Baby Furniture

The baby furniture finally arrived yesterday after the shipment had been delayed three times! Don hauled it into the nursery, and I spent the entire day today putting it together. It. Was. Not. Fun. I am exhausted from it!



By mid-afternoon, this is what the nursery looked like...yikes!

By late afternoon, I had made more progress...

Finally, I was completely done with all three pieces (crib, dresser/changing table and hutch) around 6:30 tonight.

Here's a sneak peek at the nursery (minus all decorative aspects!)...

P.S. I made that plate on the top shelf to match the color scheme of the nursery.

A little birdie told me that the crib bedding is en route to Indianapolis as I type...yay!

I'll be sure to keep you posted as we paint, add bedding and finish off the room! As Don said tonight when he walked in the baby's room, "All we need now is the baby!"

Week 12-Doctor's Appt. #2

Today I had a prenatal appointment. Besides the very long wait at the office, things went well. I have lost weight (as I suspected) due to the nausea and food aversions. I'm hoping that, since I'm just about into the 2nd trimester, all of that loveliness will be soon making its exit!

I also got to hear Baby K's heartbeat and it was strong as could be! Overall, things looked great. I will go back in a month, when I'm about 17 weeks.

Week 12-Doctor's Appt. #1

Today I saw my sweet urologist, Dr. Ramsey. He provided me with some much-needed relief...after hearing about the recurrent bladder infections I'm getting, he decided to put me on a low dose of an antibiotic for a month (and possibly the remainder of my pregnancy). I am prone to bladder and kidney infections, and since kidney infections and kidney stones can be dangerous to the baby, he figured an antibiotic was the way to go. I'm going to try it out for a month to see if it helps keep the infections away. If it does, I'll stay on it until the baby comes.

Tomorrow, I have doctor's appt. #2 for my next prenatal check-up. I'll keep you posted!

Week 11

Here I am at 11 weeks...already quite the belly. I am s l o w l y starting to feel better. I am still relying on the Zofran to get me through the day occasionally and am still having a hard time with food. I am having trouble sleeping because I'm uncomfortable and have to go to the bathroom a lot (which actually isn't all that unusual for me!).

I've gained about 3-4 pounds (looks like lots more though...ha!) and Baby K is the size of a lime. I can still fit into some of my regular clothes but am rotating in some maternity clothes. This week was like Christmas for me. My dear friend, Lindsay, brought me 2 gigantic tubs of maternity clothes (that's in addition to the large bag she'd already let me borrow)...thank goodness for her!

I am now on Fall Break for 2 weeks so I am hoping that Baby K and I get some much-needed rest and relaxation and return to school feeling well. My next prenatal appointment is next Wednesday so I'll keep you updated!

Week 10

**Note: I am now 12 weeks pregnant. I wrote this 2 weeks ago, as a way of journaling my pregnancy, week by week. We're almost up to date!

I am one quarter of the way through my pregnancy...wow! This week got pretty difficult again. I have ANOTHER bladder infection, and along with that, returned the fatigue and morning sickness...yuck! I had to take another trip to the doctor to get antibiotics and am starting to feel better. I've been very nauseous, though, this week and haven't been able to eat much.


When I was at the doctor, they did weigh me and I have surprisingly gained 3 pounds so far. This is good news since at my last visit I had lost 5 pounds. I am definitely beginning to look pregnant too. In fact, my students started questioning it so I finally had to tell them this week. They are really excited and had lots of questions!


Hopefully, I can keep these bladder infections away and start feeling better as I get closer and closer to the second trimester!

Week 9

**Note: I am now 12 weeks pregnant. I wrote this post 3 weeks ago, as a way of journaling my pregnancy, week by week.

I feel better...then I feel sick...then I feel better...then I feel sick. This is pretty much my life right now. Eating is still really difficult too.


The best part about this week was, of course, hearing Baby K's heartbeat and then making it official to all our family. Everyone was so excited for us! We tried to tell as many people in person as we could so we traveled to South Bend for the long weekend. When I returned to work on Tuesday, I announced our good news to all my co-workers. It's so nice to not have to keep it a secret any longer! Now the only ones left that don't know are my kiddos at school. Maybe next week...

Our First Ultrasound

Here are a couple of photos of Baby K! He (I think it's a boy...don't read too much into it) hung upside-down like a bat during the ultrasound, occasionally wiggling around a bit. He is measuring a bit over an inch...in fact, the ultrasound tech wanted to move my due date up a week, but ultimately my doctor decided to keep it at April 8. His heartrate was a very strong and fast 189! They said the ultrasound showed nothing to be concerned about so we are very thankful for that!

I continue to feel much better this week so I am also very thankful for that! I'll post more about Week 9 soon!

Week 8

**Note: I am now 11 weeks pregnant. I wrote this post 3 weeks ago, before most people knew, as a way of journaling my pregnancy, week by week.

I am finally beginning to feel better! Yay! I am down to feeling sick maybe every other day or so. Unfortunately, I'm still funny about food and what I can handle eating. Overall, though, this is the best week I've had in awhile.

Our first ultrasound and prenatal appointment is coming up next week. I'll keep you posted on how it goes! We can't wait to hear Baby K's heartbeat and know all is well!