Stroller & Car Seat!

I don't have my 30 week picture yet, I'll try to get on that tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a pic of the stroller & car seat set that Aunt Cathy & Grandma got for Jack! I'm pretty excited and so thankful to have them. It's dark brown, lime green and blue - perfect!!

28/29 Weeks

I got a little behind on my 28 week post and I'll be 29 weeks in a day. So we'll just do a combined post! Last week I began my third trimester, can you believe it?! 11 more weeks to go...

I am (almost) 29 weeks pregnant

He now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. 

Here is a picture of me on Saturday while apple picking:

Here is a picture of me walking Walter, closer to the 29 week mark (I look like crap and I think the horizontal stripes don't do me any justice!....just saying):

DIY Nursery Letters - Finished!

I finally finished the nursery letters project and Steve and I hung them this afternoon. Here's the finished product:

Here's how I made them:

Materials:

• Wooden letters (purchased at JoAnn)
• Mod Podge Glue (I bought the original matte)
• Scrapbook Paper (12 x 12 size paper fit 2 letters per sheet)
• Scissors
• Foam brush for mod podge
• Ribbon
• Hot glue gun
• Sticky wall tack

Process:

1. Trace the letters on the scrapbook paper. 
2. Cut out the letters along the pencil tracing, but cut them a little smaller if you want the white border like I have.
3. Use the foam brush to coat the letters in mod podge and apply the scrapbook paper cutouts. 
4. Let dry for about 15-20 minutes.
5. Once the letters are dry, go back over the the letters with a coat of mod podge to give it the finished look. Let dry for another 20 minutes and do another coat over the top.
6. Let letters completely dry.
7. Cut ribbon in strips of 18 inches. I used two pieces of ribbon per letter. 
8. Use the hot glue gun to glue the ribbon to the backs of the letters.
9. Let dry completely. 
10. Put small nails in the wall, tie ribbons into bows and use the sticky tack behind the letters to affix to the wall. That way, the ribbon won't be bearing all the weight. That's it!

Letters hanging over the crib:

27 Weeks

I am 27 weeks (and 3 days) pregnant:
This week, he weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with his legs extended. He's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing his eyes, and perhaps even sucking his fingers. He's been getting the hiccups at least once a day lately!

Picture of me this week - there's definitely a baby in there!

Welcome - first post!

Welcome to Jack's first blog. This will be a place for me to keep everyone up to date on pregnancy progress and then photos of Jack once he's born.

Enjoy!