House renovations

We are in the middle of some major bedroom renovations at our house. We forgot to take pictures of Ally's new room before Brandon re-did it but the carpet will get laid next week and after that I'll post a picture of that room finished. Brandon did a really great job and has been working diligently on the next one which will be our room. The picture on the top is the room just as he was starting it. The picture below is with the new paint, door and trim. He still has the new closet doors to put in and they came to measure for carpet in that room last night so we're hoping it will get put down next week too with Ally's room. After we get this room done, we can paint our old room for Casey and get him moved and FINALLY start working on the baby's room.

25 weeks

Here I am at 25 weeks and one day. I had an appointment a week ago today and I had gained 12 lbs. Half of that I gained in the last four weeks so watch out! My midwife told me to expect another big jump between now and my next appointment and I'm sure I will with the holidays in between. Have a super Thanksgiving!

Brandon turns 28!

He's catching up to me ... since I'm not getting any older. We had a gathering at our house yesterday to celebrate his birthday and our nephew Kiefer, who turned 13 on Friday. We had a house full but it was nice to see everyone. If you look close, you can still see where his eye is a little bruised yet from his accident but it's healing very nicely.

24 weeks

I no longer have the gradual slope like I used to have. I guess all my organs have managed to shove their way up so I'm starting to fill out there too. The baby is moving all the time which I love. Ally felt it for the first time the other night. She typically puts her hand on my stomach every night when we lay down to read. Last night, however, she said just matter of factly, "I don't want to feel the baby tonight." I thought it was funny because it's always at her own will but for some reason she needed to tell me that I guess. I go in for my 24 week appointment today and, as always, look forward to hearing the heartbeat.

cutest little guy!

I haven't posted any pictures of Oliver recently so I thought I'd put this one up so you don't forget about him. He's such a good dog. He's really taken a liking to Ally. He sleeps with her every night and she loves it.

and this is just one reason why we should wear helmets!

So Brandon was in his first motorcycle accident(and hopefully his last) on Wednesday, Nov. 8. A truck pulled out in front of him and he ran right into the side of it. His eye hit the outside mirror. He had about 16 stitches between his nose and eye. The rest of him didn't do too bad but as you can imagine he's pretty sore all over.

18 weeks to go ...

Okay everyone here I am at just over 22 weeks. Pretty obvious huh ... yeah I think so.