Too much stuff!

Believe it or not, this is going to be the nursery for our baby. Obviously this room is going to need lot of work before baby comes home. When we moved in, all of the stuff we didn't know what to do with ended up in the third bedroom. We haven't really needed the space for anything other than storage till now, so I'm going to have to figure out what to do  with all this stuff. The biggest road block in completing this task is going to be the lack of any storage place whatsoever in our circa 1944 plantation style home. Apparently back then they didn't own any possessions.

 I think I may have to get some type of room divider or screen to hide things like the vacuum cleaner and a few other things that have no hall closet or laundry room to be stored in and then bring out a dozen garbage bags and say Aloha to a bunch of the junk I haven't looked at in over a year. Obviously if it hasn't made it's way out of this room in the past year, I can probably say good buy to it. Maybe we'll have a yard sale. Well, it's going to be a project. It's one that I've known about since we moved in, but since this bedroom has a door like most do, it's been very easy to ignore the mess. This mess is turning into a problem now because the baby needs a bedroom, and it is going to be here in 25.5 weeks so I better get started.

And Baby Makes Three.

The two of us were delighted to find out in August of this year that we are expecting. We could not be happier. Unfortunately the timing was not perfect as Matt has a lot of work to do on his ship through January, at which point they will be leaving for deployment and he won't be able to be here for the birth of his first son/daughter. I guess that's all a part of the military life. Lucky for me, another wife from the ship and a good friend, will be helping me prepare for the baby as well as coach me through labor and delivery.

We had our first ultrasound on October 6. There is just one baby in there and the doctor said he/she is looking great and is the right size for his gestational age. We couldn't believe how active our little blueberry is already. He was jumping all around in there!

Besides the impending bundle of joy, life at the Felton household has been very busy. I am going to school and taking more than a full loads worth of credits. It has been quite difficult for me this session with all the first trimester symptoms I had. I just started my second trimester this week and I can already say that I am feeling so much better. Taking care of our three bedroom 1944 home is a bit more work than taking care of our 1.5 bedroom apartment in Washington, but we love the uniqueness of our Hawaiian style plantation home. To top it off for me at home, Emma has more energy than Matt and I combined and she requires a lot of attention, but she is the most loving dog ever and makes every naughty moment worth it. Matt on the other hand is very busy at work. He has had many short underways in the past few months and when they aren't underway they have been working 12-14 hour days to get ready for the big inserv inspection they will be having later this year. Needless to say we haven't been seeing as much of each other as we would like, and unfortunately other than time off during the holiday season I don't think we will be getting as much time together as we would like until late next summer.