Inspired by Generations of Pilots

Several of you asked about the nursery, and I've been meaning to blog about this for a while. Several months ago we were gung-ho on a firetruck theme. Inspired by Luke & Kade's pedal car, I thought that this was a must have for my son's nursery. Then, Olivia's grandmother wrote us and suggested that we use an airplane theme.

Grandmother reminded us that both Josh's father and Grandfather were pilots. His uncle is also a pilot. Flying is something that I had completely overlooked as part of Josh's family history. Josh too probably would have had a career in the air, but I'm pretty sure that his vision and the fact that he's color blind prohibited him from continuing the family tradition.

Josh's grandfather was a pilot in WW2, and he has amazing stories to share of many battles. He keeps in touch with many of his old pilot veterans, and he has a wall of memories dedicated to his days of flying. In fact, it's pretty amazing to know what Josh's grandparents went through while bringing up their family. Grandaddy was actually overseas when his first born, our Lovely Aunt Pam, was born. I couldn't even imagine giving birth without my husband. But Grandmother is a very strong woman and supported her husband and his obligation to this country!

Grandaddy suffered a very bad fall out of a pecan tree and was discharged from the Army. Thankfully, after weeks of recovery, he pulled through and even though flying was no longer his career, he and Grandmother were able to raise a beautiful family and meet 4 (almost 5) of their Great-grandchildren!!!

So, I present to you our nursery theme. In Flight by Baby Martex.Andrea, this should look very familiar to you. I know it's also David's theme. I have to tell you, I always look for different ideas from friends, but you had the absolute best Airplane theme out there! I hope David doesn't mind sharing his bedroom theme with Zach!!!

We have been busy with the basement since January, so now that the realization that Zach's not going to wait on a painted nursery is hitting us...his room is our first priority (after the bathroom which I'll blog about later.)

Here is Grandaddy in their old apartment in Macon. They've recently moved to Athens to be closer to family. But you can see behind his wall of memories. He has model planes, photographs, and news clippings recounting the days spent fighting in WW2.

I know it's hard to see, but here are some photos of Grandaddy when he was a young handsome pilot. He's still young and handsome to us!!! We're actually going to see if we can't scan some of these photos for Zach's room.

And finally, we can't end this blog without wishing Olivia's Big Mama and Big Daddy and Happy Easter. We love you both very much, and we hope that you're doing well. You guys are the best great-grandparents a girl could have. We can't wait for Zachary to meet you!!!

Growing by the Minute

Well, we had our 28 week appointment last week, and all is well. We passed the glucose test, so no gestational diabetes here! Praise God!!

I was a little nervous about seeing Dr. Moore after my emotional outburst last time. I felt certain that it would be akward and uncomfortable...but he proved to be much more forgiving than I had hoped.

We had a nice visit. I told him about the VBAC class that Josh and I had taken, and he was pleased. He's concerned about Zach's size. He says he's measuring a bit bigger than he should, so we'll see a specialist next week for a biophysical profile (ultra sound) where they will look at his heart again, get a feel for his size, and look at the scar on my uterus. We'll then go back the next week to talk to Dr. Moore about a delivery plan. At that point I'll be 31 weeks....and this pregnancy will be almost over!!

I can't believe how quickly it's passed. We've flown right through the last seven months, and we haven't even begun to really prepare! So, this week we've been working overtime to get ready for our new arrival. We've put together Olivia's big girl furniture (all but the crib....Daddy's still working on that.) Zach is getting her furniture. We're getting ready to move the guest room downstairs so that we can start painting the nursery. And we still have a bathroom and a playroom to paint and get ready.

Whew. I feel better just getting all of that out there!

Stay tuned. Perhaps we'll have pictures of a painted bathroom or nursery by next weekend!!!