25 weeks

Love how Ethan's making faces. 

New ride!

This is a horrible picture, but we bought a "new" (to us) mini van. We picked it up last night and tonight Ethan convinced us to go out in the snow, to the Lego store. It took quite a while to get there in rush hour and the snow on top of it, so the boys rode in the back seat and watched a DVD. Yes, I have always been against having a DVD player in the car so I tried to explain to my son, who was watching in awe and amazement, that DVDs are only for special occasions... That might have fallen on deaf ears. I'm really liking the power doors and remote locks. Luxury for us! 

24 weeks - nursery project!

Wow, I'm almost 25 weeks along now! "Baby sister" (as she's commonly being referred to in our house) seems to be doing great, and is still putting me through the ringer. Thanks to nausea meds, and taking it easy, I'm making it through pretty well though. The braxton hicks started early and were just a couple of times a week. Now they're up to several times a day. Nothing too hard to deal with but they're not comfortable :)  So strange, having never had them with Ethan until the very end when labor would have been alright with me.

I've started making purchases to transform the nursery from a bold boy's room to a soft girl's room. Ethan helped me pick out and put up these fun 3d flowers on the wall. I also bought some purple bedding, some purple butterflies and dragonflies to hang from the ceiling, and a curtains for the window. I think that should just about do it for the decorating, unless I find some artwork that catches my eye. And maybe a purple and lace frilly pillow for the glider.

My prenatal appointments are going to start getting interesting now. I have only 1 left before my 3rd trimester is here! Glucose testing, rhogam shot, all those fun things next time around.