Holiday Hoopla

We're about ready to head home from our holiday vacation. We had a great time visiting both our families and many of our friends. Ryan and I got some great Christmas gifts, most especially a new vacuum and pots and pans for the house. With the baby getting all new things, I've been motivated to get the house cleaned up and new things for us to use too. Somehow I ruined my first set of pots and with all the dog hair we needed a more sophisticated sweeper. All of our friends that were available met us for dinner and games, and Ryan had a night out with the guys while I went to my first baby shower. Baby girl got some beautiful clothes (some handmade ones), some fuzzy blankets, and great toys. Our 6 suitcases are overflowing and we are so blessed to have recieved such wonderful holiday and baby gifts. I can't wait to get home and unpack and organize! New Year's will be spent at our friend Lisa's wedding, so that will be a blast. We get home Sunday afternoon and head straight to the wedding basically. We can't pick Drake up until Tuesday so I'll be a little sad. Hopefully I'll post some pictures after people send them to me - my camera batteries died! Happy New Year! The next time I see my STL people I'll be a mom!

Nursery Update

A friend of my family, Elaine, made us this beautiful blanket and lamp for the nursery. It fits perfectly with Ryan's bunny theme. You can see the bunny he made at the teddy bear store too. Everything is looking ready!

31 Weeks (out of 40)

9 weeks to go! Only one more week of school, then a week off for Winter Break - YAY! Ryan and I had Christmas early, since we'll be traveling and having lots to do over our trip. He was a great gift giver and had such cute gift tags like (To Ice Toes From The Heater). Each cute nickname gave me a clue about what was inside (big thick socks!) He was so creative and sweet.

30 Weeks

Holy belly!

No pictures to post right now. Just an update of what's new in the Windle's World. Ryan is going to be working the midnight shift for a bit, which is fine because he's asleep while I'm at work so we still get our evenings together. We've been trying to make it to the gym daily. We start our childbirth classes every Tuesday in December from 5:30-7:30 so that should be interesting. Work is going well for both of us - I love my class this year and Ryan is keeping up with the same old same old over at Langley. We're excited to be taking a trip at Christmas, although I am nervous about being crammed into a small, uncomfortable airline seat but it should go by quickly. I'll post pictures on Friday, when I'll be 30 weeks - 75% done!

28 Weeks

79 days to go! I had a glucose test and a doctor's appointment this week, and everything is still great. Her heart rate was 150, she moves all the time, and now she's getting into my ribs sometimes. Everyone says I'm carrying high now.

The last bathroom is finished, hurrah! Ryan is such a jack-of-all-trades. I love it!

Week 27

I think she moved up higher - it's harder to breathe and bend. Either that or I'm just getting bigger in general. She's supposedly 15 inches from head to toe, so about 10 inches curled up? That's still a lot of space to be in!

Final Project

Ryan and I painted the chest of drawers and a footstool for the nursery. Now I'm washing all the clothes and blankets and finding a home for them. We also updated our registries at Target and Babies R Us. We actually went to the stores this time instead of doing them online. I also included a picture of the bassinet, with bumper pads made by Grandma.

26 Weeks

Ryan's been camera happy so here's new belly pics again.

EDITED - Ryan wanted finished pics!

Ryan did one bathroom today! Only one more to go! Now the pics show the grout and quarter round.

Nursery Work

Ryan and I bought a crib this weekend - a gift from Ryan's parents. We finally got to hang up all the decorations we've been working on. I got busy sorting baskets for diapering, bathing, and toys. Pretty soon I need to start washing all the clothes, but they look so nice and new I'm not ready. They'll probably on be one load though, they are so small! Next, we're repainting a chest of drawers from my parent's house. Ryan is also about to start tiling the floors in our upstairs bedrooms - a project we will NOT have time for with a new baby!

25 Weeks

Newest belly pics (taken by myself so not the best) and a picture of each of my nieces on Halloween...a 'flutterfly' and a monkey.

Weekend

This weekend we went to a wedding for Courtney, a girl in our community group. We had a good time until we had to evacuate due to high levels of something. There were a ton of firefighters there. I felt so bad bc the reception had to be shut down about 1 -2 hours early.

Halloween

Drake was a Dallas Cowboy tonight at a Petsmart Halloween Contest. He didn't win, but he was cute and we had fun!

23 Weeks

Kick!

Oh my gosh! Today I was laying on the couch, and I could feel kicks. So I put my hand down, because I usually only feel them inside, like little pops or explosions. But today, I could feel them from the outside! Then I had Ryan come lay his hand down and he felt it too. I'm so excited for him. Yay for baby girl!

Weekend

Ryan and I spent the weekend doing some crafty things for our baby's room. Ryan painted 2 shelves and a name sign. I sewed a slip cover for the chair, recovered a storage box (pink in the closet) and hung a new drape. We're getting more excited every day. Oh, and recent preggo pictures too.

20 Week Ultrasound

Here are some shots of face, legs, and a little girl going to the bathroom. Ew.

If you can't tell

from the pink tickers at the top, Baby Girl Windle is coming!

20 Weeks

On Friday, I will be 20 weeks, or 5 months, or 1/2 way through my pregnancy! This is not a maternity shirt, but it shows off my belly. The kids really noticed today and they talked about it ALL DAY. "When is the baby coming?" "You're having a baby?" "Are you bringing the baby to school?" "I am excited to see the baby" and it goes on and on and on!

Birthday

My 25th birthday came and went. I got some really neat and thoughful gifts from family and friends. Ryan and I went out to dinner with friends from work. Then we spent the weekend at the Outer Banks in North Carolina with a couple from work at their time share. It was really relaxing. I enjoyed my quarter-century celebration and my last birthday as me. Next time, I'll be a mom!

Award Show

We spent our Friday night at an award show put on by our church, like a mock Oscars, for people who serve. Everyone gets all dressed up and they have heavy appetizers. It's a lot of fun!

Doctor

Apparently no finding out gender for us. The base will not do another ultrasound w/out medical reason. So unless we pay to go to an OB palce off the base, we probably will not get to find out. I didn't want to find out at first, then by the time I thought I might find out today, now I'm dissapointed I can't. We did hear the heartbeat, and noises of how much the baby is moving around. It kept flipping over (says the nurse) and moving all around. This time the HR was 150, last time it was 167, it must be growing!!!

New Toy

Ryan's new toy is here. He bought a slightly 'used' Honda CBR 1100 Superbike. His plan is to fix it and resell it when he is done. Looks like a lot of work, and that he's already enjoying it! I've seen a big grin on his face all day. (And a pic of his REAL baby!)