Photos all over the place! My belly! Nerd Jr's room! And stuff!
This is going to be a photospam of some proportions, people... So prepare yourself! :-D
I've been asked several times for photos of my belly... and of Nerd Jr's room. So that's what I'll be sharing. :-D I just took some photos today, actually, after I'd finished off preparing various frostings for the cupcakes and the macarons tomorrow. :-) spicehobbit should be proud. She made the cupcakes and macarons for me, and I've made the frostings and fillings. :-) I also made a huge spong-cake that I'll pour glaze over tomorrow. :-) I'll try to remember to take photos of the huge table filled with sweets tomorrow! :-D
ANYHOW!
Here's the little photo-spam of today.
Before we start with Nerd Jr, here's an older photo... taken this winter or early this spring when it was still cold as fuck. Me and Verdandi. Just to prove how insane my beloved cat is. X-D She was extremly cuddly and purring all over the place then, and when she's in that mood? You can pretty much do whatever you want with her. :-D
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I love my cats. Seriously.
And they've been really good with my belly since I got pregnant to! They used to love walking over it when I layed down or laying on it and such, but since getting pregnant I've pushed them off... and they've gotten the message, now laying next to it purring the house down. It makes my belly vibrate, so I bet Nerd Jr will recognize the purring when getting out!
So here's my belly then. Taken just... two or three days ago, I believe? Quite big, but not THAT big. You wouldn't be able to tell that there's only 3 weeks or so until delivery, could you? :-)
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peting73 has been taking photos of my belly since we found out I was pregnant, either every week or every other week. :-) Don't know what he'll do with all them photos, but he wanted progress photos! It took a LONG TIME before one could even tell I was pregnant, let me tell you. At first it was just my hips that changed position, making them even wider (and I had wide hips to start with!) and giving me a huge ass (which I also had to start with!). Good thing peting has a thing for said body-part... *cough*
So that's what I am looking like right now. :-) Onwards to Nerd Jr's room!
The room we transformed to Nerd Jr's room was previously our comp-room. Where we had our computers, a sofa bed and various nerdy stuff. It hadn't been repainted or anything since peting73 had moved in there, and that was a long, long time ago. For some reason he'd felt it a good idea to make the walls a dark blue. :-P And the floor had a plastic mat on it, which had cracked and broken here and there. It wasn't very pretty. After we'd emptied the room, it looked like this:
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Of course our cats helped! Or tried to...
After we'd picked out our wallpapers though, that was quite light in colour, we figured it was a good idea to put a white coat of paint on the walls, so the dark blue wouldn't shine through. Plus the ceiling needed a coat of paint as well. So after peting73 had done that, the room looked like this! And no, no cats this time. We didn't want our black beauties turning white... or spreading the paint all over the apartment. *lol*
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The weekend after that, we got our oldest and most broken clothing on... and got our hands dirty (not to mention sticky!) with putting up wallpapers! This is the second time we've done this, and we sure worked greatly as a team! :-D It even went faster then we'd thought! So, when we were done and had put the new lamp up... the room looked like this. :-) Nice, eh?
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A close up of the wallpaper. :-) It has patterns and names from seriously old, old swedish maps. Cool, eh? :-D
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And a close up off the lamp! It was dirt cheap in a discount shop... but damn, if we didn't fall in love with it!
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Since the old plastic (and quite ugly) floors were cracked and broken, we had to put in new floors to. peting73 had put in floors with a simple techinic before, so he knew what kind to buy. And we agreed on the pattern together. :-) I think it looks really damn nice, wouldn't you say so?
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Of course, after you've put in new floors and put in new wallpapers... you need new splines (I think that is the word in english...). White, of course, since it fitted the floors and the wallpapers the best. :-)
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Since then, when we finished it off, we've just filled the room with stuff! Who knew a little kid would need so much stuff, eh? *lol* First two furnitures we put in there was the sofa bed and the big bookshelf... that we've partly transformed so it can be used for storage to. :-) Long live IKEA and their stuff, is all I am saying!
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As you can see, there is quite a lot of stuff in that shelf now! :-D Not all of the storage places are filled, but there are a little bit of stuff here and there. The storage boxes in the bottom are saved for toys. I guess that will be enough only so long. *lol* We've tried to keep all colours unisex, since neither me nor peting73 likes it when all stuff are gender based, you know? So instead we bring ALL the colours! X-D I mean, why the hell not, right?
This combined changing table and chest of drawers I bought from my brother (for nearly nothing). The little Winnie the Pooh on it was painted by his wife. Cute, eh? And perfect, since peting73 LOVES everything that has to do with Winnie the Pooh! :-D
There's a baby-chair/thing/whatever you wanna call it on that changing table to, that I bought the other day (black, of course) and a nursing pillow that'll make it easier when you are breastfeeding, and there's a car seat for the little one on the floor. :-) Used by two kids before our Nerd Jr, but in perfect condition (it's been checked), and cost is a third or less from what a new one would have cost us.
