People are too funny!

So I'm getting my lunch this afternoon. A woman comes up to me and says oh you must be ready to "pop". I said no, not until January. She says you must be having twins, No I tell her 1 baby. Then she looks at me is disbelief and says oh you are a big one!
I start to laugh so hard. I'm thrilled I finally have my own funny story, I have heard so many like this from family and friends, now I have my own. I do have to say, I'm only 43.5" around according to my measurements.

Shake, rattle, and kick!

Finally after much anticipation, Donna can finally feel the baby's "flutters" (the technical word the doctor's use). Donna however, calls the baby a fish swimming around, since that is truly what it feels like, not like something fluttering. Gigi often kicks and pokes the heart monitor when her heart rate is checked, apparently she does not want to be disturbed! Jim can not wait for their little girl to grow bigger and stronger so he can feel her movements. For now he happily relies on Donna's recaps.

Decisions, decisions, decisions....

Over the weekend we've made a few decisions on decorating Gigi's nursery. We've decided (or more accurately, Donna decided), at least for the moment (things are very likely to change) that Gigi's nursery will have a white chair rail molding with a light shade of pink ("Shimmy", see sample below) below the molding and a white/pink toile wallpaper (see sample below) above the molding. "Shimmy" is already on the wall and looks really good (and really girly). The wallpaper has been ordered!! Over the weekend, Jim finished sanding the walls, painted the ceiling, primed the walls, and painted "Shimmy" on the bottom 3 feet of the walls. Jim also installed Gigi's white, bouquet inspired chandelier (see image above). Jim says that there is no doubt that this room is designed by a princess, for a princess.

Halfway there..

Halfway there and all is going well!

Last week we reached a milestone as we passed the halfway point of the pregnancy. This morning, we had another routine check-up and the doctor gave us a clean bill of health. GiGi has a strong heartbeat and she (or should I say we) are growing appropriately for 21 weeks.

Although progress on the nursery has slowed a little (Jim started law school again two weeks ago), we are still making progress. GiGi's little white chandelier arrived last week and Jim hopes to have all the wood paneling removed and the walls ready for painting by the end of the month.

Check-in for future developments.