As promised... pics of the nursery!

I found really cute decals at Target that match the room. They are little birds, a tree, and flowers. This is a close up of the smaller mural. I wish they photographed better but there is a glare on the decals.
This is the large wall with the dresser and crib against it. The mural runs the length of the wall.
The smaller mural from afar.


The crib and the bedding, we don't have a mattress yet so the bedding isn't quite filled out. Excuse the few tools and other items in the pics, we are still under construction.


I made curtains that match, they also have the theme. This is the glider we got for xmas and I found the cute lamp and table at Target as well.

Went to the doc today and she said everything is looking good. Rori is still a girl :)
We have been making major strides in the nursery and it is beautiful. As soon as I get a minute I will definitely get pictures posted.
The baby shower will be March 20th. Russ' sister is throwing it for us and invitations should go out next week.
Rori is kicking a lot and loves to move lately. It's really amazing getting to feel that.
I go back to the doc every 2 weeks from now on .. we're getting close!

It's a bit late but this is something I definitely need to post. We found out Monday that we ARE having a little GIRL! We were surprised but still thrilled.
Russell has been busy putting the furniture together and I have been sewing curtains. Still so much to do. I try to keep myself from buying everything now that we know the sex, especially before the shower, but it's hard. I'll post some pics of the nursery soon.

Still waiting to find out the gender but we actually picked a neutral color for the nursery. Since brown is a base for both trends in color (pink and brown for girls and blue and brown for boys) we went with a color called 'warm caramel' it's the last one on the chart below.
It's actually a very pretty color on the walls and looks great with the new carpet and baby furniture. Russ has it about halfway painted so I'll post pics when it's finished and the carpet is in etc.

So.... the last ultrasound is now showing that the baby is looking like a little boy. My doctor is not 100% sure but I can't say that I'm disappointed in this. I think I have been secretly leaning towards a boy for a little while now. I will go back in 4 weeks. In the mean time we are considering going to a local ultrasound facility that specializes in gender identification. It's really inexpensive and they guarantee they will be able to tell what gender the baby is and if not they will set up an additional appointment to try again. It seems excessive and honestly I can wait. My reasoning to have this done is that school will be starting up again in 2 weeks and I really wanted to at least get paint up and carpet down in the nursery before it starts. Russ refuses to paint the walls green and call it a day; he wants a gender specific color which admittedly would be nice but I could live with green. I know time will fly this semester and between school and work it will be hard to find time to do everything I would like to in the nursery. We haven't decided for sure but if we decide to have this done I will post results.

Here are some pics of our baby girl.
This is her from the side. She is laying on her 'belly.' Head on the left, bent leg on the right. You can see her ribs in the middle and the bright white spot being her shoulder blade.

This is her from the side again expect she is sitting upright. The head is at the top and her arm is bent up, you can see her hand by her head. This is only from the torso up.

It has been a few days but I went to the OB last week. We tried for about an hour to get the baby to move around so we could get a better view and determine the sex. From what we saw, it's a girl! Russ has had a lot of experience with little girls because of his nieces and his friend Tim's daughter so I think he is more comfortable with this but honestly we're happy either way. I was sure it was going to be a boy so this is a surprise for me but nothing disappointing, just requires a flip of mindset. I will go back on the 28th and we should be able to tell for sure.

We will have to get new bedding if it is a girl. The unisex pattern we chose isn't ideal for a girl but all it will take is an exchange at Target; they have a cute bird pattern that we will most likely get. I don't like the main blanket which is draped over the side but there are alternatives for the same price like the one picture below it. The bumper and sheets etc are adorable.


For our Xmas present to each other we got the crib and changing table. It's espresso and matches the glider we recently were given. Coincidentally it is the same one pictured with the bedding set above.

My belly is starting to get bigger and I am officially into maternity clothes. I still haven't gained a ton of weight like I had expected. When I went to the OB I had only gained 3lbs which is a pound less than the 4lbs estimated for a 4 week period. Don't get me wrong, I eat a lot it just seems like the baby is using it all nutritionally and for energy.