More Belly Pics

Here are some pics of the belly at 23 weeks. They aren't the best pics of me (it was a long day at work), but you can see how big I am getting. It seems like I am fatter every day!

Thank God!

Our door project is finally over! I always forget how much I hate projects until I am in the middle of one. On Saturday, our contractors were here pretty much all day, which makes it very difficult to get things done. Then, they took all of the doors to be painted. So, we have been living without doors since Saturday evening. However, last night, they were here until after 9 getting everything completed. The doors look great, they did a WONDERFUL job, it is just difficult having your routine interrupted and your house in chaos for awhile. Here are pics of the new doors!

February Doctor's Appointment

I had my monthly check at the OB this morning and there is not much to report. Anabelle's size was good, her heart rate was great, my blood pressure was good, I haven't started swelling yet, and I gained another 4.5 pounds. I will go back next month. Then in April, they will check me for gestational diabetes. That's about all.

Bye-Bye Old Ugly Doors

Well, I swore that I wasn't going to do any more projects in this house after we tried to sell it this summer and were unsuccessful (stupid economy crisis!)

BUT, the original plan was to try again this summer since we thought that it would take more than a day to get pregnant. However, since we have this wonderful blessing of precious Anabelle coming into our lives this year, it seems that it will be at least next summer before we attempt to sell again.

SO, (sigh) I decided to do a door project. Our old doors were in bad shape and after we put in new floors last year, the workers were never able to get the bi-fold doors in the kitchen to go back on properly.

Yesterday, we had our carpenters here for about 6 hours. Since our house was built in the 70s, all of the doors had to be fitted to the jambs since nothing in standard anymore. They were able to get that done and those doors hung. However, they are going to have to be taken down again to be hauled to their shop to be painted with a spray machine. Here are some pics of what is happening so far:

Here is a pic of one of the new doors, they came primed but are not painted yet and don't have the hardware on them yet.

Here is a picture of our old, plain white doors.

My carpenters are on another job all week, but it looks like they will probably be back on Saturday to fit the bi-fold doors in the kitchen and the door to the garage. Then they are going to have to take all of these doors to be painted and bring them back to be re-hung and the hardware fitted. I imagine that will be happening the following week. This whole thing is a beat down, but I am sure it will all be worth it in the end!

Baby Boy Brant's Shower

My friend Robin had her baby shower last Saturday. She was originally told that she was having a baby girl but 2 months later found out, it is actually a boy (just in time for her shower). He is expected to make his entrance in March

Finally, a belly pic

I have had several requests for a belly pic, so I finally got around to doing it. Here is a pic of the belly at 20 weeks...looking at this picture, it is hard to believe that the belly is probably going to double in size by the end of this thing...YIKES! And the boobs are out of control already!

Fun Times At The Vet

Okay, so Snowflake has a small growth on the side of his mouth that popped up last month. Tomorrow he is going to the vet to have it removed. When I made the appointment, we learned that he cannot have any food or water past 8pm tonight...okay, he will be a little whiny in the morning, but we can deal. Well, today I learned that they are not sure if they are going to have to put him all the way under or use a local anesthesia, but if he does get put under, we cannot feed him until Thursday morning. Y'all, I am really hoping that is not the case because he is going to be PA-THETIC tomorrow night after he hasn't eaten or had any water all day. I really do not want to have to deal with that!

Here is a picture of Snowflake saying "mommy, I am so hungry, please feed me"