Not a lot of exciting baby news on this end, the last week has been mostly the continued process of getting the house ready. We have been trying over the past month or so to get the following list of things done, and it all just happened in one crazy week. We got the bedding and a rocker for the nursery. We purchased a couch for the basement so we can hang out in front of our big screen tv this winter! And we sold my car (with 141K miles) and bought a newer model with less mileage. It all just came together, crazy!
My wonderful husband also put together storage racks for our garage - and with a little supervision this weekend, he got all the tools and sporting/camping gear organized. I think we could actually get a car in the garage! AMAZING!
I will try to put some new pictures of the nursery up soon - I just feel like it is a mess at the moment. I don't have any real organization going on - shocking to some, I know! But I have been focusing on the rest of the house and haven't organized stuff much in the nursery. I have also bought just a couple wonderful outfits on summer clearance, that I will have to post. Everything is just the cutest thing ever when it is for a baby! :)
Monday, August 27, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Happy Anniversary to Daddy-to-be
Yesterday morning (our second wedding anniversary) Scott got to feel the baby moving around for the first time!! Nice work baby girl! :) What a perfect gift. At first he thought it was me moving around. It took a little bit for him to be convinced it was his daughter! Super fun.
We had a doctors appointment this morning. Rather uneventful - I have gained 12 lbs, and the heartbeat was in the 140's.
We also had some wonderful visitors this weekend... Brett and Nikki came into town from Portland. It was a quick trip, but we got to spend some time together which was super nice. Usually when we are in Portland we are rushing from seeing one person to the next so it was nice to get to just hang out. We took them to many of our favorite places to eat, the dog track for an afternoon at the races, and then for a special event- The Little Mermaid! It opened in Denver as a pre-Broadway performance. It was a great show - I love how Disney brings stories to life on the stage. To all my New York friends, keep an eye out for this incredible show opening on Broadway in November.
We had a doctors appointment this morning. Rather uneventful - I have gained 12 lbs, and the heartbeat was in the 140's.
We also had some wonderful visitors this weekend... Brett and Nikki came into town from Portland. It was a quick trip, but we got to spend some time together which was super nice. Usually when we are in Portland we are rushing from seeing one person to the next so it was nice to get to just hang out. We took them to many of our favorite places to eat, the dog track for an afternoon at the races, and then for a special event- The Little Mermaid! It opened in Denver as a pre-Broadway performance. It was a great show - I love how Disney brings stories to life on the stage. To all my New York friends, keep an eye out for this incredible show opening on Broadway in November.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Butterflies...
I was beginning to think all my girlfriends were crazy. They kept asking me if I had felt the baby yet - and kept telling me that it would feel like butterflies fluttering around in my belly. Well all I was feeling was pressure & stretching - which to me is not what I think of when I think of a butterfly in my belly! However last week I started to notice the little tingles and flutters that I think everyone has been telling me about. I was in my 22nd week so I was anxious to start feeling her move even thought I have seen it happen on the ultrasound. (23 weeks today, we have another dr.'s appt on Monday, I will be sure to update everyone on our vitals!)
Scott keeps telling her to kick, kick, kick when he puts his hand on my belly. It reminds me of my early swimming lessons, and I keep telling him to teach her that in a swimming pool in about a year or two - not in my belly! I am trying to teach him to say move, move, move, but it isn't working. :)
Last night we had another JBU class. We got to work on different breathing and relaxation techniques. It was good, but Scott doesn't think he wants to rub my face during labor for fear I might not react favorably! :) He might be right! The instructor is really good, and keeps explaining that a women in labor might want one thing at one moment and a totally different thing the next and that the fathers are not to take it personally! I can only image how true that has to be.
We also got to tour the labor & delivery floor of the hospital and kind of familiarize ourselves with where we need to go and how things are going to work. The rooms are quite nice and our instructor also showed us a lounge area for early labor or after the birth that apparently nobody ever uses and is much more spacious than the hospital rooms. In case we are in need of a change of scenery! And extremely important to Scott - he now knows which door we enter the hospital through and where to park! :)
Scott keeps telling her to kick, kick, kick when he puts his hand on my belly. It reminds me of my early swimming lessons, and I keep telling him to teach her that in a swimming pool in about a year or two - not in my belly! I am trying to teach him to say move, move, move, but it isn't working. :)
Last night we had another JBU class. We got to work on different breathing and relaxation techniques. It was good, but Scott doesn't think he wants to rub my face during labor for fear I might not react favorably! :) He might be right! The instructor is really good, and keeps explaining that a women in labor might want one thing at one moment and a totally different thing the next and that the fathers are not to take it personally! I can only image how true that has to be.
We also got to tour the labor & delivery floor of the hospital and kind of familiarize ourselves with where we need to go and how things are going to work. The rooms are quite nice and our instructor also showed us a lounge area for early labor or after the birth that apparently nobody ever uses and is much more spacious than the hospital rooms. In case we are in need of a change of scenery! And extremely important to Scott - he now knows which door we enter the hospital through and where to park! :)
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