Baby Grayson

We have chosen a name for baby... Grayson!  We haven't decided on a middle name yet but it will probably be a family name.  I love the name Grayson.  I feel like it is traditional yet not used all that often. Which is exactly what we wanted for both boys.  Although Owen is probably a bit more common.  When we were vacationing in Rosemary this summer we heard the name Grayson a few times and we fell in love with it even more.  Most of the families we heard using the name were from the south so it had a bit of a southern feel to us.

I am 32 weeks pregnant now, but I had Brad take a picture of my belly last week.

I have been in full nesting mode for the last few weeks.  I have been making to do list after to do list.  It makes me feel so accomplished when I can check something off the list.  One of my most recent accomplishments was scrubbing the baseboards, the wainscoting and all the doors in the downstairs of our house.  My next project is to work my way upstairs.  Instead of resting during Owen's naptime I have been working hard on my to do list.
I was a bit grouchy this weekend and Brad told me I should take advantage of Owen's nap time and try to rest.  Which I probably should have, however I told him that the only thing that would put me out of my mood would be to organize the baby's closet.  I am happy to say that I did, and I was no longer grouchy afterwards.  Here it is...

It was so much fun getting out all of Owen's old baby clothes.  Brad even enjoyed looking through all of our clothes.  I do have to say it is nice to have so many clothes and things we need for baby Grayson.  I am sure if I were having a girl I would be a bit more stressed about making sure we have all the necessities.

I am also VERY happy to finally say we have the crib put together.  To a nesting mama, it is a big relief to see the crib up and in its place.  Owen loved helping daddy with this task.  Owen kept saying "Owen help da-da baby Gray white bed".  Owen calls the baby "baby Gray" so I would say that his name is official.

The crib was not an easy task, you see it is a hand-me-down crib from my sister, which would make it about 6 years old.  Somehow we lost the hardware to put the crib together.  For those of you that know Brad and I, we are notorious for losing things so this is not out of the ordinary but was very frustrating for us.  We had to do some serious research online to find the manual for the crib to know what kind of nuts, bolts and screws to get in order to put this thing together.  Finally we figured it all out and it is ready for a baby to sleep here.  Owen loves putting his babies in the crib and talking about baby taking a nap in the crib.

Onto the pregnancy fun.  I am beginning to have quite a bit of lower back pain, but who wouldn't when you are carrying around the giant beach ball that I am.  I feel like I could tip over at any point of the day.  Luckily Owen doesn't want to be carried around as much and is into this major independence phase because I would be in a lot worse shape if he did.

Cravings - I am craving sweet things after each meal.  It is actually getting a bit out of hand.  I am trying not to indulge too much, but just enough to satisfy the cravings.  I don't want this baby to be 10 lbs. so I am trying to lay off the ice cream.

Sleep - I am getting up to go to the bathroom between 3 and 5 times a night.  My hips have started hurting at night and have kept me up a few nights so far.

Pain - My hips and lower back are hurting.  My tailbone is actually sore too.  Is that weird?  I am trying to keep up with prenatal yoga because my body feels so much better when I can attend class regularly.  My yoga instructor has posted a couple of yoga videos online so I have been adding these to my weekly workout routine.

Exercise - I was pushing Owen in the stroller several days a week and walking with some of the neighbors, however with so many hills in my neighborhood I feel like it is getting too difficult for me.  So I have been trying to wake up early every other morning and walk a couple of miles by myself.  It makes me feel better and I get some alone time.

Here are some questions from my friend Laura's blog that I thought I would add to mine this week:

Best Moment this week - When Owen hugged me after I picked him up from school and said "Owey fun school".  It was sweet to see how excited he was to see his mama and that he wasn't angry with me for leaving him.

Wardrobe:  Maternity shorts and tanks, t-shirts, my feet are starting to hurt when I am on them for long periods of time so I have been wearing tennis shoes a lot more than normal.  I am lucky if I have clean hair and makeup on.  I am ready to feel back to normal again.  Although I will be much busier once baby is here so I may do these things even less.

Scared about:  Getting everything done in time.  I still need to finish decorating Owen's big boy room and Baby Grayson's room.  I also need to order a new pack n play and figure out what kind of bassinet I'm going to use for the baby.

Missing:  I miss wearing regular clothes, jeans for the fall, cute skirts and non-maternity dresses.  I miss running, exercising and not getting tired.  I am always training for some type of race in the fall, so this is my favorite time of the year to be out running.  I miss that.  I miss sitting comfortably on the floor and playing with Owen.  I am looking forward to someday being able to do these things again.