Busy weekend

Sorry it's been FOREVER since I last blogged.

As of yesterday, we're 21 weeks along in the pregnancy. The little baby is moving and moving and sending me little jabs all day long. I love it! Many people have been able to feel the baby move and I love sharing the excitement of it. Right now the baby likes to be active around 3:30 a.m., so I hope that's not an indication of what's to come. :)

Yesterday Jason was awesome and painted, cleaned and transformed our office into an office/guest bedroom. We moved the queen bed we had in our basement up into that room and will eventually get rid of my double bed, which is in the former guest room. It's a little tight, but the room looks great.

Here's Jason work hard on the painting:


Soon we'll be clearing out the other room and turning it into the nursery. I'm so excited about that!

Friday night we went to Lincoln to celebrate my Aunt Barbara's 60th birthday. It was great to see my family and cousins. I love spending time with all of them.

Here's a picture of me and Aunt Barbara:


And one of me and my cousin Kristi - the two pregnant ones:


And finally a photo of my cousin Erin, left, and my sister Alicen:

Baby decisions

Yesterday we made our first baby purchase and our first big baby decision.

After work, Jason and I bought a crib and changing table from Target.

We also toured Hamilton Heights Child Development Center in our neighborhood. We both were excited to tour this one - the only one we toured - because I've heard nothing but good things about it. Our friends Courtney and Tracy and my cousin Jenni all sent/send their kids there and the kids love it. While I'm not happy about having to work full-time when the baby is born, I am glad I can send our child to a high quality center where I know he/she will be cared for and loved during the day.

Working after the baby is born has been a big discussion between me and Jason. My former boss and I had discussed and agreed that I could work from home 3 days a week and come into the office the other 2 days. But after his passing, things changed. My current boss doesn't see that working and honestly, after more thinking, I don't see it either. We even discussed part-time work, but that seems stressful to me because my job requires me to conduct interviews before I can write my stories and many times I have trouble getting people to call me back as of now. If I were only available for interviews three days a week, plus write the stories during those days, that would be nearly impossible.

And me staying home full time isn't an option for me right now. We'll address this issue again next year and see but our goal is for me to be able to stay home in two years.

Anyway, yesterday we chose our daycare and I'm really excited about it. Great security, great curriculum, interactive teachers, clean, and a web cam, which will allow us to check in whenever we want! That's probably my favorite part.

Fall is finally here!!!

I know fall doesn't officially start until the end of September, but I think it's here already ... and I couldn't be happier!

Being pregnant during the summer heat didn't work for me, so I spent much of it indoors.

Now that the weather is cooling off and the breezes are getting stronger, I find myself longing for time outside.

Besides the gorgeous fall weather, there's so many other things I love about the season of fall.

1. Husker football ... football in general, but Husker football definitely!


2. Jean weather!


3. Chili and pumpkin muffins!




4. Leaves changing!


5. Macintosh apples!


6. Baby is that much closer to being here with us!


For the past 2 weeks I've been able to feel the baby move. It's an amazing feeling and difficult to describe to someone who hasn't felt it. I can't wait until Jason can feel it move.

This weekend I finally went shopping for maternity clothes. Jason wanted to take me, and we found some cute stuff at the Gap and Old Navy. I emptied my closet of the clothes that no longer fit (which was pretty much everything) and replaced them with the new ones I purchased and with borrowed ones from friend Jaci and cousin Jenni.

I've gone from needing two progesterone shots a week to just one, which is nice. My butt thanks Dr. Keefe. :)