Baby won't you come?!
Well I'm two days past my due date and of course I am anxious!!! I thought for sure this girl was going to come early or on time. My mom flew in on Wednesday and still no baby. When we went in for my apt. I was dilated to a 1 and she was able to strip my membranes. She also said she had been having luck with it this week so I was very hopeful...but no. I haven't really had any contractions at all! I've done all the walking and other things I can to try and induce me naturally but nothing seems to be working this girl is just too stubborn. I was really hoping I wouldn't have to get induced but they scheduled me to come in on Wednesday night if she's still not here and it could be 24-36 hours before I actually have her which just sounds awful and I can't do anything natural like I wanted either. Pregnancy and delivery is clearly something you cannot plan for.
Berkeley's Nursery
So here is the nursery that I've envisioned and worked so hard on. Right when I found out I was pregnant I started pinning baby girl nursery ideas never any boy nurseries, I just knew I was going to have a little girl and I got my wish😉.
The rocking chair was the first item of business. I took the seat covers to Washington over Christmas and Layne helped me restore them. We picked out some fabric and since we still didn't know if it was for sure a girl I picked a grey color so it would be gender neutral and I could use it for all my kids. It turned out great as you can see! It was a dark cherry and Ty painted it white and then we distressed it together.
The I'll eat you up I love you So Much, the globe and the Dream Big Little One sign my friend Ashley helped me make with her talent for crafts and silhouette machine. I printed off the Though She But Little She Is Fierce sign and made the B and the banner with her name, as well as spray painted all the frames. The I hope you dance plate I painted in Utah at Color Me Mine with the girls while the guys were at priesthood. I knew I wanted to do that as my theme because granted, I do hope Berkeley dances like her mama. It's not my finest piece of work but the girl that worked there helped me fix some mistakes and said how much Berkeley is going to like it and I hope she will. I made the fabric balls with Lauren's idea since she made them for Nora's room. She gave me some of the pink fabric leftover from her room and 2 of the small lanterns. I ordered the bigger one and got the rest of the fabric. I had no idea how long those would take. Luckily Ty saved me sometime and showed me a faster way to cut all the circles. While Kaitlyn was here she helped me glue the light blue ball. It took a lot of fabric and a lot of time but they are cute. Katie Ty's sister surprised me on my shower with the pink flowered mobile above the rocking chair. She made it and it's adorable.
I got the bins and stuff to put her books, toys and dirty clothes in at Ross and it fit perfect with her gold accent theme. The pink rug I found at Ross and got a great deal on it. It was hard to find the rug but it turned out perfect. I found the curtains at target and the shelf at Ikea.
Layne and Larry helped us out with the crib. Brand new from Babies R Us. Layne also helped me with the bedding. She helped me find the gold polka dot sheets and changing pad covers and they are look great if I say so myself. She made the bumper pads and the bed skirt and she did amazing! I just showed her some pictures of what I wanted and away she went. I'm so lucky and thankful I have her because I don't know what I would have done without her. I would have never found anything close that I would have liked.
