It has been a long time since I have updated.
Let's rewind back to March 3rd, the day of our big ultrasound. Josh's mom met us at the hospital, and they took turns juggling Cameron while I was having the ultrasound. The tech wasted no time, and went right to work looking at the screen. Less than 5 minutes into the ultrasound, she said "well, this is a little girl." I couldn't believe it. In case you didn't know, Heysteks don't normally make girls. Out of the 9 cousins on his dad's side, there are 2 girls. I expected the tech to tell us we were having another little boy, which wouldn't have mattered to me. I love having a little boy, and now we get to experience life with a little girl.
Fast forward to Easter weekend. Josh and I picked up the paint and got right down to it on Friday night. We painted half the nursery that night, and went to bed. The next morning, I was up bright and early - back to work! We finished the pink paint and moved on to the green. After 2 trips to Lowe's and about 8 hours of painting, we were done with the walls. I quickly got to work taping the walls and the floor, ready to tackle the most difficult task. The previous owners of this house had installed dark brown trim in the bedroom, which I wanted painted white. After at least 4 coats of white paint, the trim was finally done.
On Easter, Cameron spent the night with his Grandma and Grandpa, so Josh and I came home and put together furniture. After much struggle, and re-doing the dresser, I am proud to say that all of her furniture is put together!
This is the bedroom before we moved in. After we moved in, Josh's brother stayed in the room and took down the wire shelving. Besides that, that is what we started with.
This is the view from the hallway now. The room still needs a mattress for the crib, a bedding set, some wall decorations, and of course - a baby, but besides that, it is done.
Immediately after the ultrasound, Josh was on the phone with his dad, and had told him a name. He picked it all by himself, and is very proud of it. Drum roll please...
That's right, her name will be Hannah Heystek. I love the name.
Okay, new topic. Cameron finally learned how to walk! He took his first real steps on March 7th, and about a week after that, he took off. He has gotten faster and faster since then, and it is becoming hard to keep up with him! He will be 18 months old next week (cry), so look forward to a post about that. I can't believe how fast he's growing up!
I leave you with a picture of him doing his new favorite thing, playing with his sister's shoes.
