"To him who overcomes ... I will give him a white stone,
and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.” Revelation 2:17

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Nesting and stretching

Recently, I got the itch to decorate our apartment... and though it is happening in fits and starts, here are some pictures of the progress as well as some baby bump pictures thrown in there:
Me and the baby at... 6 months, I think? Making a mess while cooking. I'm terrible at cleaning up while I cook. I look so small here... and I thought I was huge :p

The Baby's room after we got all the moving boxes emptied and cleared out. It was a guestroom for a while. 

Me and Ashley making a Valance for our balcony window. Also my bump at 7 months, I think.

Joel excited about sewing the very first zig zag stitch on Ashley's new sewing machine. Anything mechanical... and he's all over it before you can say "where's the manual?"

The huge pile of batting for the pillows we made (see below)

Me sewing a pillow, I think... or the valance.
The baby's room after painting. Now we need some baby furniture... anyone have a change table they are dying to get rid of? :)

The pillows -- two finished products. 4 more to go. 

Sadly I haven't done anything this week... we've been cleaning out the office slowly and surely. It is the last room of the apartment and unfortunately where we put everything we didn't know what to do with! We did find a desk on the side of the road that fits perfectly, though... and I couldn't have asked for a better price!! Pictures to come... whenever the office is done. 

I don't have any current bump pictures :P Joel has this thing about taking pictures of yourself in the bathroom mirror. I did it once to show the bump, and he said, "oh, Rachel... don't do that. I'll take your picture..." (problem is we never think of it when he's home). So I won't run into the bathroom and get a picture of it for you. Just trust me, its huge. The doctor changed my due date to May 4th, but then told me that I won't make it that far... so I have more of a due "window" of late April. That means I've got about another 2-3 weeks to go. (Every time I say that I think "and the ___ isn't done yet..." You think 9 months is a long time to finish things, but suddenly you're at 8 and a half...)