Welcome to the 3rd Trimester

Long time, no posts!  Apologies for the delay in posting the latest updates.  I'm coming up on 28 weeks and have officially entered the third trimester, which feels like a real accomplishment.  The end is in sight, yet I still have energy and am not too uncomfortable yet.

Check out the latest baby bump from 27 weeks (please disregard the complete and total lack of any "tan"...this baby-carrying body never made it to the pool this summer):

Over Labor Day weekend, Billy and I made significant progress on the nursery.  We painted the walls, assembled the crib and some fun toy storage bins, and set-up all the furniture in the room.  The only piece missing now is the special order swivel glider that will not be here until October or November.  I am very happy with how the furniture turned out, and even happier with the paint job.  We decided to knock the painting out early, while I could still help out.  I was able to tape and cut-in, while Billy rolled.

Before Photos:

We painted three of the walls Sherwin Williams "Toasted Pine Nut" (think Light Khaki).  Check out the fun toy storage bins from Land of Nod (they call these "Storagepalooza") and the fun red cube ottomans.  And the baseball lamp!:

Then, we painted the fourth accent wall "Monster Green".  As you've learned in previous posts, Billy and I wanted to incorporate Fenway Park's Green Monster into our decor / theme for the room.  We decided to paint the entire accent wall with chalkboard paint that was custom color-matched to the real Green Monster wall at Fenway Park.  I actually called a paint shop in Boston to get the color information, as this is proprietary information held by Benjamin Moore.  Here's a look at our own "green monster" wall:

In addition to calling up a paint store in Boston, I also spent a long time online creating my own "custom wall decal".  In an effort to make our Green Monster look just like the one in Fenway Park, I designed a "to scale" decal to match the portion of the scoreboard wall shown below.  The decal will span roughly 10' wide by 3' high and will be applied to our green chalkboard wall.

Once the decal is installed, we will be able to use chalk on our chalkboard wall to fill in the blanks with any opponent / score we want.  You can rest assured that lil' fryebaby is going to grow up thinking the Red Sox are always playing the Yankees, and, of course, are always winning!  :)  

Finally, check out the photos of the dresser, crib, and bedding.  We don't have a mattress for the crib yet, but I went ahead and placed some of the madras bedding in the crib for fun to see how it all looks with our new paint colors.  I love all the red, white, and blue with the boy-ish khaki and green walls.  It definitely says "all boy" when you walk into the room...which I love.

(imagine the scoreboard decal running the length of the green wall over the dresser / changing table)

Besides all the nursery progress, these last couple of weeks have also included a 26-week ultrasound.  Turns out lil' fryebaby is not so lil'.  He's actually tracking a couple weeks ahead of the size charts.  I asked if this means I should expect for him to come early, but was advised that it was more likely that he would come on time, just big.  This didn't come as a surprise to Billy or I, considering our height and build, and I figure if any girl has to give birth to a big baby, I should be able to handle it.  Better than a petite gal trying to birth a 10-pounder!  Maybe I need to re-name the blog "Biggie Frye"...haha!