown, and it was a lot of fun, but by Saturday night I was completely spent. I didn’t think I was going to be able to make it up from my car to bed when I got home! My body was definitely telling me to slow down a little bit, so I think I need to start acting like I am pregnant…I have about one more month of work where I will be working full-time and then I think once October 15th comes around, I’ll be able to go down to part time, which will be very nice!

Ryan was up in Seattle visiting with his family and his brother Chris who came home for a few weeks from Afghanistan. I picked him up at the airport on Sunday, and I think the baby missed him because as soon as he heard his voice he was much more active and squirming around than he was all weekend! Maybe it was all in my head, but I think that is why…. :)
Both Ryan and I have decided that we will need up upgrade into a 2 bedroom before baby is born, so we have the fun-ness of moving, again, to look forward to! We will stay in our same apartment complex, just switching to a different unit. We personally, have purchased nothing for the nursery because we don’t really have the space for it yet, so once we are in a bigger place, we can start planning all that fun stuff!

I think I want to do a monster theme for the nursery, something like, Where the Wild Things Are (the book), but I haven’t completely decided; I am open to suggestions!!! I am not a huge fan of the generic nursery bedding I have seen in the stores (some of it is adorable don’t get me wrong…) so I have asked my mom and a family friend, Laura Estes, if they would make the bedding for me! I suppose I should come up with a theme soon so I can give them enough time to make it!!

So here is my plan, and like I said, I would love suggestions:

Blue and green would be the primary colors and yellow and red would be used as accents.

Baby Registry

Alright, so I think I have mostly finished our baby registry at Babies "R" Us.

Here is the link:

http://www.toysrus.com/registry/link/index.jsp?overrideStore=TRUS&registryNumber=47288259

OR

You can go to the Babies R Us website and search by either Ryan's name, my name or our registry number which is, 47288259.

If you see something on the registry that you know doesn't work, or you didn't have a good experience with it, please let me know and I'll take it off and replace it! Also - if you want to shop for a better deal, or prefer not to shop at Babies R Us and you find an item at a different store, that is great! Just let me know, and I will take it off the registry so we don't get duplicates! 


I'll keep everyone posted on the baby shower date at this moment in time nothing is set in place however I am going to be up in Washington for Thanksgiving, so I expect that is going to be the best time!