Cormac's Nursery

Eventhough we will be moving very shortly after Cormac is born, I still wanted to make his nursery feel "homey". So we did a few small projects to make his room fun and inviting. It's not going to win us any prizes for "cutest nursery ever" but I'm really happy with the few projects did : )

 *We are planning on putting some pictures in the empty frame...although, I kind of like it how it is : )

Maternity Pics

A few weeks ago we went out to Unity Village and took our maternity pictures with Kendra at KJane Designs. We cannot say enough about her! She did a fabulous job and we absolutely love our pictures : ) Here are a few of our favorites...

Bumpdate

far along: 34 Weeks! Cormac is measuring a little big for his size so at this point he is probably in the upper 5lb range. 
Sleep: Well...I can definitely say that I have slept better in my life. I am not sleeping well at all. I'm waking up 4 or 5 times each night. It doesn't really hit me until I get home from school and want to go to bed at 5pm! 
Missing anything: Not really missing anything this week. 
Food Cravings: I am still feeling really THIRSTY all the time. And of course Chick Fil A always sounds good : ) 
Food Aversions: Salad hasn't really been agreeing with me lately. It seems to cause immediate indigestion which is horribly uncomfortable. 
Symptoms: Feeling pretty tired at the end of the day. My ankles and feet are still swelling pretty badly. I am trying to keep them up as much as possible but that's somewhat difficult when my job is to teach 25 third graders. My doctor suggested wearing those really attractive support hose : ) 
Have you started to show yet: A few people think I have started to "drop"...we'll see what the doc says when we go back on Friday. We are on weekly appointments now so that is kind of fun. 
Happy or Moody: I am trying to stay happy...but I think my extreme tiredness comes off as being grumpy at the end of the night...poor Chris : / 
Highlights: Chris has been WONDERFUL at helping me get Cormac's room ready. I know that we will be moving shortly after he is born but I just can't fight this nesting instinct. We have done a few simple projects in his room that we can easily transfer to his new room when we move. It's been really fun seeing it all come together. Bear also likes hanging out in Cormac's room which we are loving.

 We also got to see the little guy on a sonogram last week. When we went for our appointment his heart rate was a little slow and he was measuring somewhat big so our doctor sent us for a sonogram. Once we saw him his heart rate had come back up and he was looking great. He is measuring somewhat big so we'll see if we make it to 40 weeks : ) 

Another highlight this week was taking our maternity pictures!! We have the MOST amazing photographer, KJane Designs, and she did a wonderful job! She put a little sneak peak online and I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures. 

Looking forward to: At this point I am looking forward to getting all the last minute things done so that we will be ready for Cormac to come! It feels like we still have so many things to do before his arrival : ) 

Bumpdate

How far along: 32 Weeks! Cormac weighs almost 4 pounds and is about 17 inches long. wow! 
Sleep: It's been touch and go...some nights I wake up 5 or 6 times and some nights only twice. I'm learning that I need to take a short afternoon cat nap when I get home from school : ) 
Missing anything: Still missing turkey sandwiches...other than that nothing else really! 
Food Cravings: I am so THIRSTY all the time. I have actually gone to Sonic a few times for a route 44 ice water with lime. Yum. : ) 
Food Aversions: No fish! 
Symptoms: I really feel like last week I dove head first into the tired stage again. Also, my ankles continue to swell pretty badly by the end of each day. It's really fun : ) 
Have you started to show yet: I have a student in my class with autism. This morning he said to me (in all seriousness) "Mrs. Branigan...why do you always have that baby in your belly?" It gave me a pretty good laugh. 
Happy or Moody: Hmm...no comment this week : ) 
Highlights: Our two baby showers were wonderful. We were more than blessed by my school and family/friends in Arlington. Now we just need to get it all put away and organized! I am also still loving feeling Cormac move in my belly. Sometimes I really think he is trying to break free. Last night I actually wondered if it was physically possible for his foot to break through haha. I'm sure it's getting pretty crowded in there! 
Looking forward to: We have a lot of special things coming up! One more baby shower, our birth class at the hospital and our maternity pics! It's all coming so quickly...sometimes I just want time to slow down and sometimes I am just ready to meet our sweet baby. 

Arlington Baby Shower

On Sunday afternoon we were blessed with another baby shower. Dianna, Jenny, Kathy, Jennifer, Liz and Elise all worked together to make it a really fun afternoon. The decorations were so adorable and they had all my favorite foods! Chicken salad sandwiches, chips and dip, chocolate cupcakes, fruit and so much more. They even put up baby pictures of Christopher and me which was so sweet. Several ladies from church came along with my friends. It was really special and again we were so overwhelmed with everyone's generosity.

Even the cupcakes were decorated so cute! 

 Dianna and Jennifer got us our bedding and hung up the comforter for everyone to see and to add to our alphabet themed baby shower.

 Me as a baby...

 Christopher as a baby...

 Liz and Elise set up a really fun game called "Who's That Baby?" Two of the pictures were me and Chris and all the other ones were celebrities. It was pretty funny trying to guess!

 

 Gary snuck in for some treats!!

  It is hard work opening all those presents! I was one tired mama : )

 Jenny was practicing her Nana skills on Jaci.

 We are so thankful for everyone who came and blessed us with gifts for Cormac...it was so nice being with people who are so special to us.

3D Sonogram

For spring break we headed down to Arlington for a few days. We scheduled a 3D sonogram so we could get a little sneak peak at Cormac and so our families could join in the excitement. We headed down to Stork Vision in Mansfield on Saturday morning and had a great experience seeing our little guy. It was so special to be there with everyone we love and get to see his facial features and some of his expressions.
Logan wasn't too sure about what was going on...but he was awesome for the whole thing. The sonogram tech even commented about how well behaved he was! 

 All ready to head back!

 Excited to see our little guy!

 The whole gang...minus Liz our fab photographer who captured all these special moments for us : ) Thanks Liz!!

 It is so neat looking at his pictures! I think Chris and I were saying " he has your nose...no your lips...etc" we'll see when he actually gets here : )

I was really on the fence about doing a 3D sonogram because I thought it was just an added expense. But now, I am super glad we did it! We are getting more and more excited every day to meet Cormac.