Lately...

Today is the start of week 23, and here lately I have started to feel a little tired.  But on the plus side, I have now started feeling Braylon move.  I mainly feel it at night after dinner or when I'm lying in bed at night.  Brad can't feel it yet, but I'm sure it won't be too much longer before he can.  Today I added some decals in Braylon's room above the crib by his name, and above the changing table.  There's an owl, bird, raccoon, turtle, squirrel, bear, fox, and some bumble bees and dragonflies...all of which are on his bedding as well.  Too cute...

20 week appointment- half way there!

Yesterday afternoon was our 20 week appointment.  We had another ultrasound to check measurements of everything.  We saw him moving around a lot again.  We also saw him kick me, but I didn't feel a thing.  At one point we saw one hand behind his head, then he had both hands in front of his face.  He opened his mouth once like he was trying to suck his thumb.  It was so cute.  He weighed 15 ounces- almost a whole pound! :)  The doctor said everything looks great, and we go back after Thanksgiving for diabetes testing.  Here are the pictures we got from this ultrasound.

You can see his nose and lips.  It looks like he has his arm in front of his face here.

His foot is a lot bigger now :)

He's still a boy!



This is looking down at him.  You can see his ribs and two black spots.  I think one is his heart and the other is his bladder.  I think he also has a hand over his left cheek, and that's why it's darker on that side of his face.



Almost done!

We added a quote at the top of the wall above Braylon's name that says "A wee bit of Heaven drifted down from above.  A handful of happiness a heart full of love."  We also covered a lamp shade using a blanket that goes with Braylon's bedding.

Pumpkin painting which turned into pumpkin carving...

Registry

Brad and I are now registered at Babies-R-Us and Target.  You may notice that there's not really any clothes on there.  That's because Brad's sisters gave us 3 bags of clothes, so we have plenty for now (THANKS Em and Ali).  But that didn't keep Mommy from doing a little shopping this past week :)  Here are a few things I picked up for Braylon...

Daddy was busy this weekend...

Brad cut these out of a pine tree log, sanded them down, then drilled a hole in the top.  I painted Braylon's name then added the ribbon.



Then we hung it up over his crib.  I also ordered a decal quote that will be hung over his name, so this is still a work in progress.



Brad also put these shelves up for me.

...more shelves...

...and these shelves too.  We just got this night stand, lamp, and little CD player.  Now I'm looking for a rocking chair to put in this corner and some cute curtains.

A Work in Progress



Braylon's rocking chair- It was mine when I was little.  It was white so I painted it khaki and hand-painted his name on the back.  Then my mom made a cushion out of a blanket that matches Braylon's bedding.



The walls were already painted a light green, so we will keep it this color.  I'm thinking about painting stripes on this wall and maybe a tree in the left corner.  I will probably also have his name in wooden letters above the crib and maybe a stencil or decal quote on the wall.  My favorite so far is "Every good and perfect gift comes from above. ~James 1:17"

As you first walk in the nursery




I'm thinking shelves hung on each side of the window with some cute curtains.  Hopefully a rocking chair will fit in the corner.

 

The changing table-  I may put some shelves here too.