My First Baby Purchase

So today I made my very first purchase for baby Cokamo.

And in case you're thinking huh??

Baby Cokamo??

That's my nickname for the little booger. Tomorrow I possibly find out the sex, so in the meantime, and even after, in case the doctor is wrong {gasp} I have something to call the baby.

The middle names I have picked out are Conner for a boy and Kayleigh for a girl. Put the first 2 letters of both names together and you've got CoKa. And one day, Cokamo just came naturally outta that.

Mitch totally laughs, and says I can't call the baby that after it's born. But he's slowly caving, and has even used it a few times, hehehe!

Anyhoodle, back to my purchase, I fell in love with this blanket lovie I seen on Etsy!


I bought it here: Rocko and Addie.

It has monkeys {love em!} And it is my favorite colors. The colors will totally match some of the colors in my nursery. Which you'll see soon, cause I'm working on an inspiration board for my bright, colorful, fun, gender neutral nursery!!! Eek, I am beyond excited!

Yesterday I picked out a bunch of fabric for the nursery. I plan on making my own crib bedding. And having a daybed in there, so I can coordinate the bedding on both. Plus make lotsa pillows and matching curtains.

I have so many ideas, and can't wait to share them with you all!

Make sure you come back Monday afternoon! I'll be posting new ultrasound pics, and as long as little Cokamo cooperates, I'll be announcing the gender!

Time Out Bench

Mitch bought this little {really little, it only goes to my knee} bench from our neighbors yard sale for $1. It was adorable and ugly all rolled into one. The bench itself was super cute, but the colors were ugly. See????


So I pondered what to do with it. Paint it??? Stain it?? Where will it go? I finally decided that I wanted it downstairs in my living room area. Where I could keep an eye on the naughty child that would one day sit in it.

So, I sanded it down, and used the same stain I had used on the desk that I redid last year. Then I painted the letters blue, and decoupaged very subtle blue scrapbook paper onto the front of them.

And voila! Much prettier time out bench, that perfectly matches my living room!!!


Here's some "during" pictures. I took it apart and sanded it down.


Then I had to have Mitch help, because stain and polyurethane are BAD to use when pregnant, and I wasn't taking any chances with this little baby of mine!


Here's a couple more angle shots of the little bench.




I really like it. And my nephew Dylan likes sitting in it, even though he know it's where you go when you're bad. He just makes sure that we are all aware that he is not being punished, and is sitting there by choice, lol!

Falling Down the Stairs

So, I told you all I fell down the stairs. Me and my little Cokamo are OK. But I still wanted to share my story, since I took pictures and everything.

So, quick version of the days events... I woke up, I walked halfway down my stairs, and fell the second half. I caught my leg up behind me, and bruised my leg, and my butt. Ouchie. It really hurt, I cried.

When I called my doctor, they told me to go to the ER, since it was the weekend {of course} just to be safe.

I felt so silly. I knew we were OK. Just a bit sore. But I still had to spend a few hours at the hospital. I got out my camera, and me and Mitch took some pictures for my blog!!!

Here I am, gown and all!!! That thing was huge and confusing, and the nurse had to help me put it on, because I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.

I looked too happy for a hospital visit in that first picture, so I took a "fake sad" picture.

Me sooooooo sad.... sad that I was forced to go to the hospital after my clumsy ass fell down the freakin' stairs!!!


No hospital visit is complete without a bracelet.


And of course we have crabby Mitcheal in the corner. He got really cranky when I told him that we had make a trip to the ER.

Really cranky!!!


Then he told me I was not allowed to sleep upstairs anymore. Oh, and when I fell, he asked me if I was able to see my feet still, because if I was in fact still able to see them, then why was I falling down??

Ummmm, hello husband of mine, this is my first trip down the stairs, you yourself have made 2 {yes TWO} trips down the stairs in the past year. At least I have an excuse, it is called pregnant clumsiness. What about you my dear?

Anyhoo, I now hold on to the railing to prevent future incidents like this one.

