Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Baby showers, baby room and much more.....

It has been a fabulous last week. Things have been going really well and we have accomplished a few things that are making us realize that this is all happening sooner than later. Shockingly, this doesn't even send me into a fit of panic. It just makes me ecstatic!
We went to my 34 week prenatal appointment yesterday and everything looked good. It is the first one Eric has been to since the first trimester. It was really neat having him there. He also got to check out the birthing rooms since he hadn't seen them yet. He took a few pics of the two rooms with his phone. I think I will definitely feel comfortable and at peace in these rooms. I already do just going there. That makes me feel really good.




After my next appointment in two weeks, I start going once a week. CRAZY!!

We pretty much got the nursery set up. Everything except all the little things and any stuff we are going to put on the walls. I went ahead and took a few pics so I could show you all here.






Isn't it all adorable. We also got a double bed for guest since the baby won't be sleeping in that crib (the baby will be sleeping in a arm's reach mini co-sleeper next to me in our room) for a while.
I also put the stroller together all by myself last weekend. Go me!!

On sunday, we had our baby shower bruncheon at a little restaurant down the street from us. It was mainly all our dear friends from my work and Melissa. They were all way too kind to us. And since I didn't want a big fuss made... it all was so nice and not stuffy at all. I'm glad they didn't listen to me when I said I didn't want a shower. I will definitely remember that day forever and it was really special... even if it was hot as heck outside. Melissa was really nice and took a few pictures with my camera for us....








Thanks Melissa for taking the pics!!

We are almost done with our Bradley classes. We only have three more. I can't even tell you how much both of us have learned in them... and our instructor has been just great. She is really putting me at ease with everything. Considering she had nine kids, I trust her knowledge on birthing children. I can't believe we have somewhere around 6 weeks to go. woohoo!

well, as always, I hope all is well with everyone else...

michele

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

it's all coming along.....

Wow! What a weekend. Instead of shooting off fireworks or having a bbq... we decided to show our patriotism by stimulating the economy. On saturday, we got the crib, dresser, car seat and the stroller. We also got the rest of the bed set for the baby's room. Not to mention, we saved quite a bit of money by waiting until the stuff went on sale. Now we have to wait for the furniture to be delivered on friday. I am so excited. We have the room all clean, but quite bare. I can't even imagine how real it is going to be when everything is in place.

Today I turned 33 weeks. That means I have barely over 1 and 1/2 months left! I am starting to get really anxious, but I am trying to contain it. Eric gets to go to my 34 week prenatal appt. next week because he has two weeks off. I am really happy for him since he had been working so much overtime for like 8 months. My belly is rounder than ever and the baby is non-stop action. I already foresee quite the busy body entering our world.

I didn't take any pics yet this week, but here I am last week at 32 weeks.


I can usually tell where the butt, back and the baby's feet are most of the time. I think that is pretty neat.

Today, Eric and I finally took care of the car situation. Since I had a two door car, we new that we were going to have to get something new. We weren't sure what we wanted, but we had a couple of ideas. Unexpectedly, the car found us. When we went to go look at another car... and we found the this winner just driving by another dealership. BINGO!!
We ended up getting an '09 Ford Flex that is already slightly used... so, we got a great deal. Here are some pics I took of it earlier this evening........




Did I mention that I am completely in love with it!!! I can't even wait to go to work tomorrow so I can drive it. We took Ilsa for a ride in it, and she is in love with it too. I'm sure the baby will feel the same way.
It's late... I am off to bed. Hope all is well with everyone.

michele