Jane Ellis Shower

Here are some pictures from my first baby shower given by some wonderful family members. The food was wonderful and the company was even better. It really makes it real when you have a baby shower... just a few more weeks!

I'm about 32 weeks here and still feeling wonderful. I'm still working nights, and honestly prefer to do that. I'm still able to sleep during the day and nights are calm enough that I'm not just totally exhausted when I get home.

Here are some pictures of my ADORABLE cake! sarah Wright took these pictures with her awesome camera so you can really see the details.

This is a picture of the gift Robert's grandmother gave me. It is a framed pink bib that her mother crocheted years ago. Her mother is gone now which makes this gift especially special.

Got to love Edible Arrangements!

Here I am with my mom, Stephanie, her mom Alma, and my dad's mom Joyce. All wonderful ladies who I'm proud to call my family.

My mom, my grandma, my sister Shannon and her 7 month old daughter Emma.

Here are some pictures of Jane Ellis's room. I had a wonderful baby shower this past saturday and got some beautiful things. Pictures of that shower will be uploaded soon :) Now, back to her room. Robert and I decided that she needed a beautiful blue ceiling to look up at so that's what we did! I painted it in one day... yes it was a bigger job than I originally had planned, only because it required three layers of paint and not just two, but I think it was well worth it...

Here is Jane Ellis's shelf with all her sweet toys/stuffed animals... far away from Daisy! There is also an adorable frame with her name on it from my bro Ray's sweet girlfriend Megan :)

This is a mirror I found at Garden Ridge. I plan to paint it white and hang it above her dresser. The frame is metal so I'm hoping it will work.

This is my sweet glider from my MIL! I love it... it's so comfortable. It will glide, recline and glide, and lock. I also really like that it's small enough to be in her sweet little room but big enough that Robert it comfortable rocking in it... and yes, he's already tried it out :) The yellow blanket on it used to be Robert's when he was a baby. The little table is from an antique store in Forrest City, I bought it for $25... a very good buy I do believe!


Here's a closer picture, you can see the curtains a litttle better. I bought those at Pottery Barn outlet for $35 for both panels. I love them... they have a small strip of sage green along with a little bit of pink. The sweet little stuffed animal stacker also came from PBO. it was originally $90 but I waited and waited and was able to get it for $25! Yay :)

Here's JE's dresser I found on craigslist for $90. Robert and I had to drive to Brinkley to pick it up, but for that price, and it was already painted green... I didn't think I could do much better. The flower photo holder was on sale at Pier1 and the cute little piggy bank was also a gift from my bro Ray's gf Megan.. tooo cute! The pink pail with her name on it is from my aunt GiGi, friend's Kristy and Sarah Wright and Kristen Murphy... also adorable. I love that her name is everywhere because I love her name!

I also love her bed! It was a gift from my mom and the mattress was from my grandma Oma. The bedding is from Pottery Barn... it's "CoCo Dot" and I love that it's not themed! But I do want to incorporate owls... I just have to figure out how to do that tastefully and girly.

Here is her closet full of sweet clothes! I need to buy some organizers for the shelf but it will be organized! And I will post pics of that soon :)

This was a gift from Robert's Gandmother Hill. Grandmother's mother crocheted this bib years and years ago. Mrs. Hill found it and wanted to have it framed so that it could be passed down for generations. How awesome is that?

Here is a pic of JE's beautiful stroller! It's a Safety 1st AeroLite LX Travel System Stroller in Pegasus. So far I love it... but we'll see when baby Jane gets here.

This is her infant car seat...

And here is her stroller!

There are still a few things I need to do to get her room ready and when it's officially finished I'll be sure to post more pics!

Mmmmm.... Glucola!

So we've made it to 30 weeks! I'm so proud of Jane Ellis all ready, she's growing big and strong and is still head down :) Good news to this mamma! I went to the Dr friday and had to do my glucola test. I wasn't too nervous about it, but I didn't want to fail... and I didn't. I had to drink the orange, but it wasn't too bad. I scored a 135 out of 140! Woo Hoo :) Afterwards... McCalister's, Pier 1 and to see Emma! She's getting so big! Here's a super cute pic my sister took the other day.

