the Baby's initials!

So I just can't contain my excitement about the name much longer..I feel like if I don't get it out there I will never ever decide if it's the perfect name...but to me at this point after months of pondering over names I have at least narrowed it down to 2 possible scenarios...and since some of you (Brittan and Alexis) are just dying to know initials I will show you my 2 initial choices..I mean to me my middle name was not a big part of my identity ..the only time I remember talking about my middle name was to your girlfriends when you all knew each other's birthdays and middle names..I mean I don't even know if boys care about this silly stuff!? Anyways..Brad doesn't even know I am posting this but I am SURE he will be thrilled to know that his indecisive wife has take big strides by announcing the 2 contenders..duh duh duh

CRB
or
CRL

Now..there is probably not a whole lot yall can do to help make this decision I just need to decide which middle name I like best but the first name has been decided and it will begin with a "C"...wow this is huuuuge for me I can't even believe I am blogging this right now! I just need to keep saying the names over and over in my head and then I will finally decide...I hope Britt that I can decide before you leave for Germany but if not you should return to a decided name! Now let's hear your guesses and thoughts on this lilttle nugget's name!!!!!!!!!!!

28 Weeks!

Well I accidentally deleted this picture in the middle of my blog and since I am not very blog savvy I will just talk about it here! Cathleen has taken up sewing and has made us these addddorable gifts for baby Redd. She made the whole blanket all by herself and has learned to applique (I think that's the right sewing term) but the bibs and burp clothes are soo cute and I can't wait to take pictues of him using these adorable gifts!

This has been a great week in pregnancy world! We have gotten the nursery painted, the crib put together, the bedding put on, all of the wonderful baby gear that Corinne has graciously given us cleaned and put away, and we finally registered for pretty much everything except our big ticket item...duh duh duh..our stroller we are still trying to decide on the perfect one for our lifestyle!

I started with a couple of pictures from our week with the nieces. Ryan actually wore this nightgown to sleep in (and oh she thought it was so cool that she wore one of Aunt Chrissy's t-shirts that didn't fit right now because I am pregnant) but we thought it would be even funnier to put Hayden in it. Needless to say she tripped a couple of times and we took it off! We took Hayden to eat some Chick-fil-A and we bought a big pack thinking we could all share..well that little eater ate 5 nuggets!

I am obsessed with her...can she be any cuter?!

Wednesday I had my monthly doctor's appointment (they will be every 2 weeks for a while now) but she gave me the choice of orange or fruit punch 5 gram dextrose drink and I chose orange. She handed me the bottle and told me I had 5 minutes to drink it and I better tip it back and chug (really funny because I mean it didn't take but a minute to easily get this down.) Also, it just tastes like a sunkist orange drink and it wasn't bad and it didn't make me jittery or any of these stories that women like to talk about! (at least my experience was just fine!) However, the doctor was running behind and I literally had to run downstairs after the appointment to make sure I didn't miss my time to have my blood drawn for the gestational diabetes test. I am sure I will only get a call if I fail so hopefully everything went fine!

Brad and I spent Friday night going through all of the gear and baby supplies that Corinne passed onto us. It was soo funny trying to make sense of many of these things. I mean she gave us 2 different baby carriers and I am still not sure we figured out how to work either of them. The bottles and different size nipples she gave us led to a lot of confusion as well as the bags of pacifiers ...hopefully baby Redd will find something he likes and we can go from there. It is great to have all these products to try out so that we know which items will work best for our baby. We also have a bumbo seat, johnny jumper, activity mat, boppy pillow and the list goes on..thanks sis! As a side note Brad swears he will NEVER wear a baby carrier and he despises them I can't wait to catch him carrying the baby in one and taking a secret photo I can only imagine how that will go over!

So after much looking I found 2 diaper bags that I like a lot. Now there is a significant price difference between the two...I would love yalls opinions on which one you like better (and by yall I mean Alexis and Britt since let's be honest no one else ever comments but Doug I'm talking to you too!)

