25 weeks

Baby boy DOES have a name & I wanted to tell everyone!  

Well, we've actually had a name this whole time but didn't really announce it.  From the second we found out we were pregnant we have been talking about names... boys and girls.  Boys seemed to come easier to us and by the time we had our gender ultrasound we realized that we had a boy name picked but didn't have a girl name.  We frantically started talking about girls names again but realized we weren't coming to an agreement so we would just wait and see what it was first to see if we could just forget about girls names anyway... and we could!  The day that we found out it was a boy we told our families and other friends that his name was definitely Wells!

We always wanted to use a middle name that was a family name and the first name would just be anything we liked.  I had a whole lot more naming criteria than that, but we won't get into all of those!  Wells came to my mind and we both were in love.  Robert is Ben's dad's name and his maternal grandfather's name.  The picture above was the first time I saw his name in print (on notecards that Will & Amy gave us for Easter) and I LOVE it... and him :)

Wells already has an Easter "basket"/bag that was filled with goodies at Ben's parents' house, too!

We went through some of Ben's old baby clothes on Easter Sunday and picked out several outfits that Wells will be able to wear 

 I've been continuing to feel great and minus heartburn and a growing belly, I feel WONDERFUL! This picture was last week (as of today I am 25 weeks + 2 days).

24 weeks + 5 days

 For Christmas, I got a sewing/embroidery machine and finally started to learn how to use it this past weekend.  The sewing part I have down pat, but I have lessons coming up soon to get the monogramming part of the machine figured out because this machine is pretty advanced.  I can't wait to monogram all of Wells' clothes, bibs, bags, etc.  It's a southern thing and I LOVE it :)

We have a painter coming to our house this week to start painting the nursery (YAY no more ugly green walls).  We are looking for a gray that leans a little gray/blue... so hard to find but I am thinking this might work (anyone have a favorite grey/blue that they want to recommend?):

Our rocker/glider and ottoman were delivered today and I LOVE them!  I sat in the chair on the phone for at least an hour this afternoon just loving being in the room! I can imagine a few sleeps in this chair in my future :) 

 I got the drapes, crib bedding, and pillows all ordered 2 weeks ago and they are all being made right now.  EEEEK! Through a long indecisive process of picking out fabrics (thank you Natalie for your patience) I am finally SO happy and excited about our fabric choices and of course they will be making their debut on the blog after it's all done.  Our cute little bookcase is ordered and should be on its way soon:

We still need to find a table and lamp to go next to the rocker and finalize some artwork/wall decor choices, but that's about it for the room choices (minus all those baby necessities we kinda have to have before he gets here, haha).  We did start our baby registry at Babies R'Us a few weeks ago though; a fun 2 hour long process.  


After much discussion and research about artwork for over the crib, Ben asked me if I would paint a canvas for Wells' nursery.  I haven't painted anything in years but I decided to give it a go... I started on Saturday night and have a feeling the perfectionism in me will never allow it to be DONE, but I'm excited to see how it will turn out.

SO there is the current baby update at 25 weeks and 2 days... we can't wait to meet you Wells!