Guest Room

Now that we have the boys moved into their new room, we have the space for an official guest room!  Below are the before and after pictures.

First - before when it was Jacob's nursery. For more pics of it all set up - here.

 We painted the room Perfect Greige.  I feel like I'm always taking a huge gamble when I pick out paint colors.  Thankfully I loved how it looked on the walls.

 And now - all ready for guests!!!

 I made this fun roman shade with a ribbon stripe on the sides.

 Our guest room is also doubling as Christopher's office and the armoire is his work station.

More energy = nesting

I had started to get just a little energy back before the tummy bug hit our house last week which put me full swing into nesting.  That - and we had ordered a new king-size mattress which meant that the guest room had to be painted so we could move all of our bedroom furniture upstairs.  We also decided to do a little rearranging and move the nursery to the front room and the guest room to the back.  Which also meant switching the closets.  No time like a "closet-switch" situation to purge.

Despite the tummy bug we've managed to switch and organize the closets, make several trips to Good-Will, paint the guest room, move our bedroom furniture upstairs, decorate the guest room and begin painting the nursery.  We have quite a few more projects to complete in the next couple of months and I'm so excited that I finally feel like doing them!

Pregnancy Survey

I stole this off a friend's blog and thought it would be fun to do occasionally.  

 How far along? 20.5 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Due to 20 weeks of nausea and 2 tummy bugs I am -7 lbs from starting weight.  I finally got hungry yesterday so I'm expecting this to change quickly.

Maternity clothes? Yes.  Oddly for a third pregnancy I didn't need to wear them as soon as before and could still button jeans at 16 weeks.  However, I am solidly in the leggings and maternity jeans now.

Stretch marks? No new ones. 

Sleep: As long as I'm not having to sleep on the couch with sick kiddos I'm still sleeping pretty well.  And thanks to our new king-size bed I have plenty of space to stretch out.

Best moment this week: Having our 20 week anatomy scan and seeing a very healthy girl baby.

Movement: occasional bumps and thumps.  There having been a couple of solid kicks and both Daddy and Joseph have gotten to feel them.

Food cravings: Mostly aversions to . . . everything.  Especially if I have to prepare it. Until yesterday.  Then everything sounded good.  Coincidentally it was National Oreo Cookie Day and I celebrated.

Gender: Girl!!!

Labor Signs: None, thankfully.

Belly Button in or out? In.

Wedding rings on or off? On.

What I miss: I was missing my energy but that seems that have come back this week too.  yay!

What I am looking forward to: Finishing the nursery!

Weekly Wisdom: I really have very little wisdom to share.  I think you begin to realize that the more kiddos you have, the less you actually know.

Milestones: I picked a paint color for the nursery!  Next - fabric!

Icing on the Cake

Even though we have suspected for the last month and had about a 75% confirmation - it wasn't until today that we were 100% sure.  Baby Swearingen is a GIRL!!!  We are beyond excited and feeling extremely blessed that baby girl is looking healthy and growing strong.