The Bybee Chronicles: 31 Weeks

Last Tuesday I went back to my doctor for another sonogram to check in on Beckett. During our last sonogram, he was so active that the sonographer was not able to get one photo of an area of his heart so she wanted to be sure and capture it that day. He continued to be pretty active but luckily he stood still long enough for her to get what she needed. He is head down already which is good, but I feel him flip around quite often. Beckett is currently 4lbs, and measuring to be over 8lbs once he makes his arrival. We were also told that Grayson was going to be over 9lbs and he came out at 7lbs, 5oz so Beckett could still be pretty average weight. My total weight gain so far in this pregnancy is only 6lbs. I attribute the lack of weight gain to the 16 weeks I was unable to eat regularly and possibly losing weight in other areas with all of it now being focused on my mid-section. As long as Beckett is healthy and growing (which he appears to be), that's all that matters. My appointments are now every 2 weeks and will pick up to every week when I'm 36 weeks. Not too much longer!

Beckett had his hand over his face

He was also trying to grab his feet...I can feel him doing that alot

On the home front, we finally finished Grayson's room and moved him up there this weekend! My little baby is officially a big boy sleeping in a big boy bed. In true Grayson fashion, he made the transition as easy as ever. On Friday night, Shane took him upstairs to read to him and planned on spending a lengthy amount of time getting him to stay in his bed. After our usual bedtime routine, Shane laid with him for a short while and then left the room. We didn't hear a peep from Grayson until Saturday morning. He slept in his bed all night! The next night he cried for about 30 seconds at the door, then climbed in his bed and passed out. Sunday he even slept an hour later than normal. Naps are still a bit of a challenge, but something we will continue to work on each weekend. He seems to really like his bed and his room. We are trying to spend more time upstairs since it is becoming more of his area.

Here is alittle about his room. His bed is a full size platform bed that Shane built (he's so handy!). We used one of our existing mattresses so we didn't have an extra expense, plus he will be able to sleep in this bed for a long time as opposed to purchasing a toddler bed for only a year. I got the quilt and pillows from Pottery Barn Kids. The sheets are from Target and Clouds and Stars (they are the quick zip sheets like we had in his crib that you can quickly zip on/off...love them!). The curtains are plain white curtains from Ikea that my mom and I painted stripes on to match the bedding. Shane also "built" and installed the shelf over his bed. It's basically plumbing pipes with a stained board lying across them. The letters spelling out his name are a string art project of mine. The dresser is from Ikea. It's similar to what was in his nursery, only bigger so he can grow into it. We made a small reading corner for him using some spice racks from Ikea to hold his books. They are the perfect height for him to grab the books he wants and read. And the shadow boxes are another project of mine that I had seen in a magazine a long time ago. I thought they would always look so cute in a kids room. He likes to point at them and say what's in each one.

Grayson's new room!

Reading corner

Close up of shadow boxes

I also made a few updates to his bathroom by getting a new shower curtain, some new rugs, installing some similar shelves over the toilet and putting up some letters to spell out "wash your hands". Shane is also going to make a towel rack to replace the chrome one we have that will be stained to match the new shelves. I think it makes it alittle more kid friendly now.

Shane is getting ready to go back to school next week and things are slowly winding down for me at work. My new position is still semi-seasonal, but now that the pools are closing, things are starting to pick up at our ball fields so the maintenance side of things will have me pretty occupied.

Only 8-9 more weeks until we meet Mr. Beckett and only 11 weeks until my precious baby boy turns 2!