Emma and Riley at 7 months

Baby Squash

We're 29 weeks today!! Yay! I can't believe it... She could be here whenever she decides now... crazy! However, I'd prefer her to wait 11 more weeks :) So here's a little update on her size and what veggie she is this weeks!

Baby's now the size of a squash!

Baby's energy is surging, thanks to white fat depositing beneath his skin. And since he's growing so fast (weight will triple by birth), things are getting kind of cramped in the womb. What all this means for you: Get ready for some more kicks and jabs to the ribs.

Yay! I love feeling her kick :)

Go Hogs!

So Robert and I got to do the only thing we love more than the lake... see the Razorbacks win! We headed out to Fayetteville around 11 pm Saturday and ate lunch at Coltons. I was craving their sweet rolls lol We made it to the stadium around 330 pm. Parked and walked right in about 430. It was great! The weather was beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, and the stadium was full. I heard their were around 70,000 fans! This is a picture of the stadium across us about 45 mins before the game started so you can imagine how much it filled up when the game started.

How beautiful is this?

I'm a little aggravated at myself for not getting a picture taken of me and my Jane Ellis belly... it was her first game lol But I have a feeling she'll be going to a lot more! Here is a great picture of the band at half time.

The game was a success, we beat Tennessee Tech 44-3. Now, granted, it was Tenn Tech, but your first game sets the tone for the whole season. Ole Miss lost their opening game in double OT to Jacksonville State... hummmm. Anyway... the game was over by 9 pm so we decided to just drive home that night. Robert got me to LR and I drove the rest of the way. Needless to say, Daisy was excited her mommy and daddy were home! All in all - A Great Weekend!

Jane Ellis's crib

My mom bought Jane Ellis's crib for me and it came in the other day! We haven't put it together yet, because we still have to paint the ceiling. But here's a picture of it.

28 weeks

I'm 28 weeks today and so far so good. I still feel great and have only gained 20 lbs... which is like 100 to me! But everyone says that's pretty good, so I'm going to be happy with it for now. I feel Jane Ellis moving ALL the time! It's so much fun! I love to just feel her move and kick and guess what part of her I'm feeling lol Is it a hand, foot, elbow, knee? Who knows! But it doesn't matter, It's just fun to know she's still happy, warm and growing :)

As good as the pregnancy has been, I have started to notice I can't walk up the stairs without losing my breath and working 3 in a row has started to become a bigger chore than before, but I'm still sleeping great during the day. Daisy loves her nap time with her mommy and after playing fetch in the yard a few times, snuggles up with me on the bed and will sleep there all day until I get up. Here's a picture of her and orange kitty taking a nap on the couch.

I haven't started painting the ceiling, but I do have the paint! So, unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to post yet. I will work on that this weekend. If we don't go to the first Razorback game of the year! Robert is hard at work cutting rice, so if they are caught up enough, we'll be heading to Fayetteville saturday!

Well, I guess that's all for today, I'll post more soon!

Cravings

So as of today, I really haven't had any strange or abnormal cravings. I have been wanting sushi but that's not out of the ordinary. Well, after work this morning I went to Wal-Mart (already a bad idea right there) to pick up something to fix for dinner. I left with the fixins for a cherry cheesecake!

27 weeks

Today, Jane Ellis is 27 weeks! Only 13 weeks to go :) It's amazing to know that in as little as 10 weeks we could have a baby in our house... that's all ours.... and that we can't take back lol I think Robert and I are both getting a little anxious as this day approaches. We actually haven't even talked about how our lives are going to change. I'm just trying to get her room painted lol.

So I get posts weekly about how Jane Ellis is growing and what size fruit or vegetable she is. Yes, they compare my child to fruit! Anyway, this is what they said today: Baby's now the size of an eggplant! Baby's lungs are going through some major developments these days, which (combined with the opening of previously plugged nostrils) means she's now able to practice inhaling and exhaling. The lack of air in your womb means every "breath" is filled with amniotic fluid, but hey--- it's progress!

