Nursery Sneak Peak

Brynlee's room is coming right along. This weekend I made a trip to hobby and left with some cardboard letters, scrapbooking paper, jewels and a chandelier for 50% off! SCORE! They were one E short for Brynlee's name but I got started anyways as we watched the end of Dexter all weekend! So all the pictures will have one less E in the name but I will go back next weekend to get it when they get more in stock! :)

Painted the side's of her name with handmixed pink paint! (all the hubby's idea!)

The finished products, the letters will hang by the ribbon above her crib :)

Her name short of one E all finished but not hung yet :)

The hubby doing a hubby's job, drilling holes for the curtain rod!

All finished! Now they just need to be drycleaned! (You cant tell but they have little green polka dots on them too!)

Her BEAUTIFUL hutch that got delivered on Saturday. We will use this as a changing station.

The glider in the room now, and notice the chandelier on the floor, I am spray painting the white poles dark brown! More to come on that later!

And finally, where our sweet baby girl will be sleeping (or crying hehe) at night! Her BEAUTIFUL crib! And the great rug find at target, perfect match!

Ryan is being so cute in the nursery, we spent a lot of time in there this weekend just sitting in there and talking about her. We have a while to go till she gets here but it feels nice to have the nursery somewhat put together. We have a lot more to do in here with wall decorations etc. but the furniture being in place is awesome! Pictures will come along the way as we continue to add to the room but as of right now, I LOVE IT in there!

16 weeks & moving right along!

16 weeks and onto the 5th month already, wow! Time does seem to fly (some days)! We had our regular monthly appointment on Tuesday. I talked to the doctor regarding Braxton Hicks that I was thinking maybe I was getting and she just said as long as they are not consistent, its nothing to worry about. Which they are not consistent at all so I am not too concerned myself, but just thought they should know. For those of you who dont know what Braxton Hicks are they are basically contractions. I still haven't gained a pound, which I guess is good for me but the doctor wants me gaining at least 3 by the next appointment. My belly is growing right along but maybe I am loosing elsewhere, who knows. I still feel like I look the same everywhere but that belly!

We also got to see Brynlee on Tuesday in 4d. I could stare at her all day long. We witnessed a yawn, that was so cool! I didn't even know they could yawn in there, she must of had a rough day ;) As far as how it went, it went perfect! She is progressing just as she should be and they lowered our chances of down syndrome to 1 in 28,000 at this point. She is measuring perfectly and growing like a weed!

I have been feeling better these days with the exception of still being tired all the time. Probably doesn't help that I wake up at 5:45 but still. I also feel a lot more winded these days. Short walks make me completely out of breathe, just have to remind myself to be walking slowly.

Ryan and I will probably start looking at daycare's sometime soon. Everyone is telling me that a lot of places have year long wait lists. Mainly because they dont allow more than a certain number of infants in a room and if the rooms are full, they wont be able to accomodate you. We will probably start checking them out sometime next month.

And on a very exciting note, we get Brynlee's furniture tomorrow! I am so excited! It will make everything that much more real! She is the size of an avacado this week, so I guess I will make guacamole this weekend, yum! Hope you guys have a great weekend!

One step at a time....

Nursery in production...

Primed Walls...

Painted white ceiling...

In process of painting it PINK! My hubby did such a great job!

Being a goofball, Brynlee will see these later!

Finished product!!!

This room has a long way to go but at least the walls are painted. Ryan did such a great job at painting and we are SO pleased with the pink we chose. Its very light and not to overpowering. We are thinking of doing something else on one of the walls as well... but that will be a surprise for you later if we do it! It will be after the furniture is delivered. Which by the way is set to be delivered on Saturday! Oh and did I mention we get to see Brynlee tomorrow in 4d again?! Woo hoo!

Until next time... xo!

Brynlee Madison Lopez.... WELCOME!

