Happy Thanksgiving!

Baby Darryl very much enjoyed his first Thanksgiving! We went to Chris's aunt and uncles house and chowed down. I was pretty excited about how much food I could consume... until later when I regretted it because I was so full my back hurt! (how does that work?? :)).

My parents and brother have been in town the last few days and my uncle and grandma came in for the day yesterday. They brought lots of presents to add to Darryl's collection! We got some bibs and adorable clothes as well as a pacifier holder with his initial on it! We are so excited to get to see him in them!

The other day, Evan came over and we finished painting the baby room! At first we were going to do circles, but when we looked at the bedding again we decided to try and duplicate the squares that were on the fabric. It was so fun painting and jamming out to country music. Its crazy to think that not too long from now Darryl will be in this room!! I hope he likes it! Thanks Evan for all your help!

We still have a long way to go in the baby room...but we are getting close! I had lunch with Kristi Harrington the other day and we talked about the baby shower... its not too long away! I can't believe he's almost here... I also got signed up for birthing and baby classes. I have a feeling the next two months could either fly by or take forever!!!

I'll post more pics of the baby room as it gets done...but here is a pic of the accent wall we decorated! The walls are gray blue and the squares are a dark blue with white outline.

I can't wait...

Today was a pretty stressful day. Work was really busy and surprise interuptions kept happening that left me exhausted at the end of the day. But everytime I felt really overwhelmed with it all... you started kicking me.

And it was like everything would just melt away and all I could think about was how excited I am that you are coming soon. In less then 3 months I will get to see your face, hear your voice, look into your eyes, and hold those little feet that are kicking me right now. I found myself constantly thinking...what are you going to be like? What is your personality going to be like? What bad habits will you get from me? Will you have your Daddy's curly hair? What talents and passions will you have?

I know that your life is in God's hands. My prayer is that your Daddy and I will be faithful to raise you in the best way we can according to Scripture. The rest is up to God. I pray that I will always see you as His child first, and my child second. Even now He is shaping you into the man that He wants you to be. I just can't wait to see the masterpiece that He has been creating in my womb!

Sweet Darryl, I think about you all the time. I pray for your health and even now I pray that God will grab hold of your heart and that you will be a man who lives for Him. I'm so blessed to get to be your mother and for God to give me such a precious gift. I hope I never forget how blessed I am to get to have a child. Praise God, for you are truly a gift from Him!

I love you sweet boy... now get some sleep so mommy can rest! :)

One Active Little Boy!

Well Baby Darryl is a lot like his mommy- he is always on the move! His kicks are getting so big! I just can't believe how big he must be getting. The other day, chris put his ear up to my belly and Darryl kicked his head! This morning I was with stephanie and as soon as I mentioned wanting to try her pumpkin butter he went crazy! (I'm glad to know that he loves pumpkin as much as I do!)
Its so much fun to feel him move. I am so excited to get to see him face to face and to get to see what his little personality will be like. We are so blessed!
The baby room is textured! Now I just need to figure out how I want to paint it! I will post pics soon!
But Darryl is making me sleepy... Good night!

6 Month Appointment

Well we went in for our six month appointment today and they said that everything is going great! They said that baby Darryl is completely developed now, and so all that is left is for him to get bigger!

And bigger he has gotten! The last two months I have gained 20 pounds! Overall I've already gained 25. The doctor told me that that was fine... I look healthy and since I'm smaller to begin with I should expect to put on some weight pretty fast. Although it is fun to have people comment on my "cute belly", I can definately feel the weight! My bones are achy and my muscles have been really sore. My stomach feels like it won't stretch anymore but I know I have a long way to go! Luckily nausea has calmed down so the main thing I'm battling now is sleepiness.

Baby Darryl is quite the Ninja! He has been kicking like crazy!! He definately doesn't like heart moniters... Chris and I bought a cheap one to listen to his heartbeat and as soon as we put it on my stomach he tried to kick it off! He did the same thing again today to the nurse! He especially enjoys kicking at night when mommy is trying to sleep... :) One time he even kicked Daddy in the head when he was listening to my belly!

But one of the most exciting things occured a few nights ago at one of our friend's houses! Baby Darryl not only kicked, he kind of rolled a little bit so I actually could feel a body part with my hand! I think it was an arm...but I'm not sure! It was so cool!!

I should have pics of the transformation of the baby room soon! We are hoping to get started on in this week...