We finally registered at our new favorite store! Buy Buy Baby...again we had about 3 people say aw you guys are back how are you? I mean this is sad and I can't imagine how much worse it will get in the next couple of months. The associates are seriously soo helpful and the store is soo nice and well organized and the associates are seriously trained on their products I could NOT even imagine buying a stroller or car seat without their knowledge and advice. Brad and I would be 2 frustrated shoppers if we didn't have their help explaining how to open and close all the various strollers...We spent 3 hours in there last Sunday looking around and about 3 hours there today registering so I do feel fairly confident with many of our baby selections. (I have been doing my research for months...well on most things...I am still a mess and lost and confused when it comes to bottles and nipples and pacifiers but quiz me on strollers and carseats and I will give you some great advice!)

I can't believe I have to admit this but our first collegiate gift was a Clemson gift (yuck!!) and the most ironic part is that it is from 2 App State grads I mean go figure! I will trash this before Brad ever realizes it is gone so we won't really say that this is the first ...at least we know that he will have much more Georgia Bulldawg gear so what's a bib anyways right?!

Ever since we started working out at Sportsclub 2 years ago there is a lady that is there every morning from 5 am to 9 am and her name is Dee Ann. She is seriously one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. She makes it a point to learn everyone's name and greet them by name each day. Well we have had little chit chat here and there over the past two years and after I told her I was having a boy she let me know that she would like to make him something. Well she came in last week with this quilt that she MADE for our little boy. I was overwhelmed with her kindness and generosity. What a thoughtful gift to make for someone that you hardly know...I am so thankful for her kindness each and every time I visit the gym.

Here is a close up of little Redd's bedding. I mean I just love it...he's gonna be sleeping in style!

This is a front view. I was freaking out on Friday night when we first put it on because see I picked this "perfect bedding' and the "perfect crib" without realizing that the bedding probably would have fit better on a crib that was a little more dainty with thinner rails...I couldn't believe that the top ties would not fit around the thick front frame of the bed and I thought everything was ruined...well after going to 5 baby stores today it looks like over half the bedding we saw would not tie around the cribs thick frames...soo really no big deal and I am again happy with my beautiful bedding and crib selections.

After a hard night's work from Doug and Brad they finished this beautiful crib..Thanks guys you did such a great job and I just love it. You can see the blue baby room in the background (again Brad great job I appreciate all of your hard work to help make the baby's room absolutely perfect!)

Well I made it 28 weeks! Big time! ---90% of babies born at this point will survive (pretty impressive statistic) I darkened my hair a bit with the upcoming baby's arrival I know my money and time will not be well spent at the salon and may even go darker as the time approaches but knowing me I won't be brave enough!

Baby is the size of a small cabbage...I mean he sure is getting big in there!

*How far along? 28 weeks

*Total weight gain? 20 pounds

*How big is the baby? approximately the size of a cabbage (17 inches and 2.9 pounds)

*Maternity clothes? Well I bought 5 more shirts this week (that's huge for me!) that's after Brad called me out for wearing the same green shirt every day..haha thanks! Also, I have officially had my first week where strangers have finally commented that on the fact that I am expecting..the first comment came last Sunday when Brad and I were deciding where to eat lunch and we walked into a meat and 3 (I can't believe pregnant Christen has started liking this venues..but the girl behind the counter said "Well I know you must be hungry" ...haha oops we didn't eat there but we did check out the menu for another time...the next day in my spin class the instructor called me out (I mean finally these jokers realize that I am not the girl who keeps coming to the gym and keeps putting on weight..it must be that my tight spandex clothing are getting unbearable to see everyday...either way the instructor commented and of course the whole class started asking me questions and giving me advice it was fun!...the next comment came yesterday when I went to the Greer walmart for a day of work (I still wear my tight polo button ups so that I don't have to buy maternity blouses that will go to waste and since they hardly button I guess it has become noticeable..but the CSM said man it's an epidemic around here and I said what is? and she pointed to my stomach ..I always wanna look down and say "yes" when someone notices..it makes me feel better that people don't think I'm wearing too tight of clothing walking around the city!...so maternity clothese are fine by me these days!

