It's been a while...

Today I'm working from home. It's a nice day to be doing this because it's cold and rainy and when the day's over, I will have new carpet in our home office and clean carpet everywhere else in the house. We are slowly getting ready for baby! Two and a half months left! I can't believe how time flies sometimes. We've been swamped though...so that's probably why.

Currently the home project underway is the office. Alex and I are trying to make our home office into kind of a man cave if you will. It's going to be darker (a break from the rest of the house which is all white) and a little more rustic. We may even add some taxidermy...imagine that! We're so excited about the office transformation. I'll post pictures when we're done, which should be next week if we can stay on schedule.

On a different note, I've been bad with the pregnancy photos...I haven't taken any. No belly shots and really no shots in general! (the one I posted is the last shot taken of me, which was about a month ago). Although I must say that I have been getting a little more inspired by my growing belly. Doc says I'm "measuring big" but most people wouldn't even know I'm preggo. I just look a little thick around the mid section if you know what I mean. I have had a total of two strangers make comments to me, and it was in the same day (must have been wearing something tight). I was excited about that...actually made me feel preggo and not just fat.

The baby had the hiccups the other night. At first, Alex and I just thought it was a strong heartbeat but when I did some research, I figured out that it was probably our baby with the hiccups! Just a fun fact. Anyway...I've been MIA on the blog posts and I know we have some special people in TX that like to stay updated on our lives! ...and I think my friends read my blog too, or I just like to think so...I'm going to try and post more often, especially as the pregnancy draws to a close over the next two and a half months...

Until then...

...last weekend....

A great Sunday hiking at Eagle Creek...I love FALL.

and the planning continues...

Alex and I have been hard at work this week. Literally, no couch time at all these days. Last weekend we bought a crib and changing table (good deal really)...it's the crib below, but our's isn't quite there yet...but will be soon enough!

First things first...I need to get the remaining things out of this bedroom and into an actual closet somewhere in our house. It sounds easier than it is, believe me, they're getting full. Never-the-less, I have still been searching for nursery inspiration wherever I can get it. I love the nursery below, of course designed by an Urban Outfitters guy or something like that. I saw the pic on one of the baby design blogs that I am currently obsessed with: http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/home-tours

Last but not least, I think I want a bird mobile...we'll see what A has to say about all these ideas.

just a little reminder...

Last week, for the first time in my life, I bit into my daily animal cracker and as half of it dropped and it dropped exactly half the distance it used to…it landed on my stomach. Yep, that’s right, on the shelf that I once called my waist. Everyone keeps saying that I am not “showing” much, but this was definitely reinforcement that, yes I am indeed getting plump. I just stood there (yes, I was standing too) and looked at the little crumb on my belly, Alex laughing in the background, telling myself: think positive, maybe in a few months the animal cracker will land on my chest! (hey, a girl can hope right?)

These days it seems all Alex and I talk about sometimes are BumGenius diapers and suitable cribs. We're not complaining, it's just funny how things change so quickly- in a good way. Now instead of jammin' on the guitar, Cakes will be perfecting his nursery rhymes. We've decided since neither of us should ever sing out load, the guitar would be the obvious go to for relaxing. I love that my husband plays the guitar!

On a last note, I've decided that I am going to make it a personal goal to workout (yoga, running, hiking, tennis etc.) every day of the second half of my pregnancy. I'm off to a good start, albeit only 7 days in, but still...Wish me luck. And hopefully I'll never have quite this big a shelf (unless there are twins in there, which I doubt!):