SuRpRiSe!!!

Ta da!! A Complete Baby Bedding set :)

I think this is adorable--The Baby already has its own travel pillow :)
The quilt turned out SO good!!

I love the curtain!!

My mom surprised me on Monday when she called and asked what I was doing for the rest of the week and that she was leaving at 7:30a the next morning!! My Aunt was making the trip down anyway to help my cousin with her move and invited my mom and Granny to come along! They had finished the rest of the baby's bedding and brought it along :). What fun I have had already with them finding new little antiques shops and good places to eat! I am so happy with the way this all came together I just had to share :).

Thanks again Mom and Granny!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Happy Friday!

We snapped this picture last night before going on a date...dinner and a trip to Lowe's is considered a date, right?! ;)

Doctor's Appt

I just got back from my doctor's appointment and it went really well!!

First of all I have to thank Kit so so so much for getting me the Garmin otherwise I would have no clue how to get there and would probably still be circling around Atlanta :). The drive wasn't bad and took me 50 minutes. Thankfully, I didn't run into any construction or traffic.

Dr. Moore was really nice along with his office staff. He is in sole practice by himself although he shares the office space and staff with one other physician. I enjoyed meeting him in his office first and allowing him to introduce himself and the practice.

Ok, onto the details :)

I was thrilled that I had only gained 2 pounds since my appt at 26 weeks. I thought my blood pressure was excellent since traveling by myself in a strange city! It was 120/84.

Next, I was surprised that he wanted to go ahead and do an ultrasound! He performed the ultrasound and was very pleased with all my measurements. The baby had a heart rate of 140 bpm and I got to see the detail of the chambers of the heart . The ultrasound estimated the baby to be at 4.1 pounds today (70+ percentile) and he predicts from all the measurements an 8 pound baby at delivery (who knows how accurate that REALLY is anyway!). The baby was head down and in position and again he commented how low the baby is! I told him he wasn't the first to say that...I'm just hoping that means the less I have to push :). He tried to get a 4D u/s of the face but baby had his/her hands covering so all I saw was a really high forehead like papa! haha

Well, that's about all I can remember.

Mamaw is going to get her wish of me delivering at a hospital like Clarian North. He said that the website is quite outdated and the women's center is over 9 stories tall. There is no sharing of rooms and there is a flat screen tv in all the rooms. He said that 2 years ago it was the top hospital in the nation for delivering babies and while some call it the "baby factory" he prefers to call it a 5 star hotel. I'll have to call and set up a tour but I was also glad to hear that the children's hospital (Scottish-Wright) is located just next door.

My next appt is in two weeks. I scheduled it so hopefully Kit will be able to come along!

That's all for now...

Love,

Grace

For Kenlyn

Since you guys did the 70's, I'd thought we'd do the 50's!!!

Chicco!

30 weeks!

Just because one gets to....

the other thinks she can too!

Grover has recently found a new hiding place. Kit and I think it's because it has more of that den like feel and he can get away and snooze. He gets under the day bed which is also the room we have our computer in and both dogs usually follow me in whatever room I am in and lay down. Well, Gisele thought she would try it out, too but unfortunately she just doesn't fit... :)

**If you are blowing up the picture of Gisele, I know her lip looks horrible but it actually looks alot better than what it was! At first I think she had a splinter in her lip but after looking and poking around, I really think it was just an ingrown hair! I know it doesn't look very pretty but it's better and she doesn't act like it bothers her at all...

New Microwave

Yeah! I am so thankful for my husband working so hard on this! We ended up getting a great deal on this over the range microwave yesterdat and it's the complimentary piece to the stove so we were thrilled it matches really well. However, it took a long time to get into place last night and I wasn't really any help!

