4D sonogram, room renovations, and childbirth class

Finally, here is our post of 4D sonogram pictures...we were able to get a pretty good look at her face!! We can't wait until she gets here to see what she really looks like!!

Here are a couple of new pictures of the renovations...

Daniel and his Dad starting to build the dresser/changing table.

Next to come are the drawers and trim and then Daniel will stain it black.

The crib has been stained and is almost ready to be set up in the room!!

With baby showers coming up, I wanted to get her closet more organized. I like when everything has a place to go :) We bought the white rack and pink totes at Target for under $50!! Thank you to her Daddy for putting it together at 11 p.m. on our anniversary night because Mom really wanted to see it in her closet!

We celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on Tuesday :) Time has gone by so fast and we both feel so blessed that God not only gave us each other...but now Briley too!! I felt like reminiscing so here is one of my favorite wedding pictures :)

On Wednesday night we went to our first childbirth class at Baylor Grapevine Hospital (where Briley will be born). It was a lot of fun!! There are 7 other couples in there so it is nice because it is not too crowded. We learned a lot about how my body has changed over the past 8 months and what we have in store for us in the next 9 weeks! At the end of the night we watched this video clip of Bill Cosby talking about his wife going into labor and I had to share it with everyone!! It is SO FUNNY!!



Hope everyone has a Happy Friday!!

Love,

The Bufe's

Room update!!

Sorry we have not been able to update sooner!!

Here are a few pictures of Briley's room...

Her tutu hairbow holder

We have accumulated more clothes.... :)

Wainscoting is done and crib is here!!

It's all coming together :)

I'm so proud of Daniel and all of his hard work for our little girl!

Here is a better view of the sleigh crib. We bought it at a unfinished furniture store in Ft. Worth...next thing on the agenda is to stain the crib black.

What has been stained so far is the rocking chair!! Daniel was in the garage last night for over 3 hours staining it! We contemplated for a LONG time about the right mix of black stain and were very worried about how it would turn out. Well, I think it looks perfect and I can't wait for the crib and furniture to be stained too!

We had a wonderful spring break. We celebrated Daniel's 26th birthday with family and friends and I was able to get my swollen ankle to finally go down, YEA!! However, now that I'm back at work it is swollen again...what can you do!?

Here is our belly picture from last week...she has grown ALOT in the past few weeks. All my teachers at work said I had a growth spurt over spring break :)

Tomorrow we have our 4D sonogram at 9:30 a.m. I took a half day off work so please say a prayer she isn't camera shy and we can get some good pictures of her. We will upload pictures from that as soon as we can!

Here is one last picture to wish you a happy Friday...

Gracie wanted her picture taken too!!

Love,

The Bufe's

More renovations and fun in Canton!

Here are some updated pictures of the room..Daddy has been working hard as usual!

He added the chair rail above the wainscoting!!

Next on the agenda is to paint the wainscoting, corners, and chair rail.

He did get the ceiling painted white, which I love! We thought about maybe painting it pink as well, but I love the contrast from the white wainscoting, to the pink walls, to the white ceiling. As usual, Daddy did a WONDERFUL job. What would I do without my handy husband??

Along with baby room renovations, Daniel and I also made a trip to Canton this weekend. Our hope was to find an unfinished crib for Daniel to stain to match the furniture he is building...unfortunately we couldn't find a crib, but I did find a bunch of other little items that made me very happy :) If you have never been to Canton, YOU MUST GO. It was every woman's dream...rows upon rows of booths filled with ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. I have never been so excited to shop in my life :) Daniel was very patient but I think next time he would prefer I go with a group of women. There was only so many times he could get excited with me about a hair bow!! So of course I want to share some pictures of my shopping extravaganza...

A sign for her room :)

Fun burp cloths!

A start to her enormous hair bow collection that I am predicting for the future!

An adorable bandanna dress that will grow with her as she grows...first it's a dress, then a dress with leggings, and then a shirt! I told Daniel how can we pass it up...it's economical??

How could I resist bloomers that say "Gigi loves me"?? (my Mom's grandma name). Don't worry Nonnie (Daniel's Mom's grandma name) yours were special ordered that day and should be here by the end of the week ;)

An adorable pacifier clip with her name on it...yes I said her NAME!! We have finally come to a decision and spelling. The next picture will reveal it...

Briley Ann Bufe
I'm sure my Mom is already on the phone ordering items to be monogrammed
hahaha...love you Mom!

Our last and final purchase in Canton for the day was the...
...rocking chair!! Daniel and I love the idea of having an old fashioned rocking chair in her room. Daniel will stain this black to match the furniture and we already have our rocking chair pad that matches her bedding thanks to my Uncle Mark and Aunt Julie...thank you!!

Overall it was such a fun weekend shopping for BRILEY and I can't wait until we can find a crib and for Daniel to start building the furniture.

