Some Updates

I am working on making letters for the girl's rooms to go on their walls above their beds. This one is Bella's. I thought it turned out pretty cute. So these are going to be the colors used in Bella and the baby's room. I am getting ready to start on their quilts for their beds.
So in case everyone forgot, yes we are still working on our new addition. It is coming along slowly but that is because Matt is doing it all, plus he works full time on night shift. But we have made lots of progress since I last posted pics. This is actually the hallway. I took these yesterday, but as of today, there are closets all down this wall. Also at the end of the hall you can see the entrance to our safe room. Then of course there is the back door that leads to my GIANT back porch!!

In this picture, I am standing in Bella's room facing mine and Matt's room. We have a half wall between the rooms so we are separated but not totally separated. The part of the wall you see with the big rectangle is the only thing that separates our rooms. The big rectangle is actually where are big fish tank is going. It is built right into the wall, and you will be able to see it from both rooms. Pretty cool, huh?

This is Bella and Baby's room. This picture is their closet and the place that is going to be the window seat. Matt is building flip top lids on them so we can use them as extra storage. Our new room will also have a window seat. Eventually these will be the kids rooms (when Bella and the baby get older.) So for now, Abby and Maddy are actually going to get the Master bedroom.

I can't wait until we are done!!!! I am ready to start decorating

On another note, we took Bella to cardiology on Friday. They did an echo. Everything looks great. We are now just about one year post op from open heart #2 and nothing has changed (which is good). Her homograft is leaking very minimally (they all leak some). And her aortic valve is not leaking anymore than it ever has. Her cardiologist was quite happy with everything. He said she is starting to wean herself off of her meds (she gets bigger but her doses do not) She is up to 22 1/2 pounds now. We go to KC on Wednesday for her vent clinic.

I have now hit the half way mark in my pregnancy. We are no closer to picking out a name. I am still not totally convinced this is a little girl. I just felt so sure it was a boy. So I guess we won't know for another 20 weeks or so. I have not gotten any results back on the sono from the radiologist yet. I am assuming all is okay. I don't think the tech saw anything out of the ordinary. She did Bella's first echo, so I know how she acts when she sees something that is not quite right.

The kids go back to school tomorrow and let me say I am VERY happy about this. It has been over two weeks since I have had any "me" time. I am looking forward to getting my three hours a day back!!