Well, it's week 25 now! Hard to believe! We had a pretty busy weekend with the starting plans for our baby's room. Jeff began the process of taping and painting the room a taupe color ( I think we are going to like it). While he was busy doing that I was reorganizing our spare bedrooms and closets to make room for the baby. Needless to say our nursery closet was stock full of Christmas decor and needed a new home. I can't explain how much stress was relieved just from getting everything organized and together. Once I had that section of the house done I moved onto the kitchen. We now have enough cabinet room for everything baby will require in there too! Here is a picture of the beginning stages of Jeff's painting job!

As you can see from the name on the wall our little Boy Moye officially has a name........Jude Everett!! I didn't think we would ever come to this decision and hopefully we stick with it. We both wanted something a little different but not too out there. Being a teacher there are plenty of names that do not make the cut as there are too many of them in the school. I have been praying daily for our little Jude and found myself in church a couple of weeks ago using his name instead of just "our baby". I knew then that we had made the best choice and it was definitely a name in my heart. 

We are now officially registered at Target too. I am so glad to have the stress of registering put to the side for a while. I am spending Saturday with my sister shopping and we will begin the planning stages of my baby shower. Definitely something I am looking forward to! In other exciting news, our baby furniture has officially arrived. We just need to go and pick it up. Pictures will come soon once we have it all ready!

People are continuing to ask two questions:

1. How are you feeling?

2. Are you ready???

To answer the first one I surprisingly feel better than what I imagined I would. My biggest complaints would have to be how hot I am all the time and how difficult it is to sometimes sleep. Even with my body pillow I can never seem to be comfortable. It seems I am destined to also wake up every morning at about 4:30. Instead of fighting for too long I just go ahead get up and begin my work out routine. The best feeling I have right now is Jude's movements. I feel much more throughout the day, and man does he wiggle and squirm! 

The second question is much more difficult to answer. Are we ready? Sure, we cannot wait to have Jude here with us, however we both completely understand the work ahead of us and I know now we cannot even begin to imagine what it will be like. Lucky for us we have been able to spend time with friends who have very small ones and it definitely helps to give us a better picture of what awaits us. As excited as I am, there are so many things I am unsure of. I do know that it will take time for all of our questions to be answered and for my anxiety to level off. 

Here is a 25 week picture! I must say that I was excited to take this picture because I am still wearing the same pants I wore in my 13 week picture! I am truly all belly here!

Stretch marks? None that I can tell yet!

Sleep: I wake up off an on. I am always awake too early though.

Best moment this week: Getting up this morning to see that Jeff painted our little guy's name on the wall! :)

Miss Anything? Hmm nothing too terrible!

Movement: I feel him a lot in the afternoons and before bed. He also tends to move a lot when there is a lot of noise like music at church.

Food cravings: Nope!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope!

Symptoms: Dry skin, forgetfulness, leg cramps, not being able to sleep well......Don't ask Jeff about my forgetfulness! He tends to find it hilarious!

Belly Button in or out? Still in! I don't know how much longer it will stay that way!

 

Wedding rings on or off?  On...although it is starting to irritate my skin a bit.

 

Looking forward to:Getting Jude's furniture put together and the craft show with my sister. We also have maternity pics October 5th!

Week 23 (almost 24)

We have had a super busy 4 weeks! School is in full swing now for me, so I am definitely finding it harder to spend time doing things I enjoy such as keeping this blog updated! In addition to me being back to work, Jeff has also had some big changes. He has become lieutenant of his station for the Williamson County Fire Department and he will be starting a new job next week at Copper B Line in Pinckneyville. I am so proud of him!

Since my last post we went shopping for baby furniture for our little man. We ended up with a collection we love from the Kids Room in Evansville. It is called Country Wheat and it has the rustic look I was wanting. On top of that we also bought the bedding with matching mobile, rug, curtain, and lamp. This wasn't in the plans, but it was the last bedding set they had and it was on the model with our furniture collection and I of course just had have it! Our furniture should hopefully be in sometime in October. Needless to say that is one stress off of my checklist! That afternoon we decided to register at Baby's R Us. I had always been told how overwhelming this process was, and people were not kidding! After four hours of registering my brain was fried, and I couldn't even tell you half of what we did register for! Thankfully we ran into a girl who worked there who helped us make some big decisions that we are comfortable with. We even went back to Baby's R Us this past Labor Day in Belleville just to take a second look. While in the process of deciding on the best stroller a wonderful lady hands us a 25% off coupon that had to be used that day. So of course....we had to use it and we bought our highchair! I love how everything is starting to come together. 

Our appointment was yesterday where we had a second ultrasound to check the weight and size of the baby. Turns out our baby is the perfect size for a Decemeber 28th due date! Looks like we may have an after Christmas baby! Everything so far looks great. I couldn't believe how much he has changed in just a month's time. Through the whole thing he was moving like crazy! By the time I went to bed last night, he was all I could feel. I definitely will not complain though! Our next appointment is October 3rd where I will have my glucose test. Please pray that all will go well! Our plans for the next month are to begin the painting process, look for new flooring, and registering at Target.

I have added some new pictures below for our little Boy Moye! God has truly blessed us!

Bristol Weekend!!! I know that I am already a true mommy as all I wanted to do that weekend was buy stuff for my little guy! We were able to get him a Kasey Kahne outfit, Dale Jr. bibs, and a Bristol bear.  We are starting him early as a NASCAR fan! :)

 Definitely not a baby bump any longer! I am much larger at 23 weeks!

Here are our new pictures of our little guy!

 Just look at his little face!!!!

 This will be our baby room. A definite "before" pic! We have a ton of work to do!

First baby gift from my mom and Allen. Love the little socks!

 My mamaw and papaw bought us their first gift too!

I fell in love with this elephant bank at Kids Rooms and had to have it. My dad bought it for us. Our next step is to get our little man's name engraved on it!

How far along? 23 weeks (and 5 days)

Total weight gain: 14 pounds! I can't believe it!

Maternity clothes? I haven't actually bought maternity clothes yet. I pants do not button around my belly but they fit everywhere else. Belly bands work wonders! However, I have noticed in the past week that I may need to start getting a few more shirts that will fit over me!

Stretch marks? Not that I can tell. I use the belly cream twice a day!

Sleep: I am sleeping so much better than I was. Just get a little warm every now and then!

Best moment this week: Watching him on the ultrasound again.......and of course all of his movement last night!

Miss Anything? Some of my really cute clothes maybe...but this is totally worth it!

Movement: More than I have noticed before. It is especially at night when I am first laying down.

Food cravings:Not really!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope.

Symptoms: I have definitely been having lower back pain and round ligament pains on occasion. Especially since school has started I have noticed that I don't have as much energy and I get sore much quicker. I am still getting up in the mornings though to use my elliptical for 15 minutes and the do some stretching. Hopefully this will all help!

Belly Button in or out? Still in but I think that could change soon!

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time! There have been times I have been stressed out about work. I would just love to stay at home and look at baby stuff! :)

Looking forward to: Many things! Continued baby movement....working on the baby's room.....dinner with friends this weekend.......the Evansville craft show at the end of the month!