More Nursery Progress and Libby's Baptism

Here are just a few more pictures of the nursery so far...we are hoping to get a lot done this weekend, so stay tuned! Also, here are a few pics from Libby's baptism!







Libby's baptism gown was worn by my mom, my sister, and me! Of course, Libby looked the best in it :)

Goodbye Green...

Hello Blue!!!!


I.LOVE.IT! Yay! Brad primed and painted most of the room on Friday night, and then my Dad came over on Saturday to help with the bottom half. It turned out better than I imagined in my head. Now the fun can begin with putting everything up and getting it ready for baby John! I can't tell you how excited I have been to meet this guy! It is all I think about!

My work threw me a great shower on Friday night. It is so humbling to have so many people being so generous and giving. We are so, so lucky. We were just looking at everything we have in our basement yesterday and were in awe that people bought all of that for us and the baby. We really can't thank everyone enough. My friend and teaching partner Cristen planned so much of my shower, and my friend and other teammate, Michelle, had it at her house, and did such an awesome job with all of the cute little decorations and food. It was a lot of fun! Of course I forgot my camera (I have now forgotten my camera to all 3 of my showers...my father-in-law has had to go back and get it for me at the first two...this last one I was on my own :) But, I will try to get some pictures on Monday.

I went to the doctor on Thursday for my 33 week appointment. Two weeks ago, at 31 weeks, the dr felt his head and assured me he was head down and that he most likely would stay in that position since he will be running out of room to really move. Well, this little stinker is already being a typical boy...he flipped! Well, at least the dr thought so. So now my doctor thinks he is breech, but then reassured me there is still plenty of time for him to flip back around! So hopefully he will be doing some gymnastics in there (it sure feels like he is, so thats good!). I go back on the 4th, then I start going every week, so they will be more concerned next time if he is still in that position. It just makes me nervous, but if I have to have a C-section, so be it. Whatever it takes to get him out so he is healthy and safe. I think the thing that makes me the most nervous is that if they have to schedule a C-section, I have heard they usually do it around 38 weeks...Yikes, that is only about a month away! So, we'll see what happens...

Libby's baptism is today. Brad and I are so honored to be the godparents. I am looking forward to going and having lunch with my family and Doug's family afterwards. I already have my camera packed for this one :)

So that's my weekly baby update...here is a 33 week picture of me.

Have a great week!

Baby Shower!

We had our 2nd baby shower here yesterday, it was absolutely perfect! My mom and sister did such an awesome job planning it, thank you so much! We love you!! The flowers and cookie favors turned out so cute, and I didn't get too many pictures of the room set up, but I will put some that I took once we got home. We had it at Kruse and Muer's, which is "our" restaurant. Brad and I love it there and the shower was no different. The service was great, the food was good, but most importantly, so many of our family and friends were there to celebrate with us, which means so much. Brad's parents came from IN, my uncle and cousin came from OH, and two of my college roommates, Angie and Kelly, flew in from Boston and Nashville. Thanks girls, it meant to much to me that you were there!!! I miss you!!!

We are so overwhelmed once again by everyone's generosity. My parents came back to the house afterwards with my in-laws and sister-in-law, and we went back through everything. Then this morning Brad and I spend about an hour going through it again. He wanted to make sure he knew what everything was :) But we are so excited, it makes it so much more real now, and we can't say thank you enough to everyone for coming and for all the wonderful and thoughtful gifts! Here are a few snapshots, but most of them are on Facebook!






In other baby news, my curtains that I ordered came in. And I don't like them. Surprise, surprise. Soooo, I decided earlier this week that we are going to paint the room. I have been struggling with liking this green, so instead, we are going to paint blue! I am going to head to Pottery Barn Kids this afternoon, because apparently they have paint swatches that coordinate with their bedding. So next weekend hopefully we can get it painted and then start getting everything set up! Yay!

This past week was busy, busy, busy! Brad and I started our childbirth classes this past week, so we have to go the next 3 Wednesdays. It was actually fun! I have been taking my prenatal water aerobics class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, which has been good. It isn't really a great cardio workout, but it helps so much to stretch and relax. So that has been fun too. We also met with some pediatricians this past week to check out some different offices...

I am so excited to have tomorrow off work tomorrow for MLK day. Brad is taking my car to get an automatic starter put on (Yay!) so I am going to try to tackle some major closet/basement organization here. Hopefully I can get motivated to get all of it done! This week is going to be so fast, especially not having to work on Monday. I have a sub on Wednesday for some training, and then we have a half day on Friday b/c it is the end of the semester. Then, my work is throwing me a shower on Friday night! SOOOO excited!!!

Well, I better get off the computer and moving today. All this shower cake I have eaten is telling me I should go to the gym...Have a great week!

Master Bathroom Remodel

My dad and brother in law have been working on redoing our bathroom and it is now finished! I love it! They did such a nice job, I love walking by it and seeing it. I still need to finish putting evrything back in, but it feels so clean and I know how quickly that will change! I realized I don't have any before pictures, probably because the bathroom was the one room I hated when we bought our house. The bathtub was discusting, the floor was old tile that was probably the original, and the cabinets were these nasty brown things. Soooo, here are some pictures of our new and improved bathroom:




I also came downstairs the other night to find this:



Things are moving right along here in the Monhaut household!

