It's a Boy [Room]!

I feel so accomplished! My friend Sara came over today and we got the boys' room all painted in "Encounter" blue. I have a few touch-ups to do tomorrow, but - all in all - it looks good and I am glad to have that daunting task scratched off my list! Now I can begin the "real" decorating with all the cute new bedding and stuff that we got. :) All I have to say is that this baby had really better be a boy because this room is ALL BOY! Dominic seems to like it too! He's sleeping in our bedroom tonight while his room airs out, which - of course - he thinks is great fun. Tomorrow perhaps I will attempt to post some pictures of the big project!

Well, I am sitting here in my pajamas being a total vegetable this morning. Ian is taking Dominic for breakfast and then to Moms Morning Out and I am relishing in the peace and quiet. :) I have no idea what I'm going to do with myself until noon... possibly nothing at all!
In other news, Dominic slept in the "big boy bed" all night last night! My baby is growing up! He's been napping in there for about a week now, but hasn't wanted to sleep in it at night until yesterday. It was kind of bittersweet when I went in to check on him and the crib was empty. I'll be glad to have this transition done before the baby is here though and Dominic would otherwise have to be forcibly evicted from his crib. :) Now if we could just master potty training we'd be doing GREAT!

Ahh, it's turning out to be a nice relaxing Sunday. Unfortunately, Ian has to work ALL DAY today, so Dominic and I went to church this morning and have just been hanging out since we got home. I desperately need to make a trip to the grocery store, but that just sounds SO unappealing. I didn't used to hate grocery shopping as much as I do now. I wonder where things changed? Oh well.
I am prepping up to re-do Dominic's room for the boys. I am so excited! I ordered all new coordinating bedding for the "big bed" and the crib, plus a cute matching valance. I am going to pick out the paint this week and hopefully Sara will be able to come help me paint next Monday. I am totally stressed out with the idea, but it'll be a good learning experience and the room will be so cute! I am waiting until after the room is all finished to get out ALL the baby clothes that were Dominic's to sort through and put away for the new baby. My son had just a ridiculous amount of baby clothes and it's coming back to haunt me now! :)

I had my regular OB appointment this morning and glucose tolerance test. About 45 minutes before you come in they have you drink this horrendously sweet "glucola" and then have your finger pricked to make sure that your blood is properly metabolizing that super shot of sugar. They want your number to be under 140 and mine was 77, so that's good news. :) Everything else looks good with me and the baby. My blood pressure is excellent which is fantastic news considering my problems with pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia with Dominic. So far this pregnancy is much more "routine" than my first! (Despite the horrendous morning sickness at the beginning!)

Just got word that my friend Jenn is going to be induced with her baby girl this evening. The plan all along has been for me to be at her birth, so hopefully that will happen! She has to be at the hospital at 8:00 and is going to call me and let me know what they are doing tonight. Eeeee! I am so excited! :)

Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.” (NIV)

So, I don't always know best? The people closest to me whose opinions I value most highly don't always know best? :) This verse hits home as a reminder that should be in the constant process of assessing our thoughts, ideas, and feelings to make sure they are in line with God's. Or, when we don't know what to do, feel, etc. to take that insecurity straight to Him. So much panic, sadness, and hopelessness could be avoided if we just took our concerns and problems to God before we try to figure them out ourselves! Our understanding and knowledge is so very weak. God knows the "big picture" and the purpose and plan that He has for us. What a comfort it is to know that we don't have to rely on our understanding!

It's a beautiful, warm day here in Ohio. Dominic and I hit this mall this morning sans stroller. I think that was the first time I have dared to do that, but I figure with the baby coming soon, Dominic's going to have to get used to walking anyway! :) He was SO funny today. Usually he is shy and bashful around strangers, but not today! When we went in the maternity store the clerk said hi to him and that just started the flood! Haha. When we were going to leave he told me couldn't because he was "talking to Jennifer." When I asked the girl if that was really her name she said no! For the rest of the day, he called every woman/girl "Jennifer." Funny. At JCPenney he went right up to the lady beside me picking out sheets and started chatting up a storm. When she went over to the next aisle, he followed her and said, "I found you!" This was all very weird coming from my little boy! Such a character. :)

Home again!

Well, we are back home! Unfortunately, Ian had to head back to work after picking us up at the airport, so Dominic and I are just hanging out waiting for him to come back and not getting a whole lot accomplished otherwise. :-) Dominic's getting reunited with all of his trucks, so he's basically happy as a clam! I'm coming down from my caffeine high and basically feeling exhausted. We had a great time with my parents, as usual, and as much as I would like to think that we will be able to go back to NC before the baby comes, I don't know how realistic that is!

We have a busy next week ahead! Monday I have my OB check-up and glucose tolerance testing (yuck). Tuesday Ian and I are to meet with a birth doula to find out what she is all about and if we would like to use her at our baby's birth. A doula is someone I didn't really know anything about when I was pregnant with Dominic and just recently started researching with this pregnancy. I am very interested in the prospect but - ouch! - are they expensive. The one that we are interviewing on Tuesday is the least expensive in the Columbus area that I have come across yet, so I figured she'd be a good starting point.

I am officially not watching Leah anymore during the afternoons, so I think the time has come for me to go back to work at Curves. I took a hiatus in January when morning sickness hit me full-on with the intention to go back sooner than this, but... here I am... Not only do I need to start working there again, I need to start working out again and better preparing my body for this birth and for getting back to "normal" after Baby is born!

In other exciting news, my darling husband has provided me with my first watermelon of the season! This is big news! I have a divine affinity toward watermelon when I am NOT pregnant and my love for it has become an obsession since I became pregnant! It's just WRONG that watermelon is a "summer only" item, but I have endured until now and my first bite of that lovely, juicy melon this afternoon was heaven!!! That is all. :-)

(I love watermelon.)

And so we begin...

Where do I begin? My name is Emily. I am 25 years old. I am wife to Ian and we are the blessed parents of a precious little boy, Dominic, who is 3 years old. We are expecting another baby boy in August. Right now my life consists of being - among other things - professional nose wiper, sandwich maker, house scrubber, and incubator. :-) Yep, I have been assigned to the high calling of stay-at-home motherhood. Hehe. All jokes aside, though, I love being a mother and feel very blessed to be at home with my son "full-time." It's hard to believe that in just three-and-a-half short months I will a mommy to TWO little boys! Ian and I - just yesterday - finally settled on a name for this little guy bouncing around in my belly, but it is, for the time, remaining top secret. :-)