I cannot even believe we are having a GIRL! I knew that it was a great possibility from the last appointment we had but I guess me and Ryan really believed we would never have a girl. We always said, were going to have 2 boys. And Ryan REALLY wanted a girl, so he couldn't be happier. Not to say, I didnt want a girl because of course I did, but I would have been happy with either or! We are soooo excited! We have always a little girl that we can put in dance classes just because of mine and Ryan's love for dance, so we truly look forward to all the little things a girl will bring to our life! Ryan said he is ready for the barbies and pink things everywhere, he better be!! :)

Brynlee is the size of an orange this week. The ultrasound tech, she looked so cute for 15 weeks. She was developing great. We got to see her in 3d moving around and it was so adorable. Next Tuesday we have another ultrasound so we will get some more pictures of our sweet little girl. So when they check for a girl, they look for the "three lines, or three dots" the picture below clearly has 3 dots and she saw absolutely nothing saying it would be a boy! So we are in the clear! Little missy girl, here we come!

This weekend we plan to prime the nursery and possibly paint, depending on how motivated we get! The nursery set will come as soon as we call them, just need to jump on this painting bandwagon!

Your Baby: Week 15

Continuing the march towards normal proportions, baby's legs now outmeasure the arms. And, finally, all four limbs have functional joints. Your fetus is squirming and wiggling like crazy down in the womb.

Myla Girl, we love you.

Right before she went to doggy heaven

Today I wear a very heavy heart. I honestly, didn't think this day would be coming again for me and my family for a very very long time. We got Myla only a little over a year ago. She was still a puppy. I dont know if all of you know but I actually picked Myla out for my mom the same day that we had put our chocolate lab Milo down. Hence why we named her Myla, after our big brown cow Milo.

A lot of people are probably wondering what happened? I am still asking myself the same exact question you are. Last Tuesday Myla went in to get spayed. A very normal surgery procedure that all little puppy girls go through if their owners decide to do so to avoid her getting pregnant. My parents took in her in Tuesday 9/7 for her surgery. They went to a place called Niki's Place. It is a place that only does spays and nueters. Our white lab DOG, and my sisters yorkie had gotten fixed the month prior. Myla had to wait because she was on her period. Anyways, she went in for surgery and Wednesday morning my mom had noticed her just irritated on one spot on her back. She looked under the hair and noticed a little spot about the size of a dime or nickel. Very small. She had figured it was just a dry spot or maybe a little reaction to the surgery. As days passed Myla was still very irritated by that spot. By the time Saturday hit she had knawed on it so hard it was raw and all the hair had disappeared. The vet was closed so we had to wait till Sunday to do anything. Sunday the Niki's place was open so we were able to bring her back in.

We brought her in and the doctor had said, that she may have been burned from the heating table or had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic. She wasn't sure. She told us she couldn't help us there and we had to go to our regular vet. When my dad took her to the regular vet, Niki's Place had called in the meantime and told her to bring him back. They felt very bad and wanted to see if they could treat her. She stayed at Niki's Place from Monday till today.

The mark that was once the size of a dime was multiplying by the hour. And her skin was starting to peel away away. My dad got a call this morning saying she needed additional care and there was nothing more she could do. In the meantime, Niki's Place didnt charge my parents anything for boarding her there and the treatment they were giving her because they felt so guilty.

My mom took her to the Emergency Vet because her original vet could not take her either. We arrived at the Emergency Vet and he had immediatly assumed she had been burned. Once we told him the situation he said it could be either or but his gut was that it was burn from the heating table. Which really only makes sense because where the two burn marks appear is directly where she was laying on the table. And the spot in between is where her spine would naturally arch. Anyways, he proceeded to tell us what would need to be done to save her.

He told us it would take anywhere from 2-3 months of at home treatment with warm compresses and complete isolation from the other dogs. On top of that it would take anywhere from 3-5 surgeries to "hopefully" be able to save her skin. The estimate for all of this was going to range anywhere from 4-6k. And that was just the estimate. So who knows what else would have come up along the way.

Needless to say, my parents financial situation does not account for 4-6k and 2-3 months of isolation from the other dogs would be very hard in itself. She would have been worth every penny but it wasn't even an option for us. Not only that, she was in pain and you could see it. And it would only be more painful for her over the next couple of months.

Warning: There are pictures below that are very graphic and for some, it may be hard to see. I just want those who want to see be able to see the damage that was done. I am not necessarily blaming it on Niki's Place, but it is very hard not to think that they did this. We dont know what happened the day of her surgery, and if someone accidently turned the table up higher than it should have been or walked away for a bit and she was on longer than she should have been. We dont know. So the pictures below are unknown to us if this was truly a burn or an allergic reaction. In my eyes, its a burn, clearly a burn. We plan to call "Call 12 for Action" just to let them know about the situation and possibly warn other families of this place. I just would hate to see this happen to more dogs.

