Baby Kicks, Sewing Projects, and Novels

First of all...yesterday I was just complaining that I hadn't really felt the baby move yet, or at least not movements where I could clearly say, "that's it!" Well yesterday I was sitting at my desk at work and totally felt her kicking me by my bellybutton! I was so excited, and I didn't want to move or leave my chair or miss a moment of it. So hooray, Tatiana, your bones are getting stronger, and I encourage you to keep moving around and saying hello to me throughout the day. :)

Another hand embroidered onesie for our little girl. I did not crochet that adorable hat, it's from an Etsy seller.

Whenever I get a pattern and I follow it fairly easily I tend to remake the same item a lot. Which would explain why I have the same baby blanket x5 (of course with different fabrics). Lately I've been making the same tote bag... this time around I switched it up and instead of making coordinating fabric handles I used seatbelt material. It proved to be a bit of a struggle though...after a couple bent and broken needles and wasted thread, my mother in law suggested a needle used for sewing denim...the denim needle along with my walking foot (as opposed to a normal sewing foot) worked like a charm (although I did break one of the denim needles, and a shard of the metal came flying at my face, but luckily missed my eyeballs). This is a fun functional tote and it has two pockets inside.

Dog in a bag. ;)

Same tote, different fabric.

Same tote, owl fabric.

Books....

Just finished:

By the same author of 'The Other Boleyn Girl'... Book 1 of 3...not for the faint of heart, has some pretty disturbing stuff in it and the main character is most definitely an ANTI-heroine!

Just started:

Book 2 of 3...not that far into yet, so I'm not sure if the main character will be an anti-heroine like her ancestor in the previous book or a true heroine.

Starting soon:

This is for my book club. I haven't picked it up yet.

The Olson Family

   
I've decided to start a blog to chronicle our first pregnancy!

A little background information on us...

Bjorn and I met when I was a senior in high school and he was in college. We both worked at the same grocery store. After I went away to college we kept in touch via instant messenger and Bjorn visited me at school as well. Bjorn from the very beginning had always been ready to be more than friends, and I wasn't.... finally after a year and a half I ended up asking out Bjorn (after he had asked me several times and I had said no). We dated for 4 years and then Bjorn asked me to marrying him on December 12th 2008, we got married the following year in May. Now today...after 5 months of marriage we decided (yes it was a decision, not an accident, for those who like to speculate!) we wanted to have a baby. I think we were okay with it being so early in our marriage because we had dated for so long and had already owned and lived in our house together for a full year. Now we are 19 weeks pregnant and due July 22nd.

We've had several ultrasounds already (lucky, lucky us!)...so far we've had them at: 6 weeks, 7 weeks, 12 weeks, 17 weeks, and 18 weeks. After the last two ultrasounds it looks like it's going to be a girl, but there are no certain guarantees yet. Next week we have a non-medical ultrasound on Wednesday and a medical one on Friday, so we are hoping that will seal the deal. We are happy either way with a girl or boy, we just want to know so we can start embracing the idea now. Although I'm not gonna lie, I definitely shopped the baby girl section at Baby Gap yesterday!

Baby 'O' at 12 weeks, 4 days.

Baby 'O' at 17 weeks, 5 days...already showing signs of inheriting Dad's long arms and legs.

Baby 'O' at 17 weeks, 5 days...the baby is sucking on its thumb.

Baby 'O' at 17 weeks, days....all cuddled up.

The bump at 19 weeks...I know it doesn't look that big to other people, but it feels HUGE to me. I can't even believe it's got 21 more weeks to grow...I am scared for my poor skin, it's already itchy!