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My brother had a matching chest of drawers to! So we got that as well from him, just for the hell of it. *lol* Pretty, eh? And yes, that's my SIL that's been there putting Winnie the Pooh on it. :-) The rocking cradle though, was built for me when I was a baby by my maternal grandfather as a gift. :-) He loved working in wood. Originally it was just wooden coloured, but when my brothers first kid was to be born, my SIL asked mom if she could paint it, and of course she could! So she put Winnie the Pooh on the rocking cradle to! :-D I think it looks adorable! Nerd Jr will be the fifth baby sleeping in it. First me, then my brother, then my brothers daughter, then my brothers son... and now Nerd Jr. :-) Well, when ever she/he wants to show up. ;-) The rocking cradle will be moved to stand by my side of the bed for the first months after birth though, for ease (breastfeeding) and comfort for Nerd Jr. :-)
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Looks quite nice, eh? *grin*
Right, so for the last photo we have the pram that I also bought from my brother. To be honest though, it wasn't that much money he wanted for the whole thing, so we pretty much got everything for peanuts. Anyway, it is quite the steady pram, since they live on the countryside and took walks in the woods a lot. Here, in the city though I could probably use it as a tank when getting on the buss! X-D Move or I'll run you over! *grin* It is in GREAT condition though, since they've taken great care with it. Only problem is, our car is a bit small, but we think we've found a solution for that to. :-) (Moving/rearranging half the backseat.)
We've also bought a highchair from IKEA. Yeah, yeah... won't use it for a long, long time yet, but it is good to have it here already, so we don't have to stress about it later on, so to speak. At least that's how we thought about it. And we thought the blue colour was the prettiest. :-)
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So now you've all seen our preparations and the room and my belly and all the stuff. :-) I know we've done a lot of preparations, but to be honest... it has been over such a long time, we haven't really thought about it. :-) We started to plan the room when we found out that the IVF worked and I was, in fact, pregnant. Then after a few months (early spring I think) we fixed the room up. And then we've just filled it with stuff a little at a time since. :-) Of course, mom and peting73s mom has brought a lot of stuff to (mostly clothing), so we aren't the only guilty ones of filling the room up! *lol* I think Nerd Jr will be perfectly fine in that room!
And fun thing is, when peting73 was a young boy he and his mom used to live right here in this apartment! And Nerd Jr's room? Used to be peting73s boy bedroom! X-D Life has come full circle... *grin*
I've been asked several times for photos of my belly... and of Nerd Jr's room. So that's what I'll be sharing. :-D I just took some photos today, actually, after I'd finished off preparing various frostings for the cupcakes and the macarons tomorrow. :-) spicehobbit should be proud. She made the cupcakes and macarons for me, and I've made the frostings and fillings. :-) I also made a huge spong-cake that I'll pour glaze over tomorrow. :-) I'll try to remember to take photos of the huge table filled with sweets tomorrow! :-D
ANYHOW!
Here's the little photo-spam of today.
Before we start with Nerd Jr, here's an older photo... taken this winter or early this spring when it was still cold as fuck. Me and Verdandi. Just to prove how insane my beloved cat is. X-D She was extremly cuddly and purring all over the place then, and when she's in that mood? You can pretty much do whatever you want with her. :-D
(Click for bigger!)
I love my cats. Seriously.
And they've been really good with my belly since I got pregnant to! They used to love walking over it when I layed down or laying on it and such, but since getting pregnant I've pushed them off... and they've gotten the message, now laying next to it purring the house down. It makes my belly vibrate, so I bet Nerd Jr will recognize the purring when getting out!
So here's my belly then. Taken just... two or three days ago, I believe? Quite big, but not THAT big. You wouldn't be able to tell that there's only 3 weeks or so until delivery, could you? :-)
(Click for bigger!)
peting73 has been taking photos of my belly since we found out I was pregnant, either every week or every other week. :-) Don't know what he'll do with all them photos, but he wanted progress photos! It took a LONG TIME before one could even tell I was pregnant, let me tell you. At first it was just my hips that changed position, making them even wider (and I had wide hips to start with!) and giving me a huge ass (which I also had to start with!). Good thing peting has a thing for said body-part... *cough*
So that's what I am looking like right now. :-) Onwards to Nerd Jr's room!
The room we transformed to Nerd Jr's room was previously our comp-room. Where we had our computers, a sofa bed and various nerdy stuff. It hadn't been repainted or anything since peting73 had moved in there, and that was a long, long time ago. For some reason he'd felt it a good idea to make the walls a dark blue. :-P And the floor had a plastic mat on it, which had cracked and broken here and there. It wasn't very pretty. After we'd emptied the room, it looked like this:
(Click for bigger!)
Of course our cats helped! Or tried to...
After we'd picked out our wallpapers though, that was quite light in colour, we figured it was a good idea to put a white coat of paint on the walls, so the dark blue wouldn't shine through. Plus the ceiling needed a coat of paint as well. So after peting73 had done that, the room looked like this! And no, no cats this time. We didn't want our black beauties turning white... or spreading the paint all over the apartment. *lol*
(Click for bigger!)
