Reflecting

I was just looking at the pregnancy test that's on our header. (And yes, that is the actual test that told us we were pregnant!) I remember the emotions that I felt, the disbelief and excitement! I thought the test was broken, because it had a little blinking clock that was blinking well past the expected time for a result. So I start reading the directions...maybe I missed a step or I broke it. (Although really there's just two steps, pee and wait). Then when I look back, it says yes+. I just stared. And then I cried! It was Chris' 30th birthday, and he was on his way home. I had minutes to come up with something, so I grabbed a gift bag and hid the test in some tissue paper. When he saw I had one last gift for the day, he thought I had purchased some bike accessory that he was wanting. But when he saw it, the same disbelief and excitement washed over his face. It felt so surreal. I don't think either one of us really believed it at first. We wanted this, we were trying...but to see it actually happen was amazing.

Now the baby is growing so much. I thought the day would never come when I could feel this baby move, but just the other day Aunt Lenny could even see baby move on Skype! Baby is growing so much, and our 3rd trimester is rapidly approaching. I love being pregnant, heartburn and all! We've waited a long time for this baby, and I'm glad we did. But I'm so happy that baby is finally on its way!

~Mommy

Bad Decisions

When I saw this color online, I thought it was a good idea. I wanted green for my gender neutral room, but not too dull because we're going with black furniture to match the rest of our furniture. Well, it's not dull! (Oh, and those of you who haven't seen this color in person, ask those who have. It's brighter than it looks in the picture!) And in all fairness to myself, (or maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better), it's a pretty color. But if you've ever looked at nursery themes/bedding, there is NOTHING at Babies R Us that goes in this room! Not there, not Target, not Wal-Mart or Old Navy...the only place I found something pretty to go in this room was on some organic nursery website. It shouldn't even be mentioned how much that bedding set cost!

Needless to say, the green is gone. A few coats of primer and some new paint has begun to put this color behind me. Some very trustworthy moms gave me the advice to pick out my bedding first, then go for a color. So that's what we did. This is the blanket we found that we will build the nursery colors around. Here's a better pic.



Imagine that, greens and browns!! So then it was off to Home Depot. We wanted 3 of the walls to be a caramel-like color, and one wall to be a darker brown. We had 2 sets of browns picked out and our horrible green swatch to get some guidance from the paint experts as to how to cover up something so bright. She took one look at the green color and instantly remembered me. She gave me that look of, "I knew you'd be back." Then she brings over her friend to laugh about what I had picked out in the first place!!! Doesn't she see that I'm pregnant and emotionally fragile?!? So obviously, I start to cry, head down trying to hide my instability. Chris sees, and like a good father-to-be, suggests we take a walk. So we're walking through Home Depot, and I'm crying, and all these burly men are looking at me like, "what? I came here to get away from that!"

I know this is a long story, but I will end it with this. My husband saved the day by picking between the 2 sets of browns, as I no longer trusted my own judgment. I have to finish the trim on 2 more walls, and then we will be ready for carpet. Let's hope that goes a lot smoother!!

~Mommy

Baby Registry

I finally got my first picture onto the blog all by myself!! Sorry, I had to praise myself for a moment, I'm very bad at computers. When Nana and Aunt Kelly were here, we went to Babies R Us to register. Talk about overwhelming! We made a detailed list of what to register for before we went, but then seeing everything...there's so much a baby needs! But needless to say, it was a lot of fun. We haven't quite finished registering, because we're going back and forth between Babies R Us and Target. Target has a much better selection of gender neutral items, but believe it or not, the basic necessities seem to be cheaper at Babies R Us. So I've been doing a lot of online registry research.

There were also some items that we registered for in the store, that when I saw the reviews online, immediately changed. Like the diaper pail. Good grief, they seem so complex and expensive to refill, and this one doesn't keep the smell in, and that one doesn't open properly, and the other one has very expensive refills, and...

It's okay baby, we'll figure it all out either before you get here or as we go! We've finally picked out the bedding, too. What a nightmare!! But that's a longer story, which will be saved for my next post.

~Mommy

Monthly Checkups

Have I ever mentioned my favorite day of the month? It's when I get to go to the doctor for my monthly checkup, and I get to hear my baby's heart beat! There's just nothing like it! And especially now, hearing baby kick...it's so much fun. Not to mention the fact that I have a wonderful husband who accompanies me to every visit, and gets just as excited as I do to hear that sound again. We have such a blast every time. And we always talk about the fact that we can't believe another month has gone by, since it feels like we were just there.

Today's visit was good. We have an awesome nurse practitioner, Peggy, who we like a lot. I really wish she would be the one performing the delivery, but she doesn't do that anymore. But she's a lot of fun, and she never makes me feel stupid when I have Chris pull out his phone with the list of questions I come up with over the month!

This was the first visit where I got my belly measured. My belly measurement is 21 cm. My weekly pregnancy books says that at 21 weeks I should be...21 cm! So that was good! It seems as if everything is moving along just as it should.

By the way, I do apologize for the lack of pictures on our baby blog...I took my mom and sister to Las Vegas and lost the camera. They say your brain shrinks when you're pregnant...

love, crazy pregnant lady