Caylee Magnolia

That's the name of our little baby GIRL!!!

She's growing big and strong, consistently measuring about 5 days ahead of schedule.  As of today's checkup, her heart rate is 161 and I'll be 20 weeks along on Saturday!  I can't believe I'm almost halfway through this pregnancy!  I actually pre-registered with the hospital today, which makes the remaining 4 month period seem amazingly short.

Bryan and I have started ramping up our efforts to get the house ready.

We've made a ton of progress cleaning out the nursery this week, which is a good thing seeing as it has served as our catch-all storage room for the past three years!  I still have about four boxes to go through and sort out things to keep from things to donate and Bryan has a couple more. 

The painting project that is our bedroom and bathroom should be done within the next week, and then we'll move on to picking out the paint color for the nursery and painting it!  We've ordered the crib and the mattress, and picked out the bedding.  I'm still playing around with ideas for closet organization in the nursery, and we're looking at several different options for the rest of the nursery furniture.  Needless to say, we've been very busy and still have quite a bit to do!  Of course, I know none of it compares to how busy we'll be once she's here, but I can't wait until she's done baking!

I hope everyone is doing well, and I'll try to do better about updating more often!