Little Underwood, Big Harte

"Green is the color of ... nature, fertility, life. Grass green is the most restful color. Green symbolizes self-respect and well being.  Green is the color of ... balance. It also means learning, growth and harmony. Green is a safe color, if you don't know what color to use anywhere use green." Green is the color of ... our nursery! We painted it this weekend. Even though we are in a rental, we know we'll be here for at least another year and our landlords were completely fine with us painting. The light green matches the gender neutral Aussie bedding we are using. From white to green! The lighting isn't great so the colors are a bit off but it gives you an idea anyway. The other two walls are the light green as well. As for my artwork update. The critters are painted and now I'm struggling with what to do with the backgrounds (and if you are an painter you know that is somewhat backwards since it is easier to paint the background first but oh well...

Nine hour road trip vs. pregnant lady and the pregnant lady won! We had a great long weekend celebrating our friends' wedding. Despite being anxious about that long of a car ride while pregnant with a blood clotting disorder and the need to use the bathroom more frequently these days (plus the back aches) I was pleasantly surprised how well I did. Thanks to our car mates, Tyler and Sara, for putting up with me, too! Alright see if you can follow this - Greg, the groom, worked with Stefan in Colorado Springs and now lives about 35 minutes from us in Florida! Tyler, who also worked with them in Colorado Springs now works with Greg and lives nearby as well. Stefan and Tyler were honored to be groomsmen for Greg this weekend! Greg and Brooke had a beautiful ceremony in the fall countryside of Asheville, North Carolina. The setting was perfect and the couple stunning! Here's a few pics from the weekend and a few dressed up belly shots. Reception site. The ceremony was down b...

Yep - you guessed it! The nursery is going to have an Australian theme. We found it quite suitable since that was where it all began when we met in Perth, Western Australian in July 2003 (next summer will be 10 years since we met!).  Below is a photo of the bedding set, which we already have from an early shower gift :) Not all of this will be in the nursery - mostly just the things with kangaroos and koalas on it, but we won't be using the artwork in this picture.  I've had the great honor of being able to welcome the little ones of several of our friends and family by painting in their nursery (Rob and Tamara, Dan and Jill, Mary and Andy and Chelsea and Jeff - thanks for letting me be a part of your baby's first room!). Now it's time to do some artwork for our little one! Since we are renting, however, I didn't want to paint something on the walls we couldn't take with us. So, I'm doing three 18 X 24 canvases featuring three of our favorite Auss...

Here is the beginning of my belly book featuring the weekly belly shots from week 11-20. Since most of these were taken Thursday evening I'm either on my way to or from teaching hot yoga, so you get a little yoga gear photo shoot, too! (Just four more classes till I hand the class over). For now, enjoy! (Sorry they are a little small, but you get the idea). I haven't forgot about the nursery theme sneak peak, coming soon!

19 weeks and in the background flowers from Stefan! We are officially halfway there! We had our latest appointment this morning, just shy of 20 weeks. The blood pressure was finally steady, so we just have to see if it can stay that way for the second half. Hopefully it will! The baby's heart rate was strong, so I'm picturing a happy little munchkin in there. I had a prenatal massage yesterday with one of Stefan's massage therapist colleagues. It wasn't a relax/calm down massage but a "sports" massage to work on some of those really tight spots. With a little consistency, I'm hoping this will keep them from flaring up to full blown back spasms. Thanks again, Donna! As you know, we are using this blog as a pregnancy journal, too, so you gets lots of details! Through the new year we will have monthly appointments with our regular doc. That puts our next appointment in early November. Then we'll have our follow up growth ultrasound on Nov. 14 with...