It’s hard to believe my baby is already one month old. These past four weeks have flown by; it’s amazing how much life has changed. Caring for her day-to-day, it was hard to see how much she’s changed, until I went back and looked at her newborn photo below. I’m going to do these photos on a monthly basis to show how she grows.
Sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve posted a photo of Baby K, but I’ve been busy … well … being a mom. Everyone seems to love this photo of her, so I thought I’d share. She’s constantly making funny faces like this one!
My daughter’s raised eyebrows are my current favorite expression of hers. I could just stare at her all day.
I’d like to welcome our beautiful daughter, born February 15 2014, to the blogging world. She was 6 lb. and 19 inches long. We’re so in love!
I’ve been going through the “nesting” phase of pregnancy for, oh, about the last 8 months. I’ve wanted to get lots of projects done around the house before the baby comes. (Just ask my poor husband.) In January, with the help of my parents, we painted all the trim and doors in our bedroom and master bathroom. Below are before, during, and after photos.
And a few weeks ago, my husband and I (mostly him) painted this bookshelf for the baby room. I forgot to take a before picture, but it was a cheap, fake wood bookshelf we bought on Craigslist for $15. I think it looks so cute now! Next up – we’re getting siding put on our house starting tomorrow. Baby K better not make an appearance until after they’re done banging on the side of our house!
After looking around on etsy and realizing that purchasing and framing prints for our baby room would be expensive, I decided to make my own! Two of the 12×12 prints are shown below – the third one has the baby’s name so I didn’t want to post it yet. We’re making progress on the room, and we’re going to reveal the gender this weekend at a shower, so stay tuned for some exciting updates! Any guesses on boy vs. girl? (Please don’t comment if you already know.)
I have really mixed feelings about posting “belly” photos. I have lots of friends and family whom I don’t see regularly and want to see the progress of my pregnancy, but I also have friends longing for babies themselves that may find the photos hurtful. Some of them long for a spouse, some of them are struggling with infertility, some of them have reasons I’m completely unaware of. I told God before we got pregnant that I would be ok with adoption if that’s the path He wanted for us. We tried for several months to get pregnant, and even in that short amount of time, I felt my heart ache a little more each month. I know it’s nothing compared to what others go through regarding infertility, but I do get what it’s like to long for a child. For some reason God has blessed us with a growing baby, and I will not take my pregnancy or my baby for granted – we both thank God for what we’ve been given.
I know that once our baby is born, I’ll want to post photos of him or her on facebook and my blog all the time. Yet I want to be sensitive of those around me, so I’ll try to limit my posts. Please know I never mean to boast about what’s going on in my life, nor do I mean to hurt anyone when I share my photos.
With that being said, please click here if you’d like to see my most recent “belly” photos. My husband and I did an impromptu maternity photo session near midnight in front of our Christmas tree right before the holiday.
I’m still catching up on photo editing after returning from several days in Colorado. We stayed with another couple also expecting their first little one. I can’t thank them enough for the friendship we’ve built over the last couple of years and their hospitality while we crashed their house for three days.
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