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now i absolutely love this corner of the baby's room! the wonders of a little bit of spray paint!!! geoff was at it all day spray painting every little thing i brought to him. we learned a $3 can of spray paint goes a long way.

he sprayed these frames as well.. they were black and boring before. i taped off the striped white frame to the right and he sprayed it apple green. i took the tape off when it was dry and wala, a cute frame! now we just need pictures of baby girl to fill the green frames.
we got this magazine rack from DI when we first got married over 2 years ago for $2. spraying it apple green makes it AMAZING in my opinion! it will go next to the crib to hold diapers, or toys, or whatever we need it for. (didn't get a before shot, but you would be shocked at the transformation!)

our humble apartment needed a splash of color... thank you spray paint!!

38 weeks

2 more weeks to go and i am feeling great!
The doctor says everything is on track, i am not dilated yet, but the head is down and i think she may have dropped this week... No more little baby feet in my ribs!!

THE END IS IN SIGHT

36 WEEKS


OUR DUE DATE OF FEB. 4TH IS FAST APPROACHING! I'M STARTING TO SEE THE DOCTOR EVERY WEEK, WHICH MAKES ME FEEL THAT WE ARE VERY VERY CLOSE!

Baby Girl Long and her Mom

32 weeks...

we are starting to set up the nursery! we have the crib up as you can see (thanks to Geoff's sister Stacie for giving her crib to us)!

Baby girl kicks me so hard I say AH! out loud sometimes! We get a kick out of seeing a heel poke out or an elbow.

I am feeling good, but it has been hard getting used to how big I am getting. There is no more squeezing through small spaces, like between shopping carts at the store.

I can't believe I only have 8 weeks left! The third trimester is flying by.. before we know it She will be here!

I'm getting and feeling BIGGER!

Last week at 25 weeks...

Things that are getting harder to do:
1. Bend over and pick stuff up
2. Tie my own shoes/put socks on
3. Feel comfortable
4. Flip over to my opposite side during sleep
5. Get up from the lying position (my abs are so weak!)

Things that are now impossible to do:
1. Lay on my belly
2. Ride my bike :(...
(i loved riding my bike to school up until last week)
3. Not have back pain (meaning I have ALOT of it)
4. Walk up a flight of stairs without feeling winded

ALL IN ALL, I LIKE BEING PREGNANT BUT DO NOT LOVE IT! I am the type of person that LOVES to feel comfortable at all times, and when I do not I tend to complain a lot... poor Geoff, he puts up with a lot! We cannot believe that we only have 3 more months to go, we both were laying in bed thinking about that last night and were in SHOCK!

drum roll please...

IT'S A GIRL!!

Geoff and I are very excited to have a baby girl and can't wait to start this next chapter in our lives!
We know that she will be such a blessing to our family.
I am 20 weeks today (5 months) and am due on February 4th. I can now feel her moving and kicking, and what is more exciting is the ultrasound today showed that she is completely healthy!

check out that profile... so cute!
she is about 7 inches long

california has treated us well

Dinner at Olive Garden with the Tao family and Grandma Georgia... I could never get sick of this restaurant! I have loved getting to know our aunt, uncle, cousins and grandma on Geoff's side of the family.

Katie, Lizzy, Geoff and I...we've been able to see them almost everyday!

spending time with Grandma Georgia and Aunt Linda

we house-sat for 2 weeks and picked peaches from the people's tree in their front yard... we absoulutely loved it! We can't wait to have fruit trees and our own garden some day!

Every night we swam in Grandma Georgia's complex pool.. Geoff has been doing laps and is getting very good at it! He is up to 45 laps, and even hit 50 one night! It has been very impressive watching him become a strong swimmer and he even inspired me to start doing laps as well. I, on the other hand, have only made it up to 13 laps... swimming is hard! This is Geoff swimming below.

we went to the beach a few times Geoff always finds the coolest shells at the beach... but this time we went I was determined to find the prize of the day. well, I found this AMAZING crab!! It would have been even cooler if it was alive! I still claimed the win that day.