This week seemed like the busiest of the summer thus far. At the beginning of the week my high school friends [including Alison all the way from NY] met up with our significant others for dinner at Alamexo. After dinner we made our way over to Nostalgia for some treats and games – a puzzle, actually, which we made pretty good progress on. My favorite people and puzzles. What more could a girl want?
I went thrifting this week. I haven’t been for the longest time. I miss my college days up at the Logan thrift stores with my thrifting buddies. For some reason I have terrible luck at stores like TJ Maxx and Nordstrom Rack, but when it comes to Savers and the DI, I never leave empty handed. I found a handful of items, but my favorite was this little bitty scarf for baby girl…
Throughout the week I completed several items on my “to-do” list for the nursery. One of the first (and easiest) was spraying some IKEA brackets for some shelves.
I tested out several gold spray paints, trying to accomplish a brushed brass finish, and found Krylon’s Short Cuts to be my favorite.
The last Sunday we spent at my parents’ house for dinner I found an old shoe rack that I used in my dorm room up at Utah State. My mom practically loaded it in my car for us in an attempt to clean out her basement. I cleaned it all up one night – I plan to use it for little midget shoes…
Our master bedroom roman shades came months ago, but I’ve been so distracted with work and baby stuff that I haven’t had a chance to hang them. I finally got them all mounted and adjusted. Zach was completely surprised (and probably relieved) that I finished them myself and was impressed that I managed it with my growing belly in the way.
I also painted the giant marquee S lamp we purchased for baby girl’s room. I wore a mask, of course. I didn’t want to asphyxiate my child ..
I was going to paint it blue, then bright yellow, then citron. It went back and forth so many times that I was starting to think that I was just going to paint it white and call it good. I made a trip to Lowe’s to get the paint for the nursery and found this melon color. It wasn’t coral, not salmon, but melon – the swatch pretty much levitated off the rack into my hands. I guess it was meant to be…
It was not a professional job by any means, but nothing in this nursery really is. I was pleased how it ended up!
I also started organizing her stuff. Organizing her clothes and folding her blankets and such…
Thursday of this week Zach and I attended our nieces’ baptisms. All three of them turned eight within a couple of months, so my sister-in-laws decided to do a triple baptism. I imagine it was so special for them, something they will never forget. They all looked so adorable in their matching dresses…
We also got to attend the beautiful wedding of our friends Chet and Danielle. It was such a gorgeous reception. I also created their letterpress wedding invitations, complete with a pressed honeycomb pattern.
Immediately after their reception Zach and I had to make the drive to Bear Lake to meet up with my family (and our family friends) for our annual summer weekend. But first, Zach begged me to stop at Noodles and Co. for some macaroni and cheese. Turns out the mini glove box in his car makes a perfect tray table…
We spent all weekend up at the Fotheringham Cabin with the Caywoods, Swensons, and Websters. We had so much fun lounging, playing on the beach, and being out on the boat. Even Dax (two years old) did his share of wake boarding…
We stayed up late, ate tons of unhealthy food, and enjoyed the scenery amongst great company.
It was the perfect way to end my 26th week. Since I am technically now 27 weeks – I have one more week left until I am in my third trimester. Nothing new has happened this week other than she just continues to become more and more active. I feel like I am on repeat when I say that, but it is true! Every single morning she wakes me up around 6:30 – kicking and punching with all of her limbs. I can feel her move in all four corners of my abdomen. Sometimes it looks like a dog is shaking off inside of my belly. My Google search history reads: “Rapid fetus movement” “Can babies have seizures in the womb?” “Do fetuses spasm in the womb?” – all within days of each other. I know these next couple of months will fly by, so I am enjoying all this movement while I can. Soon she will be out and I will be able to see what she has been doing inside of my gut each morning.
