Hello everyone!
So, I am 23 weeks preggars. And I am not one of those
girls who take a picture of my growing abdomen every week. Honestly if I
thought I were going to do some sort of craft picture project to hang
in the nursery with different weeks, what I was craving that week, blah, blah,
ect. I MIGHT take photo every week. But the craft projects come and go
with me....mostly go. HOWEVER, whenever I DO dress up (which isn't often
as I have a job that requires a "uniform" and no life since I can't
consume alcoholic beverages) I try to snap a photo.
I (Brandon) even snaps a photo when I don't dress up! (This picture was taken because a friend demanded I send her baby bump pics-*coughingsoundjess*.....and I was already in my PJ's, apologies)
So at 22 weeks I have been feeling him move, A LOT! According to my baby app Sprout, what I'm mostly feeling is him twisting or turning or moving upside down. He's not big enough for me to feel his kicks quite yet. The twisting or turning movement I'm feeling right now is quite an odd feeling. It comes and goes at different times and can be described as a "popping" feeling, or a slight "swoosh" in my belly.....it is making this pregnancy/baby thing feel SO much more real! To be honest, I sometimes still feel way too young to be bringing another life into this world. I just think about how different mine and Brandon's lives will be and how so much will change. But the more I contemplate on these facts, the more I realize that there is no time like the present. Life is a gift and we are never guaranteed a tomorrow, so why not go ahead a be a mama now?! Hopefully those "motherly instincts" that I've only ever felt around animals will reveal themselves by the time Baby J arrives :)
.......Moving on, we have picked out name! Well, a first name at least.....Tate. Brandon came up with it! He has a co-worker who has a teenaged son named Tate. He came home from work one morning and said "How about Tate"....and I replied "I love it!" So that was easy. But we have not decided on a middle name.....any suggestions would be great :) We have had several friends comment on how Tate Jordan sounds like a quarterback's name....which I guess it kinda does. But I'd be okay with it sounding like a musicians name too ;)
......More baby news.....we (Brandon) have began to remodel the baby's room. I will share a few before photos, and only a couple after. It is for sure a work in progress at the moment, but the way Brandon normally works on projects is "full speed ahead" so it shouldn't take very long! Here is a list of things we (Brandon) are doing to the room:
-Replacing the carpet
-Adding board and batten
-Painting, 3 different colors
-Replacing the ceiling fan
-Replacing the base board
-Adding crown molding
-Replacing the blinds
Whew! But with Brandon doing all of this on his own, it will be much more affordable. It is so great to have a handy husband who is good with his hands ;)
So these three are what the room looked like "before". I am only going to share one photo of the progress Brandon has made, so as to not give to much away! But you definitely get an idea of what it will eventually look like :)
AHHH! I love it! This is starting to be SOOO exciting! Baby Tate is already so blessed.
ANNDD finally, the last news I have to share is that we decided to get
another kitty. Yes we realize we are having a baby in 4 months, however,
we have been a 2 cat family for so long! We all really miss Simba,
including poor LillyAnn, and we realized she had also gotten used to
having another kitty around, so we decided to take Mr. Grumbles from our
friends Kurt and Grace. They already have one kitty who was way too
stressed out by this kitten, so they decided giving him up was for the
best.
He is the sweetest kitten and so very playful. Kenzie and him are already BFF's and Lilly is slowing starting to come around to him. We know we will love him like we loved Simba, but no kitty we ever be able to replace our Simba buddy.
I think that's all folks! Apologies for the very long post, I'm still very new to the blogging world :)
Until next time!
NIKI
