Random Kitty Pics

So I was stricken with a cold/sinus infection/bronchitis plague for about a month. While I was ill, Eddie was very sweet about napping with me on the couch, Jules, not so much. I think she's still salty with me for bringing Eddie home, so she primarily will only come snuggle with me when she thinks I'm asleep in bed. Since I will always be a crazy cat lady at heart, here are some random kitty pictures.

Jules typically prefers napping in her own bed.

Eddie loves naps on the couch, especially on this gray blanket.

Eddie in all his napping glory.

He hates the light.

Casey has been traveling a lot, in the last few months, in an effort to get all of his yard visits out of the way before B.P's arrival. The cats never want to be this close to one another, but they do love Casey, so they always double snug him when he comes home. It's pretty ridiculous, then again, I'm also pretty jealous. 

Casey is the lump under the covers they are laying on.

Utterly ridiculous!

New Ride

We've had a small red Ford Focus since 2011, and Casey was very excited to trade it in for something larger in preparation for B.P.'s arrival. We actually did some prep work this time before making a major purchase, which is new for us (haha hurray adulthood!) and looked up a lot of reviews on Consumer reports. Subaru Forester and Honda CR-V were number 1 and 2 respectively for compact sport utility vehicles, so we decided to narrow our search to those two models. I just had my ultrasound, and we actually hadn't planned to look at Subarus that day, but traffic on Dodge was abysmal and there was a dealership on our way home, so we pulled in to kill some time and wait out the traffic jam. Lo and behold they had a beautiful blue Subaru Forester with low mileage and a lot of fun extra features that we've never had before (like a sun roof and heated seats!). It started pouring down rain during our test drive, and then the dealership was about to close, so they let us take it home for an overnight test drive, which I had never heard of before. So we took it home, became even more attached, and the rest is history :) We've already tested the cargo capacity several times now (Lowe's, Sam's Club, Baby shower swag, etc) and have yet to be disappointed. It is definitely going to be way easier to load and unload baby accouterments than in my previous car.

On the overnight test drive (note the dealer plates). We have since switched sides of the garage, which took some getting used to, but I think it will be way easer to get B.P. in and out of the house from the left bay. 

Showcase pictures after my Dr. Appointment a few days later. 

We decided we needed new keychains to celebrate the new vehicle. Since the interior lights are kind of reddish, we deemed it a Sith vehicle as opposed to Jedi,  also Casey is a soon to be Father, hence Darth Vader. I chose Batman, no real reason other than he is eternally Rad ;) 

30 Week Ultrasound

So I am just over 30 weeks and had an ultrasound this afternoon to check BP's growth. The Dr. said everything looks great, which is always a relief. They estimated his weight at 3.9 lbs and placed him at the 58th percentile for size. Apparently they never change due dates but are estimating his arrival anywhere from July 1- July 9. 

We were hoping to get a cool 3D picture of him, but he remains camera shy. Not only was he snuggled in just above my bladder, but he had both hands at his face for most of the time. The tech even turned me to lay on my side to move him, but he remained stubborn. He finally moved one hand, but had his nose pressed up against the front of my uterus, so it caused a weird shadow that actually made him look a lot like Voldermort LOL, so sadly, no cute pics to share. 

We did, however find out that he has some wild hair, potentially a lot of it. I never even knew hair could show up on an ultrasound, but here it is. I believe this is a view from the top of his head. It kind of looks like an eclipse.

Growing Bump

So I haven't been great at tracking weekly progress by any means, but here are a few random ones to (mostly from when I particularly liked my outfit, or someone specifically requested a pic) to show that B.P is actually growing, and so am I.

April 9, 2018 Approx 27 weeks

April 21, 2018 Approx 29 weeks

Bump-ish

So in the last week my tummy has gone from looking ambiguously bloated to looking actually pregnant, which is weird, but cool. However, I'm still going to have to get used to people wanting to touch it 😆haha. I also started wearing maternity pants, and they are crazy comfortable! I honestly don't know why I didn't buy some sooner.

Approx 22 weeks

Eddie, as always, was right there to join in on the photo shoot 😜

We're having a BOY!

Today was the 20 week ultrasound. I was super excited, but also pretty anxious going in. I'm not really showing all that much, nor have I been able to feel any movement yet, so I was nervous that BP wasn't as large or developed as he should be. Luckily, my fears were unfounded. That kid is a fighter! I already knew from several dopplers that he didn't enjoy being prodded at (he always rolled away, and at one point kicked it directly), but it was really funny to watch him react on the ultrasound. The tech was able to get all of his measurements, but not without a major effort on her part. Practically anytime she would try to get a view of his face, he would cover it with one or both hands. He also kept kicking, rolling, and crossing and uncrossing his legs, so gender was the last thing we found out. Since he was so active, we weren't able to get a photo of him in his entirety, he was just moving too much. Therefore, I have included some random shots they were able to get. He apparently is not a fan of paparazzi, hopefully he'll learn to accept being photographed when he arrives. If not, apologies in advance grandparents 😉

Ch Ch Ch Changes....

With Baby Prewitt (BP) arriving in a few short months, some changes needed to be made to our house to accommodate the little dude/dudette. Beds needed to be moved to new rooms, to free up the nursery, and all the fun started in the basement storage spaces. This is what I came home to one Saturday after work. 😮 Casey had been very busy.

Casey pulled everything we had in storage out so we could sort it:

Even Eddie helped 😄

We ended up rebuilding some shelves inside the "cupboard under the stairs" storage space. 

(That's a Harry Potter reference for all of you Muggles out there 😆)

Basement Junk Room/ Office before and after:

    

Orange guest room is now a nice mellow gray and we moved the queen size bed into it. (Disregard the purple curtains, it is still a work in progress)

 The dark blue guest room has now been primed and is ready to be painted as the nursery once we find out if BP is a boy or girl. We will post a complete nursery picture once we get further along. 

Huge thank you to Bryan and Tammy for all of the hard work they put in prepping and painting. We are so thankful and excited with the results!