Thank goodness that cruddy old white one is outta here! :)

For Auntie Shana

I couldn't resist...I had to get a package of the little sheep :)

Monday

Well, I made it through my first Monday. It was rather strange to be home during a week day let alone in a new city, new state. My big accomplishment was getting 6 loads of laundry done, folded, ironed and put away! The dogs and I went on a walk and looked at hospitals and doctor offices. I wanted to make a trip to the post office but forgot they were closed today for Columbus Day. The dogs and I were never so happy to see Kit come home!

After supper we took another walk around the neighborhood and we also had a good laugh seeing Kit mowing our postage stamp lawn with his big 'ol tractor :)

Finishing Touches!

Light up the gas fireplace :).
The entry way with all the clutter cleared out.


Tonight we are finally finished!!! It was all hands on deck to sweep the carpets, dust, mop and put stuff into place. The main floor is well organized and every bedroom is "set up" upstairs. There is a handful of boxes that we need to go through and Kit will need to buy some garage organizers and get that going. But, all in all we are so thankful...this house looks 100 % better than it did just 5 days ago!!!

1/2 bath downstairs

The lighting is a little weird in this picture... :)

This is the last of the paint jobs! I can not tell you how much I appreciate my parents and all their hard work. Like I mentioned previously, my goal was to get the nursery, kitchen and dining room painted so I am so happy to have the music room and 1/2 bath done, too!!

"music room"

Before
Before
Dad busy working
After!!
Gisele enjoying the sunshine :)

Baby C's Room

Yeah! The Baby's room with the new paint :)

Detail of the bumpers

The bedskirt

It was quite the ordeal, but we were able to get the white chair in the room!

I couldn't be any happier with the way this baby bedding turned out. My mom and Granny spent a fair share of time putting it together and although the room has a ways to go before it's "finished" I love the paint color with the bedding. I can't wait to get the curtains, pillow, quilt and matching sheet for the bed and then it be a whole matched set!! :)

Also, I was quite concerned that moving to Georgia I wouldn't have any "fall" but thankfully we have a tulip tree in our backyard!

More pictures

Yeah! Last night our little bug arrived--safe and sound!
Before
After!
Pantry is door on left and straight through other door is the laundry area which leads into garage.Busy little Helpers :)

This morning my parents made an offer I couldn't refuse and offered to paint the "sitting room" and 1/2 bath on the first floor so all the rooms will have a fresh coat of paint. It didn't take me long to decide which colors to use and after a quick trip back to Lowe's they are already busy working. I'll have to post those pictures as we go along. Once the baby bedding gets ironed, I'll have to post a picture of the nursery color. It turned out really good!!!!

One glitch is that we can only put one couch in the family room so instead of having our office downstairs with the piano we have turned it into the sitting room complete with a white chair, couch and piano. Then, one guest room has the day bed and office combined leaving one room just for guests :).

Thursday

Before Dining Room


After

Last night I found my box of fall decorations and was able to decorate our mantle and put my fall garland on the banisters upstairs.

Ok, so today has been painting day which means, I haven't been allowed to touch a roller so that has given me time to update this blog! My dad and mom painted the dining room, Kit and my mom painted the nursery and right now it's a three tag team on the kitchen. I have gone through a few more boxes but we pretty much just have the office, and family room boxes (dvds, games, etc)

Tuesday and Wednesday...

Tuesday the movers came and it was an absolutely beautiful day. They came about 11 am and left by 3 30 pm. All went well and we were only left with a house packed full of boxes! My parents have been so much help that we were able to get our bedroom, our closet, linen closet, one guest room and kitchen pretty well unpacked. Wednesday morning we ran to Lowe's and bought paint, new door locks, filters, light bulbs, etc and came home to work on boxes some more. By last night the kitchen became well organized and the living room a little more recognizable. I can't believe I am posting pictures of such a messy house but we do want to keep friends and family in the loop so here goes :)

The kitchen, before paint

From upstairs, looking down into living room Our bedroom

The view from our bed

The Garden Tub in our Bathroom

The Nursery--The baby will have a pretty cute view :)