Summer So Far...

Yeah, apparently, I'm not great at this blogging thing, but here goes a little update...

School's Out: I've been done with school for almost a month and sometimes I wonder what I've done the past 4 weeks, but then I realize it's summer and it is ok to not do much! I planned on late May and early June being filled with lots of time around the house and KC as Will finished up his dissertation and worked from home. Basically whenever he was free I wanted to be around to hang out and it has been really nice! July will be filled with more traveling and time away but June has been a pretty low key month.

New Car: When William did have free time we spent a good chunk of it test driving new cars! We drove 7 different small SUV's and finally settled on the Mazda CX-5! We're still waiting for ours to arrive...speaking of that, I should probably call Kenny and see where it is! Hopefully we'll have it next week!

"Babymoon": We talked a lot about going on a small vacation in June when Will was nearing the end of paper writing, but it never really worked to be able to do that, but the opportunity to take a few days and go to Mom and Dad's condo at the Lake of the Ozarks came up so we did and it was mostly free! It was awesome...pool, reading, yummy food, playing Sequence on the porch, beautiful weather, Battlestar Galactica (yeah, we're nerds) and more.

Baby Girl's Room: This has been the other big thing I've worked on this month and slowly but surely her little room is coming together! First, mom came to town and we did lots of fabric shopping to find material for her quilt, curtains, crib skirt and sheets. We went to Urban Arts and Crafts in North KC and hit the jackpot on amazing fabrics.

Her room is basically going to be filled with lots of colors and patterns and I'm so excited to see it all come together over the next 4 (OMG!) months! I also spray painted some fun things I had around the house to put on her walls and painted the dresser my parents brought to KC (that was mine when I was little and my mom's when she was little!). I have a bunch of frames I want to paint still and have been "pinning" lots of little printable ideas to put in them along with pictures too! Mom also got us an amazing chair and I can't wait to get it in a week or so too! All we really need now is a crib and nightstand!

4 Months to Go: This month has been really fun and also
more emotional as our little one grows. Early this month (at about 21 weeks) Will was really able to feel her kicking (I've been feeling flutters and kicks since about week 16 or 17!) and that was pretty amazing for the both of us. Now I'm just enjoy the frequent nudges and jabs and more pronounced stomping on my bladder! Along with all that movement has come a real sense that we're going to have a little buddy in our lives soon and that has made me feel a sense of a bond to her that I didn't really feel early in pregnancy when there weren't many signs of her except for being nauseous and tired and gaining weight! It is a truly and amazing blessing and we're cherishing everything about this healthy pregnancy and praying it continues so our sweet girl can grow and develop into a healthy little newborn! Oh yeah...still not sure on her name! I think it will be a game time decision but we'll see!

Mom and Dad's Big Move: One crazy thing that is going to happen in our lives is that my parents are moving from WG to Bartlesville, Oklahoma! This has been in the works for a while, but now its actually happening! I have a bit of Father of the Bride Part 2 going on in my head (except for my mom being pregnant too thing) and feeling sad that they won't live in my hometown anymore, but knowing we have so many friends and family still in STL that we'll visit regularly makes it a lot easier. Hopefully they can get all settled by the end of summer! It's really a great opportunity for them so we're excited!

What's Next: Will starts his 3rd year clinical rotations on Monday and will be doing Psychiatry for a month--we're looking forward to some interesting stories! It's incredible to think that he's starting his 7th year at KUMed and also hard to believe that this is the final stretch of his program! Two years from now he'll be starting residency somewhere! Wow! I'll be in STL twice in July for the 4th and my cousin's wedding later in the month! Also, more projects, organizing, purging our house and pool time to come as well I'm sure!

That's the story for now!
Love,
The Messamores