Remember this dress that I made last spring? I was a lot thinner and my hair was shorter and lalalala! I’ll have to wear it again next May when I’m less curvy.
I like this shot because it shows just how bubbly my tummy is getting.
And I feel like this is a classic shot of myself. Okay, there’s a reason why this is called “Katie’s Blog.”
I started to notice a rythmic movement in my belly a couple weeks ago and was pretty sure it was hiccups. Nowadays she gets the hiccups almost daily, sometimes more than once. It’s kind of funny to me that a fetus can get hiccups… that amniotic fluid must be mmm..mmm…good!!
Last Friday evening, we received an early tour of the maternity ward. I’ve had contractions for a while now, but Friday night they were a little too close together for comfort. Everything turned out fine and it was just false labour. All the tests done were super reassuring and I’m confident I won’t go into labour this next week. I’m learning more about what the norm is for my pregnancy… which is daily contractions and an irritable uterus (my body really doesn’t like stretching out and making room for this baby and Holly is really possessive about her space because of it). Friday was the first time they were frequent enough to cause concern even though they weren’t really painful. Good old Braxton Hicks! Here’s a couple shots of the belly…. it’s getting bigger…!
PS: it is sooo hot in Denver and living on the 4th floor doesn’t help!
This past week, Conor’s parents were in town and we were on the go all the time. Tuesday, we went to the Denver temple to do a session. It was a bit of a cooler day (much needed) and we had a picnic before we headed into the temple. Lovely, lovely!
Last night, Conor and I dropped off 3 full garbage bags and then some of “stuff” to Goodwill. Later in the evening, I commented on how nice and empty looking the top of our closet looks. Conor’s reply was, “it’s your dream come true: more storage space!” I’m definitely no pack-rat, but ever since I became pregnant I have this incredible need to get rid of anything and everything we don’t need. I think it’s a piece of my personality that’s mutated with nesting. I might regret this one day, but right now, it feels just as good as losing 15 lbs would!
This bad boy was a spur of the moment project. I’ve been wanting to make a quilt and knew I needed to make a quilt after this past conference when Conor and I fought over the last quilt I made. We also have a lot of company coming to town in May so I did want to have some extra bedding kicking around for that and I’ve been trying to bust through my fabric stash to make room for our new addition. The only thing I had to purchase for this quilt was batting (woo hoo!). I used muslin for the sashing and scraps and fat quarters for the blocks. The backing is a vintage sheet although I did have to add some extra fabric to make it big enough. It was a really quick and easy quilt to make and only took me a week. This is the largest size quilt I can make in this apartment. It took all of the living room to lay it out!! It turned out to be full-sized. Perfect.
