Moving Right Along

It's November!  I'm not quite sure how that happened.  It has been almost 7 months since we sold our first house and each day that passes gets us closer to our new home.  The back and left elevation is completely finished with siding.  All of the windows are in (except one transom in the Jack & Jill bath) and our front porch was poured last Friday.  The roof to the porch should also go up sometime this week or next.  The electrician is coming in this week and plumbing is wrapping up.  Our builder told us yesterday that we are on track for the 120 days from start to finish; so if everything goes smoothly we should be closing early to mid January.  It has been a lot of fun picking out everything for the house.  We finalized our cabinets and we should be picking out floors soon.

I am in love with the bay window!  I think it is going to let in a lot of natural light, which was definitely lacking in our last house.  Maybe I can do a little newborn photo shoot once we're all settled in and the new baby comes!

Speaking of the new baby...in one week we will have our 20 week ultrasound.  This is normally the big ultrasound that every pregnant woman waits for because they get to find out what sex they are having.  However, Danny and I are still holding to our guns that we want this one to be a surprise on D(elivery)-Day!  It's fun telling people that we're team green because we usually get one of two reactions.  1) Good for you, there are very few surprises in life! or 2) Are you crazy?  

I really want that special moment in the delivery room where Danny tells me "It's a ...!"  I feel like it will make the whole birthing experience that much more exciting and really give me that extra incentive to meet our baby and get through labor.  This will be a moment that only Danny and I will get to share together and in the past we've bonded during labor and delivery in such intimate ways that he's the only person I want to share this with (well, except for the doctor and nurses, of course). Plus, it will be exciting for Danny to come out and tell our families that we've been blessed with another boy or another girl.  They say patience is a virtue, so I suggest every one puts on their waiting hats for the next 20 weeks!

Not much else is going on with the baby front.  So far I've gained about 3 pounds.  Not craving much at all; though I have almost gone through an entire bag of deer jerky since Sunday!  My sciatic nerve pain is mostly under control as long as I avoid sitting or lying down in certain positions and I am not on my feet or sitting for too long at one time.  My head aches have subsided and overall I am feeling really good.  A little more tired than normal but I can't complain too much.

Marissa and Dylan both know that there's a baby in my belly and it's pretty cute to ask Dylan where the baby is.  He is talking so much more now and his little personality is really showing.  It is hard to believe next month he will be 2!