Just What I Needed...

Even when we are hundreds of miles away, he ALWAYS knows exactly what I need. This came in the mail yesterday... and it couldn't have been better timing!

Our little NAUGHTY PANTS...

This week was my "BIG ULTRASOUND" appointment at the doctors office... which was so much fun! However, I think our little Miss Livvi is going to be a little naughty pants... this was her second ultrasound, the first was a gender check, and BOTH times she was such a little stinker! It took the tech 30 minutes to find out if we had a little lady or a little man! The more the tech would try to get her to stretch out her legs, the tighter she curled them up, seriously... NAUGHTY (or possibly very proper/shy... I keep telling myself).

Anyways, at this weeks appointment, the tech was able to look at all her organs and the chambers of her heart, the blood flow, all her little bones, etc and everything was working perfectly and she is right on schedule.... BUT when it came to looking at her face/head... Let's just say it was a "challenge". Our little stinker had her head clear down by my right hip bone and would not come out! The ultrasound tech was pushing SO HARD... I wanted to cry! She was like, "I am so sorry, I must be hurting you because my wrist is getting sore just trying to get in there, your little girl is so snotty"  .... Uh DUH! Yeah you are hurting me woman! Ouch!... oh and  I DO NOT like having my baby being called SNOTTY, Ugh! Not okay... Eventually she moved a bit and the tech was able to check her head and brain, but wasn't ever able to get a cute little profile picture... Bummer! Here are the pictures she did get though! Awe, she is so cute already, I just can't wait to meet her!

She was waving her little arm back and fourth, tender!

This was as much as she was going to give us of her little face.

 

Awe...

 

 Just to double check ;)

My life has been so crazy lately! I feel like I have 5000 things to do and can never get them all done, so needless to say, I forgot to post this when I took it, but here is the BUMP at 20 weeks (now I am almost 22 weeks, whoops!).

From Trash to Treasure :)

I cannot keep myself busy enough these days so I end up buying "cheap junk" from DI and glamming it up... admittedly this is one of my favorite games ;)  I found these beauties and spent a whopping $7 out the door. Let the transformation begin! 

With a bit of paint, some ribbon, and a few other things I had laying around... Wah-lah!!

A pretty lamp and a baby bow rack for our room :) Seriously LOVE! They couldn't have turned out any better! 

Sweet Dreams

I was having the HARDEST time finding a crib that wasn't too expensive and simple... but last week we went to Burlington and found the perfect one for Livvi. And.... I have had my eye on this ADORABLE bedding (which Jeff really likes too) so when I got an awesome coupon in the mail from Babies 'R Us for crib sets, I just couldn't help myself! I love the animal print! SUPER CUTE!

Livvi's "Daddy Army Bear" that sits in the window above her bed :) 

It makes me feel like he is here watching over her 

SSG Jeffry Yon -- My HERO

Jeff left for a year long deployment on June 4th... This was by far the hardest day of my life! It was all I could do to actually let go of him and watch him walk away. I know that what he is doing is for the good of our country and to better us as a couple and family... but geez, it is pretty rough, but I also know that he will be protected by the Lord and that this too shall pass.We can do it! I just want to publicly thank him for EVERYTHING he does for our baby girl and I. He is everything to me and I couldn't ask for a more brave, humble, loving, hardworking, perfect man to call my husband! He is truly my HERO!

June 4, 2011

My HERO.

Major Project #1

So I decided that since I would be living back with my parents while Jeff is gone that I needed a major "project" to work on to stay busy.... well the use of this project is two-fold. I needed something to do and I also needed a place to put the baby's clothes and some of our stuff. 

This ugly thing was a FREE entertainment center before I began. I didn't get a picture before we tore it apart, but it had glass doors in the middle and ugly arches on the sides that my wonderful hubby and grandpa cut off. This was the beginning of priming...

then, I painted it "Apple Candy Green"

I painted the handles, knobs, and hinges with a textured charcoal metalic spray paint... LOVE it! One of our family friends made the top three doors which I painted and then GLAZED the whole thing to make all the details "pop" and tone down the green a bit. Note: I know it's an intense color but I wanted it to be able to go in a little girl or little boy room in the future! :)

Oh and one more little tidbit... I finally decided what to do with the jewelry box that Jeff made for me for Valentines day... I painted it Ivory and glazed it :) You like??

The Bump

Jeff and I haven't been exactly perfect at taking my weekly baby bump pictures, but here are the ones we have taken so far.... and I made the little sign so that I could have something hanging up to remind me where I am in pregnancy. Super fun! :)

At seven weeks! I totally felt like I had a little buldge... but looking back, um yeah not so much! lol

Here I am at 13 weeks... and just for a record, I was just trying on my new maternity swim suit, I don't regularly parade around in this attire!

Week 16 :)

Week 18 :) 

Yay! We are almost halfway done! I can't wait to meet our sweet baby girl!