Finished Baby's Room

We finally finished the baby's room!

Josh and I have had SO much fun making the room just the way we wanted it! We chose a combination of a Noah's Ark/jungle/safari animal theme for the room. It was pretty early on when we found a bedding set we really liked and ever since then, we keep running across things that match our theme and have just added little pieces here and there. We think it all came together very nicely and it's just been such a fun, bonding experience for Josh and I. We are both in love with the room and cannot wait until October when we finally get to meet our little miracle!

Here are some pics of the finished room!



Changing Table:




Wall Art above the changing table:


Our Baby's Daily Prayer:


We found these awesome wall animals at Babies R Us and then had a sticker set of animals and just combined them for decoration.






Chair:




We found several of our decorations at Parables, which is a Christian bookstore here in Omaha and one of our favorite stores.




Here's the sign that hangs above the baby's crib:


Here's the baby's laundry hamper and the sleep giraffe that makes four different kinds of noises and should help the baby sleep.


Finished Crib with Mattress, Crib Sheet and Bumper Pad and Mobile!

22-Week Belly Pics!

I haven't posted many belly pictures but thought I would post a few that Josh took tonight! Today was my birthday, 34 years old! So, we thought it would be a good time to take some more shots.



Here's the envelope where the baby's gender is sealed away!



We found this saying for the baby's room at Parables and thought it was very appropriate after our long journey to becoming parents. It says, "Good Keeps His Promises."

20-Week Ultrasound/The Suspence Continues....

Well, we made it to the HALF-WAY MARK!! We are officially half-way done with the pregnancy! It's so hard to believe! Today, we had our big 20-week ultrasound but we ultimately decided NOT to find out the gender and be surprised.

I really went back and forth about finding out, but Josh made a good point. He said that throughout all of our fertility treatments, everything has been so scheduled and predicted. Nothing throughout this process has been a surprise. So, not finding out our baby's gender is the one surprise we have in this process.

The ultrasound wasn't as impressive as the ones we've had in the past because the ultrasound tech appeared to be new and didn't really take the time to let us get a good glimpse of the baby. But, we did get some pictures!





Here's a pic of the feet:




They did a full anatomy scan of the baby and everything continues to look perfect! We did have the ultrasound tech look for the gender and she printed off a picture for us and wrote down the gender and then we sealed it in an envelope. Just in case we change our minds and can't wait to find out, we will have the option to peek!

We are very thankful to our amazing God for giving us 20 weeks so far and we look forward to the 2nd half until we welcome our little miracle into the world!