11 weeks left!

This pregnancy is flying by! I can't believe we only have 11 weeks left before we get to meet little Samuel Cade! I couldn't be more excited. We are getting closer and closer to the nursery being done as well. A couple of weeks ago, I went to visit a friend for the weekend..and Thad painted to nursery. It looks great! Even better yet, today he installed the chair rail. I am posting some pictures of the finished product. Soon we will have the furniture so I can put everything together and post final nursery pics then. We have everything piled up in the spare bedroom just waiting! I can't wait to get the precious things on the wall and the bedding all in his little crib. We still have to do shutters on the windows and curtains..but you get the idea. The huge armoir in the pics will also be leaving and going downstairs to the office. I am also posting a few hints of some of the accessories we have accumulated. I have gone a little crazy!

We have started our every 2 week appointments...so we actually have another one this Thursday. I'm a little late with my post. Oops! Anyway, last week was great. I do not have gestational diabetes (woo hoo...bring on some more ice cream) and the baby sounds great. On the negative side...I gained 6 lbs in 4 weeks (goodbye ice cream.) He is moving like crazy and I love feeling his every move. I am posting my 29 week belly pic. The first one is me standing normally and in the second I am holding in my dress so you can see this ginormous belly! I love every minute of it!

Florida 2009

Well...I am FINALLY blogging about our wonderful "babymoon." It has taken me so long because blogging on our computer takes me so long. I have to do it when I have plenty of time. Hopefully a new computer soon will fix this problem! We had such a great trip...aside from the cold..not cool...weather we got the first 3 days. We arrived on January 20th and it was freezing and so windy. Of course, our hotel was absolutely beautiful but it was hard to enjoy with all of the wind. Naples is a gorgeous community with amazing beaches and awesome shopping. If you know Thad and I well, you know that when we go to the beach...we veg out and that is it! We usually stay at a really nice resort so that we don't have to leave the entire time. Call it boring..but that is what we love! Well...we had to seriously adjust our way of thinking when we arrived. We actually had to go do some shopping the first 3 days...and trust me...I don't like to shop on vacation, especially when it is the beach. But, it turned out to be great and we saw some things we would have not seen otherwise! The shopping areas are all on the water..and lots of cute boutiques! We got Samuel some great things on a really good sale and ate some AMAZING food. Our hotel was called LaPlaya resort and I highly reccommend it to anyone. It was great for couples but also very good for children...and the beaches were perfect. www.laplayaresort.com

Funny thing happened while we were there. One day after we had been shopping and walking around, we got back to the resort and went to our room. Our room was beautiful...walk out lanai right on to the beach. It is the pic above with the palm tree and little bridge. Anyway, we smelled the worst paint smell ever...and it was strong. Apparently, they decided to paint a couple rooms in our building and failed to ventilate. We immediately went and complained (nicely) and let them know of my pregnancy and how strong the fumes were. They walked over to check it out and completely agreed. Next thing I know, they are moving our things to a ...get this...$1500 /night suite on the 12th floor that was directly over the beach. Three cheers for pregnancy!!!! We were so excited...

The last 2 1/2 days were great weather...and we really got our beach time in. I managed to read the entire Twilight book while on the beach (love, love, love it) and Thad managed to get the perfect tan he always gets...with no sunscreen (so jealous.) Of course we could have used a few extra days to tan..or burn...depending on who you are..but we also have other things to plan and do. I was excited to get home for that!! I think once the nursery is finished...we are ready!! I am 26 weeks along now..but will save the next belly pic for 28 weeks. That way, everyone can be as shocked as I am at how big I have gotten. Like I always say, "everyone grows differently", or so I told the lady at Ben and Jerry's when she asked me if it was twins! Yikes!