What have we been up to?

We've had some busy weekends recently.

We flew to California for Auntie Meggie & Uncle Matt's wedding 2 weekends ago and got to see the extended family on both the Mooren and Carlino sides.  Baby girl Mooren was really active so it was a lot a fun for people to get to feel her kicking and moving. 

Last weekend Damon and Uncle Mike moved a lot of things into storage to make room for the nursery furniture.  The crib and dresser were delivered last Friday and we picked up the chair on Saturday.  We had ordered a decal that came last Friday and Damon and I were too excited to see what it looked like we stayed up until 1AM putting it up.  I'll post pictures of the final finished product as soon as the mattress and crib skirt come, but everything is looking great.

Here's a sneak peak at the first piece of the decal we put up. 

This little guy will overlook the crib...

This is Damon putting together part of the crib...

...and this is Damon enjoying the new chair.

Feet

Damon was getting ready for work this morning, I'm off work this week so I was still in bed, and the baby was moving a bunch.  All of a sudden I felt a foot from the outside!!  It was really hard and pressing down to my left side, I called Damon over and he felt it too.  She's getting bigger and stronger and moves a lot.  Today was the first time we could tell what body part was where... so cool.

Before the Nursery

We've got a 2 bedroom condo in the city and we're not quite ready to move to the burbs, SO we're going to make the best out of the limited space that we have.  We're converting the guest room into the nursery, soon!  I've taken some before pictures and after seeing them on the computer, the room looks pretty boring.  I can assure you, it's much more charming in person (at least I think so).   The after pictures probably won't be posted until December, but I had these so thought I'd put them up.

We aren't sharing the nursery decor because we want to do it completely on our own, without any input or additions from anyone.  I think our plan will result in a cute room that our little girl will enjoy.

The before photos...

Looking into the room:



Door Wall:

 Right wall:

 Left Wall:

Baby Mamas

I was lucky enough to make a trip to the Boston area this past weekend to spend some time with Jess before our kiddies come.  It was so nice to be able to see her beautiful new house and have 4 nights in a row of a sleepover party!  We shopped (of course), got our nails done (obvi) hung curtains in the nursery, watched TV and a movie and Rob made us breakfast :-)

Jess' shower was on Saturday and she got a ton of great stuff... it was so fun to go through everything and see all the cute, tiny, new things.  It made me even more excited for my little one's arrival.  I'm also super excited that Jess' due date is fast approaching b/c I cannot wait to know if she's got a little girl or boy in her belly.

Speaking of bellies, of course I wanted a picture of our bellies... Jess was a good sport and humored me.  This shot on the left is from 7/24 (J  - just over 22 weeks, K - 15 weeks)and the shot on the right is from 10/11 (J - almost 33 weeks, K - just over 25 weeks).

Kung Fu Fighting

Sunday night Damon and I were on the couch watching football when our little girl had a kung fu experience.  She was kicking/punching so hard my stomach was being bumped out and Damon's hand was moving when she'd kick it.  Our little girl seems pretty strong already. 

We've got 15 1/2 weeks to go until my due date.  In a couple weeks we're going to start getting the nursery ready... moving out the guest room furniture, washing the walls and ordering the crib & dresser.  The glider should be coming towards the end of November, so we may just have the nursery done by Thanskgiving.  We haven't told anyone what we're doing in the nursery b/c we want it to be something that just Damon and I create, but I will post before & after pictures.  I think it's going to be really cute.

I'm heading to Boston this weekend for Jess' shower.  She's only got 8 weeks to go... I can't wait to know if she's having a boy or girl.  I'll post a picture of our pregnant bellies when I get back.