Jane Ellis is 25 Weeks!

I had to go back to the doctor today for Jane Ellis's checkup and was able to have another Ultra Sound! We were able to have another one because at her last one they were unable to see the part of her heart that they needed to. But they saw it this time and they said her little heart was perfect :) My mom was able to go with me so that was an extra treat. Jane Ellis's HR was 154 and very strong. She is getting bigger too... she weighs 2 lbs and is measuring a week ahead... YAY!! Only I pray I don't have a 10 lb baby haha After her US we were needing something sweet, so we went to Muddys! Jane Ellis loved it ;)

A few pics of my growing belly :)

So here are a few pics of my growing belly. It's so much fun to finally be filling out my clothes and know that people don't look at me anymore and think "She shouldn't wear that with such a big beer gut" lol

24 weeks My razorback shirt doesn't fit anymore :(

22 weeks and 4 days. About to go eat with friends at Rendezvous

21 weeks. This was right after Jane Ellis's great doctor's appointment



20 weeks on the boat in Mountain Home, Ar on Lake Norfork



17 weeks

Perfect Jane Ellis

July 13th, 21 weeks pregnant, proved to be a fun day for Robert and me. We were able to see Jane Ellis again! She had her full anatomy scan done and so far she's pretty much perfect. She weighs right at 1 lb and has all her fingers, toes, and most importantly no cardiac anomalies or diaphragmatic hernias... yay! Now, we are both very realistic in knowing that things can still go wrong, and count our blessings everyday that so far this has been the best pregnancy I could have asked for. But we are just so thankful for this little bit of news :)

Now, everyone asks if I can feel her kick... well, I have been feeling her kick, but not too often, maybe once or twice a day. But everytime I do I'm thankful for the reassurance that she's doing ok in there.

Baby Bedding

So I found and ordered Jane Ellis's nursery bedding! After looking for weeks and at many, many sites, I finally found it! It's Coco Dot Bedding from Pottery Barn Kids.

I was very particular in what I wanted. Not too much pink and it had to have blue and green. I cannot tell you how many I looked at before I finally decided. I know it may look a little plain but I can't wait to dress it up. I plan on incorporating cute little owls!

Next on my to do list: Find a crib. This will probably take me a few weeks of weighing the pros and cons of a 4:1, the price, safety whether to buy a white one or a cherry one... ugh! Fun times :)

Another great doctors appointment

Today, June 24th, I'm 18 weeks and 3 days and still feeling fantastic! Jane Ellis's heartrate was 140 and the doctor said she was very active... even though I still can't feel her kick :( I've been very busy trying to figure out what bedding I want, and for anyone who know's me, they know I'm extremely particular about certain things... some might call me anal, and that I can't make up my mind about anything without knowing all my options and weiging the pros and cons lol. But I'm not ocd... go figure! I'll update on what I choose :)

We're having a...

As of today, June 11, I am 16 weeks and 3 days. Robert and I have decided that we cannot possibly wait any longer to find out what we're having. We gathered our families - his parents, my mom and grandma, my sister and of course Emma, my dad had to work :( - and headed over to Memphis to http://www.4dfirstimpressions.com/ . It's a great place that specializes in gender determination so you can know early what you are having :) They can tell you a month before your doctor will since most Dr's don't tell you until you're at least 20 weeks... It was so much fun! Afterwards, Robert's dad treated us all to Red Lobster... It was an amazing day.

So here it is, the reason we came... It's a girl!!

Meet Jane Ellis!

Prettiest Girl I've EVER Seen!!!

As of April, not too much is going on these days. Robert and I are working hard as ever, and in our spare time we take care of Orange Kitty, Daisy Doodles, and love on our beautiful niece Emma Laine. Life is pretty great, especially since I have not had one day of morning sickness. Thank you Lord! He truly knows how to be gracious :)

Our beautiful, and too smart for her own good, doggy Daisy Doodles

Our beautiful niece Emma at 12 weeks

Baby Hill at 12 weeks. It's a little blurry because we took this at work :)

Baby Hill at 14 weeks, again, taken at work lol