She's arrived!!

Madeline Rose arrived on Sunday, April 21st, 12 long days late, at 5:15am. She was 8 lbs 11 oz and 21 inches long. She's absolutely beautiful and so far is a really great baby! We are so smitten!

Waiting on baby...

Well folks. 41 weeks has arrived... 7 days overdue. Welcome to my pity party of one! Although it's apparently common for first time mothers to go about a week late, I am still really down in the dumps about it. I have been in pain since about 15/16 weeks, my hips have been hurting a lot during sleep. Now, my feet are cramping, my hips, back, and knees all hurt pretty much all of the time.

So what do I do when I'm down in the dumps, and have been trapped in the house for a while? Redecorate of course! I have been thinking that our yellow bedspread was too pale and our bedroom needed something a bit brighter. I have been coveting this aqua bedspread for a few weeks, maybe even months. It's SO pretty. I made the trip out yesterday and I couldn't believe they still had one, so I took that as a sign that I definitely needed to buy it :)

Here's our little master bedroom makeover:

If this baby takes much longer to come I am going to have to go shopping again. I wonder what I could redecorate next? I did see an awesome ottoman while I was at Home Sense, but I couldn't find a price on it, so I didn't bother. It would look perfect in our new, bright bedroom! It was in the clearance section so maybe I will go back and see how much it was :)

Bump photo outtakes...

STILL PREGNANT. UGH.

I thought it might be fun to share some outtakes from our weeks of bump photo taking (I'm not including the weeks where I was taking my fabulous bathroom self portraits!). My husband has sure caught some gems...

40 Weeks!

Well, friends, my due date has come and gone, so I am officially overdue. I figured this would happen, since according to my What To Expect ap, 50% of pregnancies go past 40 weeks. I guess I was hoping to be part of the lucky 50% and have this baby sometime between 39 and 40 weeks. I am officially extremely cranky, and I shouldn't interact with anyone but my husband at this point! Leroy is an ok companion too, because he doesn't talk back or complain that I am complaining too much... This is what he's been up to every day since I have been on maternity leave:

He's a pretty lazy animal. I hope he keeps this up once the baby is here!! This week I have been working on all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls. I am almost done, I will be really sad if I finish before the baby comes because I didn't expect that. I've been reading too, I figure I might not get a chance to read too much soon, although maybe during feedings? Anyhow, that's about it for now. I took my bump picture but I am facing the wrong way, oops.

39 Weeks!

My maternity leave is well on its way... Almost a week in! No baby yet. I'm cranky and uncomfortable. That's about it...

38 Weeks!

Well, time keeps on ticking. This week marks my last few days of work! Today is my last day! I am so excited to just relax at home, although I am a little worried that it's just going to throw me into waiting mode... I don't want to feel on edge all of the time just wondering when labour might start, I am hoping to avoid that until at least 39 weeks... we'll see how that goes. When anyone asks how long I have left, I say 2 weeks, but sadly, it could be more like 4 weeks. Dear God no. Please, please, please baby don't stay in there until 42 weeks! Mama really doesn't want to wait that long, and also doesn't want to be induced!!!

There isn't much to write about, I am getting bigger and more uncomfortable by the hour it seems. I think I've been pretty lucky though. So far I would say I have had a pretty good pregnancy. The atrocious morning sickness that plagued me from weeks 6 to 19 is now mostly a distant memory... and other than that, I think I've been pretty lucky. This bodes well for us having more kids in the future, although I suppose I should wait and see how the labor and newborn stuff goes, eh? :)

For your viewing pleasure, here's my latest bump picture!

Nursery Reveal!

Finally I took some pictures! This nursery was a labor of love. My mom and I bought the fabric for the roman shade a couple of days after I miscarried my first pregnancy, so it's got some memories there. The whole nursery came together around this fabric.We found the glider on kijiji for $60, then my mom redid the cushions and my dad painted it white. I was a dummy and didn't get a before picture! Annoying but oh well.

My mom made the quilt, the rug, the pictures above the glider, the crib skirt. My dad made the bookshelves, and my late grandfather made the peg shelf above the changing table/dresser.

The alphabet print is from an Etsy seller and I love it so much!! I think it looks great over the books. All of the stuff on the peg shelf is from my childhood, one of the little teacups belonged to my mom when she was a kid! 

So that's basically it! I hope you guys love it as much as we do. I cannot wait for baby girl to be here to enjoy it :)