Let the Nesting Begin!

The past several weeks have been busy around our new home in San Antonio. We have been meeting several new friends - this town is full of genuinely nice people! We have been busy making the new house a home and having a lot of fun doing it. Most of you know that after we were married, we rented Jonathan's house and moved him into the house I owned before we were married. So, our San Antonio home is OUR first home together. It is really a lot of fun to decide which pictures will go where and what colors we want here, etc.

Of course, 24 weeks into the pregnancy, I am getting my nesting instinct. I read about this and sort of laughed because I am a little bit of a planner and organizer by nature, but this nesting thing is real! All of sudden it hits you, "I have 16 weeks left to get ready for this baby to come into the world and he is going to be living in this house with us!! What in the world are we going to do with him? Where will he play? Is the house safe?" It is the funniest feeling, but it's real.

So...last weekend when my mom and dad and sister (Matt, you owe us a visit!) came to visit, Jonathan and Dad worked really hard cleaning out the creekbed behind the house and then put up a bird feeder and a deer feeder! Then, mom and I put together the guest room upstairs and finalized the registry for the baby's room. I got the bedding and Jonahtn and I put the crib together - what fun! This nesting instinct is in full force, so if any of you need help planning, decorating, etc. give me a call!

As for the baby, he weighs about 1.75 pounds now and is about 8.5 inches long! I can really feel him consistently moving and wiggling around. He is now into what feels like full-on somersaults. Jonathan was able to feel a very slight movement on the outside of my growing belly, and in the next couple of weeks it should get stronger and easier to feel! We have our next appoinment 2 weeks from last Friday and they will measure him, etc.

Enjoy this wonderful week.