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year! I can't believe that in one year from now we will have a nine month old son!!! Crazy! I hope everyone had a good holiday. We did, but these past two weeks flew by! That's okay though, I am ready to get back into the groove of things and on a routine. Especially with eating! I am scared to go back to the doctor on Thursday to see how much I have gained in the past two weeks :)

We had a really good holiday, Brad got all the furniture put together in the baby's room. I only have a picture of the crib, so here is that and you can see the green I have been talking about:

I am happy the way it all looks. I ordered the crib, dresser, and bookshelves all from different places, so I was worried the woods wouldn't match, but they look good. This month is going to be really busy. I start my prenatal water aerobics on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then starting next Wednesday we have our child birth classes for the next 4 weeks. Also a tour of the hospital on the 23rd and a breastfeeding class early February.

My sister and mom are throwing my shower on the 16th, I am SO excited! Then my work is throwing me a shower on the 22nd!! Yay! It will be so much fun! Well, here are some pics from me this morning at 30 weeks...these are for you Ang :



I am off to my sisters to spend some time with Libby!

Progress in the Nursery!

Just a warning, this is a total rambling post and will probably seem very silly!

I wish I was more artistic. I do not have many of those creative, artsy genes in my body. I was wide awake last night from about 2-4 AM worrying. About labor? About how much our life is going to change? About Christmas shopping I still have to do? Nope. I was worrying that the nursery is going to be too green. See, Brad and I made an agreement that we would keep the room the same green to avoid Brad having to paint. Right now the room is green on the bottom half with chair rail molding and white on the top. I like it, but I really want to be able to accent with blues without going overboard. So I have obsessed over finding cute boy bedding that has just enough green, but still says boy. I found the bedding at Pottery Barn, bought it, still love it, and had this great plan to paint name letters for above either the crib or changing table. My goal was to paint the letters green, and accent them with stencils using blue and white, hoping to tie all the colors together. So last night I got out all the materials, began painting, and realized about 1/2 way through that (1) the green is slightly off, (2) they look homemade and not in a good way, and (3) the room still screams green to me. I want everything to tie in together and I know we don't even have anything in the room yet, but I just couldn't envision it all put together.

But today I gave in and bought myself (and John) a Christmas present that I hope will solve it all. I had found these curtains a while back but couldn't really justify the cost of them. But today I reasoned with myself that if it saves me stress (and I found them w/ free shipping and no sales tax), then it is worth it. So, I hope they are everything I am thinking they will be and will tie everything together. Here is a picture of my new purchase:

See, told you this was a silly post! I'm sure once he gets here, the color of the room will be the least of our worries! But for now I am happy! And, Brad finished putting the crib and bookshelves together tonight, so there is progress! Hopefully now I can sleep tonight... :)

Merry Christmas!

These past few weeks have gone by so quickly, I can't believe it is Christmas this week! I love this time of year! Brad's graduation and birthday party was a success, I have been finishing up my shopping, and the Goodell family celebrated our Christmas today, so this week will be nice and relaxing! My girlfriends and I are having our annual Christmas party this year on Christmas Eve, as a brunch, so that will be the next holiday event! Then my mom and dad are hosting the Lawrence family on Christmas Eve, then we will head to Indiana for the Monhaut family Christmas on Friday.

I go in for my next appointment on Tuesday, and after this I have to start going to the doctor every two weeks! John has been very active lately, kicking and moving all over the place, which is fun. It is so weird to watch my stomach move all over the place. Allie, our dog, was laying right up next to my stomach the other night and he kicked so hard, she turned and looked at me like, "What was that?!" It was so funny. I am getting a prenatal massage at the hospital next Monday, I am sooooo excited. I still feel good, but I just feel like I need to stretch constantly and my hips start hurting at night. I also am starting a prenatal water aerobics class on Jan 5th, so hopefully that helps me loosen up too. Over all though, I feel good, just getting bigger! Some days I feel HUGE and other days I feel like I still have a small bump. I think its all what I wear :) Speaking of, my sister and I went shopping yesterday and I got a really cute top I think I will wear for my shower in January!

I am SO SO SO excited to start working on the baby's room. We are getting our carpets cleaned Tuesday, so Brad will put the crib together on Thursday when he is off. So yesterday Brad was working on clearing out the room because we are getting our carpets cleaned. I was out finishing some Christmas shopping, and called him on my way home. He told me he got everything moved out, very happy about it. So I get home and go upstairs, walk into our bedroom (which is right across the hall from soon to be baby's room) and see all the stuff on OUR floor. Ummm, they are cleaning all the carpets upstairs honey, not just that one room. Hehe. Gotta love his effort though :) So he moved it all to the basement.

Here is a random picture I took yesterday morning when I was going to the gym. This shirt really showed off my bump :)



Merry Christmas to everyone if I don't talk with you or see over the next week! We wish everyone a happy holiday and New Year!