*Sleep? Still sleeping soundly through the night ...wake up usually just once to go to the bathroom if I go to sleep before 11 (which rarely happend then it will be two times in the night so I can't complain about lack of sleep.....yet!)

*Best moment this week? Really deciding firmly on a first name..I mean we are so excited about the name of our little nugget if we could only decide on the perfect middle name I would scream the first name out loud!

*Movement? Well for a couple of weeks now I feel the baby pretty much non stop and I never knew how much I appreciated feeling him move or how cool it was to feel him move until Thursday came. I had gone to the doctor Wednesday and obviously heard his heartbeat and him squirming all around and everything was great and then Thursday and Friday nothing...I was starting to get really nervous...I mean I realized I was working and hadn't laid down or really rested the past 2 days (when you normally feel the baby the most) so I decide to get an ICEE at 4:00 on Friday afternoon and still nothing..Friday night nothing..I'm thinking what am I going to do in the morning if still no movement..well Saturday he was baaccck ..before work he was squirming and moving and I was elated! He didn't stop moving Saturday or Sunday so he was either a)really lazy or b) moved posistions..either way he's still there and I love him so much!

Food cravings? Well I know I don't have any desire to eat mexican right now (I never thought those words would come out of my mouth) and chips give me the wooorst heartburn and make me feel sick (this happened during the first trimester as well..probably a good thing anyways) but I still have the desire to squirt chocolate down my throat (that's how intense my sweet tooth is) but no other odd food cravings to report.

*What I miss? I feel like I move slower...I nnnever walked slower than Brad and when we go on walks after work I seriously can hardly keep up it's soo sad...

*What I am looking forward to? Deciding on a stroller (I am obsessed with them) and hopefully seeing the baby move in my tummy soon. I can't wait to be sitting or lying down and see a body part move across my stomach.

*Milestone? I am in the 3rd trimester and the days are just speeding by ...he will be here so soon!

*Is working out harder? Man somedays I just feel so exhausted and get so down on myself...I have had a hard time with cramping lately and I asked the Ob whether I should take it down a notch but she encouraged me to keep going. She said it probably isn't even dehydration cramps buy more of the muscle contracting around the baby and that this actually helps prepare the body for labor. She said that him getting squished and poked and prodded by my movements was really a good thing and that I am doing nothing wrong..so at least Brad can rest now knowing that I am not crushing the little guy.

*What has been unexpected? How much things can change for you in a day. I feel like I am stuffed after eating ...like an uncomfortable I can't breather or move because there is so little space inside and it doesn't kick in of course until after I have finished eating (this juuust started today so now I know I need to eat slower and really listen to my body)

*Names? it's coming really soon I can feel it! I love everyone asking for clues it's so fun because I just could never imagine anyone guessing this name! but no it's not Stone or any of Brad's crazy names.

*Nursery? Once we decide on the initials I will be hopefully having the coolest monogram made for the wall. I wish I could find someone around here with a lazy wood cutter so that I didn't have to pay a fortune to have this monogram made..but I love it and will probably buy it anyways. We stillll haven't decided on a glider or a glider color so again suggestions are welcome. We sat in a bunch of different ones today and I think I am even more confused than ever...

Brad leaves for Vegas on Thursday and our bank account is verrrry scared...I am trying to convince him to juuust bring cash so that we don't run into any scary charges later on. Cathleen is coming in on Thursday to stay with me (since you all know I am physically and emotionally unable to stay home alone) we will be attending a decorating class at Twigs (a local florist that does holiday decorating demonstrations while providing dinner. I went last year with Lauren and it was so cute and adorable and I can't wait for this years). I have to work a lot while she is here but I think she will find plenty of things to keep her busy and we will spend Saturday together as well. We will hopefully be nearing a decision on the baby's name and announcing it in the next couple of weeks!

