price street

I can't stop looking at this kitchen

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Photo by James Hall (whose other photography is amazing)

philadelphia by ork posters

I needed a third piece to hang in our first floor hallway.  The other two were lonely.

Ork Posters

ashtree FRAMING in West Chester

 

autumn and the mini baby bump

Autumn is here.  So is a tiny bump.

15 weeks & 0 days|2nd trimester|175 days to go

It's been awhile.  On 10/9 we had our 13 wk appointment and heard the heartbeat.  It was a relief.  But the nerves are starting to set in a bit again I think mostly because now it is so public.  Work knows, pretty much our entire families know, lots of our friends know.  And in a week or so I think I will be busting out of my regular pants.  Nothing to do but pray, pray, pray.

I snapped this yesterday on my way home from work.  I love this time of year in West Chester.  And I like being pregnant in the fall.

nesting

New photo in the living room.

New cabinets in the kitchen.  I LOVE them.  LOVE.

There's a bit of nesting going on around here.  I am starting to feel better, slowly.  I still have good days and bad but I have definitely been able to do a bit more around the house.  And new cabinets are great motivation to get up off of the couch!  I have even tried out a couple of new recipes over the past two weeks.  The beef & black bean chili is delicious.

I have a long IKEA shopping list

I want two of these for the dining room.

10 weeks & 1 days|1st trimester|209 days to go : and IKEA

Now that our jelly bean is starting to look less like a tadpole and more like a mini baby, I find my heart skipping a beat anytime I see a picture of any fetus at 10 wks.  And are I say I actually feel a bit better today.  Not as nauseous.

Tonight we are heading to IKEA to make a purchase that we have been waiting for for over 3 years.  Literally.  We have wanted these VARDE drawer units for the bare wall in our kitchen since we moved.

Right now we have a brown folding table (which belongs to a friend) along this wall which helps to provide more surface area but definitely not aesthetically pleasing.  And with the hopefully arrival of the jelly bean in April we can use all the extra storage and counter space we can get.  I would love to get some wall shelving  to hang above it but won't do that until I get the yukko wallpaper down.

I really going to try to control myself at IKEA tonight.  But I am considering this for over our pear couch.

studio violet

I think these Studio Violet postcards would make really nice nursery artwork...

skona hem

Despite my brain fog, I was really inspired by these today:

 

 

 

credit: Skona Hem

9 weeks & 4 days|1st trimester|213 days to go

My most prominent pregnancy symptom is my around-the-clock nausea.  Besides the poor condition of my skin it is pretty much all I think about.  Whether to eat, what to eat, when to eat, when not to eat.  I have some of the other typical symptoms like sore boobs, slow digestive system (and all that comes with that) and in general I just don't feel well and certainly don't feel like myself (my non-preggo self).  The last couple of days have been hard mentally, trying to keep myself positive and not feeling like this a lot of sacrifice on my part.  Having already lost a pregnancy I feel guilty for even thinking that.  Pretty selfish.  And that a lot of women right now would give their left arm to have constant m/s if it meant becoming a mother at the end.  It's my reality though.  I remind myself how lucky we are that we go pg so quickly twice and remind myself of the wonderful gift that will come at the end.  9 months is hardly a sacrifice in that sense.

Not complaining anymore, but the nausea makes it hard to think about anything else.  I can't remember the last time I took a good picture or even felt inspired or motivated to pick up the camera.  I intermittently have creative thoughts here and there, about the house or happy living Design or something else, but rarely have the motivation or strength to do anything about them.  I am in some interstitial space for the time being.  I just hope it all comes back at some point.  Blog reading and occasionally posting on twitter has kept me a bit connected.  Just enough for now.