Now for the dresser, the hardest most difficult part of the room that was a stressful headache for both Ty and I. Back in January, I started searching and searching on Craigslist for cribs and dressers and I saw a white dresser that was listed for $150 wood. I contacted them and asked if they would take $100 and they agreed. Ty and I went to look at it and when we got there it wasn't what we expected. It had this thick ridge thing on the back that wouldn't fit a changing pad so we told them no, but the girls were persistent on selling it- they were moving and said they would take less. We debated and Ty thought he could get it off so they offered $40 and we thought we got a steal. The plan was to take that ridge part off and just paint it. My mom gave us the idea to do chalk paint and distress it. So we bought all the paint and tools to do that which added up quick. We could see that the dresser had been painted many times through the chipping of the paint that was on it already. Ty spent half a day sanding the dresser and removing all the other paint off each drawer etc. and Scott helped him get the ridge thing off that was the easy part. After all the sanding was complete my job was to paint it. I spent 2 days painting it and on the third day I distressed it. Then Ty was going to help me stain over the marks. As he started to do it it ended up staining all the white paint and it wouldn't come off. We were about in tears. We called his dad who is a woodworker to see if there was anything we could do. He suggested nail polish remover so we tried that and it didn't work too well. We knew we were going to have to paint it again so Ty painted it I distressed it and then he did the final sealing wax coat over it. We were done! All that was left was for the new drawer handles to come in and Ty to put those on and the contact paper in the drawers. While I was in Utah he did that and I came back to a beautiful dresser. I was a little concerned with how short the dresser was and Chelsea told me there were some dresser feet I could buy to help raise that. I ran that by Ty and luckily my dad was in town and helped us get some at Home Depot. Ty was so sick of painting so my dad painted them and we were just going to install them. As Ty put them on of course there was some trouble. He ended up figuring it out but we had to buy some more materials. He got them on and when we flipped it we could see that it was a little rocky and not very sturdy. This was a concern since we were going to be changing a baby on it. I told my friend Brittany who knows her stuff. She has been remodeling her house for years. She suggested getting some shimmy which she had and offered to come over and help me do it since I told her Ty was done with it. She came over and did it and on one of the feet she ended up breaking the connection between the dresser and the foot. I wanted to cry again! She went home and grabbed some more wood to fix it and fixed it on her own. It ended up turning out great and we are so thankful for her help and advice. The dresser is FINALLY complete and I absolutely love it.
My friend Lauren was right. Berkeley's room is definitely my favorite room in the house and I can spend hours in here waiting her arrival. I can't wait for this little girl to come!
Now for the pictures...
The rocking chair was the first item of business. I took the seat covers to Washington over Christmas and Layne helped me restore them. We picked out some fabric and since we still didn't know if it was for sure a girl I picked a grey color so it would be gender neutral and I could use it for all my kids. It turned out great as you can see! It was a dark cherry and Ty painted it white and then we distressed it together.
The I'll eat you up I love you So Much, the globe and the Dream Big Little One sign my friend Ashley helped me make with her talent for crafts and silhouette machine. I printed off the Though She But Little She Is Fierce sign and made the B and the banner with her name, as well as spray painted all the frames. The I hope you dance plate I painted in Utah at Color Me Mine with the girls while the guys were at priesthood. I knew I wanted to do that as my theme because granted, I do hope Berkeley dances like her mama. It's not my finest piece of work but the girl that worked there helped me fix some mistakes and said how much Berkeley is going to like it and I hope she will. I made the fabric balls with Lauren's idea since she made them for Nora's room. She gave me some of the pink fabric leftover from her room and 2 of the small lanterns. I ordered the bigger one and got the rest of the fabric. I had no idea how long those would take. Luckily Ty saved me sometime and showed me a faster way to cut all the circles. While Kaitlyn was here she helped me glue the light blue ball. It took a lot of fabric and a lot of time but they are cute. Katie Ty's sister surprised me on my shower with the pink flowered mobile above the rocking chair. She made it and it's adorable.
I got the bins and stuff to put her books, toys and dirty clothes in at Ross and it fit perfect with her gold accent theme. The pink rug I found at Ross and got a great deal on it. It was hard to find the rug but it turned out perfect. I found the curtains at target and the shelf at Ikea.
Layne and Larry helped us out with the crib. Brand new from Babies R Us. Layne also helped me with the bedding. She helped me find the gold polka dot sheets and changing pad covers and they are look great if I say so myself. She made the bumper pads and the bed skirt and she did amazing! I just showed her some pictures of what I wanted and away she went. I'm so lucky and thankful I have her because I don't know what I would have done without her. I would have never found anything close that I would have liked.
