Nursery

Well the nursery is finally coming along! Thanks to the help of my wonderful parents we now have paint on the walls:) It was quite the tedious task but I love how it turned out. These pictures are just with the first coat of paint on them so they look much better now after just a few coats!

We picked up the crib also! It will be put together this week...hopefully:) Still need to do a lot of cleaning and some other decorative things but we are getting there. Only 14 weeks until he'll be here. I feel like it was just last week I was only 14 weeks!

Time is flying by!!!

Wow time sure is flying by...24 weeks already...into the 6th month! He's finally getting a little more active and Aaron has been able to feel some movement. It's mostly in the evening when i'm "relaxing" (if that's what you call it!) but it sure is fun! The room is slowly getting there. The windows are done and now all we need is the paint job and lots of cleaning and we'll be ready to start moving things in.


Aaron went to his "Dad's Only Class" last week. He was a little apprehensive when we signed him up but he really learned a lot. Actually I think he'll be teaching me things. They were taught about everything from feeding, diaper changing, bath time, and his favorite was how to make a baby "pass gas"! I definitely think he learned more than he thought he would.


My mom and I attended the One Week Boutique "first time mom's" sale the same night Aaron was at class. What a madhouse that was! You had to get a number to get into the building then you were let in by groups. After we shopped we had to wait in line for 1 1/2 hours to check out. Fortunately some good friends were kind enough to let us cut in line with them otherwise we would have been there all night! I'm still not sure why they host a first time mom's sale at 8p.m. though...we didn't get home until midnight! We did get some good purchases though...clothes, a rocking/talking horse, an umbrella stroller's for Grandma Barb's house, etc....



We're off to Nashville for the weekend for a wedding and a pre-anniversary get away. The doctor recommended we vacation now if we'd like to before the baby so since we can't take a "real" vacation we thought we'd see the sights of Nashville while we were there anyways.



Next Tuesday we finally meet our Doctor and go for the 24 week appoitnment.



Here is a 24 week picture...don't mind how awful I look as I was just getting ready for bed!

It's been awhile....

Just realized I hadn't posted in quite some time! We've been busy as usual.....life never seems to slow down for us and i'm sure it will just get busier!

The babies room is very slowly coming together. Aaron and his dad put new windows in and he's working on finishing those up. Once those are done we can really get busy!! We began our registry this weekend at Babies R Us. Wow is that overwhelming! It's far from done but we got a good start and now I just have a lot of tweaking to do. Of course Aaron had to get a few outfits for his baby boy....

The crib has been ordered which makes it really real! Now I can't wait for it to get here. Here is a picture of what we've ordered...

6 months begins tomorrow! I've had a little movement...so far I don't have a karate kid but I'm sure that could change any day!

IT'S A BOY!!

Well...we had our 20 week sonogram and were told it was 'definitely' a little boy! We are ecstatic! I had been convincing myself it was. I think most girls wants a little girl but once I seen those cute little farmers at I & I, I was sold on a boy and convinced myself it was! Then I had a dream that we had a girl so I had no idea really. Aaron said he knew it was and as soon as we seen those boy parts he squeezed my hand and I said "you were right!"

Heart rate was 133 so definitely that "boy" heart rate they talk about!

Here are a few pictures....

20 Weeks

Here's a 20 week picture.....





Definitely getting bigger...which is an adjustment as I've never really liked "getting bigger". Aaron's been great though telling me that I have a reason!! Movement has been off and on...somedays there's a lot more than others which I enjoy the days I can feel it. I'm still waiting for that first good kick though! It has been SO hot I am just thankful I am not at my biggest and can still manage being in the heat (for a short period).

19 Weeks

One week tomorrow we find out what the baby is!!!! We are very excited and counting down the days. I have been feeling a lot of movement lately which is really neat but still doesn't feel real. Monday night (7/26) I was laying in bed on my side and felt somersaults...its been more of a fluttering until that night. I told Aaron "I can feel it moving!" because it was definitely more than just the fluttering I had been feeling. Now I feel on and off movement daily. Not sure what it is yet and I'm still excited for that first good kick!

Babies room will be worked on here soon...I am working on cleaning it out now and we ordered new windows that should be in today so we can get started!

Below is a picture of the baby's first tractor from Aaron! The shelf will be re-done and this will be the "tractor shelf" whether the baby is a boy or girl!

18 Weeks

We're almost half way there! We had our 18 week appointment yesterday and everything is looking great. Grandma Barb got to come and hear the babies heart beat...and of course her and the nurses had to talk about how wonderful life as a grandma will be! Heart rate was 152.....does this mean boy or girl is what we're wondering?! Next appointment is August 5th and we can finally know what this baby is....Aaron and I our counting down the days!!! Here's an 18 week picture....



Aaron got me my first mommy-to-be gift. Funny story though...my hormones were out of whack (or so we'll say) one night and I was crying because he wouldn't go for a walk with me, wasn't reading the baby books, and was on the computer instead of spending time with me. So finally he said "if you knew what i was doing you'd feel bad for crying" and showed me he was ordering me a gift (reason he was on the computer) and he had gotten the idea from the baby book (because he had really been reading it!).....man did i feel bad! I collect the Willow Tree angels...here is a picture of the one called Cherish that he bought me!