Here is the damage that was caused:

Our last moment with Myla, we love you so much baby girl and please give Milo a high paw for us and we hope you enjoy your time in heaven!

I dont know if this was more hard on me because I picked Myla out and a little piece of my heart felt like I owner her. Or if it was because she really didnt get to live her life like she so deserved. She was so young and had such a long life ahead of her and I just think its not fair. The only thing keeping me going is knowing I get to see our baby on Friday.

Thank you for all your thoughts and well wishes, it means the world to us. Xoxo

Clean Slate...

After a weekend filled with moving the furniture around as well as rehanging all the wall decorations, we finally have a clean slate to work with in the soon to be nursery! It is so much easier to move furniture from one room to another then it is to actually move! Even though I didnt want to have to move the guest room, I think I actually like it better in the "blue" room! Here are some pics below of our soon to be nursery and updated rooms in the house:

This room will soon be pink (or so we think as of right now!) And also will have a sleeping little baby soon enough in that back corner!!!


The old office and now guest room

The bookcase in the office moved out to the front room

The desk took place of the entertainment center my mom gave us when we had moved in here, that was given to a friend of hers for free :)

So some have asked and yes Friday is the big reveal day for us! Lets hope that the little babes is behaving and has "her" legs open for us so we can get a real good look!! If not we have another appointment Tuesday that will give us another shot at a peak but if she's anything like the last appointment we will be able to tell Friday, she was very active the last time we saw her!

I also just wanted to say something that has been on my mind lately. I just want to say how very blessed Ryan & I feel. I know a few friends that have had many struggles with pregnancy and some that still are going through a crazy ride and a day doesnt go by that I dont think about how "lucky" we are. Minus my loss of appetite in the first trimester that really is the only thing that has been yuck for me so far. (Knock on wood.) So for all those mama's or soon to be mama's out there, I think about you and it is a true blessing to know you can create another life.

Until Friday folks... then we will know if we can go to Lowes and pick the pink paint we chose!!! :) Guess we will know soon enough!

(Oh and if its a boy, we havent abandoned him, just will have to pick a new paint color, so sorry Brecken if you're in there!!)

xoxo

14 Weeks!

Wow I cannot believe I am already 14 weeks and headed into my 15th. I feel like time is going a little faster now and maybe it is because we have been so busy lately! My belly is definitly growing like a weed. We find out next Friday if this is for sure a little girl in me, hopefully she is not acting up and will show us her goods so we can know for sure! Otherwise we have another appointment on Tuesday (the 21st) to meet with Doctor Soloman again. Either way it wont be long till we know for sure!! :)

This weekend we are clearing out the soon to be nursery to get it ready to go for prime and paint. Since the furniture came in so much earlier than we had expected we have to get the room at least painted before it gets here. I dont exactly want to be painting around brand new furniture and we got assembly through the company added on so it has to be assembled in the room since it wont fit through the door otherwise. So we will be busy bee's the next couple of weekends but it is so exciting to do all this!

So if it is a girl this would be the room color, we want it a very light and rosy color pink... this is the closest picture I could find, yes its an ugg boot haha!





Oh and here is baby at week 14! The size of a lemon!!

So anyways, hope everybody has a fantastic weekend and until next time!! :) ~Sarah

Michigan Trip

We got back from our Michigan trip yesterday! We had a great time. We spent a lot of time at their Arts Beats & Eats festival which was filled with crazy bands, food and different art. It was fun, although I didn't know a single band! Ha! :) One that we watched seemed to be on some crazy drugs but who knows! We were able to spend lots of time with family and friends!

On Sunday his mom through us a great wedding reception for all the people who were not able to make the wedding back in June. It was so great to see everyone and spend time with them! Also was finally able to meet some great people that I hear a lot about! Here I am before the party doing a belly shot at 13 weeks, 4 days!

We also enjoyed the Detroit Tigers game (picture above) on Labor Day. It was a great trip!!


Oh and did I mention that Michigan won their first game of the season?! GO BLUE!