Another Nursery Project

So it's pretty popular now to have a baby's name above their crib. Something cute that goes with the theme of the room. Well I didn't want my baby girls to be any different. So I thought about what I wanted to do and made a run to Michaels. We picked up some 9" letters that happened to be white.

Here are the letters for Rose,

and Kate!

We looked at several types of letters they had there, but these white ones where the only ones the size I wanted. I took probably too long walking back and forth trying to decide. The white ones were a little pricier, but just what I wanted. Then I was struck by a brilliant idea. Instead of buying fabric for Mod Podge, how about...

Just some pink spray paint and white yard sale stickers, about 3/4 inch in diameter. We're making pock a dots! I found this paint at Wal-mart and loved the color. Not to babyfied so they can keep the letters for awhile. I think it was called Watermelon.

So step one was to put the white stickers randomly on the letters. I did this part because bless his heart, Morgan is too OCD to adhere to randomness. Also I can't get near the spray paint so this is the only real job I could do.

Step two, Morgan taped up the sides. This wasn't necessary but we liked the idea of the sides remaining white while the top was painted.

Step three, after everything is taped up Morgan took the letters to the garage to apply the spray paint. We didn't mess with any primer. I didn't get a picture of the next step.

Step four was to peel the tape off the sides and carefully peel the stickers off the front. I think Morgan used a razor blade to start the stickers. I didn't watch because I was too nervous something would be messed up. I also enjoyed the anticipation of waiting to see the finished project.

Ta-Da!! Here is the one for Rose. I love how simple it looks and the pink really blends well with the lavender walls.

And here is Kate's. Oh the letters had holes to hang them from on the back. This was another Morgan job because I'm not really known for hanging things up straight. Also I have a giant belly that gets between me and the wall.

And here is what they both look like. I have some more things to get done in the nursery but more things are finished then need to get done! Less then 6 weeks till we have two baby girls to enjoy this room!!

You know you're loved when...

.....Your husband doesn't make fun of you when you come home from the grocery store crying for no reason.

.....Your husband will rub your ugly swollen feet every night even if a big belly has prevented you from shaving your legs for awhile.

.....Your husband helps make dinner every night even if he's been working hard all day, or at least takes you to Chick-fil-a.

.....Your husband gets excited when you tell him about a great deal on diapers you got online.

.....Your husband tucks you in every night and kisses you then the belly that is holding his babies.

And the clincher that lets you know you are loved....

.....Your husband goes to childbirth classes with you where on the first night they show "the film" of a live birth and still wants to attend the rest of the class, and talks with you about the stuff you learned, and practices breathing with you only making you giggle a little bit in class, and lets you know he is going to be right there with you when your babies make their appearance.

Yep, that's how I know I'm loved!

My pretty girls

Okay so Morgan has asked that I not put our ultrasound pics on Facebook. Something about showing my uterus or something like that. Anyway instead I've put a few on my little blog. We went to the Fetal Medicine doctor on Monday. They have a higher lever ultrasound and do all kind of measurements. When we went there for the first time at 12 weeks the tech told me "You'll get so tired of ultrasounds by the time your done!" I didn't believe her. Well while I'm not tired of seeing my sweet baby girls, after this trip I was tired of the ultrasound itself. My belly was poked and pushed on so much I felt sore afterwards. It was worth it though. Both girls are doing great and getting close to 3 lbs a piece. That's almost 6 lbs. of baby!! When the doctor left the tech very quickly got out the 4D wand and took a few freebie shots for us. Just the faces but here they are.

This is baby B who is up top. She is my mover and kicker. She is also the one who likes her personal space and gave us a hard time showing us her privates at 19 weeks.

See told you Baby B was shy. This was right after the first pic of her and she let us know she wanted privacy by putting her arm in front of her face! I'm thinking this may be my stubborn redhead. She still is holding out on getting head down for us.

This is Baby A, the one on the bottom. She's a good little girl already in a head down position. I'm thinking she has a little bit of an Oliff nose on her.

