This weekend we got lots of things moved from the infamous "To Do List" to the lengthening "DONE!" list! In about 2 1/2 days, we painted Brynlee's room, painted Cade's room, got Cade a bed frame and put the crib up in Brynlee's room. Cory also got the doors we'll need to finish the basement; not on the to-do list persay, but still a step to FINISHING the basement!
And speaking of our basement, my sister moved out of her apartment this weekend but can't move into her new place until August. So that leaves her living in our basement for the summer! This obviously will put a damper on getting the basement "play" friendly, but maybe we'll have to focus our energy on everything else :)
Anyway, back to the kids' rooms.....Brynlee's colors are dark pink and light green. We'll put a white chair rail around her room. In Cade's room, you need sunglasses! I got my inspiration from his bedding:
We used bright blue, bright orange and bright green. The green is brighter than I anticipated, but it works for his room! Under the blue, we're going to hang a white shelf and trim and under the orange stripe we're hanging white trim. Hard to explain, but we'll have pictures when it's done :)
Here are both rooms painted and ready for their trim and wall decorations!!!
So we JUST had the ultrasound to find out that Baby #2 is a girl, and we already have gifts from friends! I hope this doesn't continue for the next 5 months/when she's born or we'll have to find a new house! Here's some of the things Brynlee has so luckily acquired at 5 months gestational age :)
Thank you to my mom and sister! Brynlee will of course need her own giraffe, just like her older brother! The blanket has a giraffe on it and says "I "heart" you" :) They bought these on the way up to Ames on SUNDAY, before the ultrasound!
Thank you to Pranav, Neha, Aneesh & Anika from the child care center. Aneesh is in my room. His parents are SO sweet and Neha had these in her pocket when she came to pick the kids up MONDAY AFTERNOON, meaning, she already had them bought, just knowing that I was having a girl :)
Thank you to Aunt Kelsey! Kelsey works with me and is the most sweetest person ever :) I saw this outfit at Target and almost bought it myself! I love the color and unique design...I'm so excited for her to wear it :)
At the ultrasound today, we found out the gender of Baby #2! This is the riddle we gave people before giving in about 2 minutes later and telling them...IT'S A GIRL!! The riddle spells the answer down the right side:
I had one written up if it was a boy. I also wore a black shirt with a pink cami underneath, bright pink lace footy things that showed a little out of my shoes and a bright pink hair band. I also had all of these things in blue, just in case! Most people either saw that it spelled "it's a girl" down the side or they noticed that I was wearing pink. We told everyone else without making them wonder very long :)
According to all the polls we did (facebook postings, the poll on our homepage, a poll at the center among my coworkers and family and friend opinion) there was an OVERWHELMING consesus: girl! I think there might have been 3 people who thought it could be a "boy," including Cory. Duh, don't you people know that Mom knows best ;) I just always had "that feeling!"
We are VERY excited, and I have even made a trip to Target already to buy a few things:
I ended up getting two dresses, a pajama/jumper outfit and a pack of 3 bibs. The rainbow dress and elephant jumper is 3 mo. The polka dress was the first I saw and I really wanted it, but it only came in 6 mo or Newborn. Well, experience from Cade tells me not to buy ANYTHING smaller than 3 mo! Not even Newborn size diapers (note to anyone wanting to get us gifts! haha) But, like I said, I just had to have it :) so I got the Newborn size and decided it could be a hospital/going home dress! Smart shopping huh (hahaha!) I got the bibs because the first one says, "Daddy's Sweetheart" just in case Cory was annoyed that I was shopping already! Turns out, I didn't need any bribery or explanation...he's going to be worse than me! FINALLY!! HAHA!
A couple nights ago I was sitting at the computer and felt the baby turn a few times, basically just the quickening, "butterfly" feeling. Then wham!...I got a kick! A real kick right in the middle of my stomach. I pushed my hand against it and got another pretty strong one in the same spot, this time right in the middle of my palm! It was so exciting, I ran upstairs where Cory was already laying in bed and he felt a couple more jabs. I've definitely been able to feel more and more strong movements since then. I can't wait for even more!
Ultrasound is coming up...March 22!! We can't wait!
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