Now for the dresser, the hardest most difficult part of the room that was a stressful headache for both Ty and I. Back in January, I started searching and searching on Craigslist for cribs and dressers and I saw a white dresser that was listed for $150 wood. I contacted them and asked if they would take $100 and they agreed. Ty and I went to look at it and when we got there it wasn't what we expected. It had this thick ridge thing on the back that wouldn't fit a changing pad so we told them no, but the girls were persistent on selling it- they were moving and said they would take less. We debated and Ty thought he could get it off so they offered $40 and we thought we got a steal. The plan was to take that ridge part off and just paint it. My mom gave us the idea to do chalk paint and distress it. So we bought all the paint and tools to do that which added up quick. We could see that the dresser had been painted many times through the chipping of the paint that was on it already. Ty spent half a day sanding the dresser and removing all the other paint off each drawer etc. and Scott helped him get the ridge thing off that was the easy part. After all the sanding was complete my job was to paint it. I spent 2 days painting it and on the third day I distressed it. Then Ty was going to help me stain over the marks. As he started to do it it ended up staining all the white paint and it wouldn't come off. We were about in tears. We called his dad who is a woodworker to see if there was anything we could do. He suggested nail polish remover so we tried that and it didn't work too well. We knew we were going to have to paint it again so Ty painted it I distressed it and then he did the final sealing wax coat over it. We were done! All that was left was for the new drawer handles to come in and Ty to put those on and the contact paper in the drawers. While I was in Utah he did that and I came back to a beautiful dresser. I was a little concerned with how short the dresser was and Chelsea told me there were some dresser feet I could buy to help raise that. I ran that by Ty and luckily my dad was in town and helped us get some at Home Depot. Ty was so sick of painting so my dad painted them and we were just going to install them. As Ty put them on of course there was some trouble. He ended up figuring it out but we had to buy some more materials. He got them on and when we flipped it we could see that it was a little rocky and not very sturdy. This was a concern since we were going to be changing a baby on it. I told my friend Brittany who knows her stuff. She has been remodeling her house for years. She suggested getting some shimmy which she had and offered to come over and help me do it since I told her Ty was done with it. She came over and did it and on one of the feet she ended up breaking the connection between the dresser and the foot. I wanted to cry again! She went home and grabbed some more wood to fix it and fixed it on her own. It ended up turning out great and we are so thankful for her help and advice. The dresser is FINALLY complete and I absolutely love it.
My friend Lauren was right. Berkeley's room is definitely my favorite room in the house and I can spend hours in here waiting her arrival. I can't wait for this little girl to come!
Now for the pictures...
28th Birthday Recap
Yesterday was my 28th birthday. I didn't have any high expectations since Ty was working and I didn't have any other family or friends to really spend it with but it ended up being one of the best birthday's yet! I woke up early 7am to breakfast in bed with my family's tradition of Belgian waffles with strawberries and cool whip and a candle of course and Ty sang to me. He also had a birthday card that he meant to give me two years ago but forgot so he gave me that with a Forever 21 gift card that he also meant to give me two years ago so it was funny and nice. I went back to sleep a little woke up got ready and Ty made me a nail apt at Four Seasons to get pampered. He said to get whatever I wanted and not worry about cost. Which I tend to do so I ended up treating myself and got a deluxe pedicure that came with a longer massage and different exfoliating scrubs and it was very nice and a shellac manicure.
I then met Ty for lunch at Koi Fusion at Bridgeport it was yummy and went to the mall to get my makeup done from Kendra. First, I made a stop at Starbucks for my free birthday drink and then went to get my makeup done. She did an AMAZING job I loved it. Then I kinda walked around the mall and looked around. I talked on the phone to some people that called to wish me happy birthday. I headed over to Benihana since we had a dinner reservation at 4:30pm but when I got there I told them we needed to push it back because there was no way I could eat then. All they had was 8 but we did it anyway.
