Baby Moses Has A Name!!!!

Well, it's offical.  RJ and I have decided on our daughters name :)  I've been debating on whether or not I would post it or wait until she gets here but what the heck! We LOVE the name and hopefully you will too. It's getting so close that I can't believe she will be here soon (I'm scared).  Everyone says life will change once she gets here... Anyway, back to her name.... drum roll please..... are you ready.... our baby girl's name will be Campbell May Moses :) 

Campbell is a family name on my side of the family.  My great grandfather's name (my dad's grandfather) was Campbell and I really wanted a name with family meaning.  Campbell was actually one of the first names we thought of but decided to exhaust ALL our choices before finalizing.  As for her middle name, May, it's the same as my middle name, my sister's middle name, my mother's middle/maiden name and so on. It was a given from the beginning even though RJ didn't know that :)  My grandparents last name is May and it just seemed right since they are so special to me.  When I called to tell my Mimi and Papaw her name they were so excited that I had used May.  It was cute.

Anyway, now all we have to do is wait for her to get here! Still shooting for January 22nd as of right now but who knows... things could change!

How RJ is preparing for the baby...

All Christmas break RJ has been "addicted" to Wii.  Him and Brian (our brother-in-law) played tournaments until 3 in the morning ALL Christmas long.  There was screaming, yelling, jumping, boasting and temper tandrums coming from upstairs most of the days and throughout the nights....  Who knew tennis and fishing could be so intense?  He even wanted to skip his birthday party (30th might I add) and have a Wii Party instead.  I said no. Let's just hope I don't end up raising 2 kids come mid January...... :)

NURSERY PICTURES!!!

The nursery back when it was called the office.

My little desk in the office...

The office during the flood back in April.

What a mess! This was where we storaged everything during the flood.

Finally cleaned out and painted! I only painted it 3 different colors (and primed it twice) before I found the perfect color (thanks Mom!)

Her lonely closet and her 1st little outfit (given with love from Vickie)

My must have round baby crib! Love love love it! Thanks Mom and Dad!

My sweet sister helped me with the diamonds on the wall.  I drew the diamonds and then taped them off and Amber painted them for me.

Changing table and rocking chair

This chair was my great, great, great aunt's rocking chair and I'm sure she got it from someone else in the family.  I had it recovered to soft pink diponi silk.  The lamp was in my kindergarten classroom at school and the side table was my Mimi's that my sister found when she was helping my grandmother clean out her storage unit.  She had it repainted for me.  I've got great family!  I got a little "cord cover" happy at the end and started sewing covers for all my cords... oh lordy lordy!

I love this mirror.  My parents found it at a garage sale for super creap!  I decided to add the pink ribbon and WA LA! 

This is the decorative work on both the end tables and changing table.  Of course I couldn't make anything easy.  I custom ordered this color.

I made this arrangement myself.  My sister gave me the idea and then Lane, Amber and I went all over Houston getting the materials.  Thanks Hobby Lobby, Ikea, Charming Charlies, and High Fashion.

Window treatment.  I searched high and low for the perfect color silk.  Who would have known it would have been this hard? I finally found them at The Great Indoors.  Then I had to go find more "perfect" fabric to make the tie backs.  I cut the fabric and made the bows myself.

This is another picture of the beautiful decorative work (this is on the back of changing table).

Chandelier, crib, diamond wall.  This bed was such a headache to get in but well worth the wait!! I ordered it back in June.  It finally arrived November 4th (I know this date because we were supposed to leave for Coleman early that morning and had to wait for it to be delivered first).  Thank goodness we did too.  As soon as it was delivered, I ripped everything open like it was Christmas morning-- I couldn't wait to see it! When I opened it (another custom order job-- why couldn't I just pick a color they made) it was the WRONG color! I had been waiting all this time and it was the wrong freakin' color (charcoal-- looked like death).  I lost it of course (dumb I know but hey, going to blame it on the hormones).  RJ was getting a haircut and ironcially so was my mom when I called them both balling hysterically-- HYSTERICALLY.  The day proceeded to get worse because they couldn't calm me down and I ended up having anxiety attacks and having to see Dr. Irwin that day. GEEZ. Anyway, the delivery boys came back to pick it up the bed and then redelivered on the Friday of Thanksgiving (of course we weren't in town).  This time the color was correct but when RJ went to put the bed together it was missing important bolts and crews.  GEEZ again.  I immediately got on the phone and had them FedEx the missing parts.  They did and when they got here a couple of days later they had sent the wrong parts and I was still missing the correct parts.  I was so mad.  That's when Mama Janet had to get involved.  Let's just say the owner drove the missing parts down herself the next day and WA LA- the bed got put together that same day.

I love this bedding. My mom and I picked all the fabric colors and designed the bedding.  I love the layered ruffles down the bed skirt and the cute tie bows.

I told you I went a little cord cover happy! I also went crazy with the light and outlet covers-- aren't they cute? I ordered them off the internet with PayPal and then spray painted them. Literally within 5 minutes my cell was ringing and RJ was asking why the baby needed expensive light covers... oops! Dang PayPal emails!

Another picture of the chandelier.  It has pearls and crystals hanging from the lights.  I love the decorative thing on the ceiling too (I can't remember what it's called).

The bumper.  It's crushed silk.  A lady from Dallas made it for me.

Inside her crib.  Don't worry-- I'm going to take out all the stuffed animals before she gets here.

Diaper Bag

Boppy curtesy of Lane and Pottery Barn Kids-- thanks Lane!

Moses Basket with love from Ash Rhodes... the pink bedding was mine from when I was a baby.  My godmother Taryn gave it to me.

