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28 Weeks

I'm officially in the third trimester now!  The most exciting news is that we started our childbirth prep class last night and I couldn't be happier with it (we're doing HypnoBirthing).  Roo is weighing in at about 2.5 pounds and could be as long as 17 inches.  This baby is active!  Constantly kicking, punching, and rolling around...

Whoa.  I already feel pretty big...so the next 3 months should be interesting :)

And one more photo, just for laughs:

I'm not exactly sure how far along my mom was with me here, but I know that she found this photo really comical.  This is what happens when you try to make a non-maternity dress work over a big belly. {I have tried this as well with similar results -- but I made sure pics would not be snapped -- ha.}

Family Rocking Chair

I mentioned in an earlier post how excited I was to be able to use in our baby's room the rocking chair that my mom rocked me in.  

Here's my mom in said rocker:

And here's a peek at the rocker in the soon-to-be-finished nursery:

We went back and forth about painting it white, but I think I prefer it the original dark walnut color.

Best of all, this chair is COMFORTABLE.  I had forgotten just how cozy it is.  Lucky for us since I'm sure both Cole and I will be spending a lot of time in it.

Embellished Onesie

I picked up this brand new onesie at the Goodwill on Van Ness a few months ago, knowing it had the potential to be awesome.  A girl would just have to cover up the mysterious "Fisher Investments" logo (what tool found it necessary to embroider onesies with a corporate name, anyway?  Never mind the fact that I plan to outfit our kid in at least one piece of Google clothing...).  

So here's the before:

And the after:

A bit of fabric, some embroidery, and fusible hem tape is all this took.  Now our baby will never be able to forget what its nickname in utero was.

Must. Make.

Our living room is in dire need of this:

Beautiful, graphic book art.  It's on my craft list.

Pregnancy Journal

I really don't want this blog to be just about pregnancy and babies, but I need to share this pregnancy journal that we've been using and that we love.

I've liked Nikki McClure's woodcuts for awhile now, so I was really happy to find this book.  I would recommend it to anyone who's expecting--it's not cheesy in any way, and it's filled with Nikki's art.

22 and 26 Weeks

I've had a couple of requests for updated photos, so here goes.  I'm not feeling too photogenic these days, and if you could see me right now, you'd see me stretched out on the couch, feet propped up on two pillows and covered with ice packs to combat the swelling that has been going on.  But that's not too exciting.

A more exciting development is that Roo plays with us!  I can sometimes get a little kick or a punch from the wee babe if I talk to and poke my belly.  Same goes for Cole--she was out of town for 6 days last week, and when she came back she started talking to my belly and Roo immediately responded.  So cool!

Here's my 22 weeks photo, taken by Kendra when I was in Phoenix over Labor Day weekend:

Unfortunately, we fell off the bandwagon right around 24 weeks and therefore have no photo!  Blast the luck.

But here's me at 26 weeks, posing with Cole's sweet chalk drawing of my belly:

I can't believe I'm nearing the end of my sixth month already.  Time is flying (despite aches, pains and swelling), and we've made a lot of progress on the nursery, but still have lots of projects to do.  I'm working on embellishing a onesie I found at Goodwill and Cole has a stack of sewing projects.  Pics to come!

{I'm off to eat some Ben & Jerry's.}