Well, November is nearing the end and this pregnancy seems to be flying by. The first trimester went by so slow and felt like it would take forever to get where I am now. I have been experience so many new things the past few weeks of pregnancy. Not to mention the task of designing a nursery for a sweet baby girl (which I said I was not going to make stressful.) We officially have ordered our furniture, rocker/recliner, a few little things I wanted, and the room is painted so I am starting to de-stress a little. I guess the most important thing is that she finally has a name! Our sweet baby will be named Caroline Reese Page. Kyle has never really been opinionated about anything I choose in our marriage except for this baby's name! Countless nights we have sat on the couch watching a tv show with me reading through name lists. We never really agreed on much, but what we did find out was that we both liked original and timeless names. Some of the names I loved were Katherine, Abigail, Sara, and Harper. Kyle and I had decided that we were in love with Harper, but the more we started looking at girl things, the more we saw Harper as the sample name on so many things so we figured it would be the next big thing. Even though it is such a pretty name. So now that we have decided on her name, it is so much fun to talk about her. And yes, we realize that lots of people will probably call her "Sweet Caroline" but I am okay with that. Maybe the most fun part about her name is that her monogram will be CPR which is very fitting for Kyle and I since we are both in the medical field and we met in the ER. :)
The newest obstacle I am facing right now is sleeping at night. I realize that I am going to get a lot bigger than I am now, but it is already so hard to get comfortable. It hurts to lay on my right side so I always start out on my left, but end up waking up whenever I turn to my right from rib pain. Then of course I realize that my bladder is about to bust so I have to get out of bed to use the bathroom and try to go back to sleep. Kyle is just going to try to make it through the next couple of months as best as he can. :)
Another thing that I am facing is trying to squeeze into my jeans. I have officially resorted to the pony-tail holder trick for every pair I own. Luckily I wear surgery scrubs every day, so this is only a weekend problem for me. I am very thankful that I am finally getting round and looking pregnant instead of people looking at you and wondering! I am sure that I will have to buy a few things before it is all over.
Our 26 week doctor's appointment was this past week and we got to see her for a few minutes. It is always exciting to watch Kyle react to her moving around. So far everything looks great and we couldn't be happier or more thankful.
My parents came down this week to help paint the nursery. I did not plan to participate since the paint fumes are dangerous, but we did not plan on Kyle being sick either. So my awesome parents (mainly my dad) spent a few hours edging and putting the first coat on while I took care of my sick husband. He is coming back this week to put the second coat on. So thankful for my dad! I have a feeling that he and mom will spoil Caroline just a tad bit. ;) Especially since mom drove to Fort Payne yesterday to buy a Little Tykes kitchen for her that looks just like the one I had when I was little. Mom also has all of my smocked church dresses from when I was a baby saved too, so having a girl is turning out to be very fun.
That is all for now.. just wanted to update and write a little so I could look back and read in years to come what was going on at this time of my pregnancy. I will try to post more pictures next time!
