Feeling Loved and Spoiled!!!

This past weekend we went home to MI and enjoyed being spoiled by 2 baby showers! We came home with a car full of stuff that is now piled in the guest room. I'm feeling very motivated now to work on Joshua's room so I can organize and enjoy all his new things.

Thanks to so many of you who were able to come! And especially to Ryan's mom and my mom and sisters who spent so much time and love on every little perfect detail. It was a great weekend!

Congratulations Nicole!

I need to brag a bit about our friend Nicole! She has been working so hard in her PhD program, moved to a new city by herself, and has had a rough few months! She just found out that she got an A on her mid-term in her hardest class!

We are so proud of you soon to be Dr. Ferguson!

100 days left until we meet our little boy!

My doctor's appt. went well. We had more blood work done, all standard stuff. A glucose test for gestational diabetes. I am measuring well, gaining weight and Joshua is growing and active. It's hard to believe that soon we'll be in the third trimester.

I hope all is well with you!

love,
missy

There is not much going on right now... Ryan and I have both been sick this week. He is already feeling much better thankfully. I take longer to mend. Friends of ours made us beef stew and brought it over for dinner yesterday so that was really great.

I have not made much progress on the house or nursery this week, but am hoping to feel better soon. Joshua is doing well. Yesterday I woke up and said good morning to him, like usual, but this time he moved right away. My little mommy heart wants to believe it was not coincidental :) He is continuing to move a lot and is growing. We have a doctor's appt. next week.

I hope you all are doing well and enjoying this fall weather! I love it.

love,
missy

pictures

So here are some pictures... this is the nursery, we still have the chair rail and trim to put up and the closet to paint. The big box is our crib which I am so excited to put up!



Here is a finished quilt square and a closer shot so you can actually see the patterns.



Joshua's coming home outfit! So cute. It was super fun to pick out!



Joshua's super bowl out fit and the cute little feet of it.

pictures

The first two pictures are from the day of Joshua's ultra sound. Right outside the office before and me walking into the office.



Ryan and I comparing bellies. He thought it was hilarious.


One of Joshua's new little boy outfits - it says little man on campus - so cute!


A recent picture of me right outside our home. 23 weeks and 3 days!

Random things...

I am 23 weeks and 4 days pregnant! It's amazing to think that time has gone by so fast. Everyone said that it would, but I've been shocked to see how quickly. I think it's because there are so many fun new things to read about, learn and do to get ready for Joshua Ryan's arrival. It's been a very fun season of life and I must admit I'm looking forward to the baby showers coming up. I have always loved celebrations of any kind and to celebrate Joshua, our most favorite gift, is going to some of my favorites.

I keep saying I will post pictures and I promise I will soon. I keep waiting to post something until I have the pictures to go with it, but for some reason downloading the pictures doesn't seem to happen as easily.

Joshua is moving all over the place and seems quite active alot. We have just gotten to the stage in which he has now grown enough and is strong enough to give quite a punch and kick. He's also gotten big enough to hit two sides of my tummy at once.

We bought him his coming home outfit. A little pair of jeans and a striped onesy. So cute! Ryan is commemorating Joshua's arrival near the super bowl with a cute football sleeper with footballs on the bottom of the feet.

I'm getting bigger and will post a picture of myself as well. There is no doubt now to anyone that I am pregnant. I feel like in the last few weeks I've popped out quite a bit more. Ryan disagrees and thinks that it's been a gradual process. He's probably right, but I definitely feel more pregnant now and I know how much weight I've gained. Normal for how far along I am, but more weight than I've ever gained before!

I'll ask Ryan to write a post soon so you can catch up with him.

Overall, we are just so in love with our little boy and excited to meet him, but SO thankful to have some more time to prepare for him to come.

Oh...for all my sewing friends out there... I have made curtains for Joshua's room and am almost finished piecing together his quilt. It's turning out really cute. The curtains are a blue gingham (a bit darker blue) with a navy blue binding and border along the bottom. The quilt has both navy and gingham matching squares but also has a white plaid and white chenille square. In between the rows of 3 blocks of 4 there is a blue stripe that matches Joshua's walls and a navy blue border around the entire thing. I'm really happy with how it is turning out. I'm hoping to get it done this week :)

Quick health update: I had some blood work done because I've been feeling really tired and we found that my iron count is low so I am waiting to hear from my doctor about what iron supplements to take. My head has been pretty good. No really bad head days for awhile, but still a level of pain all the time. No major pregnancy issues, a little soreness and backache by the end of the day, but I'm just being careful to not lift stuff and that seems to help. All normal stuff. So we are thankful and just being even more careful to protect little Joshua and myself from sickness. We are so grateful that so far there have been no complications. It's been a continual prayer that my "temperamental" body will not affect our little boy.

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

love,
missy