I drove home and was surprised to some gifts on the table from some very sweet friends and family. My friend Stacy left me a card and nothing bundt cake, Marilyn left me a card and balloon and yellow tulips, and my parents sent the white Converse shoes I've been wanting, mom and papa sent me a card with some cash, Ty's family sent me a card and check, and Ty got me the yellow Nike hoodie I have been wanting and Alex and Ani Mother's bracelet. It was all very nice. We then drove to Dairy Queen in Canby which is like 40 minutes round trip not super close and got our BOGO Blizzards came home stuck them in the fridge and booked it back to Benihana for our dinner reservation. Dinner was wonderful we came home, had our blizzards and watched a movie and went to bed it was a late night. Ty didn't even make it through the whole movie and he had to wake up and head into work this morning poor guy. I luckily slept in.
Well if you know me, and my family my birthday is a weekend event so tonight we're going out to CPK another birthday tradition of mine with some friends and tomorrow I think Ty is making me dinner for my birthday and Monday we'll finally have my birthday cake with Lauren and Scott and their family since they'll be home from Vegas then. I'm excited! 28 isn't so bad. Especially when a cute little girl will be coming any day now!
I then met Ty for lunch at Koi Fusion at Bridgeport it was yummy and went to the mall to get my makeup done from Kendra. First, I made a stop at Starbucks for my free birthday drink and then went to get my makeup done. She did an AMAZING job I loved it. Then I kinda walked around the mall and looked around. I talked on the phone to some people that called to wish me happy birthday. I headed over to Benihana since we had a dinner reservation at 4:30pm but when I got there I told them we needed to push it back because there was no way I could eat then. All they had was 8 but we did it anyway.
I drove home and was surprised to some gifts on the table from some very sweet friends and family. My friend Stacy left me a card and nothing bundt cake, Marilyn left me a card and balloon and yellow tulips, and my parents sent the white Converse shoes I've been wanting, mom and papa sent me a card with some cash, Ty's family sent me a card and check, and Ty got me the yellow Nike hoodie I have been wanting and Alex and Ani Mother's bracelet. It was all very nice. We then drove to Dairy Queen in Canby which is like 40 minutes round trip not super close and got our BOGO Blizzards came home stuck them in the fridge and booked it back to Benihana for our dinner reservation. Dinner was wonderful we came home, had our blizzards and watched a movie and went to bed it was a late night. Ty didn't even make it through the whole movie and he had to wake up and head into work this morning poor guy. I luckily slept in.
Well if you know me, and my family my birthday is a weekend event so tonight we're going out to CPK another birthday tradition of mine with some friends and tomorrow I think Ty is making me dinner for my birthday and Monday we'll finally have my birthday cake with Lauren and Scott and their family since they'll be home from Vegas then. I'm excited! 28 isn't so bad. Especially when a cute little girl will be coming any day now!
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| The only picture that was taken on my birthday-at Benihana |
Emotions, hormones, pregnancy life
This week was my hardest week in the sense that my emotions were on a rollercoaster I was all over the place. Ask my poor sister who had to deal with it all while she was here. I was mad, sad, overwhelmed, stressed, worried, etc. all at once. I have this to-do list and it felt like NOTHING was getting done, and I am a list girl. I work quickly so I can cross things off and get things done. It stresses me out to have a long list and get nothing done. I was clearly learning a lesson from my Heavenly Father to just chill. I was crying about everything and anything and was losing it literally. Pregnancy does some crazy things to your emotions, I mean these hormones shoot. ;) Pregnancy is not easy and I was stressed. I don't know how I would do everything if I had a job right now. I would die!
The nursery is almost done so that's good I still have a few things left to hang and do but that's pretty much done. I still need to get the carseat installed and figure out how to use the Baby Bjorn carrier and breast pump, and get the pack and play up. I am going to make all my oils for labor and postpartum tomorrow and hang up a few more decorations in her room. I still need to watch all the library movies I rented on breastfeeding and childbirth with Ty which will happen Wednesday and Thursday probably. I still need to pack our bags and make those padsicle things and get stuff to make them with. But I am getting there. I keep thinking this girl is going to come early so we will see what my dr. thinks on Wednesday too.
