A Much Needed Update

Our little Peanut is 29 weeks today. Well I guess little might not be the correct description, length is suppose to be over 16 inches and weight could be 3 lbs. Yikes this baby is growing like crazy! I think I've noticed a difference over the past week. Sleep is definitely starting to become more interrupted with discomfort and bathroom breaks. I feel like I look down on Tim when I am sleeping because I am on a fortress of pillows. Speaking of Tim, me and Peanut are so lucky to have him in our lives because he shows/tells us how much we are loved everyday. I couldn't have asked for a better father to my child. I hope Peanut follows in daddy's footsteps when it comes to character and compassion because he is an incredible person - most people who know him can't agree more I'm sure!

We decided to take some updated pictures of our nursery and my belly since it's been a while. The first picture is with the cutest little bib, it says Lil Peanut and has a little elephant on it. Obviously we had to get it for Peanut. As you can also see in the picture, there is definitely a "lil" Peanut in there.

This picture is a little better showing just how big Peanut has gotten. I swear my belly wasn't this big last week. Unfortunately this is not after eating dinner, I'm hoping my maternity pants and sweater exaggerate a little. Although I'm not sure at 29 weeks you can blame clothing?!?

For those of you wanting to see an update of our nursery, don't get your hopes up. We are keeping it neutral and simple, but we still need to hang a picture and decide where we are going to put a couple of clings for the walls. The furniture appears black in the photos, but it is actually espresso or a deep chocolate. The crib is almost complete, we are just waiting for the mattress cover and a crib sheet before it is done. There is a bumper in there, but that is just for pictures. I'm going to remove that once Peanut arrives and starts sleeping in the crib. The little froggie chair to the left of the crib is going to be our measure of Peanut's growth month to month. We plan on taking monthly pictures with it, as a bed for early months and eventually a chair when Peanut gets bigger.

We received our glider and ottoman this week, so we are complete for big furniture in the nursery. It is incredibly comfortable and very supportive. We have to purchase a better cloth for the nightstand next to the ottoman, and decide on window valence/treatment. The dresser has a couple of little things here and there, probably not final locations except the little piggy bank - which we are happy to say already has money in it. We have started putting loose change in the little piggy.
Finally a photo of our Chicco stroller and car seat. Everyone was a little reluctant when I picked out the color because it was so bright, but once it was put together I had the support. We don't even have a lot of "big" things for the baby, but we are already finding out that this little person comes with a lot of baggage.

We are so excited for Peanut's arrival and thank everyone for their support! We are also counting our blessings because several public health employees at Tim's work were just deployed to Pine Ridge (over 6 hours away) for 3 months with less than 24 hour notice. Tim called me panicking, but somehow I was the calm one and assured Tim we would handle whatever came our direction. I also promised him he would not miss the arrival of his first child. We are so fortunate that he was not deployed especially since he is one of four remaining public health officers left at his station. We look forward to celebrating the New Year and all it has to bring to our new family. We wish you a Happy New Year, and hope all your dreams come true in 2011.