Another of Baby A's face....oh wait, also a little Baby B foot too. These girls are in pretty tight quarters and apparently already pushing and shoving each other. Or fighting for attention. Either way, it made for a cute pic. The tech assured me that even though we couldn't see it they were separated by a membrane so little girl A wasn't really getting kicked by her sister.

I can't wait to meet my little peanuts!!

Ramblings

Last Thursday my good friend Kara had her sweet little boy, Egan. We went and saw mom, dad, and baby that night. On the way there I made Morgan stop to get some flowers. I really did want to give Kara some flowers, but Morgan also realized that I didn't want to go into the Women's Center of the hospital having people think I was there to deliver! It was great to hold this brand new baby boy and feel my little girls kicking in my own belly (jealous of mommy holding another baby, perhaps?)

Anyway, after we left I started my own little mental freak out realizing our girls will be here in less then 2 months! There is so much to do, so much left to get, and so much to learn in a very short amount of time. I've been having to remind myself everyday to not worry. Ususally I'm not a worrier, but being pregnant has changed that.

I worry about their delivery - A cesearen isn't guarenteed but it is a higher chance. I keep talking to them everyday asking them if they could please go ahead and get head down for mommy. I also want them to bake as long as they can so we don't have to have any NICU time. But I'm thankful that our hospital has that facility if we need it.

I worry about bringing them home and figuring out what to do with them all day. I know babies have to have schedules, but do they determine it or me? There is so much I don't know about raising and caring for infants, and I know I'll learn, but it's scary to realize two little humans will be realing on me to care for them!

I worry about feeding them. I really want to be able to nurse my babies, but how do you feed two babies? Will I be topless for the first 6 months of their lives? Will my body produce enough milk to feed 2 kids? Will I even be able to do it?

I worry about our finances. Right now we are really not sure what we are going to do. I've always had the desire to be a stay at home mom. I've always assumed that's what I would do when I had babies. But we live in very hard times now. If I were to leave my job that would be great financially difficulty for us. If I were to go back to work, we'd be paying a fortune in childcare and I'd be heartbroken everyday leaving my two sweet babies. This is probably the number one worry I struggle with the most. I catch myself crying on a daily basis not knowing what the future holds. What I do know is that God has a plan, He's just waiting a little longer to show us what it is. I prayed daily after loosing our other babies that God would send us a child and He sent us 2! I trust that He will provide a way for me to stay home and raise our children. I just have to be patient and wait on His timing.

So, during your busy day, if you happen to think about it, pray for me. Pray that God would calm my nerves. Easy my worry. Let me know He's in control. Thanks!

My "new" mirror

On Saturday we went to Woodville and stopped by Grandma Joyce's house to say hello. Somehow or other Morgan left her garage with this...ahem...."vintage mirror.

Now nothing against Grandma Joyce's taste, but I wasn't really feeling this mirror. I just didn't know what we were going to do with it. But, thanks to all the craft blogs I've been following lately an idea struck me for our nursery. So Morgan taped up and covered the mirror and we set to work.
We went to Wal-mart and bought some spray primer for white and some flat white spray paint.
Once we were ready to go, Morgan started applying the primer. Don't worry, I was far away from any paint fumes. Our neighbors recently moved so I went over to their yard and took some pics of their pretty tree.

So after Morgan had applied the primer he let it dry for awhile. Poor guy instead of taking a break he went in and started working on the second coat of paint for the nursery. After working in the nursery for awhile he went back outside and put on the spray paint. Let me tell you it turned out PERFECT!!

So here is the finished product. I still need to clean the mirror really well before hanging it up, but I had to get a picture right away.

I really love how the white just pops out against the lavender walls. I'd almost be inclined to think I got this mirror from Pottery Barn. Okay maybe not, but I'm still proud of our work and think it makes a lovely addition to our very girly room!

I plan on posting more pics of the girls nursery now that the walls are sufficiently painted and we're getting ready to put furniture in its place.