Josh and I went to Germantown this past weekend to visit with my mom and dad. He had not been to my parents in almost a year and I only made it home twice last year. Time truly is starting to fly by and I don't like it one bit! Mom and I did a little shopping while I was home. We found a beautiful daygown at the Women's Exchange that Ava will come home from the hospital. I also found a rug and two paintings for her nursery. Josh is going to hang the drapes and paintings next week and then all we'll need is the rocking chair from my parents house. My great grandmother gave the rocking chair to my mom and she rocked Lauren, Phillip and me in it. Josh and I are going to fix some of the spindles, sand it down and paint it. I think it will look perfect in the nursery!
Not the exact gown that Ava will come home in but very similar. Her gown is a very soft, pale pink! She is going to look so sweet!
Josh, Anthony and Richard painting Ava's nursery
The changing table
Ava's crib and corner shelf
The fun rug and sweet paintings I found in Memphis. It's all coming together nicely! I can't wait to have our sweet princess in her nursery!
The Growing Bump
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So as you can see Ava has definitely made her presence known! I know I take way too many pics but I want to have all of these to show her one day!
I almost forgot to post a pic of Ava. This was at 23 weeks. She weighed 1 lb., 4 oz. Her little profile is so sweet! I think she looks like me!
We go back to the doctor Monday, March 27. I also have my glucose test this appointment...boo! Then we have our 3D/4D April 9. I hope she is still breech so we can get some great pics. So far, she has stayed in the same position the whole pregnancy but I have a feeling she might have moved. Ava has become so acitve in the past week. I love to lay down and just watch her punch, kick, toss and turn! Today, she literally moved all the way across my belly from one side to the other. Josh was finally able to feel Ava the other night and he was ecstatic!
25 Week Update
Head to heels, Ava now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — isn't much more than an average rutabaga, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. She's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.
I have a feeling Ava will enter this world with a head full of brown hair and big brown eyes like her daddy! We shall see...