Week 26/27

I am definitely behind on blogging. It seems like I am always searching the web for baby nursery ideas or researching baby products for the little nugget. But I did have 6 days off and should have gotten a whole lot more done that I have. I worked last weekend and Brad completed painting the nursery in a blue color which I will post later...On Tuesday I had the day off and just thought I would drive by Buy Buy Baby to see if they had opened yet...well to my surprise they had "now open" signs up so I was so excited because we wanted to make it there on the grand opening day to order our crib and furniture. Well I just happened to be their first customer (which I joked about being since I stalked their website trying to find out when grand opening day was)...anyways I was welcolmed with cheers and applause and even going back almost a week later most people recognize me and remember me as their first customer..yes awkward considering I had just left my step class and was disgusting and sweaty and pregnant but funny none the less. A couple of hours later Brad and I returned and purchased the crib and dresser and then I attempted to register as Brad returned to work. The problem is I am obsessed with researching evvvverything I ever do and I have not spent enought time researching baby products and therefore I really wouldn't say what I did was "register" I simply picked out a couple of products that I liked but none of the necessities that I am looking forward to registering for....Anyways, it was a great fun day and then I packed on Wednesday and left for Hilton Head to meet the sisters and the nieces there for a little getaway!


Ryan and Uncle Brad before the UGA vs. Arkansas game...it was hilarious because Ryan would run around singing "Who let the dawgs out" and she was cracking us up!



This was Hayden one day in her adorable hippie outfit. She now stands and walks around in the pose all the time and it is so stinking cute I just wanna bundle her up and take her home with me!


I love when Hayden starts giggling. She is at the cutest age right now and has started waving "bye bye" and given kisses (open mouth she hasn't actually figured out how to pucker yet)

Ryan was such a sport at the beach and even though she couldn't really get in the ocean she still was adorable to watch as she ran around collecting shells and running in and out of the water.

Hayden was hilarious on the beach she would run and fall in the sand and get right back up and start sucking her thumb with sand and all who knows how much sand she ate the past week. By the end of the week she was just loving the ocean and would literally lay in the water waiting for a wave to crash in on her.

Hayden of course had to try her mommy's drink..she loves drinking out of cup and especially straws and anything that is made for grown ups. She also loooves playing with her sisters shoes and will spend hours putting on Ryan's crocs and walking around and taking them off and it is too cute!

I had to point out the Cathleen has just recently taken up sewing and actually made these bathing suits for the girls. I mean they are precious and I can't believe how talented she is. I am so jealous and can't wait for little munckin to have a matching one (right sis?!?)

Ryan and I left the beach Friday leaving Corinne, Dantley and Hayden one last day together. Well I think Ryan and I were both equally thrilled to spend an evening in Greenville. I was soo nervous driving home with Ryan. I mean I had my sisters child in the car for 4 hours not knowing how she would behave or knowing if she would start to miss her mommy and daddy but she was GREAT!. She watched movies the whole way home and even got a treat at the gas station for being so good. She couldn't wait to see Uncle Brad and he was just as thrilled to have her come visit for the evening. We took her to Wild Wing with Brad's parents Friday night and then Brad's mom and I entertained her (well really she entertained us) as Brad and his dad assembled the crib. She got to wear one of my tshirts as a nightgown which she thought was the coolest thing ever and we read books and went to sleep and she didn't wake up once. She was such a doll. Her and Brad spent the morning at the park while I worked out and ran a couple of errands and then the rest of the clan arrived to our house on Saturday.

Well we have had Nemo the pinata ever since our engagement shower at Britt's parent's lakehouse and we never ended up busting it there. I mean Ryan has fallen in love with this thing and everytime she comes to our house she asks when she gets to have her fiesta (I think she gets fiesta and pinata confused but either way all the girl wants out of it is candy). We were going to hang this at her birthday party but of course her little party never took place. Well she never forgot about the pinata and since she only had one arm to work with we weren't sure how she was gonna break into this guy.

