Ryann's Room

My goal is to make Ryann one blanket before she is born. I went and picked up and couple fabrics, figured out a simple design and started to sew. This blanket will be big enough that we can cover ourselves while we are rocking her in the chair. The dots are the middle of the blanket with the green minky on the sides. The brown minky is the back. All that is left to do is sew the front to the back, so it's looking good that it will be done before she is born.
A close up of the brown minky. I fell in love with the hearts instead of the typical dots and knew it had to be part of her blanket.
While I was at work Clint put up the shelf and put her name on it. Decorating the wooden letters for her name was the first project I completed after getting the room painted.
The curtain rod, the perfect amount of girl.
I was looking on Etsy.com (one of my favorite websites) and I found these cute butterflies that I had to have for Ryann's room. Just a hint of yellow butterflies. They turned out even better than I imagined. The picture really makes the butterflies stand out on the closet doors, but they are a little more sutle in person.
I feel Ryann's kicks all the time now but once I have seen it. On Monday I was laying on my bed with a bare belly and I saw and felt my belly move right by my belly button. I haven't had any other hard enough kicks to be felt from the outside. It was pretty fun to see my belly move.
I have my 24 week appointment in about a week...lets hope I pass my Glucose Tolerance Test!

Maggie's Ride

On one of Clint's days off he went and rented a Bobcat to clear out all the snow and ice in front of our house. Clint had the driveway all nice and clear and then come the snowplows to pile it back in front of the driveway. It makes me cold just looking at these pictures. When Clint took the Bobcat back, Maggie went for a ride. She is such a good dog to get in and ride when she clearly is unsure what is happening.

20 weeks

There is no more denying the belly. I had my 20 weeks appointment today and along with that comes measuring my belly. So here is the first of my belly pictures...After my appointment I went back to ultrasound (US #6). On day two of my official ultrasound Loretta, the technician, could not get a good nose lip pictures since Ryann had her face smashed again the placenta. She went ahead and finished out my ultrasound at the time and everything reported back normal. Loretta told me to come back when I was further along to get a better look and double check. Of course Ryann did not want to cooperate. She wouldn't hold still when Dr. Anderson was trying to get her heart rate and when Loretta tried to see her nose lip she was face down. When she did shift she put her arm over her face. We finally got a good look and there are no detectable defects. Yeah! Everything still normal. Oh and for my father in law, it's still a girl. He is not believing it is a girl, but I did hear him say the other day granddaughter. I had her double check nothing new had poked up.
Clint hung up my flower and butterfly for me. After looking at the flowers for a couple days it just did not feel complete. Back to the store I went but there were not any more large flowers to hang on the wall. I thought I would get one that had a stand and just have my father in law take off the stand but they were too much. The little flowers were not the colors I was looking for. I ended up buying two more small flowers and repainting one of them. I love how it turned out, plus I do love painting. The small flower in the middle is the one I repainted. I just repainted the outside purple and the middle yellow.
The butterfly
The nursery will probably sit like this for a couple months, but the big stuff is done.
I am feeling pretty good. The mornings are still rough, but not as bad as they had been. By about 10 o'clock I am feeling fine. I have excepted that I'm just not going to feel good in the mornings for the rest of my pregnancy. I feel little Ryann's kicks and nudges all the time. Time is going by fast for me and I know it's because I'm working but that is just fine. I'm taking advantage of feeling good and getting done what I can now.
Everyone is asking if I have been craving anything. I didn't think I had been but when I got to thinking about it I am always wanting oranges. The Realtor we used brought us by a big box of oranges and since then that is what I always want to snack on. Just writing about it make me want to go eat one...and I think I will.

The nursery is painted!!! Christmas day while everyone was napping I went to work at painting my pink wall. Then when Clint got home he put together the crib. I got the touch ups done a couple of days ago so it feels good to have that all done. We got a Lazy Boy Rocking Recliner, so comfortable, one we can definitely fall asleep in. The nursery will probably sit this way for a couple more months, but the painting is done and the crib is up, so for me the big stuff is done.

