21 weeks

We're in the teens! Only 19 more weeks! The week started off pretty normal. Nothing too exciting was planned so we had big goals to paint the nursery. AJ happened to have Thursday and Friday off so he was able to prime the nursery. Friday we ran around doing some errands and ended up purchasing what we hope to be the light for Baby J's room! I originally wanted to have a chandelier painted green, but AJ thought it would look too girly (saving this bright idea for our future daughter). My next thought was finding a green or white large drum shade, but those were extremely hard to find for a decent price. We were planning on making a trip to Ikea to see what they had to offer, but ended up falling in love with a light set we saw at Cost Plus World Market. We went there to look at their dresser knobs; I had done some research and found a cute, cheap set on their website. We have big paint plans for both our changing table and chifferobe so I thought clear knobs would be perfect. We ended up buying two clear and two soft blue knobs to test out with the furniture. Here's some pics of the light, knobs, and the primed nursery.

Look at that sexy beast!

Replacing this window! Already got a quote.

The lights are burlap and when lit are a soft grey color. Really hoping they fit in with the room and aren't too overbearing. I think they'll match our grey glider perfectly! 

While we were running errands on Friday, AJ got a text from his mom letting us know that his step-dad had been moved into the ICU and it wasn't looking very good. A little back story-roughly three (unsure of this number) years ago his step-dad was diagnosed with a type of cancer known as Multiple Myeloma; it's a cancer of his plasma cells in his bone marrow. He's had multiple battles over these last years, but has pulled through each one. He was in remission for some time before the cancer came back right around our wedding. He was actually in the hospital and was unable to make it to our wedding. He had made it back home for the holidays, but went back to the hospital in January. He was admitted to Sutter Cancer Center because he was going to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Everyone had really high hopes for this treatment and for a time he was starting to get better. There were some complications that came with the transplant, but he was a fighter and was battling through them. Thursday evening he started having trouble breathing and overnight it just got worse. They admitted him to the ICU on Friday hoping to just get his breathing under control. While in the ICU they realized he had an infection in his left lung and that his kidneys and liver weren't functioning 100%. They ended up having to sedate him to free him of all the pain. Once we got the text we hurried home, got ready, and headed out for the hospital. We ended up staying all night and sleeping on the waiting room floor. Saturday came and the situation wasn't any better. The Dr's were doing everything for him, but it was just too much for him to handle. Sunday morning, surrounded by all his family, he left this world and left all his pain. It was a very long, exhausting weekend, but it was so nice to be surrounded by so much family and friends all there to support one another. My father-in-law was a great man, son, brother, husband, father, and friend and he will be dearly missed by so many. Soon our son will be here to help fill the void of losing this wonderful person. Although he will never meet his Grandpa, we will never let him be forgotten! We love you Uncle Spencer!


Only 19 more weeks!

 

How Far Along: 21 Weeks
Weight gain: 19.2 lbs
Maternity clothes? Tried wearing some regular work pants and I was miserable, so officially ONLY maternity clothes!
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep: Sleeping pretty great with my prego pillow

Best Moment of the Week: Being surrounded by family and friends
Miss Anything? Really could have used a drink this weekend
Movement?: Started to feel a lot more movement this week, but still only at night. Actually felt a couple strong kicks from the outside!

Food cravings: Cereal and anything sour!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really anything
Gender: Baby Boy
Labor Signs: None

Symptoms: Headaches and restless legs in the evening
Belly Button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Looking Forward To: My favorite holiday, St. Patrick's Day!