Kitchen Update: Day 21

The kitchen is pretty much done. Counting weekends we are on day 21. They still need to install the new fridge, but before they do that they need to finish the hardwood patching. They put in the new hardwood boards yesterday, but they still need to be stained and coated. They finished up the painting and trim work on Monday.

Here is a picture of our hood which also gives you a sneak peek at the kitchen.


I'm holding out to post pictures of the finished product with before and after pics. It's funny, Scott and I have been without a kitchen for so long it's taking us a while to get back into the swing of things and remember we have appliances we can use. We still haven't cooked a big meal.

The Name

So our front runner name has always been Katelyn for a girl. If a nickname is used, it would be Kate. We've always said we would wait until she arrives to make the name final. It's been what, 9 months of pregnancy and Katelyn has been "THE" name since about month 5, when we found out its a girl.

We said we would wait until the birth and decide between our two favorite names. Only, we can't come up with a second name. Long story short, we are 99.9% sure Katelyn will be Beanette's given name. Those are pretty good odds, don't ya think? I'm tempted to go ahead and order letters to spell her name above the crib. I was going to order wooden letters then paint them to match the paisley colors. Next decision is which font to get. Here is a pick of the final options, which do you like best? I put a poll to the right for easy voting.

Drapes, Bedskirts and Bumpers, OH MY!

I'm so excited to share these pictures. As I mentioned yesterday my mom has become quite the martha stewart in the last few years. She offered to put her "skillz" to work for Beanette. We knew where to start...THE fabric. It took us a while to pick our the coordinating fabrics. I'm excited to share the finished product. We may tweek some things here and there, but I couldn't be happier. Beanette will surely be happy looking at these fun colors. Grammy- WAY TO GO!!

The drapes...


Grammy wants to add bows to the top, but I like it just the way it is.

The crib linens- bumper and bedskirt...



Since contrasting colors are the first Beanette will see, we wanted the polka dots to be on the inside of the bumper. To the right of the crib will be the glider/recliner. It will have a pillow of the paisley on it.

This makes me so happy, thanks for all the hard work you put into these Mom. You are so talented and we are so lucky to have you. (Thanks Dad for your help too.)

Progress

We had a great, productive weekend. The kitchen is coming together so nicely!!! It looks FABULOUS. I'm waiting until the kitchen is totally done to post more pics. I can't wait for those of you in the ATL to see it in person.

We put most of the kitchen items back in the cabinets Saturday (thanks for your help mom). The last things to get completed are the hood installation, putting the new fridge in, patching the hardwood floors and the final wall/trim/door painting.

We also got our drapes, bumper and bedskirt up in the nursery thanks for Beanette's grammy, Stacy. I'll take some pics tonight. I don't think I ever posted pics of the nursery furniture either. My mom is a sewing maven!!! She made all of adorable linens and drapes for Beanette. They look GREAT! We are so lucky to have such a talented grammy!!! Wait until you see the pics.

That's the quick update, happy monday =(

Week 36

Welcome to week 36 Beanette. You are doing so good and you're a very healthy weight if you come early. You are the size of a large Honeydew and weigh about 5.5 lbs.


We had a doctors appointment to check on your progress today. We got a "doing great" response from the doc. They want to monitor mommy's swelling. My next appointment is next Tuesday, so they just check back then. We saw our primary doctor today, which was nice since we've been rotating the staff. Dr. Howard is great and delivered lots of your friends. He said you were normal sized, and that I was probably throwing off the other docs since I'm mainly belly. Dr. Howard also said he won't let you stay in mommies belly too long after the due date. that makes my hopeful due date of September 1st unlikely. (My b-day is 5/1 and scott's is 1/1.)

The heat, cramps, swelling and pressure when I stand up have made life uncomfortable, but it's all worth it! (at least that's what I keep telling myself)

To pickle or not to pickle

I'm eating lunch right now and my sandwich came with this dill pickle. Those who know me well know that I LOVE PICKLES! Nothing has changed about this with pregnancy. Now that I have cankles the size of Rhode Island, do I eat the yummy pickle or do I stay away b/c of the high sodium content? (yes, cankles are now a common sight...it wasn't a one time thing)

What do you think I did?



It was a yummy pickle!

Beanettes Favorite Food?

I was near a felinni's pizza during lunch and grabbed a salad to go. Beanette must have been hungry because she started going wild while I was on my way to get the salad.

Now I have eaten the salad and she is going just as crazy. Maybe she loves their salads as much as I do. We'll see how that one pans out.

Next doc's appointment is tomorrow AM. We will be 36 weeks tomorrow. I'm amazed she'll be here so soon!