Augustine's Nursery etc ;)

Painting by SU from Tine's work Cafe Tu Tu Tango ;) She made this for his room for free

Dancing monkey ;)

His dresser and all his goodies

He has ALOT of clothes !

Where he will be sleeping in my room for the first month  the stuff in it is what im taking to the hospital for him

His washclothes, bibs , etc. in buckets i attached to the wall

it's almost time!

So excited to have him around already ;) i can't wait to hold him and love him.

Only 7 or 8 more weeks to go!

Kind of wish he could be here for Xmas but that would mean he's early so  it's better he wait  for next xmas to be his first;)

Sock monkey i got for him but i have been sleeping with it for comfort under my stomach

this will be the quilt & hat i'm bringing to take him home from hospital - i don't want to post his coming home outfit because i want that to be a surprise ;)

29 weeks

most recent page of the scrapbook I'm working on

Auggie's middel name. Meaning:Orion, often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world.

Our precious little one @ 29 weeks 4d. 

Anticipating the arrival of our little one, My actual due date is Jan 25th , but the doctor said give or take a week or two. I feel HUGE lately. Literally like a walking ms.potato head but i know in the end it's worth it, i want him to be healthy and have all his baby fat . Basically have everything ready for when he's born, minus a few little things here and there. We got a little co-sleeper so the first month he can sleep with us , hopefully he sleeps like a little angel, Although my mom tells me i surely didn't when i was born but one can hope :)
Until next week....

3rd trimester!

He's kicking and growing :)

Looking like a walking egg!

Painted my baby bump for Halloween

Some additions to his nursery

Fun things for the baby

Mom bought this for him today, its actually really neat.

Sleep Sheep- has the sound of the heartbeat-womb and rain

Sock Monkey collection for Auggie

Nursery on a budget

Got this Changing table @ a garage sale, all the bins (except for the center sheep cloth basket) are from the dollar tree and i painted letters i got from the craft store glued some ribbon to them for a nice touch! Also got some metal buckets and screwed them to the wall with a bracket  ( you can see the silver one in the corner) figured they looked cute and could be useful for storing small things.

I also got these paper lanterns @ the craft store and hung them from hooks with fishing line for a balloon cluster look in the corner of his room above where his crib will be once we put it together.

Got this wall shelf @ the thrift store for a couple dollars and put an arrangement of things my mother saved from when i was a baby so it gives his room a touch of vintage :)

The room is not done yet, but close!  Will post more pictures once everything is put together and looking finished. Now time for me to Nest some more..

25 weeks!

 I feel huge! Haven't been craving ice cream anymore, now it's switched to cottage cheese & pineapples.Also craving sushi, want to have fake sushi sometime soon. Almost done decorating Auggies room , it's coming together pretty nice. There's has been alot of stress lately , mom's in the hospital and pretty sick so hoping everything get's better with her. When we go to visit her there and she coughs Auggie gets upset i think and he kicks me pretty hard. Think i'm going to start playing him some music to relax him a little. I get afraid that he's getting stressed if i get stressed out. Little peanut stays up all night kicking! But thats better then not feeling him move at all, even when a few minutes go by that i don't feel him move i get anxious. So he can keep on kicking :)

Fake sushi Dana & I had at Garden Cafe SOO GOOD!

23 Weeks and counting..

He's started to move around alot more! Especially at night. He's already a night owl;)

Just a couple days ago my cravings for plums when away and now it's changed to Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream .. And about a gallon of grapefruit juice every couple days.
  His room is just about ready going to pick up his crib next month and get that all put together. It's been seriously hot here and i can't wait until it's cooler out- glad he's going to be a winter  baby like myself and his dad.

Its a Boy!

So Dana & I found out on Friday Sept 2 that we are going to be having a baby boy! Were both really excited, for some reason or another i thought it was going to be a boy from day 1. Not sure why but it was just a feeling. Little Auggie  has been moving alot the past few nights and i'm pretty sure he had the hiccups earlier. It surely felt like it. We picked him out some cute outfits yesterday and are still getting his nursery organized, painted and put together. Luckily we didn't buy anything to girly or pink. Stayed pretty neutral w/ celery green and yellow colors.

It's a boy!

I am feeling slightly more nervous every day that get's closer to January *the month that i am due* they are saying Jan 25-29th , somewhere in between give or take a week is my due date. 

Right before going to the big sonogram appointment

Dana took a picture of me looking at the pictures

Can't really see whats going on here but i see his hand;)

Matching blanket/beanie/socks set i made for him

Baby on the way

So I'm 20 weeks pregnant.. very excited and nervous at the same time, drinking more grapefruit juice then one could ever have though imaginable. For some reason i've just been craving mass amounts of it. I haven't felt the baby kick yet, but it has gently "moved" a couple times. we find out if it's a girl or a boy on the 2nd of next month. So anxious to find out! Were pretty set on the names so far, although they have changed *ahem* various times.

 

Getting bigger everyday! 

Baby & I love Pho 88

@ dinner last night i finished ALL of my pho which has never happened before. Not even any leftovers!

Some Stuff we bought for the baby today - Really got a great deal on a whole set of vintage nursery rhythm style stuff 

  Doing a sheep/nursery rhythm theme so this was a great score :) can't wait to put the whole room together.

lovely song riflemen

 Click the link to hear a great song :)

http://riflemen.bandcamp.com/track/westerners

everything you touch

You only have to look behind you
At who’s underlined you
Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way

Everything you touch you don’t feel
Do not know what you steal
Shakes your hand
Takes your gun
Walks you out of the sun

What you touch do not feel
Do not know what you steal
Destroy everything you touch today
Please destroy me this way

Destroy everything you touch today
Destroy me this way
Anything that may delay you
Might just save you

hope

What keeps us alive, what allows us to endure?
I think it is the hope of loving,
or being loved.
I heard a fable once about the sun going on a journey
to find its source, and how the moon wept
without her lover’s
warm gaze.
We weep when light does not reach our hearts. We wither
like fields if someone close
does not rain their
kindness
upon us.

down in the park

restless

A ruffled mind makes for a restless pillow.

dreams

It's up to you to find the key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life.
Understand that increased difficulty brings you nearer to the truth of how to survive it - and get beyond it.
Cross your bridges.
Meet your challenges.
Reach out for your dreams, and bring them closer and closer to your heart.
Get rid of the "if only's" and get on with whatever you need to do to get things right.

a friend

help me up
my friend.

dust me off.

feed me warmth.

you are comfort.

let me lean on you
until i can stand
alone.

I will then stand a little taller,

and you will be
proud
to have a friend
such as me.
~Steph