It's been a few days since I last updated....

I know, I know....it's been a few days since I updated.

So, without further a do, let me quickly catch you up on what's going on in our home, and with our pregnancy.

Kateli, of course, is by no means a baby anymore--she's such a big girl. And as such, deserving of her new big girl room ASAP, but mommy has yet to finish up! I have made some progress in the room, and I would say that it's about 90 to 95% completed. The mural is done!! YEAH!!! I just need to seal it, which I'll probably do this weekend. I've still got to stencil around the perimeter of her room a poem that I found. I'm hoping to get that done quickly, once I figure out what size lettering will get the entire thing on the walls. Daddy painted Kateli's bed so it's ready to be set up, and I found bedding that I liked and goes really well with the colors in her room. So, as you can see it's just a matter of this pregnant momma getting her act together and hurrying to get things done in there. I'll post pics of the room soon....I promise.

We had a doctor's appointment this morning for an ultrasound to estimate baby's weight. Baby is weighing about 6lbs 6ozs, which is good news to us in terms of moving forward with a VBAC trial for this delivery. Only about 3 weeks to go, unless of course baby has a different agenda and decides to come early. We are almost through with our birthing classes, so we are feeling more prepared for what's in store for a normal delivery this time around. We have another appt on monday with our regular OB at which time she will probably check if I've started dilating or not. I'm definitely feeling a whole lot more contractions now, so I think that something is going on, and I've got a feeling that baby may come early. Then again, I can't really judge by comparison to our first pregnancy. At this point the first time around baby had been born, so I didn't really get to experience the "real", "instense" sensations/contractions that come with labor/delivery! I guess we'll know more on Monday. I'm definitely feeling PREGNANT now!! The weather has been so horribly and unbearably hot lately, and our AC is not working too well due to kitchen work that I feel like I'm constantly sweating in my own house! I'm feeling achy and big, although my hubby says I'm still not at the "waddling" stage--he told me today that I'm really looking pregnant now, but I'm not acting pregnant--whatever that means!!

As far as our kitchen progress--it's coming along and seems to be doing so rather quickly. We think our designer has kicked things off into gear--which is encouraging! We're hoping it's completed before baby arrives. We've got cabinets in place and trimmed. They started tiling today and will supposedly be mostly completed by the end of tomorrow. Granite is supposed to be installed sometime mid next week, after which they can start on the back splash. Then we'll need to get the hardware installed on the cabinets, appliances installed, light fixtures installed and wall outlets trimmed out. After that paint, and I don't know what other finishing touches!!! So, anyway hooray for the progress that has been made thus far!!! We are so ready to have the kitchen done!!!!