I'm still feeling well, but definitely slowing down a bit compared to before. Tired, I'm just all-around tired, but Aila and work keep me on the move. I definitely know this is a good thing, it's so easy to just lay around and I swear I could sleep all day every day away, so I'm grateful to have Aila to keep me busy and occupied, and work to keep me on my toes and have somewhere to be, passing the time away so quickly. I can't express how much I look forward to meeting Elle and seeing Aila interact with her and having some time to just be home with my girls, it's the motivation that keeps me going each day. I'm up to the bi-weekly doctor appointments and each appointment is still "quick" and easy, and all is well. Her heartbeat is consistently in the 140s and I am measuring right on, with very little to no weight gain each week. Aila has come to a few appointments with me and she is showing some interest in my growing belly. She is mainly interested in my strange looking belly button though! She listened to Elle's heartbeat very intently, looking a little confused at Tuesday's appointment. She can't comprehend what's going on, but it's definitely great to see her interest peaking a little, and I definitely think by the time she's 18 months and Elle is born, Aila is going to have a descent grasp as to what's going on. I think she's going to be a wonderful big sister and will be a great helper. :)
I am super excited, I finally have all of the furniture for the room picked out and found a great deal. I have had the bedding picked out for a while, and Cheri bought us a great crib at a garage sale a while ago and I've been searching for matching furniture. It is a beautiful crib and I was so grateful that she got it for us, as we really have started with nothing for this nursery! However, there are only 2 matching pieces that exist and they have been sold out everywhere. I think the collection may be discontinued. So we started considering buying used furniture and refinishing, or just buying pieces that didn't match. After looking at many different places though, we began to realize that for the price of something used, we may as well just buy new. So I've just been looking and looking at different websites on-line, watching out for garage sales, checking Craigslist, but I really hadn't found anything. Then yesterday I found exactly what I've been looking for: Nursery in a box! It's a 3 piece set--crib, changing table and dresser--that are in cherry, which is the color I had wanted to do from the beginning. It's 3, brand new, matching pieces all for $230! Here is a picture:
Here's a picture of the bedding again:
And here is a picture of the rocker I have picked out:
I know exactly how I'm going to set up the furniture and I am definitely going to paint the walls light blue with the matching border around like in the picture above. I am really excited, we finally have Aila's room all settled, so now we are starting to prepare Elle's nursery. Yay! By the way, I did set up a registry on babiesrus.com. It's consists pretty much of the coordinating decorations and such that go with the bedding set, some storage/organization items, stuff for feeding/breastfeeding, and some other random stuff. The only things not on there are a crib mattress and a changing pad for the changing table, because I didn't find any reasonable ones on their website. I found that Walmart has GREAT prices on baby stuff. I just thought I'd put a registry together just in case. If anyone wants to get us something and they don't see anything on the registry, something as simple as diapers or wipes would be so appreciated, as we will have 2 in diapers very shortly! Anyway, the Registry Number is: 46008638 or you can find it by searching for Ashley Meyer as the registrant or Ross Meyer as the co-registrant at the babies r us website or store. :)
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