so far...

this is what we have for the baby's room so far:

{paint color: devine reef}

{bedding: all creatures great & small...from land of nod. just the quilt & bumper}

{crib: bonavita hudson classic crib}
{side table: sleigh side table...from pottery barn kids in white}* we also ordered my chair & glider from the good night room...couldn't find a picture of it but it's like a little piece of heaven. can't wait to get it.

things yet to purchase:

{dresser/changing table: hemnes dresser...from ikea}
{storage/bookcase: from the land of nod...in white. i'm not sure if the bookcase part of this will work because i've got a TON of books...my hope is that our baby boy will be a reader!}

in a previous post i also said i wanted this for the baby's room. i don't know what exactly i want for decoratives but i really liked this piece. i also want this big silver beaded mirror from ikea that i have been eying for years now...i also need to find drapes and material for a bed skirt. i also had the ambition to make a tree for the room. this task has been put on hold for now...but i do have a vision!!

little memories...

baby boy...

* i LOVE feeling you kick/punch/stretch...i wish i could see your acrobatic moves right now.
* i think it's funny when daddy tries to feel your moves & you immediately stop.
* you've given me a few scares...two prenatal non stress tests. both have told me you are a happy boy...i will try my best to give you the best little home - just stay in my belly a few more months.
* dad & i are having a HARD time to find the perfect name for you. so far, I like: matthew, jacob, max & joshua.
* your brother charlie, likes to keep you warm by wrapping himself around my belly...hope you two get along.
* you are surrounded by an AMAZING community of people that love you already. i can't wait for you to meet each & every one of them. you are one lucky duck!
* you seem to have a little party inside every time i drink juice...especially the super yummy unfiltered apple juice from the pumpkin patch this year.

see you in a few months!! love you beyond words - already.

love,
momma

bed ridden...

today is the first full day of being on bed rest. early wednesday morning at 1:15am i was woken up to sharp abdominal pains. i could barely roll over and i had to concentrate on breathing. first i thought it was gas (tee heeee!) so i went back to bed. this happened again at 2:45am...almost worse than the first time. i was in a lot of pain and i definitely was a bit alarmed but i also was super tired from the lack of sleep from the previous night. i finally fell back asleep and didn't have anymore of those "episodes." with a lot of going back and forth i finally decided to call the doctor and they wanted me to come in for another NST (fetal non-stress test). {i did this one other time because i didn't feel the little guy move around for a few days...turned out, he was just fine!} anyways, i went in and got to hear his little heartbeat again for a good 20 minutes and thought i'd be well on my way home with nothing to worry about. however, dr. stewart wanted to check a few other things and basically found out that my cervix is soft and thinner than he'd like. he also took another test to see if i'd be more susceptible for pre-term labor but thankfully that came back negative. however, for the next week i need to take this bed rest seriously because we don't want this little one to come early...i am as of today, 28 weeks.

needless to say, i am bored. dr. stewart literally wants me horizontal most of the day...my sweet husband cooked me dinner last night and rented me a few movies. i know that the Lord is teaching us something through this...we are on our knees. i was pretty much a wreck when i left the doctor's yesterday afternoon but i feel much more at peace today. i am also so thankful to have the best doctor in town...

{too bad i couldn't be here on bed rest}

i want to own this...

so i actually saw this on miss olivia's blog...and she sent me the link to the blogger who owns this piece: it's the alphabet hanging that i adore...i would love it for our baby's room. i love that it's not so baby-ish and the texture of the piece. so i read the blog and found that it came from this place in canada: bookhou. the link below is the blogger who owns this piece for her nursery...