When I talked with my mom on Friday she had some good advice for me. She told me I just needed to relax because I was literally going 100mph all day trying to get everything done and I wasn't getting anything done. She kept saying it's not fair to Berkeley to be stressed and it wasn't. I was trying to get all this done for her before she came but I need to slow down or something bad could happen. Sunday I slept a lot and actually threw up right before church and I think it was just my body's way of saying it all caught up with you-you need to chill! I am feeling better this week and my little brother Corbin who is on a mission told me specifically to relax and take it easy, and pray that I will get the things done that I needed to. That really stood out to me because everyday I always pray that I will get the things done that I need to and maybe Heavenly Father doesn't want or need me to get everything done on my to-do list in a single day. I have time to work on them the rest of the week.
The nursery is almost done so that's good I still have a few things left to hang and do but that's pretty much done. I still need to get the carseat installed and figure out how to use the Baby Bjorn carrier and breast pump, and get the pack and play up. I am going to make all my oils for labor and postpartum tomorrow and hang up a few more decorations in her room. I still need to watch all the library movies I rented on breastfeeding and childbirth with Ty which will happen Wednesday and Thursday probably. I still need to pack our bags and make those padsicle things and get stuff to make them with. But I am getting there. I keep thinking this girl is going to come early so we will see what my dr. thinks on Wednesday too.
When I talked with my mom on Friday she had some good advice for me. She told me I just needed to relax because I was literally going 100mph all day trying to get everything done and I wasn't getting anything done. She kept saying it's not fair to Berkeley to be stressed and it wasn't. I was trying to get all this done for her before she came but I need to slow down or something bad could happen. Sunday I slept a lot and actually threw up right before church and I think it was just my body's way of saying it all caught up with you-you need to chill! I am feeling better this week and my little brother Corbin who is on a mission told me specifically to relax and take it easy, and pray that I will get the things done that I needed to. That really stood out to me because everyday I always pray that I will get the things done that I need to and maybe Heavenly Father doesn't want or need me to get everything done on my to-do list in a single day. I have time to work on them the rest of the week.
Baby Shower
So my friends Lauren and Tori threw the most amazing baby shower anyone could ask for. The theme was In Full Bloom and my friend Lauren has been planning it since she knew it was for sure a girl in January. I remember her texting me the day after the gender reveal, saying she couldn't sleep because her mind was racing with ideas and she spent the whole night on Pinterest. I am so lucky I have such an amazing friend who cares that much. She literally went above and beyond with all the decorations, food, set up, invites literally EVERYTHING. The cake you see is her famous homemade cake and she even did a trial run before and I wasn't allowed to open the fridge that day I was over. She wanted this shower to be perfect and she knew at my last shower that I received a lot of outfits and nothing off my registry so she told everyone to get things off my registry and it was awesome because I only received a handful outfits this time and feeling a lot better and more prepared. She even organized a group gift of the Baby Bjorn carrier which I needed. She also said she saw Sean and Catherine from the Bachelor's baby shower and it was similar and she knows that they're my favorite because it's like me and Ty so that made me laugh. We played who knows mommy best and my mom and sister tied with 2 wrong, the nursery rhyme game, and the candy game. It was all really fun. The food was delicious and Berkeley got spoiled. Thank you to all who came and made it very special for me. Love you all!
And for the pics...
And for the pics...
Our Babymoon to the Emerald City
We were so happy to getaway and enjoy one last trip together without any kids. It was crazy at times to think and I was a little sad in the sense that a chapter was closing and a new one opening but we couldn't be more happy. We received a gift certificate from Ty's parents a couple of years ago that we hadn't gotten to use yet to the Sky City restaurant on top of the space needle in Seattle so we decided to go there and make a trip out of it.
We used Priceline to bid on a hotel a couple days before and ended up winning a sweet room at the Vintage a Kimpton Hotel downtown. It couldn't be more perfect! It was supposed to be for a standard room but I called and ended up getting us a king size bed and told them why we were coming and they hooked us up without any upgrade fee which was nice.
