Baby has a room!

I thought I would post some pictures of our baby's room. Makayla did a great job decorating and getting everything ready so I thought I'd show it off a bit.

New Stuff!

So just recently I've always wanted to blog about random things, and I think to myself "no one really wants to hear about that". But then I realize that I read everyone else's blogs about random things and I love it. So these random things are for my enjoyment of updating my blog.

So yesterday I was looking at myself in the mirror, and let's face it there's not much you can control about your body with pregnancy. So I decided that there was one thing that I could control...my hair. I've been growing my hair out for the past 6 months or so and it just wasn't looking like me. I've always had short hair and I think that I look better with short hair. So I printed off a coupon and headed over to SuperCuts.
This is my before picture
And this is my after picture. I feel very much like myself again.

Another new thing is that my 36 week appointment was yesterday and we officially have at most 6 weeks until this little one makes her entrance into the world! Unfortunately I have gestational hypertension that is too close to preeclampsia. So now we have to lay off the sweets and get into our healthy mode for the next 6 weeks.

And here's me at 36 weeks!

Proud Moments

I am so proud of Kyle! This is him on his first day of his OB/GYN rotation. He will do so great and get to deliver babies! He was a little nervous at first, but he'll warm up to working with patients. This is what we've been waiting for!

Homemade

So recently I've been at home more and able to make more and more things. I've started making homemade bread every week because it is so much cheaper than buying bread at the store. Then I decided yesterday to make homemade ice cream....which is so not cheaper. I got this amazing recipe and all the ingredients cost us about $5 for 1/2 gallon of ice cream! It turned out way good, but you would think that it would be much cheaper making homemade things. This isn't just for food as well. I started to make some things for the baby and me, like a nursing cover and a padding thing for her crib. Fabric is expensive! Here Walmart pulled all of their fabric off the shelves, so all we have is Joann's and on sale it is about $5 a yard! Since when did making things homemade cost more than buying them at the store? Well making things will just have to go to a hobby now and not a source of pinching our pennies.

Thimble Islands

Kyle and I haven't gotten out much since we've been here, and its a good thing that we have friends that invite us and ask us to come with them places. So we took off on Saturday to go to Thimble Islands. We had never heard of this place and we weren't expecting too much. We went on this boat tour that lasted for about an hour and it took us around to these 25 different islands. These are mostly privately owned so we couldn't go on them, but we got to see the mansions that were on them. We had a fun time and we are so glad that we have friends that get us out of the house!

Our Camera

So Kyle and I decided that before this little one comes, we need a new camera. Right now we have his Dad's camera, that I think he knows that we are borrowing. Anyways this camera that we have is only 4.0 megapixels and 3x Optical zoom. Granted it isn't the nicest camera out there, but it has worked thus far. So we wanted to get a camera that takes video, because on the one we have now, there is no sound to the video.

After 3 months of Kyle constantly looking at cameras - comparing them side by side, we have found the one that works for us and we broke down and bought it. Now keep in mind, we are in school, Kyle was looking at $900 cameras, so I had to put restrictions on what he could get. So this isn't the nicest camera either, but it will do until Kyle gets a job, pays off the loans, and we get a mortgage right?So this is the camera that we decided on. You see all the picture specifications, but there is also HD movie recording in 720p and a whole bunch of other stuff that I've learned way too much about cameras. I am just glad that this searching is over and we can now start searching for accessory kits... there is always one more thing to add right?