Hope everyone has a blessed week!

Love,
Daniel, Melissa, and Briley
(Goose and Gracie too!)

Baby Room Renovation!!

The renovation has begun!! Daniel has accomplished A LOT the past week and I am so proud of the wonderful job he has done!

Here are a couple of before pictures of the room:

Lots of cleaning to do!

Wainscoting ready to go up.

She of course, already has clothes in her closet! :)

Daddy putting the first roll of pink paint on the wall!

Mommy putting some on the wall so she can at least say she did some of it :)

Daddy nailing the wainscoting

All nailed up!

Daddy did a GREAT job!

The next part of the renovation is putting up the chair rail around the top of the wainscoting and then painting it all white. I am so impressed by how much Daniel has done in such a short amount of time! After the wainscoting and painting are done, we are going to work on finding a crib we like, and Daniel will start to make all the furniture (dresser and armoire). It is a big task to take on but I know he will make beautiful furniture for our precious little girl. I can't wait to tell her how much time her Daddy spent on making her room look perfect :)

Here is an updated belly picture...sorry we have missed a few weeks!

23 weeks and 4 days

We have a doctor's visit scheduled for March 4th (Aunt Mariah's birthday!!) so we will have an updated sonogram picture soon.

Overall, life is wonderful and BUSY right now. I have two field trips coming up at school, one being the ZOO, so please say a prayer my poor ankles won't be too swollen :) and you can see what has been taking most of Daniel's time!

Have a blessed week,

Daniel, Melissa, and Baby Girl

Profile Picture!!

Today we had my regular monthly appointment, and lucky for us we were able to see the sonogram tech again because last week our little girl wouldn't give us a nice profile shot.

Well this week she definitely cooperated!!

So precious!! (21 weeks)

Dr. Neal said once again everything looks fantastic and that her profile was beautiful :) Her Daddy and I have to agree! I go back around the first of March and I will have my glucose/finger prick test done. Apparently I have to drink a gross looking liquid 30 minutes before I show up, not really looking forward to that but that's ok...she is worth it!

I also have to share this hilarious picture one of my girls drew for me at school. The assignment was to write about something that inspires you and she was so sweet to say that, "Mrs. Bufe inspires me because she is so nice." You also had to illustrate a picture of what it was that inspired you, and here is her drawing...

I'm pretty sure my kids are WELL AWARE of the fact that I'm pregnant, now that their drawings look like this!! :) It made my day and gave Daniel a good laugh. Gotta love 6 year-olds!

Have a blessed weekend!

Love,

The Bufe's

Tutu's, Hairbows, and Babydolls!!!

I'm sure most of you know by now that Daniel and I found out our precious little one is going to be a baby GIRL!!! We are so excited and thank God for this wonderfully made little girl he is giving us.

First, here are some pictures of the 20 week ultrasound we had last Thursday...it is very obvious that she is a girl!!Girl!!!

Red Raider symbol for her Uncle Andrew!!

Looking right at us!

After we found out we had parents, siblings, and grandparents over for the Baby Bufe Balloon Party to reveal the gender. Daniel and I had talked a long time about how we wanted to tell everybody and we thought this would be a lot of fun for our family. They had a blast and in the end Daniel's Dad popped the BLUE balloon with the tiny note inside that said "It's a Girl"!! It was so much fun to see everyones reaction and luckily we have it all on tape!! Once I figure out how to upload videos to this from our video camera I will post it asap!!

Here are a few pics from our Balloon Party!!

20 weeks...It's a Girl!!

The next day I had my kids at school take a vote on whether or not I was having a boy or girl. I knew my boys would all vote for boy, but I was so surprised how many of my girls voted for boy as well. I had one little girl that is very confident and she walked right up to the board, stamped her vote, turned around, and said "I KNOW IT'S A GIRL!!" I then had everybody close their eyes and I quickly circled girl and told them to open their eyes. All the boys of course said "ah man, I wanted it to be a BOY!" and the girls were giggling like crazy! I heard one of my little boys say, "Girls are gross!" I then asked him, "But Cooper, I'm a girl am I gross?" His response was, "No your my teacher, your awesome!" It was so cute! I of course had to take a picture of the voting results!

Daniel and I ended our week by you can guess it...REGISTERING!!! We went to Babies R Us on Friday night and boy was that tiring. We had a lot of fun, but by the end Daniel became a little to "gun happy" and started clicking A LOT of random items to be funny. Needless to say, I came home and did some deleting on our registry. We also found our girl bedding online!!

Here is a picture of it:
So that is our next task for the next 4 months...the nursery!
Daniel is going to be pretty busy :)

Overall it was such an amazing week and we will let you know when we can decide on a name for our baby girl!!

Love,

Melissa, Daniel, and Baby GIRL Bufe