{ Who's the real baby here? }

Here we are on the downhill slide!  22 Weeks down! So far everything has still gone pretty smoothly.  Only major complaint I have is that I've been having some terrible sciatic nerve pain in my lower back, toosh, & legs.  Very hard to get comfortable and sitting in a chair at work all day seems to only add to the discomfort.  I've heard from many other ladies that they've had sciatic nerve pain during pregnancy as well, but I had no idea what it was until i started feeling it.  Not fun, and the way it sounds is that i'll probably be feeling it for the rest of the pregnancy. :( But on the plus size, it means the baby is growing and putting pressure on me all over the place!  As long as he comes out chubby and cute it'll all be worth it! 

He's been SUPER active lately!  There are some days that I'm just begging him to give me a break from his floor routine!  Makes me feel a little nauseous sometimes!  But i know he's just getting bigger and stronger and pretty soon he'll run out of room and won't be quite so "punchy"! 

Our crib arrived on Friday of this past weekend so of course we had to put it together immediately. (i say "we", even though it was my Mister who did it but "we're" pregnant too and i'm the one carrying the little nugget so i think it's a fair trade to throw "we" around for things i don't actually do!)

Here's a photo of the nursery with the crib in it. We've got a few more things to get yet, but it's really starting to come together!

For anyone who cares, we ordered the crib from Amazon and the bedding and the newborn rocker came from Target. 

Once the crib was assembled we noticed that Tyson had a lot a interest in it. Had his nose right in between the bars and sniffing the bedding like crazy.  Typical dog stuff... I thought....

Then I was getting ready for bed and Tyson is always up for "bed time" as well.  So as i was in the bathroom I heard him jump up into our bed and get comfy waiting for Bud and I to come to bed.  A minute later, Bud walks by the bathroom to the nursery and goes "Lady! did you put him in there!?" and I walk around the corner to find this

Little Stinker!  He jumped up in there and then was a little too scared to get back out!  So of course, instead of helping him out, we grab our phones and take pictures instead.  First thing that comes to my mind "YES! Picture for my blog next week!" ha! Good parents we'll be :)

Hoping we can catch him before jumping in there to cuddle with the baby when he gets here! 

The giraffe now has a name.  George.  And he's still making his way around the house.  Mister had an old coworker that spent the night on Saturday night, and was able to stash George outside the bathroom and hid it around a couple corners as well.  Had Nate saying "geeze! Dang giraffe " a couple times.  Made me laugh a lot! 


These last few days have been unreal cold around here and it's really making me day dream about the summer and being able to get back out on our patio and hang out.  This summer is going to be so much different with having a baby and having so much time at home with him but i'm really looking forward to it! We'll be able to get back outside and get our work outs in instead of doing this treadmill stuff! Gets a little crowded as you can tell! But i'm thankful that my energy levels are back up and my knee pain has subsided from the 1/2 marathon and now i'm able to get back to work outs 4 or 5 days a week.  

We've scheduled our 4D Ultrasound appointment for the middle of March and we're bringing both sets of grandparents along to watch.  I think they'll be amazed to see how technology has changed and what they are capable of showing us now. 

Here's to another week down, and more easy quick weeks to come!