31 Weeks-Refinishing the Dresser

Jason and I had been in the hunt for a dresser/changing table for months now. We were hoping we would get lucky on ksl.com and find the perfect one we could work with. We were looking daily, but you know that first of all, all the good stuff on KSL goes really fast, and secondly, we didn't want to pay too much for an old dresser that we were going to re-finish anyway.  We looked and looked. We also would frequent the Centerville DI almost every weekend, hoping we would get lucky. Well, a couple Saturday's ago, we woke up and said "we are going to go to as many DI's as it takes to find our dresser." We went to Centerville, Salt Lake, Sugarhouse, and last but not least, Layton.  We walked into the Layton DI and there wasn't just a perfect dresser for the baby room, but an amazing vintage-looking dresser that would go perfectly in our hallway. You'll laugh when you see the picture of the nursery dresser (it was painted red, white and blue) and was super ugly. Nothing a little paint can't fix.

This is what our dresser/changing table looked like before:

Ugly right? Who would paint a dresser these colors? Someone very patriotic would be my guess. 

We wanted to paint the dresser  pink with a gold dipped affect, but we decided white would be a better neutral.  

Here was our inspiration:

This is us in our painting get-up. Jason did all the work.

Jason sanded, painted and worked his magic and I'm in love with our dresser for our nursery. 

I'm lucky to have this guy to help me with all our of baby needs. He makes me laugh all the time. This is the only cup he will use in the wintertime to drink hot chocolate. Can't wait to see him as a Dad. I know he's going to be great at it.

P.s. I'm two days away from being 32 weeks and my stomach keeps getting BIGGER. Here's my latest attempt at capturing my ever-growing baby-bump.

We also had a huge wind storm two days ago. I loved it. It was blowing so hard that we had to bring all of our outside furniture inside. The trees were bent over, the wind was shaking the house. There were gusts of up to 75 mph winds. Jason hates wind, but I love it! I love hunkering down indoors and sipping hot chocolate with my comfies and slippers on.  

Today, we were on our way to the grocery store at 10:30am, but somehow we ended up at The Hunger Games, Catching Fire movie instead. It was so good. If you haven't seen it, first read the book, then go see it. Jason said he thinks I look like Jennifer Lawrence.  I think he is totally off base (seriously, looks at her,) but I'll take it. I have a major girl crush on her.

Anyway, enough of my all over-the-place rambling.  Last but not least, this week's pregnancy news:

1. My belly is getting bigger and bigger. It is now hard to put on my shoes and socks. 

2. I finally have a FAINT line under my belly button, you know, the linea nigra. Jason says he doesn't really see it, but I do.

3. My back hurts at the end of each day. I need to start sitting and standing up straighter (I know slouching doesn't help).

4. Ivy Grace kicks....a lot! Especially at night. I will be laying in bed, ready for sleep and she thinks it is time to party. I then wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and she still is moving around, thinking it is still a party.

5. Exercising is becoming pretty hard. I tried to go to my kickboxing class last week with Jenny and Kels and MAN..it kicked my butt. Don't worry, I do most of the modifications she provides. I've been going for a long time, so the teacher knows to tell me what modifications I can do. She also yelled last class "Don't let the pregnant girl beat you!"

6. Ivy Grace has the hiccups for the first time last night. 

7. The time is getting closer and closer for us to meet our little one and I'm so excited.