When we checked got into the hotel room they had a bottle of Martinellis sparkling cider chilled for us, with a nice card and chocolate covered almonds. We immediately opened it and made a toast to Berkeley :) We got Lyft and went to Pikes Place, did some walking around, and splurged and went on the Ferris Wheel. It was cool to see the city and water from up high like that, and I have always wanted to go on it. We then headed up to the space needle for our dinner reservation. We got there a little early and walked around and took some pictures. I had no idea that the restaurant was rotating the whole time so you could see constantly had a new view of the city. It was really neat. It may have been the most expensive restaurant I have ever been to, or ever will go to but it was good. I got the halibut and Ty got some seafood gumbo with crawfish. It was funny because he had no idea how to eat the crawfish and had to ask the waiter. We got Lyft our final time to head to the comedy show we had tickets for. The show was good, it was fun to laugh and be together. We walked back to the hotel late and enjoyed our time together. It felt good to sleep in since we know we won't be getting much of that in the next month, got ready and went to Cafe Rio (our favorite) and enjoyed the rest of the weekend with Ty's family. We had a bbq Saturday night, I helped Layne with the crib bedding, and had a little maternity photo shoot.
Mother's Day was amazing. Ty spoiled me with my favorite breakfast in bed-coconut infused french toast everyone loved it, and then we went to Church. Ty gave me a nice card and a certificate for a 80-minute massage that I will probably use after Berkeley is born when I can actually relax and enjoy it. We got to talk and see Elder Giles for the last time before he comes home in December. It was very sweet and exciting to see him. We had salmon and steak for dinner and a delicious B&R cookies and cream ice cream cake. It was a great Mother's Day and weekend. It's crazy to think that I will be a mother in exactly a week from today or less (or more if I go longer which I'm hoping won't happen).
Here are some pics from our Babymoon:
We used Priceline to bid on a hotel a couple days before and ended up winning a sweet room at the Vintage a Kimpton Hotel downtown. It couldn't be more perfect! It was supposed to be for a standard room but I called and ended up getting us a king size bed and told them why we were coming and they hooked us up without any upgrade fee which was nice.
When we checked got into the hotel room they had a bottle of Martinellis sparkling cider chilled for us, with a nice card and chocolate covered almonds. We immediately opened it and made a toast to Berkeley :) We got Lyft and went to Pikes Place, did some walking around, and splurged and went on the Ferris Wheel. It was cool to see the city and water from up high like that, and I have always wanted to go on it. We then headed up to the space needle for our dinner reservation. We got there a little early and walked around and took some pictures. I had no idea that the restaurant was rotating the whole time so you could see constantly had a new view of the city. It was really neat. It may have been the most expensive restaurant I have ever been to, or ever will go to but it was good. I got the halibut and Ty got some seafood gumbo with crawfish. It was funny because he had no idea how to eat the crawfish and had to ask the waiter. We got Lyft our final time to head to the comedy show we had tickets for. The show was good, it was fun to laugh and be together. We walked back to the hotel late and enjoyed our time together. It felt good to sleep in since we know we won't be getting much of that in the next month, got ready and went to Cafe Rio (our favorite) and enjoyed the rest of the weekend with Ty's family. We had a bbq Saturday night, I helped Layne with the crib bedding, and had a little maternity photo shoot.
Mother's Day was amazing. Ty spoiled me with my favorite breakfast in bed-coconut infused french toast everyone loved it, and then we went to Church. Ty gave me a nice card and a certificate for a 80-minute massage that I will probably use after Berkeley is born when I can actually relax and enjoy it. We got to talk and see Elder Giles for the last time before he comes home in December. It was very sweet and exciting to see him. We had salmon and steak for dinner and a delicious B&R cookies and cream ice cream cake. It was a great Mother's Day and weekend. It's crazy to think that I will be a mother in exactly a week from today or less (or more if I go longer which I'm hoping won't happen).
Here are some pics from our Babymoon:
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