Growing up Gilbert

I love creating new rooms. I love to make each room look special, and try to put something special in each room in the house. I'm so excited to be able to do that for our coming baby! Unfortunately, we don't live in our own house, we're renting, which means, ugh, no painting. I'd love to paint the baby room a beautiful pink, but unfortunately, we are going to have to deal with the blue that's in there. Hopefully we can make the best of it. Ryan and I have been shopping around for awhile, looking for something that would be colorful and warm. I'm really into colors that make you feel brighter when you walk into a room. So, I think we've found the perfect set! Ok, so it's not exactly girl-esque. In fact, is a little on the boyish side. But I'm just not into that lacey, light pink, bow and ribbon deal that some moms like. What's important to me is to create a room that Ryan and I like, and that we can be comfortable and feel happy in, seeing as Baby...

Finally, the moment we have been thinking of for the last 20 weeks has come! We found out today that we are having a beautiful baby girl ! Finally, no more calling our daughter "it"! Wow, what a wonderful thing to say- our daughter! It was amazing to have that experience with Ryan, seeing our daughter for the first time. Learning that it was a girl together. This was definitely one of the top 3 best moments of my life. It was agonizing, laying there while the doctor probed around on my belly, telling me that the baby was breached and he didn't think he was going to be able to see in between the baby's legs. He was going to have to lie to me to get me off that table! Thankfully, though, he announced with confidence that the baby was a girl! I really just can't get over it, my little daughter! We watched for what felt like hours as he rolled around measuring the head and torso, weighing and checking to make sure everything was in ship shape. While he reprimanded me ...

Two days and we find out the gender of baby Gilbert! I can't wait, and while I've insisted that I'm sure I'm having a girl, I really am starting to doubt. Regardless of what we are having, I just can't wait to find out. It would be nice to be able to call my baby something besides "it" because that's getting old quick! While we still haven't settled on names for either a boy or a girl, it would be nice just to say "he" or "she" instead of "it". Some moms talk about how they start nesting a few weeks (or months) before delivery. Well, I think I've entered this stage wayyyy too early. I vacuum at least twice a day (unless Ryan forces the vacuum out of my hands and makes me sit down), I wash every piece of clothing that has touched the floor, and this morning, I woke up at eight to clean out the refrigerator and re wash the dishes in the dishwasher. When I'm home, all I can think about is cleaning. It's nice t...

Labor day weekend was EXHAUSTING! It's not supposed to be that way, is it? With divorced parents, grandparents, and in laws to see, it was one HECK of a busy weekend! It seems lately that when we have holidays come up they are packed full of nothing but running from place to place. The GREAT news about this weekend is that Ryan felt the baby move for the first time! There is nothing compared to the moment when you feel your child move inside of you for the first time. I remember exactly what I was doing when it happened. The only thing that comes close is when your spouse gets to feel the baby for the first time. To feel the little tiny thing that you created swimming around in there is wonderful. Speaking of moving, my little gymnast has been going non-stop lately! I don't know what I'm eating to make baby so hyper, but lately, I can't even make it through a class without getting a kick or two. This weekend we went for the first time to look at baby things together. ...

Thank goodness I have a friend in Valdosta who lets me hold her baby! Sarah has been great about letting me learn the in's and out's of being a mom through Ashton. Monday, she let me feed him, and when I look at that nasty green mush that babies eat, I could have sworn I wouldn't have made it through feeding a child! But, it was great, and I made it all the way through without gagging. I must say, I was very proud of myself. Now hopefully, when the time comes, I'll be at least somewhat prepared in the ways of motherhood! While most nights sleep comes VERY easy, and I'm in bed at ten, some nights it's a bit more difficult. Those nights, it's easy to let my mind wander to the enormity of the fact that I'm going to be a mom. No matter how excited and jubilant I am, there are moments when it's terrifying to think that you will be FOREVER in charge of a new life. My baby wont stay a cute 1,2 or 3 year old for long. Soon enough, it will turn from the child...