The Krump Krew: I'm so behind!!

My blog posting has been less than stellar lately, that's for sure. I'm now 15 weeks pregnant (and feeling like I'm 30 weeks by the end of each day)! At my 12 week appointment, the heartbeat was at 155 bpm. When Henry was 12 weeks along, his was 170. Hmmm. Once again, we won't be finding out the sex of the baby, so we'll see? I have absolutely no desire to have my picture taken right now, so here's a glimpse at my growing belly. I think I'm FINALLY starting to feel better now, not great, but better. I'm able to keep my eyes open and not fall asleep during the day, but as soon as Henry goes to bed (7-7:30pm), I'm done for the day, and so is my back :)

Before and After

Oh, this wall looks so sad now that I look at it in a picture. I never wanted to put anything on this wall, as I knew we would have some built-ins installed at some point.

Well, that some point has come and I'm very happy with it! Every night, Henry puts all of his toys into their bins and they get put in the cabinets, it's great. Now, how to decorate? Our next project is to have the entire interior of the house painted, which will be happening next week - I'm very pumped! After that, my next two projects will be Henry's new big-boy room (blue carpet and all) and the new baby's room.

Mud room - before

Mud room - after

Henry even gets on my case when I don't put my shoes under my cubby when we come in the house :)

What have we been up to?

Well, nothing too crazy, which is fine! Our regular outings each week have been StoryTime at the library on Tuesdays and PlayGroup at our Church on Wednesdays (of course, Henry loves going to Oma's on Thursdays and Fridays and can't say enough about his favorite toy - Main Street). Other than that, we've been filling our days with shoveling, playdates with Harrison and Owen, bike riding (he rode his trike 3 blocks today), projects, and baking (my sweet tooth went away when I was first pregnant, just like it did with Henry, but it's slowly coming back, thank goodness) - this has been a good activity for those cold afternoons we've had lately.

Last weekend, we took a trip so Phil could check out a new lawn mower he's had his eye on, and Henry managed to test out every single one of them in the store. Henry said if Daddy was getting a new one, that he needed a new one too, maybe a blue one or a red one as he already has a green one. In that same conversation, Henry also said that along with a new lawn mower, he also needed a new cell phone and another bin to put his toys in. Ok then.