Halfway Already!

During the 17th week, my sweet husband was out of town and unable to take a picture of me,

so it didn't get documented, but that's okay.

These past few weeks have a pretty awesome!

I got to feel the baby move for the first time,

the doctor told us at my appointment when I was 18 weeks

 that the baby was measuring BIGGER than 18 weeks, 

which I was a little surprised about. 

But then after I thought about it, 

I realized this poor child is going to have a huge noggin!

At week 19, my sweet husband also got to feel the baby move!

It was really neat for him to feel the baby too!

At 20 weeks, we are getting anxious to know whether the baby is a boy or a girl.

What do you think readers?

We get to find out on my birthday! We're really excited!

In other news, a coworker asked me to make her a swimsuit cover-up, 

which I just realized I forgot to take a picture of,

so I decided to order me some fabric as well when I ordered hers.

So I made myself a maternity dress, it's the multi-colored stripe one.

I was surprised at how simple it was to make!

So, I thought I'd share with all of you.

The girl that does the tutorial also gives tips to make a non-maternity dress!

So here is the tutorial for the dress

and while I'm at it, here is the tutorial for the swimsuit cover up.

Both were SUPER easy!

Slowly but surely

I think the biggest piece of advice I would give to someone considering home improvement projects is:

projects ALWAYS take longer than planned

and that's okay.

We figured we could bust out the bathroom in a month...

we're in month four.

I think some of that is my fault, I can't help with a whole lot these days.

My sweet husband has been wonderful to me and won't let me do anything that could potentially cause any harm to our baby. He's the best!

I was able to help a little with the electrical work 

(feeding it through to my poor husband who was in the attic).

My sweet husband moved the light switch so it is now INSIDE the bathroom,

one would think that light switches would always be inside the room they are meant for, 

not so dear readers. Our switch for our bathroom was on the outside.

Granted it is fun to play tricks on people and turn off the light while they are on the john or in the shower,

but it can also be a bit annoying.

Thankfully, that is no longer the case in our home!

 I am truly impressed with the tile work my sweet husband did!

Here is the shower:

Another thing we've learned from home improvement projects is that sometimes you can make yourself feel better about your attempt at whichever task you are tackling by looking at how a professional did it in a public place.

To feel better about your tiling skills, visit a hotel room and check out their tiling.

It's a fun game we play.

Maybe we're terrible people.