There's still some finishing work to be done in the house... staining newell posts, installing baseboards, remodeling the half bath... but the floors are DONE.

I'm not feeling very wordy tonight so here are some before and now pictures of the finished floors in all of their red oak glory.

Forgive the terrible photography. Luckily, the pictures still speak for themselves when they say Holy. Shit.

Oh, and did I mention that we're doing some work in the back hallway/half bath/laundry room, too? Here's what that looked like this past Tuesday...

Yep. We're crazy. It's a good thing that once we have this baby things will (hopefully) slow down a little! That, and we'll be out of money :)

So apparently when you look like this...

You get the desire to do this to your house...

The good news is that by now the stairs have been rebuilt and wood floors have been installed. And the half bath? Well let's be realistic. That hasn't been touched.

Next week = floor/stair sanding & staining.

Oh, and did I mention we had the exterior of our house painted?

Yeah, I have a lot of updating to do on this here old blog.

But right now I'm sitting on a couch at my parent's house as our house is not suitable for living conditions. And I'll be heading to bed shortly but wanted to at least let you see what the crazy pregnant lady has been up to. Or, really, what the crazy pregnant lady has had her husband, dad and a lot of contractors up to.

How's the nursery coming along, you ask? About as well as the half bath. Currently it contains 2 torn down beds, 2 mattresses, some stray dressers and a partridge in a pear tree.

So that's what we've been up to. Anyone else tearing apart their house just for the fun of it?

Brandstaetter!

Sorry to disappoint anyone that was hoping we'd reveal the gender, but we didn't find out.

We did, however, find out that we have a healthy baby. A healthy, stubborn baby. A healthy stubborn baby that was asleep on his or her belly and apparently not very happy with us for the wake-up call at today's ultrasound.

This is probably one of the funniest ultrasound pictures. Ever.

And yes, this is 100% real.

I told Erik that I believe our baby is a Brandstaetter. He believes that this is the Irish in him or her coming out.

I guess only 20 more weeks and we shall see!

Oh, and here's a profile shot of our little stinker (not flipping us the bird).

So, that's what we were up to today.

That, and demoing our half bath. I'll have pictures of a few fun things that we've been working on around here to share soon. Like the stairs that no longer have carpet and are being rebuilt next week. Or the dining room that also doesn't have carpet anymore and will have wood floors in a few weeks.

Yep, no better time to rip your house apart than when you're 5 months away from having a baby, right?

Are we the only crazy "nesters" out there? Anyone else have any fun stories to share of what they did during their last few months before a little one showed up?

I was lucky enough to celebrate my first Mother's Day with my wonderful husband, my mom and my sister-in-law, Amy followed up with a phone call with my mother-in-law later in the day.

And a side by side of my overall progress for your viewing pleasure...

Prepare yourself. Look away if you have to.

I'm about to post growing belly pictures. Don't worry, they are not of an exposed belly.

So, if you're ready, here goes nothing!

And if you're not, well, tough crap. I warned you.

And now, for a side by side to show just how much I've actually grown:

Today I am 15 weeks and 1 day preggo. And we got to hear our little monster's heartbeat on the Doppler. Pretty. Darn. Cool.

I've been feeling really good throughout this pregnancy, thus far. No morning sickness. Clothes (somewhat) still fit so far. And the only cravings I've been having are for sweets, cheese and mexican food. Not really that unlike myself.

Oh, and my sense of smell has turned up a few thousand notches and I pee about 72 times a day.

Luckily, I discovered the wonderfulness of gummy prenatal vitamins. I hate to swallow pills. Especially ginormous pills. And I can't do so without applesauce because I'm a huge baby. So the gummies have been awesome. Who doesn't like to eat candy before bed? And that's just what they taste like.

Oh, and Erik has been wonderful throughout all of this. He's come to every doctor's appointment. Puts up with my laziness when it comes to wanting take out pizza vs. the perfectly good pork chops that are sitting in the fridge waiting to be cooked (which may or may not have happened tonight...). And is overall just wonderful, supportive and amazing. I'm quite lucky and so is this little boy or girl that we get to meet in 5 months.

In case you were wondering, nope, we are not going to find out if it's a boy or girl until this little monster, or Frank as we call him//her, decides to make an appearance. I know. It's hard to believe with what a planner I am. But it just seems more fun this way.

So, that's the update for now. Stay tuned.

PS - Hopefully one of these days I'll get back to actually posting regularly with updates on our house. We'll see. That would take me getting off the couch and actually doing something new to the house!