NOT For the Weak of Stomach

Today was my first morning to sleep in during my two week vacay from teaching, and the day started off just lovely. Ellie woke me up just a smidge before 8 a.m. so I got a fabulous 8 hours of sleep and we came down stairs to bum around for a bit. Ellie had already eaten breakfast (thanks to Jay feeding her before he left for work) and I had a bowl of cereal. Not long after I finished my cereal, Jay called to check in (or see if I was awake yet, I'm sure!) and just as I hung up with him, I noticed Ellie had just puked up her entire breakfast (still in LARGE chunks) on the family room carpet. Well, this lovely, low-key morning just got interesting! I've never really had a weak stomach, but since I've been pregnant, I really haven't been able to stomach much at all. Tough luck! I needed to clean up this vom ASAP before Ellie ate it up. (Which is oh-so gross.) So I shoved my nose down into my t-shirt, grabbed a dustpan (to use as a make-shift shovel to shovel up the chunky vom), yellow rubber gloves, grocery bags, Spot Shot and got ready to work. No sooner had I stooped down and shoveled up the first chunk, then I gagged, and gagged, and gagged again. I stood up to make my way to the kitchen (as I've learned what this gagging precursors thanks to other scenarios), and projectile vomitted onto the kitchen floor! As I finished throwing up my entire bowl of cereal into the kitchen sink, Ellie chose to help her momma clean up her vom and licked up most of what she had previously thrown up. By the time I finished heaving into the sink, all that was left to do was Spot Shot the now wet areas where Ellie's puke had once been.

And as I sit here typing this, I realize I'm still hungry because I have nothing in my tummy any more! Guess I need to find something else to eat before breakfast....cereal doesn't sound so great anymore...

6 Months?!?!?!

How--how--is it possible that I'm 6 months pregnant?? That's right folks...as of Friday, I am 23 weeks pregnant--officially in my 6th month. So here's a mini-update. Pics of the bump and of the first clothes that Nugget's mommy and daddy bought him!

Shopping

Whoever thought shopping for someone else could be this much fun!?!?

Recently, I've begun to panic that (a) we don't know Nugget's name and Jay doesn't seem to have much of an opinion yet, (b) he doesn't have a nursery to sleep in nor have I really decided on a theme/design for his nursery, (c) we haven't even started creating our registry or buying things for him! And did I mention I'm 22 weeks along?!!? Time is running out!

So...I went internet crazy this week. My friend and I are both due within a week of each other and spent a better part of this past week on http://www.etsy.com/ searching for items for our respective nurseries. Ironically enough, we are both pretty settled on similar things. (Surprise, surprise. Our entire pregnancies have been eerily similar.) She's thinking owls, I'm thinking birds/nest. Here are a few items/ideas I found this week:

The photo I love. It's 8.5 x 11. Think big white matting and a pretty frame:

Color palette options for the custom crib bedding I'm hoping we can afford:

Then, on Sunday, Jay and I ventured in to Babies R Us--scary!!! I was so overwhelmed with the idea of shopping/registering there, but it actually went smoothly. We both had the right mindset:  This is an initial visit. We do not have to decide on anything today. We will only look at the BIG items. (In other words, no breast pumps, bottles, or pacifiers, yet.) And, lo and behold, I think we may have decided on a car seat and we found a few crib options that we both agreed on!!

The SnugRide35 (the Babies R Us option):

The SnugRide35 (the one I really want):

#1 crib we both like:

#2 crib we both like:

Jay is pretty adamant on not having a white crib for his strapping young son, so I think we're going to go with the convertble crib option so he'll have this bed for years and years to come. That way if we have a girl with Round #2, I can buy her a pretty white or iron (or white iron!) crib.

Oh! And we bought He-Nugget some clothes! We have been so blessed with outfits for the little guy already thanks to gifts from friends and his grandparents and especially his Aunt Kari and her boys' hand-me-downs, but Mommy and Daddy finally bought him a couple outfits. It was so much fun.

Needless, to say, I'm feeling much better about the whole situation. Not to mention, my sweet Momma came over Monday night for some chicken noodle soup and baby planning--Yay!

I'm Carrying a Weenie Around! in My Belly!!

It's a He-Nugget!!!

We are so stinking excited!!! Of course, we would have been happy with a boy or a girl, but I'd always said I wanted to have a boy first, and obviously Jay's thrilled to carry on the Blevins name and have a sports buddy. I'm so excited to start planning his nursery....I promise I'll post pics. As for his name....Jay and I have a handful of names that we're pondering, but we're considering waiting on naming him until he's born. My mom and dad did that with Linds and I and I think it's great idea to make sure he gets a name that fits him. Not to mention, I know you all would give me nothing but positive comments, but there are plenty of people out there who might tell me what an awful name Oliver is, when that might be my favorite name! (And yes, this did happen to me today. Luckily, Oliver is not in the running, but I have always liked the name.) :)

Me, at 21 weeks. Getting nice and big! (And looking a little rough at the end of the day.)

His dresser/changing table. My mom found this for me at Scott's Antique Market and it's going to be my inspiration. I'm still thinking about the nest theme with neutrals, aqua and chocolate brown.

(And yes, currently we're using it in the dining room because I love it so much, I want to enjoy it!)

P.S. For my few faithful readers...we found  Baby Blev's gender last Tuesday, November 24...sorry it's taken so long to post it!! AND...as soon as I get to a scanner, I'll post his pics!