24 weeks

I finally made it to this monumental week! I was so excited to hit 24 weeks because the baby becomes viable. If he was born now he would have a 50/50 chance of surviving which isn't great odds but it makes me so much more comfortable. Having had my sister deliver at 29 weeks it makes it even more important to me to hit every week. I don't believe that I will have the same problem that she did but seeing her go through that it still makes me nervous.

This week has been great because I'm finally showing. I had to switch over to maternity clothes because my pants just weren't as comfortable and I thought that I might be cutting off the circulation to the baby. Now that I got some pants and some shirts I am much more comfortable and I think they make me look even more pregnant. I have actually had people come up to me and ask me when I am due. So exciting!

I thought that I would throw this picture in here for Wes. It's like pulling teeth to get him to take pictures of me and sometimes I get a little crazy.

I also went to a consignment sale and got so much great baby stuff. I went with my wonderful mom and sister who helped me so much. They set out and snagged all the good stuff there. I wouldn't have gotten anything if I had just gone by myself. I was able to get two strollers, a Peg Perego regular stroller and a jogger. We got a bassinet, a bouncy seat, and a Kelty baby backpack for Wes. I could not believe how well that we did and now we are pretty much set on the big stuff. We got a crib from my sister that Wes is refinishing as well as a swing and a jumpy. His room is starting to look like a baby's room and once I have my shower I know that I will be set.

Painting the baby's room

I decided that I wanted to paint the baby's room and so after much thought I decided to do it an olive green. We are going to go with a camo theme so I thought it would be a good idea to just bring it all together. My mother-in-law, Donna, is great with painting and so I had her show me how to do a texture on the wall. It's called ragging and you mix the paint with glaze. After you brush it on you take a rag and wipe it off. It creates a really neat look and it turned out even better than I thought it was going to. I was so grateful to both Donna and Wes for painting the room. I know the baby will one day really love it.