She must have tried to bust it with the soup ladel for awhile making grunts and full force efforts poor thing..but eventually thanks to Uncle Brad's golf club Corinne, Brad, and I had a ball going to town on this pinata as candy literally flew all over the backyard.

Hayden was picking up busted pieces of 2 year old candy off of the ground and eating it ...lovely I know..but it really was a fun activity outside with the girls.

It's hard to believe that the time keeps flying but here I am almost 28 weeks and I haven't posted my 26 or 27 week vege photos. The top picture is when baby Redd is 26 weeks (the equivalent size of a cucumber or 15 inches and 2.2 pounds)

*How far along? 27 weeks

*Total weight gain? about 20 pounds

*How big is the baby? Head of a cauliflower or 16 inches and 2.5 pounds

*Maternity clothes? I bought a couple of new tops and capri pants today because I really only had work clothes up until this point. I hate spending the day in my workout clothes that are essentially too small too so I am trying to branch out with some new maternity clothese but seriously I could spend a fortune they are for sure not giving maternity clothes away. I need to find a couple of cute outfits for the Georgia game in a couple of weeks as well as the girls weekend at Chateau Elan so I will hopefully make a trip to the mall this week.

*Sleep? Still sleeping fine. I have to sleep with my tempur pedic pillow and then I usually have aonther pillow close by. Brad won't let me bring in the giant snuggle snake shaped pillow that my sister gave me because he thinks he will feel more cramped than he already does in our queen bed so for now everything is going well in the sleep department.

*Best moment this week? Getting to see the beautiful crib all set up in the beautiful blue room. I just can't wait for baby to sleep in his room.

*Movement? He gets really active for 5 minute intervals and I feel like anyone could see or feel it but I still think we may be a couple weeks away from the naked eye or hand seeing or feeling his movements. I sure love it and I just get so happy when he moves all about.

*Food cravings? No cravings. Still able to pack lunches and eat about my same diet. I am sure I probably have a bigger appetite than usual but no weird cravings to report!

*What I miss? I despise running but all I want to do is go on long runs and I just am too scared to even try. I feel like I would just hurt the poor little guy so I am sure I just want a run because I know I shouldn't so this will pass I am sure!

*What I am looking forward to? My 28 week appointment and hopefully having a great diabetes screening (meaning of course no signs of gestational diabetest and of course to get a good report that baby is doing well inside of me!)

*Milestone? Making it to the 3rd trimester..although I am still really confused about whether it started at the beginning or ending of week 27 either way tomorrow starts week 28 so I am happy to report that I have made it to the 3rd trimester..so exciting!

*Is working out harder? Some days imposssible...some days it just seems to take forrrrever to get my body warmed up. I have been cramping way more than I ever have. I am planning to ask the doctor if I need to now or in the near future decrease my intensity but I still try to continue at my same pace as much as possible. I haven't done the elliptical in probably over a month since I have discovered spinning but I am going to give it a shot this week just to make sure I haven't completed lost my stamina on that machine.

*What has been unexpected? That I would finally not mind being pregnant. I was sooo uncomfortable for sooo many weeks and I am just so happy that I have been healthy and feeling great the past month!

*Names? Well Brad and I are 95% positive on the first name and we refer to the baby by his first name so much that I am so scared I will slip on here and type it out so hopefully no one will catch me! We are working on the middle name and once we decide (really pick one out that we like) we will happily announce it!

*Nursery? Betty is working on curtains and a toy bag that hangs from the crib for the baby's room, I have bought toy baskets that Cathleen is going to make liners for. I am eyeing 4 picture frames from restoration hardware for the walls. I still have to decide on a glider (like asap), I need a lamp and a little table for right next to the glider, and I need to decide on the initials so I can get to work on baby's monogram. Oh I just love decorating the nursery so much!

