33 week doctors visit & Strawberry Picking

I went to the doctors this morning and everything checked out A-Ok. I gained 2 lbs. since my last apointment and my blood pressure was nice and low at 102/64. I also do not have any swelling in my hands or feet and the doctor was happy with that. She did ask about the babies movement because they would like for me to feel 10 movements a day. I told her no worries, in just the time span of me typing this post Baby Pavelchak has jabbed me at least 5 times. I think Adam and I have quite the active little guy! My next appointment is in 2 weeks.


This is from Baby Center - "This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood."

Weekend Fun-

This weekend mom & I went up to my sisters to spend the weekend and we had lots of fun with everyone. We got up there for dinner time on Friday and left Sunday morning. It is always a good time visiting we have lots of entertainment with Melina & Bennett, the two of them are too cute together! Tammy had the idea of strawberry picking on Saturday at a farm nearby since the beach plans looked so-so. There were thunderstorms in the weather forecast and we were worried to get all the way out to the beach & be stuck in the rain. Here are some pics from our trip to the farm.

Mom, Melina & Bennett in front of the tractor at the Farm. I wanted this picture for Baby Pavelchak's room, we are doing a farm theme in his room and I think having grandma & his cousins up on the wall will be a nice touch!

Here I am 33 weeks preggo, the horizontal stripes really show off my belly I have acquired with Baby Pavelchak! It was super hot outside picking strawberries but I was determined to get a good amount since our plan was to make Strawberry Rhubarb pie. Tammy and I prepared the pie when we got home and it turned out yummy!

Kitchen Pictures

The professional pictures are up of our kitchen - they came out great, I am so happy they were done for our contractor's site. It really makes me appreciate all the time & effort our home renovation took.

Check them out -

http://khimprovement.blogspot.com/

http://alexissteinphoto.blogspot.com/

New Washing Machine

So you know how things crap out at the most inconvenient times? Well our Washing machine died...It doesn't owe us anything after using it for 8 years straight but it finally doesn't spin the clothes correctly, they come out soaking wet all the time. So we went to Sears last night and bought a washer but we didn't purchase the fancy front loader type. We opted for a very efficient top loader because our dryer died on us about a year 1/2 ago and we had purchased the dryer that matched the washer at the time. We went this route because we eventually want to relocate our Washer & Dryer to the first floor when we do our addition off the back of the house. At that time we plan on buying the matching front loaders that not only look really cool but are even more efficient.

Our plan is to wait to do the addition until we eventually have 2 children that are too old to share a room, probably by the time our first child is 5 years old. At that time we would have both kids in the upstairs bedrooms then move ourselves to the first floor. The first floor bedroom currently is on the smaller side so we would go off the back of the house with an addition. Nothing too huge - just something that would make the first floor bedroom a master suite with a walk in closet & bathroom. While we do this project we would expand the 1st floor bathroom that is currently there and put the washer & dryer in that room. And you know what that means....No more trips to the basement!

I have been reading quite a bit about the front loaders & the only downside is that they vibrate & rattle much more than top loaders. So when the time comes, we will research & purchase a good set that will be quite & vibrate the least. Luckily Adam is a plumber by trade and super handy at just about anything he puts his mind to regarding our house projects so we rarely have to hire out help. The real trick will be "finding the time" to get this project done...but for right now we have a nice new washer that will be in next week - just in time to start washing all Baby Pavelchak's clothes I have to get to!

Here is our new washer :)

Weekend Events

Hi All!

We had a very busy weekend which started on Thursday night with the rehearsal dinner and then Friday was the wedding. We had such a good time at Rob & Sue's wedding, everything was gorgeous and it made me miss our wedding day all over again. I have to say that was a day I would love to be able to relive over and over again :) . It was so nice to share in their special day with them. Adam was a "natural" presenting his best man speech! I was so proud of him :)

Here are some pics from the wedding. I am officially 8 months pregnant in this picture. I danced all night and was full of energy - even with my heels on! Thank god I haven't experienced any bloating in my hands & feet just yet..... I thought I would be exhausted but I was up until 1 am partying with everyone, I was shocked!

The "first time grandparents to be" - John & Debbie

This weekend was also Father's Day so Adam and I went to breakfast at Parkside cafe in our town & it was really nice to celebrate Adam's first father's day. Adam took me there for Mother's day too. We then cooked a surf & turf dinner for Adam's dad John. I have to say we impressed ourselves on this one! It was super easy but very tasty. We made Lobster rolls & Beef Kabobs on the grill with veggies & pineapple. Check out the picture below, we were so proud of the meal I had to take a picture!

Sunday I was also in full nesting mode. We all know I am a little crazy with the cleaning & organizing, but this Sunday I really went over the top. We were getting professional pictures of our kitchen taken and we have an open floor plan in our house so everything needed to look in its perfect place.

Our contractor that did our renovations last year wanted our kitchen to be pictured for his advertising and I was super excited for that, I can't wait to see the pictures. So I put up the new dining room curtains that were done just in time from Adam's Aunt Eva. She hand made these curtains for us, I bought the fabric and told her the design I wanted and they came out JUST the way I wanted them :) She is quite the talented curtain maker in my opinion. Check out her work. -

Another fun thing that happened this weekend was a package that arrived on Friday in our mudroom off our Pottery Barn registry! It was the book/cubby shelf system we registered for! We was super excited about it & we just want to send a big thanks to all my girlfriends from college that went in on this gift - Corinne, Caralyn, Gillian, Niki, Sylvia & Margaret - thank you so much we love the gift and you all are so generous & thoughtful.

Here is a picture of it, we have to fill it with books and stuff but I put some things in just to give you the idea of what it will look like.