{via http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/my-room/my-room-sagetoronto-ca-128406}

when i was up in seattle buying the bedding...i came across this piece that i also loved:

{land of nod}

but again, i love the alphabet wood piece from above a bit more only because it can grow with our baby...thoughts are welcome.

the big gender reveal!!

okay so i'm going out of order but better to get this all down so i can remember...we had our 20 week ultrasound august 30, 2010 at 10:00am. our perinatal nurse suzanna was so wonderful - she was awesome!! anyways, we heard our little baby's hearbeat, saw the little feet and hands and then she had us close our eyes when it was time to check the gender parts. we told her our plan and she was just as excited as we were! she placed the ultrasound picture in an envelope and sealed it...and we were off to enjoy the rest of the day!

scott and i went to lunch together and then headed off to baby gap. scott was in charge of picking out the little girl's outfit and i was in charge of the little boy's outfit's. it was fun to watch scott pick out little girl's outfit's. the super cute ladies at baby gap were also just as excited and other managers kept coming to join in on our fun. we handed them the sealed envelope {and our credit card} and told them that they would be the second people that knew what we were having. their mission {as soon as we left the store} was to open the envelope and wrap up the gender specific outfits for us and include the ultrasound picture in it. scott and i stepped outside and waited anxiously on the little bench. i was so excited i could hardly stand it!! finally, susie {one of the ladies} came out with the wrapped box with a huge smile. she wished us a great time tonight..and we were off!

dinner wasn't until 6:30pm so i desperately needed to find something to occupy my time. we went to the store to pick up the paint for the baby's room {regardless whether we were having a girl or boy we had the color picked out} and then we went home to pack for our hawaii trip the next day. it was FINALLY time to head over to scott's parents house...

it was sort of crazy at mom and dad wang's...we were trying to get mark on speaker phone and googoo {scott's aunt} too. we FINALLY got everyone connected and we were ready to open the box! everyone stood around us and at the first peak under the tissue paper...i saw that we were having a little BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! charlie was going to have a little brother...poor thing had no idea what was going on with all the cheers of excitement...after that it was a stream of texts and phone calls to our family and friends. needless to say, scott and i are happy beyond words. this was a forever-remember day...we are having a son!!

{20 weeks & 4 days: august 30, 2010}

{cousin jessica & justin: trying to get mark on speaker!}

{the chaos trying to get everyone in the same room & on the phone}

{the outfits we picked our for our baby BOY!!}

{i LOVE this picture. grandma's & aunt looking at the ultrasound picture that shows he is indeed a boy!!}

{baby = 1/2 of scott. 1/2 of me. so insane}

{a picture with the proud grandparents to be...minus my dad}

maui 2010

i can finally say: I'VE BEEN TO HAWAII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what an amazing and beautiful place! i have to state that out of all the things i could possibly say about maui's beauty...i'll remember this the most: EVERYONE is so friendly and i LOVE that!! if you know me at all, being GENUINELY kind is one of my favorite traits in anybody. and it's sad because i find this quality rare in strangers especially - but man, maui gets two thumbs up...here are some pics of our "babymoon." {i don't really quite understand why they call it this}

{i asked scott if i would get a lei when we got off the plane...he smiled and said "no...that's just in the movies." but guess what?! when we got to our hotel, they lei'd me!!}

{the first viewpoint we stopped at on the way to lahaina}

{a beach near lahaina...forgot what it was called. dang that one piece of hair...}

{our hotel lobby-ish area}
{we found this ice cream shop...lappert's hawaii. YUM}

{we had to chase the sun this day...found a little private beach along the highway} {these next sequence of pictures makes me smile...i picture our little boy doing the exact same thing (with dad again of course). scott was trying to outsmart a sand crab...the last picture you'll see is the look of defeat}

{my alcohol free pina colada}

{watching scott boogie board while i, bathed in the sun}

{our last night in maui...the sunset was GORGEOUS}

{one of the best meals...nick's fish market, maui ~ the fairmont 2010}

sleep these days...(SIGH)

for the past several months, i've been on the couch - not because i've been "kicked" out of our bed...but simply because it's more comfortable. we have this incredible king size bed but it hasn't been put to use by either of us because my sweet husband has been crashing on the couches with me to be close to me. we finally borrowed a twin mattress from scott's parents to make it a bit more bearable for him...so every night it seems like we're having a slumber party together out in our family room. i love making these kinds of memories with scott...these are the ones i will always hold dear to my heart {probably not for scott though} hehee...