Kidney Stones and a Button Nose

On top of the pulled ligament that I got on Saturday night, we found out today that I also have several kidney stones that added to the pain.  Oh joy!  On the upside, the nurse felt really bad for me and took a quick 4D image of our sweet baby boy's face.  He was flipping and tumbling around so much, it made one of his arms looks so funny.  Ha!  But I can still see those sweet little lips and his adorable button nose. ♥  I can't wait to hold him.  Only 3 months from today for our due date!!

Bed rest

So- I've really done it this time.  I pulled a round ligament in my lower abdomen.  No, I was not running a 5K or even lifting something heavy.  I was simply getting out of bed at 3 in the morning for my hundredth trip to the bathroom and apparently got up wrong.  I was scared to death of course thinking I hurt Aiden.  The nurse on call told me to rest and use a heat pad until it gets better.  :(  I just pray that's sooner than later.  This momma has stuff to do!!  Thank the Lord for Eric and his caring nature.  He has been so wonderful running around the house for me and making me stay still on the couch.  Love his heart.  He is going to be a wonderful Daddy.

Complete and Total Exhaustion!

It has been a rough 2 weeks on this momma's body!  The lady that owns our house moved all of her stuff out last week, so I went back to TN on Thursday to start packing us up.  When I got to my house Thursday afternoon with my grandparents, we noticed one whole corner of our basement was flooded.  As luck would have it, it was the exact corner where all of my empty boxes were!!  We started bailing out the water like 3 crazy people in a sinking boat!  Come to find out, we had a pipe right outside the wall that wasn't sealed correctly and it gave way and started pouring close to 60,000 gallons of water into our foundation!  This river of water filled up the basement blocks then started pouring into the basement through a pencil sized hole.  It was a disaster.  Not at all what I expected to find when we walked downstairs! 
Thank God for my Daddy and L.W.  They put on multiple layers of clothes and got outside in 19* weather to dig up the pipe and fix it.  Daddy looked like he was head first down in a well to rescue baby Jessica.  Ha!  It was absolutely horrible.  And wouldn't it figure that Eric was in Houston for a business conference.  He about died as I told him the details over the phone.  After several hours and attempts to fix the pipe, it finally held and we could breathe a sigh of relief. 
The packing and moving continued as usual and Eric joined us late Saturday night to complete everything.  We drove back to KY on Monday and the movers arrived with everything Tuesday.  Eric's parents also came back to KY with us to help and bring things the movers couldn't take such as cleaners and, of course, ammo.  Ha!  Since then, we've been knee deep in boxes and bubble wrap.  I'm slowly getting things put away.  I worked on Aiden's room this morning and really enjoyed displaying toys we had when we were little.  On Aiden's changing dresser is Eric's G.I. Joe's right beside my Pooh Bears. Ha.  Needless to say, his room will be so special and a definite blend of his Daddy and me.

Busy Bees

Eric and I have been super busy with our house situation.  Our wonderful landlord has offered to move out all of her belongings and let us move our stuff up here from Tennessee.  As if that wasn't enough, she also said she would put in a fence for us to get Shelby and Dozer up here.  We are thrilled!  Finally we will be able to call this place home and have our little family all together.  I can't wait to get back in MY bed too!  God is just laughing at me for freaking out over everything.  I just needed to rest in His plans.  Just this past week I was the one crying about not having a room for Aiden.  It's funny how life turns out okay so quickly.

Kentucky home

Spirited Art

Over Christmas break, Stephanie found this great place called Spirited Art in Knoxville where you follow along with the instructor but put your own personality into the art work.  We went to the class on monogramming to make art work for Aiden's room.  We had a blast!  Here is our progress and finished pieces.  Thanks "Auntie Steph" for such a great evening!

The 20 Week Baby Bump

I promised I would show the "bump" along the way- especially for my Aunt Denise in Wyoming.  Here it is, at the half way point!!

Aiden's Room

I have been mentally decorating Aiden's nursery for the past few weeks.  The color scheme has been determined; I like to think of it as sea glass colors.  I am now looking at bedding options.  This is too much fun!

Here are some of the colors I love:



I am loving the mix of blues, greens, and chocolate brown.

Here are the bedding options:

Land of Nod (Full Circle), my favorite so far.




Alli Taylor "Circle Time Blue"




Beautiful room!



Love these colors




Aqua Flashback - Modern Pea Pod 

 


 



Love the shelf idea- and the colors too!!





DaVinci Jayden 4-in-1 Convertible Crib, definitely the bed I like.





So, as you can see, it's been a lot of fun browsing around.  Now we just need to find the perfect house to put this nursery in!  Hopefully our TN house will sell and we can do just that!!