Not to sound negative, but these posts are intended to help me remember the pregnancy, and in week 23 I felt exceedingly overwhelmed by everything. From furniture and nursery décor, to registries and shower guest lists, and finances and childcare. It doesn't help that I keep dreaming I am going into labor at 23 weeks and of course, nothing is ready! I am so BLESSED to have Darrin as my partner in all this - he has been amazing helping me in whatever way I need and he is definitely the voice of reason amongst us. :)
On Thursday, we decided on bedroom furniture and called to order it. Friday we went on two more daycare visits and they did not bring us any closer to a decision. I nearly left one crying because it wasn't at all what I expected - even though I'm not sure what I expected? - and now we're more confused than before on what is best for our family. Can I please ask that you pray with us about this decision? It's overwhelming to decide who is the best person to take care of our little blessing and we feel so lost on that decision right now!
Saturday we picked up the beautiful nursery furniture for Miss Blair! Then my amazing husband went to JoAnn's with me and stood in line for 15+ minutes with about 20 ladies and 6 bolts of fabric just to get sample swatches cut for me (I'm making her bedding!!) When we got home, I looked over all of my options and ... MADE A DECISION! All of the fabric has now been purchased and is ready to be sewn into her darling nursery bedding. :) Her colors will be a pinky-coral with grey and yellow accents! Coral will be the main color. I'm putting a picture of the fabric below, but the cell phone camera doesn't do the tones justice. It is not red and it's definitely not orange!
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| This is her furniture as it was displayed in the store. It's espresso colored. |
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| Nursery fabric!! Coral and grey with yellow accents |
And I'm super excited because our friends, the Harringtons, picked up a diaper bag for me at the Vera Bradley outlet this weekend! I got a cute (in my opinion), nice quality diaper bag for only $5 more than the cheapest one I could find at Target! I am SO excited about this find!! :) Looking forward to carrying her cute little belongings around in it.
Week 23 Growth:
your baby's the size of a grapefruit!
At about 10.5 to 11.8 inches and about 12.7 to 20.8 ounces, baby's not just getting bigger, she's getting even cuter.
your baby at 23 weeks
- She's forming little nipples (It really says this, ha!)
- Her face is fully formed now -- she just needs a little extra fat to fill it out.
- She's listening to your voice and your heartbeat -- and even to loud sounds like cars honking and dogs barking. (Barking dogs, we don't have those...;))
At Week 23, I've gained 11.5 pounds and have started experiencing some Braxton-Hicks contractions. They're not painful at all, just very unusual!
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| Week 23 |
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