Baby Bump!

A couple of weeks ago, "baby bump" could have referred to both the bump caused by the baby and the size of the bump. As in, "it's just a baaaaaby bump," similar to how we would refer to these guys as "baaaaaby gummy bears."

Stolen from Emmy's instagram -- thanks, Emmy! 

But now, the bump is no longer small. It is very clear that I am pregnant. Which is good! That means Baby Surber is growing! Grow, baby, grow! 

Get ready for a bunch of mirror selfies that show off our closet door, featuring the shoe-organizer from college. 

12/23/14 -- 13 weeks 1 day
12/31/14 -- NYE party (+ Lola's butt) 14 weeks 2 days
1/5/15 -- 15 weeks

1/8/15 -- 15 weeks 3 days
1/10/15 -- 15 weeks 5 days
1/16/15 -- 16 weeks 4 days
1/21 -- 17 weeks 2 days

1/29/15 -- 18 weeks 3 days
1/23/15 -- 17 weeks 4 days
2/3/15 -- 19 weeks 1 day
2/5/15 -- 19 weeks 3 days

Yep, you can really see the "pop" there in the last week and half or so. Craziness. Just looking between 17 weeks and 19 weeks, and the difference is so obvious! 

You may also note the emergence of some well-intentioned decorating (i.e. the pictures now propped against the wall where they will live.) 

And tomorrow we find out the gender! I'm getting more excited about knowing every day! Richard can hardly stand the wait. 

The First Ten Choices

... And we're painting again! 

You may have seen some paint squares on the walls of the dining room in the last post. Well, that's just the beginning. As of right now, there are ten, count 'em ten, different paint colors on each of the four walls in there. Sigh. And we're not even going with any of those ten!

Based on the colors that are already in that room (the teal hutch, the dark wood table, the teal and tan curtains, the light green chairs), I thought about two possible color options for the top half of the room. We know we want the bottom half to be white, and that will help the picture frame molding to look a little more polished also. For the top half, I was thinking either a mint green or a deep gold. 

Then we decided on a rug (this one), and that ruled out the gold-ish tone since that would be too much of that color. So, we went the direction of mint. 

There's our rug! Oh yeah, and hundreds (actually ten) of paint samples. 

Both Emmy and Richard made fun of me for saying that I want a "dusty" mint color. Then I used the word "muddy" because they used to (sob) use that on Young House Love, and if anyone is correct in paint-color terms, it's them. My (artist) friend Hillary informed me that I'm looking for a "tone" and not a "tint." This is because "tone" means that I'm looking for a certain color mixed with gray, and "tint" means a certain color mixed with white. And I definitely want to go in the grayer direction so that the room doesn't look like you're inside an Easter egg. 

Top row: Behr Marquee Recycled Glass, Behr Sage Tint, Behr Valley Mist
Middle row: Glidden Tropical Surf, Behr Marina Isle, Benjamin Moore Guilford Green, Behr Aqua Smoke
Bottom row: Behr Aloe Essence, Behr Desert Cactus, Behr Rockwood Jade
Winner: (not pictured)

Now I have better terminology, and I don't have to lean on the snicker-inducing term of "dusty." Thanks, Hillary!

Top row: nope, nope, nope
Middle row: Uh-uh, no, hmm...no
Bottom row: also no, still no, maybe but no

Stay tuned for the continuing saga and (hopefully) exciting conclusion!