We hope to get a lot accomplished in the next week. This is our last weekend with no plans until the baby is born so it will be nice to knock some things off the to-do list. Brad and I spent 2 hours at buy buy baby today learning about different products and hopefully will start deciding on some great items for the baby to use in the near future. I need to get better about blogging but I will post some pics of the nursery and some other things I need help with in the next couple of days!

25 Weeks

We had a great Labor Day Weekend. We went to Wild Wings and to the Drive baseball game with Brad's parents on Friday night. We had a great time and the weather was great. Saturday marked the official start to college football. Brad and I couldn't decide whether or not to make the trip to Clemson for the day and after a long list of to-do's we decided to stay in town for the day (I promise I was willing and excited to go to the Clemson game but this time Brad actually made the executive decision to stay in town. I think it was a combination of no tickets to the game and thinking about tailgate hopping that did not appeal to him. We will definitely go to a game when we can stay in one spot and spend the whole time at the game!) We started off our day at the gym and then shopped around for paint for the nursery. We also had lunch we Janet at Cracker Barrel and did a little table shopping with her (she has just finished remodeling her kitchen and just needs to complete the look with a new table.) We finished the day with fabric shopping which you all know stresses me out to no end. I have to decide on fabric for the drapes in the baby's room, drapes in our room, fabric for the upholstered headboard we are working on, and for a potential glider we may have made. I have had someone at every single store I have gone to tell me a different type of fabric to use for a glider and for a headboard (I mean shouldn't there be some sort of consesus in the fabric world?) Anyways, fiiiinally after weeks of shopping at Tony's fabric and meeting with Betty who is making my drapes I have purchased fabric for the drapes in the baby's room, some fabric to make a toy bag and liners for toy baskets, some fabric for our drapes and I am about to go meet with the upholstery man to officially choose fabric for the headboard. All I am missing is white burlap for our roman shades in our room but if I can't find them by the end of the day I will use white linen and be happy that all this fabric shopping is finally done! Well sorry for the rant it sure has taken up every single bit of free time I have had since the middle of August. Brad and I spend the rest of Saturday watching football and then having dinner at Larkins (out where we got married..it was beautiful out and there was a wedding and it was perfect) Sunday Brad played golf with Joey Shealy who was in town for the football game and then we had plans to go to our annual visit at the apple festival in Hendersonville, NC. We have been every year since we have been dating and it's just our little way of kicking off the season of fall. We just love it and of course we me being pregnant I had visions of all the food we would consume and let's say we didn't leave without trying it all!
Brad's favorite thing about the apple festival is the apple cider slushy (he had 2!)

Last year I eyed these adorable seasonal signs that are handmade and painted. I literally wanted one for every season but Brad made me choose just one so I opted for the Christmas sign. The lady is painting "The Redd's" on the sign for us and if you can see the little red nose it lights up and it soo cute! I literally wanted a Halloween wreath, a fall sign for the ground and an Easter sign for the mailbox...maybe next year right?!

Here we are with our finished product and our adorable Halloween kit that we will display at Halloween since we are not known for our carving skills! We were full of funnel cakes, fudge, apple turnovers, fries, and pretty much anything else you can think of!

We then headed to Skytop to pick some apples. This is so fun for me because I literally love almost all apples and it's so great to pick a mixture.

Brad's climbing in the tree trying to find us a good one. We weren't too successful to begin with on our search for apples it seemed like more were on the ground than in the trees but I just think we were lazy and didn't venture to find all the good apple trees!

Brad was sampling a jonagold apple which was my favorite from the samplings I tried at the apple festival!

We had a great weekend and spent much of it with Brad's parents so a thanks to them for hanging out with us and having a good time as always!



On to the 25 week survey...Well it looks like the munchkin did not change sizes according to fruit/vege chart. He is still compared to an eggplant this week!

*How far along? 25 weeks

*Total weight gain? 18 pounds (I mean seriously I am supposed to gain a pound a week from here on out but this is getting ridiculous I serioulsy don't like all this weight gain!)

*How big is the baby? 2 pounds 9 inches ~ eggplant size!

