Weekend projects and fun!

This weekend I've been getting my art together for my show coming up in April(more on that later, but please keep me in your prayers) and also been sewing.

Here is an updated belly picture and according to the last ultrasound around week 20 and a bit.

Here is the first baby sling I made, I plan to make one more.

another shot- the nice thing is that you can use it in multiple different ways and positions- TB(teddy bear) is my model :)

finally, the 'boppy' like baby/nursing pillow that I made.

I used an old sheet first and then made this slip cover from an old shirt that my Ma was throwing out.

here is the sling laid flat, the inside I reinforced for added strength with the same old recycled sheet that I used for the 'boppy' pillow.

Lastly I've been sewing little wipe cloths from left over material from making diapers.

If anyone has any other good/easy ideas for baby items that I can make, please let me know.
My next plan is to make some extra baby sheets for the playpen we plan to get.

Celebrating and sad toes!

After our ultrasound, we went out to Red Lobster to celebrate!

Here are some pics of us toasting :)

Jason played basketball on Friday morning and unfortunately had two people land on each of his big toes. It was rather painful last night, but a little better this morning- ouchie!

Me with our ultrasound pic, yah!
Here are two of the latest baby blankets that I sewed together, this one is from recycled T-shirts and the back is an old blanket.
More old T-shirts and PJ's and back is same blanket as above :)
I made oatmeal bread/rolls this morning and added a sugar glaze on top- very yummy!

ULTRASOUND!!

Yesterday we had our ultrasound and it was a truly amazing experience to see our little one move around and the little heart beating.

Yes, yes, I'll tell you the sex, just hang on :)
We are having a little girl!!
BUT PS. we are boycotting PINK! we don't want a lot of pink things, instead we prefer yellows, oranges, greens, reds and blues :)

The best thing of all is that she was super active and moved around a lot and all her measurements are normal-
Praise God!!
They also think our due date is off a little, they think it's closer to August 13th.

It almost looks like she is sucking her thumb here-so precious!

Here are a couple of our ultrasound pics, we are a little sad that we didn't get some of the cool pics of the ribs, but oh well :)

Profile and hand to the left side

They checked out all her fingers and toes-all accounted for :)

HALF WAY!! week 20

It's exciting to think that we are halfway to meeting our baby Haasie!
Here is me at week 20!

For the first time, I've noticed a more drastic weight gain and my stomach actually 'visually'(to me at least) getting larger. I've been feeling the baby move at night and sometimes briefly during the day.

(I made this baby blanket from a couple old shirts and a pair of Ma's old PJ's)(I went to a thrift store and got seven items for $2. 94-awesome!
I got these three for J- he really likes the packers and NASA)

This coming Friday, March 20th, we have our ultrasound and we hope to find out the gender.
I have a little 'tally' of votes/inclinations that people have voiced and so far it's tied at 8 votes, split evenly for both boy and girl, so we'll have to wait and see. Mostly, we are just thrilled to 'see' our little babe and see movement and that it's healthy.

(here are some of the other outfits I got at the thrift store-all neutral colors :)
I'm glad to report that I'm not feeling sick anymore, though I have started to crave 'sour patch kids' and 'Swedish fish'(no chocolate though :)

Currently, J is incredibly busy at work and school and we'd appreciate prayer for him that he can finish his semester strong and also that more of his papers would get accepted soon.

I'm working on putting a show together at my local church for the month of April, so I would appreciate prayer for that too.