Baby on the Way!

So, back in September we found out that we have a little peanut on the way!

And yes, I took two tests because I was in disbelief that I was actually pregnant.

This was our first ultrasound, which was nice to confirm everything was real and the baby was healthy. They couldn't hear the heartbeat with the doppler so when we went down the hall to the ultrasound we were obviously nervous but turns out we just weren't as far along as we thought. This is the peanut at eight weeks.

This was our second ultrasound, at 12 weeks, another scare because they couldn't hear the heartbeat, but this time it was because the baby was wiggling around like crazy so the doppler wasn't working properly. Crazy little wiggler...and just to let you know the wiggling has not stopped ;)

And this was our third ultrasound at 19 weeks, the BIG one, where they measure everything, take pictures, and can tell the sex. I was joking around a few days before, saying that we were so excited to find out the gender and that the baby was probably going to have their legs crossed. And guess what? We got situated, the baby popped up on the screen, and the legs were crossed! Luckily...

 the baby cooperated and uncrossed HIS legs! It's a boy! First words out of our mouths were, "Wow, a boy:)" Then, the second words out of my mouth were, "Are you sure?" The tech smiled, pointed at the screen, and said, "I'm sure, it's pretty obvious." We laughed and watched as she measured, tried to move the little guy to get different shots, and to be honest we were both surprised that it was a boy. We both had guessed a girl. Surprise!

So, obviously we have been busy planning for our little peanut and Martin has been hard at work finishing the second bedroom so that we can make it into a nursery. For those of you who saw this bedroom when we first bought the house a year ago, it was...well...hideous pretty much sums it up.

As you can see it was bright, fluorescent pink, with a really bad paint job near the heating baseboards and disgusting old gray stained carpeting.

The wall to the right had ugly track lighting that didn't work and the walls were covered with tape and glue from posters we assumed.

This was the closet that had no door and had all kinds of outlets and a weird shelf.

And the door to the bedroom was an oak pocket door. Very cool but didn't match the house and was very loud to open and close...not convenient for a baby room when I'm sure the last thing we want to do is wake him up by a loud sliding door.

Fortunately, the windows were in great shape but needed new molding, new casing, and new blinds.

We had painted this room a pale blue last year and painted the ceiling a matte white that went with the rest of our blue/gray tones in the house. Martin did a phenomenal job installing our gorgeous hickory hardwoods that run throughout the house. We sanded and spray-painted the baseboard heating a flat white, making them look brand new. Anthony has spray-painted all of the baseboard heating in our house, he is pretty fantastic at it. So thank you!!

Martin then took the entire casing apart around the window and rebuilt it.

I painted the molding and he cut and placed it together to go around the window.

This is the white molding we used in the entire house. It really makes a huge difference in the window, making it look bigger and more open.

Martin installed our custom blinds and it was finished! A beautiful window.

Martin also did a beautiful job on the closet. Remember what that ugly open closet looked like? He split it in two so that we have a hall coat closet and a closed baby closet in the bedroom. He installed adjustable shelving inside that will grow with the baby. And you can see the brand new light/fan that he installed on the slanted ceiling. He replaced all of the outlet covers and light switches to matching white ones. So, right now we have a perfect blank slate of a room for the nursery. We're not going for a theme, just a modern looking baby room.

This is the crib we love, and not only is it different than most cribs we have seen, but it is sturdy, has excellent reviews, and turns into a toddler and then a day bed. The darker drawer will be great for storage.

I absolutely love these wall decals, they are sort of like a reverse silhouette and I think the brown will look great with the pale blue walls.

We have not decided where it will go yet, but I love this photo wall. I am going to do my own spin on it.

And this chair will hopefully complete the nursery with a few accessories and a changing table which we have not decided on yet.

Time is flying. We are going to start putting everything together over the next couple months so that it will be ready for our baby boy in May.

It seems like yesterday that we found out we were expecting a little one and we're already over halfway there! He will be here before we know it. I can't wait :)

And although I am cringing at the very thought of posting a picture of myself, nevermind a 5 1/2 month PREGNANT picture of myself, this one is for the soon-to-be grandmothers :)

After the first 3 1/2 months of morning sickness that lasted most of the day every day, I feel fabulous and this little guy is already quite the kicker.

Hopefully we will have updated nursery pictures soon!