39 Weeks

• How far along: 39 weeks
  

• Weight gain: 25 lbs. give or take a 2
  


• Maternity clothes: Yes! If I get dressed and leave the house. Otherwise...sweats for me!
  


• Belly button in or out: Outtie all the way!


• Sleep: What's that? Needless to say, haven't been sleeping so well. I toss and turn all night, then get up to use the restroom, go to the living room, so I don't wake M up, and lie there wishing I could just get comfortable! If I'm lucky, I fall asleep...until M wakes up to get ready for work at 5 am!
  


• Stretch marks: Unfortunately yes, just between my belly button :(
  


• Food cravings: I had an urge for Dog N' Suds coney dogs yesterday..and I'm trying to eat spicy stuff! (wishful thinking???)
  


• Movement: Definitely still feel the little man moving, but now I have to try to differentiate between movement and contractions. Not as easy as it sounds!
  


• Labor signs: I am 1 cm dialated, and 70% effaced, at a -1 station. To sum that up, it means basically nothing...as I could walk around like that for DAYS or even WEEKS! At the same time, at least it's SOMETHING! I like to think of it as only 9 cm more to go!
  


• What I'm looking forward to: Going into Labor! If you would have asked me this even a month ago, I would've been petrified still! However, now I just want to get this show on the road! We are both soooo ready to meet our little boy!
  


• What I miss most: Laying on my stomach (I can ALWAYS fall asleep like that), SLEEP, having something to do (maternity leave isn't too much fun without a baby), and my old clothes (I don't have many maternity clothes that will fit for this warm weather).
  


• Milestones: The end is near?!.... :hopefully)
  

The Nursery

When thinking about creating our little man's nursery, I was at a complete loss at what to do. I knew I wanted something different, more "me" than the usual pastels or animal themes of many nurseries. I searched high and low and finally found some inspiration from the Baby Room Bio site. I knew I wanted to do something with black and white...what's new right?! Well then I found some cute bedding from Target.com that I immediately fell in love with! Much to my luck, I went to our local Target and someone had returned the exact same bedding set I had just been lusting after online!!! And to boot...it was marked down from the online price! SCORE!!!

Then came the furniture...and like everything with this room (and my life for that matter) I was very indecisive! We finally decided on buying a crib and dresser/changing table from Walmart.com. I did a lot of research but they had the best prices and for the quality, I was sold.

I then realized I wanted to add some color to this black and white masterpiece....so I stuck to my favorite combination...black, white, and....TEAL! I recruited my mom and dad to help come tape, paint, and put together furniture!

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out! Lots of more things have been added, and it is 95% finished now. Just need to finish a couple of last minute details and we should be good to go! (Nothing like procrastinating huh??) I will leave you in suspense for the final reveal! :)