T-minus 1 day until this kiddo is supposed to make his or her appearance into this world. But, I have a feeling tomorrow is not going to be Frank's birthday. I guess we shall see!

In the meantime, here I am as of last night. Technically it was taken 2 days before I'm officially 40 weeks but I figure it's close enough. You can argue with me about it if you want to but I'm 1 day away from being 40 weeks pregnant. You may not want to deal with those pregnancy hormones.

And, the side by side comparison from when I was skinny :)

As promised, here are pictures of the nursery. Yep, it's done and just waiting for this kiddo!

The crib is from Pottery Barn Kids. My mom helped me make the quilt and I made the crib skirt. all. by. myself. Pillow cover, too!

The dresser/changing table is also from Pottery Barn Kids. The dresser has diapers, cloth diapers, onesies and all sorts of hand me down clothes.

I made the pinwheels from cardstock and stuck them on the wall with some double sided foam adhesive circles. That way, if baby pees on them, I can just take them down and rearrange! Originally I planned to do a mobile above the changing table but saw the pinwheels on Pinterest and figured I'd give it a try.

The glider/rocker is from Dutailier and is super comfortable. I already had the side table and the ottoman (which I may slipcover eventually... we'll see). I found the lamp at Marshall's, the coral bowl on clearance at Target and the owl picture at Pier One.

Bookcase is from, you guessed it, Pottery Barn Kids! It's not part of the same collection because the bookcase that went with it was discontinued. But, we found one in the same finish and it matches perfectly! We got lots of books and toys from our showers so this was perfect to fit everything.

Erik put together and installed the closet organizer and I found the baskets at Target, which fit perfectly into the closet organizer openings. They are filled with blankets, burp cloths, diapers and all sorts of other goodies.

Our awesome friends Steve & Jennifer were up visiting last weekend and Steve helped Erik get the doors installed. Thanks, Steve! :)

Here's a view of the room to give you some perspective of how we have things setup. Almost all the frames in the gallery were frames I already had on hand that I spray painted black. Some of them have artwork in them and some of them are waiting to be filled with pictures of baby, baby footprints, hospital bracelet, etc.

Curtains are from Target and the toy basket was a gift from my sis-in-law. It fits perfectly under the window and has a lot more toys in it.

And here's another view of the nursery to give you the rest of the perspective.

So that's it, folks! Now all we need is the baby and the room will be complete!

Before we got married, my parent's neighbors (who happen to be dear family friends) were kind enough to take our engagement photos. They turned out better than we ever could have hoped.

So, for the momentous occasion of capturing these last few weeks before Frank comes into this world to turn our lives upside down, we thought it only fitting to ask them to take some maternity photos for us.

And again, we are so happy with how they turned out.

And that's that! Thank you to Pete & Sharon of Third Floor Artists for the pictures. You guys rock!!

The baby shower thrown by my side of the family was pirate themed. Yes, pirate themed. And they did a killer job pulling it off.

Here's some photographic evidence.

The gift table. Complete with homemade bunting by my sis-in-law Amy (doesn't she rock?!), a pirate diaper cake and a treasure chest filled with momma-to-be necessities. Like nipple cream. And butt paste.

My cousin Stacey (the lovely one who took all the photos, by the way) even had this pirate bear that she donated to the day's festivities.

The centerpieces were gerber daisies (my favorite) inside of treasure chests with some booty scattered around it for good measure. AKA, gold coins and beaded necklaces.

Here is my cousin's adorable daughter explaining to me that there is chocolate inside each of the gold coins.

And same adorable cousin's daughter with equally as adorable dear friend's daughter sporting the beads from inside the centerpieces.

We had a pirate ship fruit bowl, hand carved by Stacey and decked out with masts by Amy.

Even the silverware and napkins were decked out.

And no shower would be complete without some delicious preggatinis... thanks Melissa! Alcohol free. Partly because I can't drink. And partly because the venue didn't allow alcohol.

Me and my mom :)

And me "hiding' my belly behind a gift bag.

Thanks to my pirate helper, Mara. She's the one that made sure I was able to open all the booty.

Thank you to my awesome aunts, my sis-in-law, cousins and mom for pulling together such a great day. Baby Brandstaetter (or Frank as we like to call him or her) is very blessed to have such amazing and generous people in his or her life. And, of course, thank you to everyone that was able to be a part of this day.

I'll be back to share details of my other showers with you. Soon.

It's been a while since I've posted any pictures of my ginormous self (or as my niece, Mara calls me, a monstrosity) so I figured I'd share the backlog of "weekly" photos. Or really, the "whenever we got to taking them" photos since they are definitely not weekly updates.

Anywho, here you go! And I figured I would just start from the beginning to show you just how much I've grown :)

So there, you have it! I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant.

Overall I'm feeling pretty darn good. Or as good as I can be considering I'm nearly 39 weeks pregnant (which means we need another weekly photo tomorrow or shortly thereafter).

I think I may have finally hit the nesting phase of pregnancy when I started my leave last week. There are homemade granola bars in my pantry, I roasted a chicken, my house hasn't been this clean in months and I even scrubbed our glass shower door with a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

Oh, and the nursery is complete. I know. I said it. The nursery is complete. I'll take some pictures tomorrow to share with you. Unless I go into labor!