Update...

Austin was able to feel the baby move for the first time this last Sunday! :) This is all beginning to feel totally real now, and we are getting excited over here! :)

Baby on the Move!

I haven't been providing many baby updates...mostly I have just been "holding down the fort" and hoping to feel normal again. :) I am excited though, because now that I'm at least 15 weeks along, Austin and I can start counting down the time until our sonogram when we finally get to see the baby!!! :) We can't wait to find out whether our little one is a "he" or a "she," -- so I'm VERY glad that we live in a day and age where we don't have to wait until the day the baby is born to find out!

Well, last night was a restless one for me. I just couldn't get comfortable--something I hear happens quite a bit when one is pregnant. :) Finally, around 6:30 this morning, I just flopped over onto my back and tried to lay really still...maybe if I was lucky, I would find a comfortable spot! Well...I found something even better!!!

As I was laying there, I felt a funny little fluttery-feeling where the baby would be right about now. The first time I felt it, I went: "what was that?" I wasn't sure if what I was feeling was what I was hoping I was feeling. Then, a few moments later, I felt it again! I couldn't believe it...there really was a baby in there (not just a sick feeling)! :) I was so excited, and then the fluttering moved a little to the right and changed direction, and all of a sudden I felt a flurry of little flutterings! I quickly figured out that maybe this might have been what was keeping me sleeping restlessly last night. I quickly poked Austin and said, "honey, wake up! I can feel our baby moving!" That woke him up in a hurry (despite the early hour), and we both marveled together at how wonderful a blessing we had received from Heavenly Father in the form of a precious child of our very own! :)

I am so lucky to be getting ready to be a Mommy to a sweet little child of my very own! I am so happy, and excited, and in awe that I don't even have the words to describe it--and I love describing things (I'm a word person...). This is like a fairytale come true, and I'm so glad that
Austin and I can share this wonderful experience together.

Our Beautiful Finished Dressers

This past Saturday, Austin spent a couple of dedicated hours staining our new dressers! :) I was pretty excited to be getting them finished, and he said he enjoyed working at finishing them! Here's the work (and handsome worker) in progress...

A little bit later...with only one full dresser left to finish! :) Austin is such a good worker. :)

The works! This was taken when all the dressers had finally been stained...and were drying in the cool garage air (don't worry, it was open for ventilation)! :)

Later tonight, I persuaded Austin that our beautiful dressers just must be finished off so we could put them in our room! :) He just added a finishing layer of wax to top it off, and then I dusted it to make it shine! :)

The waxing in progress...doesn't the color look beautiful?

All finished! Didn't Austin do such a wonderful job? I am so lucky to have him for a husband!

My dresser...doubling as a nightstand!

Austin carrying his dresser to his side of the bed...and he's doubling his as a nightstand too! :)

This third dresser we bought for the baby, when he or she comes to the family in August...but for now we decided to use it as a makeshift office for our bills and such until we move to our home.

Don't our dressers look wonderful? I ironed some beautiful embroidered linens from Austin's grandma for the tops of our dressers. Now they look officially perfect, I think!

My dresser...

Austin's dresser...

We love adding to our home furniture, and are enjoying every moment of our new little treasures! :)

A Wonderful Husband, and Wonderful Deals!

Austin and I have been wanting to use our IKEA gift cards we got for our wedding, but we wanted to get something that we needed, and would use for a good long time with those gift cards. Therefore, when Austin brought up the subject of getting another dresser for the two of us, and maybe looking into getting a dresser for our new little addition to the family due in August, we thought--aha! This is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of those great IKEA gift cards! :) Well, we searched and searched, and found a deal that we thought was just right for us--a 3 drawer chest for $29.99! With our gift cards we were able to pay for almost all 3 of the chests, which made this a great deal, we thought! :) Here Austin is opening the box of the very first dresser we opened. We were really excited! We got one chest each for Austin and I (to use as nightstands as well as doubling as dressers), and one for the baby! We love making everything count over here! :)

This shows the type of dresser we got.

Here is Austin, being so smart and starting the adventure of putting the first dresser together. Yay! He is so handy a husband to have around (and a pretty cute one too, I might add)! :)

There aren't any words in the instruction booklet, but everything was pretty clear and straightforward...especially after you put the first dresser together and figured out just what you were doing! I took the role of "photographer" while Austin did the manly work here. :) Don't worry, I jumped in later, and put one of the three dressers up too. :) Can't miss out on all the fun!

This is what the dresser looked like at the very basic, bare-bones structure (the front is facing the camera).

Austin was doing so great! At this point he was making sure the screws were in nice and snug.

"Hello!" Austin is saying to our new dresser. "Anyone home in there?"

A power tool was not called for, but Austin loves to use his fancy tools, so it was fun to let him enjoy his "toys" so he could screw in a few dresser drawer screws faster and save time. :)

Two drawers down! Only one left to go, at the top! The only thing we didn't put on that we will later are the drawer handles...we are going to stain the dressers first, to make them pretty and more dressy. I don't know if you can tell in these pictures, but the wood is very nice, and everything fits together tight, and snug. We were very happy with our wedding presents from those great IKEA gift cards!

Hard at work on yet another dresser...I was working on putting one together in front of Austin, and I wanted a picture of my cute hubby putting so much TLC and hard work into our new furniture. :)

The finished product! :) (Sans dresser handles anyways....) Here's to a wonderful hubby and three wonderful dressers!!!

Just for your viewing pleasure...all three dressers set up in our garage, ready to be stained! :) I measured the dressers against my leg, and then compared it to our bed height...and the bed and the tops of the dressers will line up exactly! :) I couldn't ask for any better than that! :) I'm so glad for a wonderful husband and wonderful deals! :)