26 weeks!

I'm 26 weeks 5 days today - which means that this Wednesday I start my third trimester - YIKES! Time is starting to fly by!!! Here is my ever-expanding stomach - after a day of errands and painting some things for Ben's room, so not the best picture ever! But you can see how big Ben is getting (and therefore I'm getting!):

My visit with my mom was AWESOME! We shopped and shopped and shopped - little Ben actually now has some clothes to wear when he comes home from the hospital! Some very generous family members also had my mom pick up their gifts while they were here ~ I know I've spoken to them already, but thanks again!!! We had a fabulous time - shopping, eating, just hanging out together. It was a wonderful mother-daughter visit! And she felt Ben kick, so that was even better!!

Things are moving along. All of our birth/baby classes are booked, I've booked my doctor's appointments for the next 10 weeks (5 appointments in 10 weeks - sheesh! then I have 4 more to book b/c then I start going every single week!!), Ben's room is almost emptied out of our junk (it will hopefully be done this weekend)...... so we're actually getting closer to being ready for the little man to arrive! Hopefully we can relax in June and then use July to finish up all the little things we need to buy (diapers, etc.). We took some pictures of Ben's room now that it's not full of our stuff - enjoy!

We also went shopping for a glider for Ben's room and a rocker/recliner for the living room so there are comfy places to rock the little man to sleep no matter which floor of our house you're on! Here they are - the leather rocker/recliner is the actual one, the glider is the same style but not the same colors (and has a matching ottoman I didn't post). Yay to comfort!! :-)

And the best news of all - not only do I get a trip to RI (June 27-July 7 - YAY!), but I'm also going for a very brief overnight to NYC while I'm back east! I'm taking the train down the morning of Thursday July 3, and taking the train back to RI the morning of Friday July 4. I emailed a ton of people in NYC to let them know I'm coming, but if I didn't email you, consider yourself warned/notified!!! :-) Details on a gathering that Thursday night to follow! :-)

Hope this post finds everyone doing well around the country/world!!

24 weeks!

Well, 24 weeks already (as of yesterday!). Had a doctor's appointment - all is well! Measuring right at 24 weeks, Benjamin's heart rate was perfect, all seems well! My diaper bag arrived yesterday too - SOOOO exciting!

Slightly less happy, although necessary, was visiting a daycare center and putting down a deposit yesterday too. While I wish I could stay home longer, unfortunately that's not in the cards so we've got a spot for Benjamin once he's 6 weeks old (although I hope to be home for 8-10 weeks, we'll see). But we like the place, we get good vibes from it, so hopefully all will be ok! It's about 2 miles from the house, so that's convenient - on Jerred's way to work and not really out of the way for me.

That's about it from MN this week - my mom arrives tonight and I'm beyond excited to have her here for the weekend ~ I can't wait!!!!!! A little over 8 hours to go and she'll be here!!! YAY!!!

23 weeks 2 days

Well, not much to report this week. I think I've gotten even bigger after a growth spurt by Ben... otherwise just working and getting excited for my mom's visit next week!

We already received Ben's dresser/changing table! The crib will arrive in early July. Here they are (not our bedding though!):

So hopefully this weekend we'll start cleaning out the spare room and making some room for Ben's stuff!!!

My mom arrives next Thursday so I'm sure we'll take some fun pictures of me as well as the room as we get it set up (and some before pics so you can see just how sloppy our storage room was!).

Feeling good - can still wear my high heels at work all day, but starting to get more difficult to reach my toes... pedicures in my near future!!!

And I have to praise Jerred today too - for a wonderful, thoughtful, super-sweet mother's day present even though Ben isn't actually here yet ~ a gift cert for a prenatal massage ~ I'm sooooo excited!!!