Rowan’s Room Etsy Shop

After sharing Houzz.com with you, I won a beautiful mirror from the Rowan’s Room Etsy shop via the Houzz site. Karma!

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32 Weeks: What I Know Now

1. 2 months to go!
2. Sleep is not happening. It’s hitting number one on my list because I was thrown awake by a charlie horse in both my calf and shin at the same time this morning.
3. I can only lay on my left side. If I spend more than three seconds on my right side or my back {even when propped up}, I get nauseous. I can’t even lean back in my chair. So in the middle of the night, when I’m ready for a new position, I get to move my ankles and wrists {while adjusting my three pillows}. Yes, that feels *much* better.
4. When I read {or do crosswords} before I go to bed, I sit up. I rest my arms on my head. This gets my boobs OFF my stomach for 10 glorious minutes.
5. At my last appointment, my doctor said I was very calm. As my belly gets bigger, I’m feeling a little less calm. The baby gets bigger, but his doorway is *not* getting bigger.
6. I’m embracing these last two months. I haven’t been comfortable or slept well in weeks, but this is my last chance to be together with him like this. And somehow his roundhouses to my bladder, even in the middle of the night, are adorable.
7. I’m eating smaller meals, more often. When I’m full, I’m even more uncomfortable.
8. A couple of weeks ago, I was up in the night three times to the baby kicking, while my husband snored away. Is this foreshadowing?
9. My whole life I could never get over feeling guilty as I pictured my husband heading off to work while I stayed at home to be with the baby. After that sleepless night, I think that guilt washed away. He’ll see the bags under my eyes and know that my work will be equally as challenging.
10. My hubby will help me put on my shoes, but he’s not interested in clipping my toenails.
11. If you think I’m being especially candid in these posts, you are mistaken. There is SO much going on in the pregnant body, I don’t even tell my husband some of it.
12. My poor friends who have never been pregnant shudder at each new symptom. Sorry you asked?
13. I feel very lucky. I’ve had no major problems in my pregnancy, and the baby is healthy.
14. When I get pedicures now, I get extra long massages. Strangers are sure good to pregnant people.
15. I got a massage last week, and the masseuse said she keeps “seeing butterflies with {me}.” I told her the baby had been kicking the whole time, and she thinks that was the fluttering she was seeing. I had so much more I wanted to ask her about that, but didn’t get a chance.
16. Will the baby actually be born on April Fools Day? That sounds like such a fun birthday!
17. Oh, and yes, that’s my hair after my new CHI. I can’t believe you all had a CHI and didn’t tell me. I feel like the kid with bad breath that nobody wants to play with.

And here’s how my husband sees it…

1. Brooke and I have taken our relationship to a new level with this new addition, however there are still things best left to mystery.
2. Brooke has become the loudest sleeper in the world. Period.
3. My bed….my sanctuary from the world…..my place of solace has become a breeding ground for pillows.
4. After our hospital tour, when the nurse said the words “we will wheel you to your car and once we hear the click of the car seat, you are on your own” I nearly ran home to my mommy.
5. I have developed a spidey sense since hearing the big news. In the last several months I have saved at least 5 kids from certain death!
6. I never want to hear the term “it is different when its your own” again. Poop is poop and snot is snot no matter who it comes from.
7. I can never be grumpy when he is rolling around in mom’s belly.
8. In the beginning of her pregnancy, I have never wished harder for someone to vomit. I guess I was waiting for that moment to make it real. She still hasn’t vomited, but… I don’t think she’s making this up anymore.
9. My realization from writing this: this is really happening…..oh crap!

My past ramblings:

28 Weeks
24 Weeks
20 Weeks
16 Weeks
14 Weeks

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Lost and Found: The Umbrella Image!

Remember how we loved it and couldn’t find it?

Well, I found it. Free. Online. Here.

{Installation by Spain by Ingo Maurer, photograph by Jesús Manuel Nieto Bobadilla.}

I originally wanted it HUGE, but the biggest I could get this free image was 11″x14″ without compromising the quality. You are free to download my edited version of the image here {or by clicking on the image below}. I have framed and matted it and will be hanging it in the baby room. I LOVE this picture.

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My Baby Shower Invitations

Most of my friends are creative. Some of them are flat out duds. {kidding}. ALL of my friends are creative in their own right: teaching, nutrition, numbers, crafting, and the list goes on. Nicki, however, really sets the bar. {when you get a chance, look at the wrinkly babies on her photography blog here}.

She created these invitations for my baby shower, and her attention to detail is inspiring! Thanks Nicki!

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