The weekend after that, we got our oldest and most broken clothing on... and got our hands dirty (not to mention sticky!) with putting up wallpapers! This is the second time we've done this, and we sure worked greatly as a team! :-D It even went faster then we'd thought! So, when we were done and had put the new lamp up... the room looked like this. :-) Nice, eh?
(Click for bigger!)
A close up of the wallpaper. :-) It has patterns and names from seriously old, old swedish maps. Cool, eh? :-D
(Click for bigger!)
And a close up off the lamp! It was dirt cheap in a discount shop... but damn, if we didn't fall in love with it!
(Click for bigger!)
Since the old plastic (and quite ugly) floors were cracked and broken, we had to put in new floors to. peting73 had put in floors with a simple techinic before, so he knew what kind to buy. And we agreed on the pattern together. :-) I think it looks really damn nice, wouldn't you say so?
(Click for bigger!)
Of course, after you've put in new floors and put in new wallpapers... you need new splines (I think that is the word in english...). White, of course, since it fitted the floors and the wallpapers the best. :-)
(Click for bigger!)
Since then, when we finished it off, we've just filled the room with stuff! Who knew a little kid would need so much stuff, eh? *lol* First two furnitures we put in there was the sofa bed and the big bookshelf... that we've partly transformed so it can be used for storage to. :-) Long live IKEA and their stuff, is all I am saying!
(Click for bigger!)
As you can see, there is quite a lot of stuff in that shelf now! :-D Not all of the storage places are filled, but there are a little bit of stuff here and there. The storage boxes in the bottom are saved for toys. I guess that will be enough only so long. *lol* We've tried to keep all colours unisex, since neither me nor peting73 likes it when all stuff are gender based, you know? So instead we bring ALL the colours! X-D I mean, why the hell not, right?
This combined changing table and chest of drawers I bought from my brother (for nearly nothing). The little Winnie the Pooh on it was painted by his wife. Cute, eh? And perfect, since peting73 LOVES everything that has to do with Winnie the Pooh! :-D
There's a baby-chair/thing/whatever you wanna call it on that changing table to, that I bought the other day (black, of course) and a nursing pillow that'll make it easier when you are breastfeeding, and there's a car seat for the little one on the floor. :-) Used by two kids before our Nerd Jr, but in perfect condition (it's been checked), and cost is a third or less from what a new one would have cost us.
(Click for bigger!)
My brother had a matching chest of drawers to! So we got that as well from him, just for the hell of it. *lol* Pretty, eh? And yes, that's my SIL that's been there putting Winnie the Pooh on it. :-) The rocking cradle though, was built for me when I was a baby by my maternal grandfather as a gift. :-) He loved working in wood. Originally it was just wooden coloured, but when my brothers first kid was to be born, my SIL asked mom if she could paint it, and of course she could! So she put Winnie the Pooh on the rocking cradle to! :-D I think it looks adorable! Nerd Jr will be the fifth baby sleeping in it. First me, then my brother, then my brothers daughter, then my brothers son... and now Nerd Jr. :-) Well, when ever she/he wants to show up. ;-) The rocking cradle will be moved to stand by my side of the bed for the first months after birth though, for ease (breastfeeding) and comfort for Nerd Jr. :-)
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Looks quite nice, eh? *grin*
Right, so for the last photo we have the pram that I also bought from my brother. To be honest though, it wasn't that much money he wanted for the whole thing, so we pretty much got everything for peanuts. Anyway, it is quite the steady pram, since they live on the countryside and took walks in the woods a lot. Here, in the city though I could probably use it as a tank when getting on the buss! X-D Move or I'll run you over! *grin* It is in GREAT condition though, since they've taken great care with it. Only problem is, our car is a bit small, but we think we've found a solution for that to. :-) (Moving/rearranging half the backseat.)
We've also bought a highchair from IKEA. Yeah, yeah... won't use it for a long, long time yet, but it is good to have it here already, so we don't have to stress about it later on, so to speak. At least that's how we thought about it. And we thought the blue colour was the prettiest. :-)
(Click for bigger!)
So now you've all seen our preparations and the room and my belly and all the stuff. :-) I know we've done a lot of preparations, but to be honest... it has been over such a long time, we haven't really thought about it. :-) We started to plan the room when we found out that the IVF worked and I was, in fact, pregnant. Then after a few months (early spring I think) we fixed the room up. And then we've just filled it with stuff a little at a time since. :-) Of course, mom and peting73s mom has brought a lot of stuff to (mostly clothing), so we aren't the only guilty ones of filling the room up! *lol* I think Nerd Jr will be perfectly fine in that room!
And fun thing is, when peting73 was a young boy he and his mom used to live right here in this apartment! And Nerd Jr's room? Used to be peting73s boy bedroom! X-D Life has come full circle... *grin*