*Maternity clothes? I am sporting some capris I bought and the shirt happends to be a great shirt that also works as a maternity shirt. It is so awkward at this point to get ready and go somewhere because my clothes don't fit but since I can't find any maternity shirts I like I have pants and that is about it. I have got to find some shirts sooner or later or I am either going to look like a scrub in workout clothes (which is what I do most of the time now) or I am never going to leave the house (but let's be honest I can't sit still for more than an hour at home!)

*Sleep? Sleep is still going fine...I have been falling asleep much easier than normal and the only weird thing that happend when I am going to sleep or just waking up is that I have this rattling in my chest that feels like wheezing (but apparently the doctor didn't seem concerned as he didn't even listen to my chest at the last visit) so I guess I will not worry either!

*Best moment this week? Getting so much with the nursery accomplished.

*Movement? I would say I was feeling him a good bit more the past few weeks but when he starts moving he's moving all over the place I only wish Brad could feel him!

*Food cravings? I have been enjoying animal crackers a good bit this past week and still just chocolate all the time..I wish a good craving would come on but nothing good to report from this past week.

*What I miss? This past week was pretty normal we went to a friends house for dinner and had quite the busy weekend and I felt great so no complaints here!

*What I am looking forward to? Buying our furniture and starting to research baby products that we would like for the munchkin.
*Milestone? Well my belly is finally harder on up above my belly button. It seems like everyone always wants to pat your stomach around your belly button and it just finally seems that the uterus is big enough (a soccer ball right now) that it's finally causing me to look a little more pregnant and little less like I ate too many donuts!

*Working out? Some days working out is a breeze and other days I literally can't catch my breath I feel like I am working so hard. I am always worried that the baby isn't getting enough oxygen or I am working too hard but I read about all these women who never back off their intensity and say everything is fine so I will just double check with the doctor at my next visit to assure that I am doing no harm. I am working out way less than normal. I get in 4 days a week now whereas before I would work out up to 7 days a week if I didn't have to work but I think my body is enjoying the break especially from the 5:30 wake up calls! (I believe I stopped going to the gym that early in August..that month sure flew by)

*What has been unexpected? Well the craziest change took place this week for me...I have had invisilign since February and was supposed to finish treatment in July to straighten my teeth. Well for a month the orthodontist tried to make some retainers to fix some remaining concerns. Well they only seemed to make matter worse so after telling him how unhappy I was with my treatment (which is soo uncomfortable to me because I never am the type to speak up when I am not satisfied) he was nice but on the verge of I told you you really should have gotten braces from the beginning blah blah he just doesn't like invisilign. He explained my options which were leave with what the computer says is "straight" teeth, pay for another set of invisilign tray (no thanks they didn't work the first time), or let him put braces on me...Oh my gosh I can't believe I did it. But as of a week ago I officially have 10 braces on my top teeth which make a) being pregnant and gaining weight + b) having a metal mouth make you one self conscious person. I feel like I try not to smile and eating is a nightmare, my teeth were so painful for the first 4-5 days that it was all I could think about...Anyways, it was MY decision and I figured if I paid all this money I should be 100% satisfied so I am going to give them a shot but I don't think I will last the full 6 months that he thinks I should need them for so we will see..please don't judge me when you see me or stare or make a comment it is very awkward and I hate them...thank you!

*Names? Haven't even talked about it once this past week other than throwing around middle names for one name we have had from the beginning but no real progress here

*Nursery? Oh how I just love the nursery! Everything about planning his little room makes me soo happy. Brad has painted (pictures to come) and I have literally picked out everything from the wall decorations to the curtains. I just have to decide on the glider and monogram above the crib so I am satisfied with my progress here.

Well I am off to meet with the upholstery man and about to start my 6 days of work before leaving for the beach with my sisters and the munchkins! Ryan's arm is doing much better and I just can't wait to see her and give her a big ole hug! They will be staying with us on Friday night on their way to Hilton Head so hopefully I can get some pictures of their short visit.