Yay Nursery!

So the nursery is finally coming together. My very sweet husband has painted and put the crib together, and I was finally able to put the bedding on today. Pics are below. I know it looks like the crib is black, but it's actually a really dark stain - espresso. I'm so excited!! Can't wait to get everything else in there - including Max!!

Merry Christmas! :)

Drumroll please....

...OK, so we finally have a name, and I think most of you will be pleased...

Max Hamilton Greer

Yep, we know that wasn't one of the poll choices, but we've finally come to an agreement. So we hope you all like it. If not, I'm sure you won't care once the name is attached to a sweet little baby boy! :)

If we don't get to see you in the next week or so, we hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love ya! :)

Catching Up...

Happy Wednesday all! Sorry it's been a while since we posted - not a lot has been happening in baby land. Today marks week 23 - only 17 more to go - or 119 days - but who's counting?? And that's assuming Max cooperates and comes on-time... I did realize today that Max's due date (April 11) is the day before Easter. It's also the day before my mom's birthday. So if he refuses to come early, we'll hope for April 12 so he can be an Easter baby and share his grandmother's (sorry, no grandma name picked yet) birthday!

I hope you weren't all fooled by Matt's last post. He really enjoys moving furniture around and adding to the Goodwill/Yard Sale piles that are growing higher and higher in our garage. While his list of things in the "office" was just a tad exaggerated (I know, shocking that Matt would exaggerate something...), there was A LOT of stuff that had to be moved. And I will give him all the credit, because I did very little to help. He also stripped the border at the top of the walls and plans to paint soon. I think the best part of this moving experience was Matt's decision that he could move the Elliptical machine downstairs all by himself. He made it happen, but not without a lot of words that it's a good thing Max wasn't around to hear. And now we have skid marks on the ceiling........draw your own conclusions from that......

So now the office is well on its way to becoming a nursery, our bonus room is doubling as the office, and our living room is doubling as the gym. No big deal. Just please do not buy us anything that will take up space in either of the living areas, because we will not have room for it!

Those of you who have not seen me in a while will be surprised to see that I'm really starting to have a belly (other than the one I've always had, anyway!). They say I've "popped" in the last few weeks, and I'm barely hanging on to the few pairs of non-maternity pants that I can still button...barely... It's an exciting time - finally people don't feel bad about asking when I'm due!

We're so excited about Christmas this year! I think most of you know that we have decided to try to save some money and will not be purchasing presents this year, other than Angel Tree gifts and the donations made for those names we drew at Granne's house. I hope everyone understands that we are making an exception this year only and will rejoin the gift-giving bonanza next year. We feel like the most important thing this year is spending time with our families and friends, and letting you all know how much we love you and appreciate your support.

We'll be traveling to Vardaman on Tuesday Dec 23 staying until the following Sunday. Then we plan to celebrate New Years with friends and do some relaxing that week - as well as some more cleaning and moving, I'm sure!

Love you all! :)