Lilac Saloon

Baby: Week 26

 

Things are feeling more real every day. Our house is slowly accumulating baby paraphernalia. Only a few things so far but they're the bigger things so they're very visible. I'm glad we have them now so we can live with them for a while and kinda get used to it. I physically feel more pregnant now. Sleeping is uncomfortable a few nights out of the week when I wake up with bad heartburn and have to transfer to the couch for more of a "sitting up" type of sleeping situation. I definitely look pregnant to strangers at this point. Bring on the belly touchers! Also, baby Luna is doing violent gymnastics in there and always reminds me that she's there. There is nothing subtle about her movements anymore. I can SEE them, like, from the outside. Girlfriend thinks I'm a trampoline! Nothing hurts, it's just startling sometimes. How can someone so small be so forceful!? It's impressive. She must be absorbing my vitamins!

 

I realize I've been sort of a one note on the blog and have neglected all other areas of life in order to focus on pregnancy. I truly haven't been totally one track minded though. I've just been unmotivated to blog and share and I really don't know why that is! I've been cranking out the custom orders lately. More than ever. It's kind of crazy that they're all pouring in at the point where I'm getting ready to slow down and eventually take a break. I've made about 4 sets of custom Wallflowers that I haven't blogged about, and have 2-3 more on the cutting table. I also have two sets of wedding vow embroideries in the works. I just finished up a BIGGGG project that I had mentioned before but can't share yet. I've been working on it since the summer and it's finally done but I still have to wait longer to tell you about it. Dang!

I've also been absorbing a lot of information lately, for fun and for self improvement. I've been learning more about nutrition, going "green" in the way of using more natural products, and learning about ways to adopt a more minimalist attitude and lifestyle. These things are all parts of the person who I've always pictured myself becoming but had yet taken steps to get there. There's no better time than the present!

Baby: Week 24

We're starting to get more prepared materially now for the baby. I've been working hard to clean out her room. It was basically our "supplies" room up until now. I had all my stockpiles of fabric, embroidery hoops, shipping boxes, you name it, in there. Just everything. I'd walk in there with the intention to clean it out - stand in the middle of the room and stare at the things - and then walk out and close the door. Too intimidating! Where to put all the stuff?!

I decided I needed a real "fire under my ass" to clean it out. So I ordered the crib. It only took two days to arrive (and only cost $10 for shipping!) so that gave me the motivation. If I didn't clean out the room, there was nowhere to put the crib box except to leave it in the living room. I didn't want to do that so I got to work. I filled a box of things to send to my little sister. She's super creative and I knew she'd appreciate some new raw materials to dig into. I also made a big pile of things that were just useless and needed to be thrown out. I basically put myself into an anti-hoarding mentality and went through every bin and drawer and box. I got rid of 2/3 of the stuff - NOT KIDDING. I am pretty darn proud! Having this baby has been great forced therapy for my tendency to be a "pack rat" - as my Mom has always so lovingly called me since childhood.

I've got a lot of energy lately so I've been accepting a few big custom orders and am going to try to crank them out before I get super tired toward the end. I'll be working on two custom orders for embroidered wedding vows in Feb/March! Intense! I will definitely be taking a break right before and after the baby comes. I know it will take some adjusting to taking care of this new little person and I am not going to kid myself into thinking I can run my business at the same time! That's okay. Life before business, always. 

Baby: Week 22

Now that I'm over the halfway point of pregnancy, I'm starting to feel like getting into preparation mode. It's time to get serious! We finished our registry, I've started a class to prepare me for labor and we've even named the baby. Are you ready to know her name?!!!

Our sweet little Luna Brynn is our new favorite person. Mostly because she kicks me so hard that Evan can easily feel it already. It's kind of fun when she kicks because it reminds me that she's in there. It's like "oh, heyyy!" coming from her and I like it. I have had a fantastic pregnancy so far and have felt so darn good. I've discovered that I actually love and appreciate my body more now that I ever have before. I don't look for flaws or criticize or complain about my appearance. I love myself more now. That's pretty amazing and a side effect I didn't expect.