I'm 19 weeks and I've hit a couple mile stones. I felt my first "flutter" at 15 weeks. I only felt a couple flutters but I have felt lots of nudges. I've felt the first kick of my bladder, though I could go without that one. A couple nights ago I woke up in the middle of the night to feel what I can only think was the baby doing somersaults/taking some laps while there is still room.
On day two of my ultrasound (US #5) we were able to get the final measurements. All those measurements put my due date one day ahead, so now it's May 26th. The ultrasound was all normal. My doctor hasn't looked at it yet, but I pulled it off his desk and looked at it. I can't wait till he gets around to writing what I can read!!!!
I finally got those last couple of pictures of the nursery.
One wall pink (on the left) and the other walls are purple. Very girly!
The crib and recliner
My metal flowers and butterfly. The three flowers will go on the pink wall with the butterfly on one of the purple walls.
I never pictured having a pink and purple nursery but I love it and wouldn't ever change it. I've been told 4 times it's a girl but I still get people who ask "what happens if it's a boy?" Well to all you who wonder....Then that little boy will live in a pink and purple room. I'm not repainting!
Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

Our stubborn Ryann Leora Greene

I had my official ultrasound Tuesday...if we are keeping count this is #4 but yesterday was the one that counted. The baby was head down with its legs wide apart, no being shy here. The technician said "there is no way that any little parts could be hiding from this view"...so I guess after being told three times it's a GIRL I can believe it. This child is definitely taking after her parents. She was not cooperating yesterday. She found her position she wanted to be in and would not move, no matter turning to the side or shaking or pushing...stubborn! We finally got most of the measurements we needed, though she was not in the ideal place she needed to be. They were all good. I had to go back Wednesday and try again to get the measurements. We got everything but I will go back again in a couple weeks to get a measurement on the face double checked. She had her face pressed against the placenta so there were no good looks at her face and no cute profile pictures. So now I am up to 5 ultrasounds and will be 6 in a couple more weeks. It’s fun having an ultrasound technician at work and just looking whenever I want.

After the ultrasound I went out with Clint's mom, Jeannie, and sister in law, Jenny, and we picked out my fabric for Jeannie to make my crib set. Then I picked up some cute metal flowers and a butterfly to go on the accent wall in the nursery. I have already picked out my nursery color-Amethyst Purple...kinda a dark lavender but a rosy purple. The accent wall will be a light pink that matches one of the pinks in the baby quilt Jeannie is going to make.

Wednesday night Jenny came over and helped me paint my three walls purple. I love it. I was a little questionable about it but was going to go for it anyways and I am glad I did. I love the walls. We are going to give the purple a good day to dry and then paint the last wall pink…Hello Dolly pink to be exact. Once everything is painted up will go the flowers and Clint can get the crib put together.

Our little girl will be Ryann Leora Greene. Ryann cause we like the name, would have been Ryan for a boy. Leora after my and my mom's middle name and my mom's mom first name. I've already bought my wooden letters for her name to decorate. Those pictures and pictures of the metal flowers to come.

This is the main fabric for my baby quilt/crib set.

These are all the fabrics we will be using.
The crib skirt and curtains will be white with the three stripes of the rickrack sewn on them.

I can't wait to see how it all goes together.

RLG

Profile and between the legs

Loving my baby's nice full lips!
Face and between the legs again.

That's our little RLG making an appearance around May 27th, 2010.

Fun with Friends

On our last trip with Kelly and Mark keys were lost. Kelly and Mark lost their keys. They looked through all their stuff and we dug through the truck twice with nothing turning up. Months later Stan had his truck detailed and Kelly and Mark’s keys turned up. They had gotten shoved really far under the seat. Just the perfect excuse to have them come out. Kelly, Mark, and Kian made the trip out to Vernal to visit and pick up their keys. We had a ton of fun with them over the weekend, but you don’t need to hide your keys in the truck to come visit!

Kelly and Kian both have birthdays in December so we got them a cake.

Kian liked the icing.

Clint showed Kian how to get lots of icing on his finger.
Kian found his own spot under the table.

After watching Sally get flipped on the Love Sac, Kian decided he wanted to try too.
Clint about to fall on the Love Sac.
Look at that boy fly up! He loved it and wanted Clint to keep going.We had to show Kelly and Mark how to really sled. I got a little ride around the house with Kian. No fast sledding for me this year. There is Kelly taking her turn and being brave letting Clint pull her. Of course there is Maggie running after whoever was being pulled. That dog loves to run.
Clint going backwards while Mark pulls him.

Clint pulled Mark and at one point the sled started to catch up with the 4-Wheeler. Mark almost ran into the back of Grandpa's garage. He wasn't hurt. Kelly and I couldn't help but laugh.
Sally's face covered in snow.

Kian pushing the snow off the chairs. That kid is so CUTE!!!! He had fun taking his turn on the sled and liked watching everyone else go too. When Clint would stop the 4-Wheeler he would yell "GO".
Come play again Mark, Kelly, and Kian. Thanks for coming, we had a lot of fun.