Noakes' Nest: Distractions

Well we have entered the third trimester and Baby Noakes is doing great! She is quite a mover! At a work meeting last Monday we all stopped and watched my stomach for a minute because it looked like waves moving across my stomach. It was crazy! Starting this week I will see my doctor on a weekly basis. We have also seen the pediatric cardiologist and the pediatric cardiologist surgeon. After I've gone to all my appointments this week I will post a medical update. Right now all I know is that as long as everything stays stable I should be delivering the first week of April. So that means we are only ten weeks away from baby!

When I realized earlier this week that we are only 10 short weeks till baby I was a little shocked and had the epiphany that I haven’t done very much to actually get ready for her! Instead I’ve been focusing on house projects. I think I’ve been doing this in order to distract myself from the fact that I’m pregnant and all the fears that are stewing right below the service. Thus Philip and I have been super busy!

Here are the projects we have worked on the past two months:

Master Bathroom

Paint
New floor
2 new faucets
New toilet seat
New décor including a valance, bath rug, and basket

Guest Bathroom/Kid Bathroom

Paint
New faucet
New toilet seat
New décor including valance (that I made!), bath rug, shower organizer and art

Custom shelves in kitchen (That we made!)
Created a craft space

Philip has had to do a lot of this because it involves painting or some installations that I can’t do because my tummy gets in the way ;) He has been so supportive and patient with me.

I’ve also been doing a bunch of crafts getting ready for the baby. I've made Baby Noakes a blanket, an elephant stuffed animal, and some artwork for her room. Through all these house and baby projects I’ve become ridiculously excited for baby Noakes to get here.J

Most of my inspiration for all the baby and house projects has come from pinterest. In honor of my love for pinterest the rest of the blog is all about the DIY projects we’ve been doing around the house. I've loved getting our nest ready for Baby Noakes and I can’t wait to bring baby Noakes home in 10 weeks!

Master Bathroom--new paint, floor, toilet seat,
faucets, valance, and bath mat.

Sad, empty space in Kitchen BEFORE.

AFTER! Awesome Craigslist furniture find, new baskets and
knobs, and custom made shelves.

Guest Bathroom/Kid Bathroom: New Paint, faucet, toilet seat,
bath mat, and valance (that I made!) I also have some artwork in progress.

I'm super proud of my valance :)
I made this out of a full length curtain.

Zach all snuggled up with the elephant and blanket I made.

Baby Noakes room :)

I cut animals out of scrapbook paper to make my dollar store
bins cuter. I'm going to laminate the animals and Velcro
them on the bins so Baby Noakes can pull them off and move them around if she wants.