Long overdue post ... 25 Weeks!

Well I have been a terrible blogger in recent weeks and I think it’s mainly because I have been having some unexpected emotions/feelings that I wasn’t quite ready to address. It is now finally real that we are having a baby in just a few short months (I know about time right?). With this realization there have been some reality checks that I wasn’t quite ready for. Reality check #1 We live in Alabama … well duh right? But thinking about bringing a child into this world while living in Alabama totally sucks. I realized that while we have wonderful support in Kentucky, that won’t be available to us here when Peyton is born. This also means that there won’t be many visitors at the hospital or even after we come home. Family and friends being able to meet Peyton for the first time will be delayed until we can make a trip to Kentucky. While keeping all of this in mind I have to remind myself of the reasons we moved to Alabama. It was God’s plan for our life at the time and it was important that Jordan could be home every night. Him being able to be home and see me and his little girl and his puppies was worth the move. I just have to keep reminding myself this!  

Reality check #2 …. Being home with a baby all the time may drive me crazy sometimes. I always pictured being a mostly stay at home mom as wonderful and nothing but. Well I can see after doing some research, that it probably won’t always be wonderful. I’ll be tired and hormonal and lonely and in much need of adult interaction. I’m hoping that this will get easier with time and we will figure out a way to manage.

Reality check #3 … these pregnancy hormones are no joke. Thus far I have pretty much enjoyed every aspect of being pregnant … accept the hormones. As most of you know I’m not a crier and well of course that is no longer the case. Often times when I’m upset I have to stop myself and look at the facts and realize there is no reason to be upset. Or if I’m just cranky or moody, remove myself from the situation and not inflict myself upon others or take a walk. Needless to say I’m ready for that part to be over and I’m sure it won’t be right after Peyton arrives … yayyy.

So with these reality checks in mind I’m trying to more accurately prepare myself for life after Peyton which I’m sure will be wonderful and exhausting all at the same time. Last week we had our 24 week checkup and all was well. Her heart beat was 142 and I have done a good job of managing my weight ... 4lbs gained so far. Not that you could tell this by looking at the pictures below.

Jordan and I have been making major progress in getting the nursery ready. I've been pretty pleased so far considering I'm a terrible decorator. We decided to paint the walls gray and all of her furniture is white and the bedding and accents are purple We’re hanging the curtains this week and have ordered a big white wooden tree to put on the wall. I’ll post a picture as soon as it is all done. I'm hoping with the help of my wonderful sister we can make our own wooden letters for her name. I love all of the ideas Etsy provides!

This weekend we are looking forward to a trip home for our first baby shower! My wonderful brother and sister-in-law are throwing a shower with my bonus family (the Satterwhite’s) and friends. We are very excited about this because we do not get to see all of these wonderful people nearly enough since we have moved.

I’m going to try to be a lot better about checking in more frequently the closer Peyton’s due date approaches. We are so excited to meet our little girl.

24 weeks along!

This is the tree we ordered!

We also got some of the cute owl's and birds pictured above to be painted to match the nursery.