Ready for Baby!

As you can probably tell I’m going back and forth on how much I really want to keep up with this blog, but I’ve decided to at least keep the door open so that I can update friends and family on all things baby without having to annoy all of my Facebook friends.

We learned at our 36 week ultrasound that our baby is breech (and in the 87th percentile for size! Holy cow!) So we are likely looking forward to a c-section for the delivery. Today is Thursday, the surgery is scheduled for Monday, and I’m pretty sure I can still feel her hard noggin at the top of my belly so it’s looking like we are going to go through with it. I’ll be honest - I’m totally terrified and trying hard not to think about it. I’m especially worried about the recovery while trying to take care of a newborn. At the very least it is going to be a tough couple of weeks, but totally worth it! I’m really lucky to have such a good support system around me, especially now that my parents only live 30 minutes away.  

As of yesterday I am officially declaring our nursery finished, so I thought you all might enjoy some pictures. It has certainly been a labor of love. 

First is a picture of what the room looks like from the hallway – we went with yellow and green because it was gender neutral, although there are obviously hints of pink everywhere. I couldn't resist a few girly things. 

Here is a closeup of the mural, painted with love by my momma and I. It is inspired by a wall decal I found on etsy but didn't want to pay full price for. It took about 12 hours to paint because the paint we used needed 2 coats - 3 in some spots - but we had a really good time doing it. I also want to point out the giant teddy bear that was given to us by one of Mike’s coworkers. Thanks, Megan :)

Next up is the changing table, which is already pretty hectic and the baby isn’t even here yet, yikes! Notice we already have tons of diapers - because our friends are awesome and keep giving them to us - and also the owl shelves which are similar to the mural in that I found them on etsy but didn’t want to pay for them so I decided to make them myself.

Here is a better picture of the shelves, along with another wall decal that I did actually buy because my painting skills are not that fabulous. A good friend of mine helped me pick out and cut the wood (and by help I mean did it for me, thank you Ian!) The rest is a mix of decoupage and craft paint. They were really time-consuming but not at all hard to make, I had a lot of fun! The tricky part was hanging them, which was really frustrating and I will refrain from describing the process because it involves a lot of curse words.


I think it is pretty obvious that I am equally obsessed with etsy and with owls. I am aware that I may have gone overboard with the owls, but I’m going to go ahead and allow it. Owls have always brought me good luck and I’m hoping they will continue to do so!

So since the nursery is all finished, I am giving our baby girl permission to go ahead and come whenever she is ready. I know Monday is only 4 days away but the anticipation has been worse than waiting for Christmas as a kid. And as disappointed as I was to have a c-section at first, now I’m kind of worried she will decide to flip back around before Monday and then I will have to wait until I go into labor on my own, which could take weeks. I don’t think I can handle it. I guess I’m pretty much scared of every possible outcome, so I’m just hoping for the best. I hope you will all keep me in your thoughts for the next few days :)