These days..

These days life has been busy, which means it is also going incredibly fast! At 24 weeks, I cannot believe that we are nearing the third and final trimester. This is some of what we've been up to lately...

In April, we got this beautiful crib delivered to us. My sisters, Jenny and Rachel, bought this incredible gift for baby blue and Mike and I could not love it (or them) more!

We both got home late this night, but decided to put the crib together anyways. I may or may not have fallen asleep have way through, but Mike persevered. I only woke up a few times to some slamming and yelling....

The end result! We now have the mattress, but because baby blue did not reveal its gender we won't have bedding until he or she arrives. Yes, I am waiting to buy it until then.

As my belly grows, so does my love for pillows. As you can see I have taken them all, and Mike has had to grab one from the spare room. I'm pretty sure I took that one too. Mike bought me a body pillow, and that has been the perfect sleep aid. He is always looking out for us! Plus I think he wanted his pillow back.

My family came to visit the last weekend of April and we had so much fun shopping, talking baby, and hanging out. The boys left the house to rent a movie, and when they came back they found us sorting baby clothes. My dad, having had 3 girls, seemed to breeze by us, but I think Mike was a bit more concerned. Thanks to my sister Jenny and her adorable daughter Emily I have a small warehouse of girl clothes ready to go. Don't worry, if we have a boy we found 3 items that were gender neutral for the little guy.

I love this picture (20 weeks). You can see here my belly is attacking Rachel. My spacial awareness with it is not very good. I'll no doubt be bumping into things and people often in the months to come.

Here I am today at 24 weeks.

Our favorite family time is at night. This is when everything for Mike and I calms down, and when baby blue starts kicking. Mike has loved feeling the baby kick, and is trying to do that in this picture. He calls the baby little Ninja, and it seems to be a good fit.