Rearranging

Around here, we have been doing a lot of rearranging; both furniture and our lives.  Most of you probably know by now that we are expecting a baby around March 20.  We are very excited!  I have been wanting to have a baby since we first got married.  No surprise, if you know me at all.  But we had decided that I should finish school before we started trying.  I has been hard to wait that long, especially since we are coming up on our third anniversary next week!  Well, I graduated in May, so it was time, and God granted our request.  It puts a little bit of a wrench into my nursing career (not that I really mind...).  We decided that if I didn't get a job before it was time to announce our pregnancy, then I would not look for a job for the time being.  For one thing, I don't want to start a new job and then have to take maternity leave right away, and for another, I don't really want to have a full time job when the baby is born.  I want to enjoy my baby!  So, not sure how the nursing thing will all pan out, but I did what I set out to do and got a degree, and I'm thankful that I did it while I had the chance!

Really, I think that it has been a major blessing that I haven't had a job these past few months because I have been pretty sick.  I didn't think that I would have this much of a problem, and really, compared to some, I've probably had it pretty good.  However, that doesn't change the fact that on a lot of days it has been extremely difficult to get anything done because I feel like as soon as I get up, I'll lose what little I was able to get down.  At my last appointment I had lost a few pounds, and I broke down and requested some Zofran.  What a life saver!  Last week I started to feel like I didn't need it in the morning, but I still take it at in the evenings.  Things haven't been perfect, but I think I'm through the worst of it.  I am 14 weeks and I think that I'm starting to show, although it's hard for other people to tell.  As my friends said, my stomach isn't as "concave" as normal and I can't zip up my pants all the way or I feel like I'm going to suffocate the baby. :)  Here's my very first belly picture (a little pathetic, but it's got to start somewhere!):

Other than the baby, not much has been going on around here.  We finished up our master bathroom a month ago or so, and that has been wonderful!!  I especially love our new bathtub which is deep and big.  Perfect for soaking when I don't feel well.  We also got a new recliner, so we had to put our piano in the dining room to make some room for it.  Who knows if our dining room will ever actually get a table in it, but whatever.  It has been empty and it looks nice with a little furniture in it.  We also switched the furniture in the rooms upstairs because we are going to use the small room as the nursery.  Justin is thinking that we will probably get our carpeting soon, so our rearranging was probably in vain, but at least we got some things cleaned out up there.  It's been needing a clean out for a very long time.  So here are a few pictures of the house:

This picture is for my Aunt Patti, who made that wonderful vinyl for us when we got married.  I was so excited to finally get to put it up!  It looks great!

Horrible lighting, but this is a new table that Justin's parents gave to us.  It looks perfect in this spot!  Thanks, Mom and Dad!

This is the cleaned out nursery.  Not a whole lot to see in here yet.  Thankfully, we still have some time to get it all done!

This is the other room upstairs.  Not sure that I've ever put it on the blog before because it's always been a huge mess!  

Another view of the other room upstairs.  Justin gets to have a nice little area for his computer, and I get a sewing table.  I have lots of things that I need to sew before the baby is born!  Hopefully having it all set up will give me some motivation to do it all...