16 Weeks and Counting

I heard a snippet of a Christmas song on a talk show yesterdy morning and immediately started singing along. And then blurted out excitedly to Jon, "Honey! We're going to have a baby with us at Christmas!" It's in little, weird moments like that when the reality hits me. On Tuesday I celebrated my last birthday in my twenties and my last birthday without baby. Oh how different a year from now will be!

We got to hear the baby's heartbeat a couple of weeks ago, and it was so surreal. When I look at my stomach, all I think I see is a bloated belly. At 16 weeks, I'm still in my regular clothes (which I'm not complaining about), and I'm back to my originial start weight from March! See you later, nausea! With the nausea at bay, and my waist not screaming "there's a baby in here!" it is at times hard to believe that a baby is growing inside of me.

Here I am on Tuesday night (bump pic) and Wednesday before going out to run some errands. I caught myself thinking "no one has any idea of the little secret hiding under my shirt" as I was roaming through the store. I know that won't be the case in the coming months, but for now it's fun to have the secret all to myself :)

Still, even if Baby hasn't made its big belly bump debut yet, it is still growing (the size of an avocado) and our future plans are growing along with it! I upgraded my ten-year-old, two door car at the end of May for a SUV with a third row. The nursery plans are coming along and our gender reveal party is just around the corner.

I want to keep the nursery pretty neutral-- a soothing palette with some pops of color. This is the crib I ordered from Restoration Hardware Baby & Child. It's called the Tate Crib and is unfortunately no longer available. I guess I got mine just in time! I love the classic lines and gray finish and plan to use it if we're blessed with a baby number two down the road. I'm still hammering out what I want to use/order for the other big pieces (glider and dresser). I'll keep you guys updated on my finds!

I've also been planning our gender reveal party coming up in a couple of weeks! I wanted a unique theme so I came up with Planes or Pearls. I thought it was perfect since Jon flies planes, and my birthstone is a pearl :) I can't wait to find out what Baby Reutter will be!

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Canopy Stripes

As I mentioned in a previous post, black and white canopy striped fabric is one of my current obsessions. It's classic, clean and oh so elegant. Not to mention that it can make a bold statement in a room without being too flashy. I normally favor a very neutral color palette with accents of greens and robin's egg blues, and this pattern could be put in any such setting and be beautiful. Here a few of my favorite examples: Is this room spectacular or what? It's modern, classic and sophisticated! There is a large amount of stripes in this room, yet it's not overbearing. And the symmetry and clean lines displayed throughout give the room great balance. I could just plop this room right into my house! This is another example (as shown in a previous entry). If you don't have the money to invest in a rug, buy a few pillows and get the same look in your room for a fraction of the price. Whoever said black and brown don't go together was seriously mistaken. Lo

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Here is a shot of the room in all of its coral glory. Great for a teenager, not for a soothing guest room. And here is the Healing Aloe after. Healing Aloe is a color by Benjamin Moore. It was hard to get a good shot of the true color, but it is more of a seafoam than gray. Aside from painting the walls and buying a new white quilt for the bed, everything else in the space we already had--most of which are hand-me-downs (bed and dresser) or thrift store finds (lamp and side table). It will all be sufficient for now, and hopefully a space that our guests will love. I'm very happy with the outcome and the progress of one more room in the house coming closer to completion. One down, three to go (at least in the painting department!)

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