This is one of the MANY things Laura and the Quads gave our baby girl.  I owe her big time... she's been my "go to person" during this pregnancy.  I'm so glad we will be related one day!!! We've already started planning the wedding- we are just waiting to see which Meijer boy she fancies the most :

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Her lonely closet isn't lonely anymore thanks to many sweet people!

A couple of her shoes-- yes, those are Uggs and pink cowboy boots! ha ha...

A few of her bows.... there are many many more to come!

I'm pretty much finished with her room.  I'm just waiting on her name letters to get here in early January and once they are hung I'm completely finished  Yeah! And with that said, "that's all she wrote folks!" Sorry for the long post but it's been a long and fun journey of putting her nursery together.  Thanks for everyone putting up with me! :)

Cankle's, Hands, what's next??!?

This might be TMI but I just had to share.  I got out of the bath tub a minute ago and walked into the living room when RJ starting yelling, "OH MY GOSH" and pointing and LAUGHING at my right ankle!  Not funny Urge.  It's really swollen as you can tell.  It's been swollen for a little over a month now.  Dr. Irwin said the Baby Girl is sitting on a vein on my right side that is limiting circulation to my right leg.  He's not alarmed (like I was!!).  The left leg isn't swollen, my hands aren't swollen, just my stupid right leg thanks to the way she has positioned herself.  Ugh.  I can't wait to get my old self back and get rid of this cankle! 

On another note, I'm about to cut both my arms off (especially my left!). I can't take it anymore! I have this "numbness" in my hands.  It feels like my hand is in a bucket of ice cold water all the freakin' time!!  I'm really serious, 24-7.  I'm having a hard time holding on to things because I can't feel the grasp. Of course I called the Dr immediately (by the way-- I definitely win the "Most Frantic Calls Made To The Dr During Your 1st Pregnancy Award") and the nurse said it's absolutely normal this late in the game but of course I brought it up to Dr. Irwin also.  He said it was carpal tunnel and recommended a brace.  That lasted until 3a.m. the first night and I threw it off.  It wasn't doing anything but being annoying.  It's definitely the worst at night.  I can't sleep at all.  I'm waking up about 6 or 7 times a night because my hands are tingling. It's stupid.  There's nothing really I can do either.  Has anyone else had this?? I'm desperate here!!! HELP! Between my stupid left hand hurting and my even stupider (yes, that is going to be a word today--I'm tired, remember?!) right cankle swelling-- I'm so ready for my old body back.  Where are you old body? I miss you. This new one is falling apart at the seams!

Ultrasound Pictures & Dr. Update

Here are some pictures from our ultrasound today.  They aren't the best, RJ and I were kind of disappointed but I thought I would post at least one or two.  I guess we will just have to wait another couple of weeks to see her ourselves.

Side profile of Baby Girl.  You can see her nose and lips.

This picture is of her forearm.  She's making a fist-- I don't think she liked the technician waking her up at 7:30 this morning (she must take after me!! Oops!)

Just a quick update on Baby Girl Moses. She weighs 5 pounds 4 ounces right now.  She's a little under weight for 36 weeks 3 days but Dr. Irwin said it was fine.  All her measurements are proportional and he said I wasn't the biggest person on the block so he wasn't worried... ha ha.. He is gestimating she will weigh about 6 1/2 pounds at delivery. He didn't check to see if I was dilated yet (I wasn't last week) but she has already "dropped" and I'm a little over 50% effaced.  Looks like we are on schedule for the week of January 22nd.

Happy 30th Birthday RJ!!!

RJ has officially joined the 30's club as of today! I can't believe he (and I do say he not WE) is that old.  I remember in high school thinking thirty was ancient... lol.  Just kidding. No honestly, I don't think it's any big deal I just like to give him a hard time.  I don't think I will be sad when I leave my twenties in 2 years.  I mean, I'm having a kid for gosh sakes! I'm feeling old right now.  Anyway, here are some pictures from RJ's birthday party this past Saturday.  It was so great seeing everyone again.  We all meet for dinner at Guadalajara downtown and then went to Pete's Piano Bar.  My how times have changed! Most of us stayed out until 1:00 in the morning-- we couldn't believe we were still up at this time!! As I'm writing this right now (Sunday morning to be posted tomorrow morning) I'm dragging! SOOOO TIRED. This DD can't hang. I can't help but to smile at the different stages of life everyone is at and how we were still able to get together and celebrate-- a rare treat for some of us... I mean, Marcel and Laura have QUADS!?!, Lane and Jonathan are on baby #2, Lizzy and Brian are newlyweds,  JP and his girlfriend are still in the "giddy can't get enough of you" part of the relationship, Donnie and David are still having fun being single, and then there's the Urge and I.  We are all spread so thin and don't get to see each other much anymore so it was a treat catching up. 

I will say I felt like everyone last night was wondering why the 2 preggo girls were at the bar.... ha ha... (yes Leah-- Lane and I were barefoot and pregnant like white trash in the bar... JK! We weren't, I promise!) I will say I'm still in shock over how many people wanted to feel my big belly last night--- random strangers! I felt like the freaky entertainment for the night.  RJ had a great time though and again thank you all for coming out-- I know it meant the world to him! 

P.S. I want to give a "Shout Out" to all my faithful blog followers... that's you Laura and Lane! At dinner my blog got brought up because I was telling JP about it.  Well, of course we pulled it up and couldn't figure out the title to one of my posts (didn't show up on the iphone).... too funny, Trivia Queen Laura spit out the title and what I had written about on that day in record time! Her and Lane said they check it everyday--- thanks girls! I thought I was just writing to cyberspace.  You crack me up! :)

Merry Late Christmas From The Moses'

Merry Christmas! I meant to post this Christmas day but forgot with all the excitment.  I've attached some pictures of our old Christmas Card's just for fun :)

Christmas '09

Christmas '08

Christmas '07

Christmas '06

Christmas '05