Wishing we were somewhere else...

No real reason for today's post... other than I came across a picture I took the other day and it made me wish that Kyle and I were there, sipping on some wine and watching the sunset, instead of here... recovering.



Obviously I'm not the one who REALLY needs the glass of wine... but if I could, I would gladly partake in a glass with Kyle.  Once he's up and around, we're definitely going to need a date night OUTSIDE of this house.

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No updates on LBS.  I'm 16 weeks this week and the doctor told me that I should start to feel some flutter movements in the next month or so.  So you can bet that every time I'm laying down or sitting still I'm REALLY concentrating on my baby bump, praying and hoping to feel some movement, sooner rather than later.  I could have sworn I felt some movement on Monday when I was in the waiting room during Kyle's surgery, but unfortunately, I think it was just gas.  (Which would explain the bubble sensation... and not actual flutters or "butterfly wings" as they are normally described.)

There has been lots of baby talk going around in my blogging world.  With two bloggers that I read regularly having babies (Morgan from Mrs. Priss delivered Madeline on November 30th... Trysha who delivered Shane on November 18th [i think]... and Jennifer, who is currently in the hospital in labor), I'm starting to get a better sense of the reality of my growing baby bump.  And as of now it just excites me like you would not believe.  I am constantly day dreaming about holding my precious baby in my arms and actually getting to see his or her face for the first time.  Not knowing the sex right now is REALLY tough for me.  All I want to do is call LBS by his or her name... and actually be able to say HE or SHE... instead of IT.

I have so many thoughts going through my mind right now... and not knowing the sex is really making it hard to really zero in on some of the things I would like to be doing right now.  Like... shopping for wonderful baby items on Etsy.... and picking out paint colors for the room.  Having the guest room upstairs empty... just waiting for a precious shade of blue or yellow on the walls... is really not helping my early nesting symptoms.  Now that Thanksgiving has come and gone and we're not hosting Christmas... I need another project.   Naturally I would like to focus on something baby related, but I can't.  And its driving me nuts.  It won't feel like a nursery up there, until there is paint on the walls and furniture in the room.  None of which can be taken care of until the sex of LBS is determined.

Speaking of the sex of LBS... I'm currently Etsy shopping for the prize of my "guess the sex of LBS" drawing.  As December 22nd gets closer, I'll be doing a post on it and asking for everybody's guesses... and giving away something super awesome from Etsy.  My goal is to buy something from a fellow blogger's Etsy store... but its really hard to buy something, knowing I can't keep it for myself.  I'm considering buying from two different Etsy stores, in case the owner of the store wins my guessing game... that way its win win for both them and me... they get something AND I get to keep the gift I didn't give away.  (Seriously hoping my husband skims over this part of my post.  Which is likely since its getting kind of wordy and I know the longer post... the more he just skims over it.  Hi honey, IF you are reading this, I promise not to spend too much!)

Anyways... happy Tuesday to you all!