Belly Shots {16 Weeks}

I am super duper tired. My two latest pregnancy symptoms are {1} I've become a very light sleeper, if I can sleep at all, and {2} I'm itchy, really really itchy, all over, but especially my tummy.

And of course I still have much of the others. I'm gassy, I pee A LOT, I'm hormonal and get upset easily, I'm always hungry {California rolls at the sushi bar in the Atlantis are the yummiest} my sciatic nerve has become my worst enemy, and I'm clumsy, like falling down the stairs clumsy {which I did do last week, and got to take a fun trip to the ER, I'll tell you more in a later post, don't worry, I'm OK}.

But in fabulous news, my nausea is GONE, all gone!!! WooHOO!!! And my boobies aren't quite as sore, plus I finally got Mitch to admit yesterday that they have grown! Too bad they won't stay grown!!

So , before you think I forgot, here is my latest belly shots.

16 Weeks!!!



And here I once again got "Daddy to be" participation! Hehe, I LOVE it!



Anywhoo, I decided against weekly belly pictures {did I mention that already?} And opted instead for one every 3 or 4 weeks. So the next one will be at 20 weeks! The halfway point! YeeHAW!

Before I go, I wanted to say that I've been waiting to feel the baby move. And everyday I wonder if what I'm feeling in my tummy is the baby or something else. Well, yesterday while watching House with Mitch, I felt a movement slightly to my right side, right where the baby would be, and I just knew. There was no question. I reached down and touched the spot, and smiled. It was so natural. I love the little booger so much already.

Mothers Day Cards

Just wanted to do a quick post showing the cards I made for my mom and mom in law. I totally need a new camera, and have one picked out, that I plan to get this month. Oh and I took the pics at night, so I could get the cards shipped out and to them before Mothers Day! So the pics aren't fabulous, oh well, enjoy!!! :o)

This one I made for my mommy!

And this one I made for Connie {Mitch's mom}.


Anyhoodle, that's all! I've been unpacking the final boxes that I never got to after our move, due to months of morning sickness. And cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! I am almost done. And then I am gonna turn my attention to my studio, it is a disaster up here!!!

Right now I'm gonna go drag Mitcheal outta bed so he can see what in the world the birds are doing on my roof. They are LOUD, and have been at it all day long, seriously, they started at 5 a.m. Which of course meant no sleep for me! Or at least bad sleep. Between them and Mitcheal's LOUD snoring it's a wonder I get any sleep at all! And this pregnancy had turned me into an extremely light sleeper, I HATE IT!!! Not the pregnancy, just the newly acquired sleeping problems. Not fun!

But the baby is growing every day! It feels so weird. I'm not positive if I'm feeling the baby move yet, but I am definitely, constantly aware of stuff going on in this tummy of mine! :o)

Week 13 Ultrasound!

I am seriously LATE in posting my week 13 ultrasound pictures! {Considering that I'm now 15, almost 16 weeks along!} My little sister, who is due within a week of myself, keeps bugging me to post them, but the whole scanning, cropping, editing, uploading, posting.... seemed like a pain in the butt, so I kept putting it off.

Well Danetta, here is your little niece or nephew. {Anybody wanna take a guess at what it's gonna be, I have a poll on my sidebar, see??? Right over there ------>}

Anyhoodle, without further ado, here is the little booger, much bigger than before!



And if you click on the picture it gets bigger, in case you're like me and like LOTS and LOTS of details in all the pictures you look at!!! :o)

The little cutie pie started with it's head on one side and managed to flip around to the other side within the 10 minutes the doctor was peeking inside. Quite an active little turd. On the second picture, the doctor wrote "YO" cause you can just see one leg and two little hands... it was saying hi to mommy and daddy, hehehe!!!

So, that's all for this post. Sorry no new belly shots. There's not really been much of a change, so I'm keeping them to one every few weeks, until I really start showing!! And I promise to try to post more often, I know I've been a slacker, sorry! :o(