shes hibernating in my ribs now.

ok so im getting to the uncomfortable point.  and to dull the pain ive finished the nursery.. nothing like a little retail and home decorating therapy right?  heres the look!










this isnt part of her room, itll actually probably move around the house a lot, but none the less, i LOVE it, and cant wait to try it out on her... now watch she wont like it haha

heres her carseat, I made a blankie to match :o)

and thats all!  I havent set anything else up cause its too tempting for little hands, and with all the ravioli and sticky hands that go on in this joint, it wouldnt last a week :o) so thatll be last minute-- this stuff i figure is pretty safe as long as its in our room!

you ever go back and read something you wrote only to be mortified by all the typos? lol

I have... this blog is no exception.  Anywho, this post has nothing to do with that, its actually an update on our "nursery"  yayyyy!!!  so were still far from done, and of course ill add pics as we progress, but for now, heres what we have done.  (excuse the poor quality pics, ill retake them in the daylight with our camera instead of my phone... the coloring is a bit off)
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again were not at all done, so reserve all negative feedback for later dates :o) oh and by the way, ava is a whopping 4 lbs!!  heres a couple shots from our last ultrasound.  she looks so much like Jujy, its not even funny... i cant wait to meet her face to face!


this is her face sideways (shes hiding between placenta chunks) Im posting it cause you can see her nose and lips and thats what reminds me so much of Jr.

and heres her big ol noggin!  the whispy white on top of her head is HAIR!!!  omg, i cant believe how close its coming to our due date!!!

Annnnddd Exhale.

I can officially say were done.  were done shopping for baby things, and it feels AMAZING.  I know i know theres still 8 weeks left (tops) but none the less, it was bugging me to look into her little corner and see emptiness.  A lot of the stuff we bought was ordered online either cause its custom just for her, or because thats the only place it was available (the crib) so not everything is "in house" but EVERYTHING is paid for and off the check list. 

Jrs getting more and more vocal about baby avaries arrival, and seems to be very excited to be a big brother soon which is great cause i worried about how much we baby him (we thought he was the last of the mohegans) becoming an issue when hes no longer the baby.  weve been working on preparing him giving him the whole we still love you just the same and youre still our favorite little 3 year old boy pep talks and telling him were going to need a lot of his help with the baby its a big job to be a big brother (he totally digs being given "jobs" to do) and it seems to be paying off.  Hes started asking about her more and more, and even exploring her things that are set up with no signs of jealousy that she has cool new things.  the transition THUS FAR seems to be going well.... now well see how long that lasts when theres a new little parana latched onto mommys boob 24/7 making it so his cuddle time it drastically cut down-- and well cross that bridge when we come to it.

I think I finally hit that wonderful "nesting" phase where you seem to have the motivation and energy to do things you never found necessary before carrying a beachball under your shirt for nearly 9 months.... every other pregnancy i had it RIGHT away (well as soon as i woke up from the first trimester nap) and this time ive just been so lazy.... i mean completely opposite of nesting... more like bacheloring (letting my house turn into a bachelor pad sty)so its nice to have some order be restored for atleast a few more weeks.... before all hell breaks loose and were drowing in poop and spit up and dragging the bags under our eyes about 2 feet behind us because theyre THAT huge. ahhhh the newborn phase.  like no other experience youll ever have.

anyway, I have a date to get a mini-shower today, and im a bit pood so i think ill take a nap in my amazingly comfy bed before i hit the road.  nightynight!

Let the Boxes Roll in

Well, its official, were getting quite a stash of baby stuff.  Little A now has a carseat (the graco snugride 35 in logan) complete with a super soft snuzzler (which are amazing for those of you concidering them) an adorable owl lamp
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Her crib and matress will be here within the week,

and were grabbing her stroller, "dresser", and everything else on thursday... theres a huge snow storm a brewing tonight that cancelled school for tomorrow, so thats kinda outta the question.... but bright and early thursday morn well be running store to store and bringin it all home with the intentions of starting to set up her room.  Fear not Ill be posting pics as soon as we make some more progress!!