Good news!!!

I had another doctors appt on Tuesday. This one also included another blood draw. I did my testing for gestational diabetes. You have to go in and drink this super sugary drink within 5 minutes and then wait 1 hour before you have your blood drawn. I got 85 and the average is between 40-139. So that was good to hear!!! They also checked my hemoglobin and said that was fine too! So I don't have to worry about checking my sugar levels or doing insulin shots which I am really greatful for! Yeah!!!!
Other than that things are going well! I am still feeling well and loving being pregnant. It is amazing to feel the little kicks and punches everyday and know that I am going to finally be a mom! Hopefully we will get the crib and dresser set up this weekend to get it out of the way. I think we have something planned every weekend in February and March so she will be here before we know it!!! I can't wait to see her and hold her!!!! It will be amazing!!!

28 weeks

I can't believe that I only have less than 12 weeks to go! It's amazing how fast time has gone. It seems like just yesterday I was only 12 weeks pregnant and not even thinking about when she will actually be here. So in the next 11 weeks we are going to have our birthing class, 3 baby showers--one of which my mom will be flying in for--a child care class, putting the nursery together, and a very busy semester for Joe which won't be done until May after the baby is born. We are definitely feeling the stress of it all and hoping that we won't lose our minds!!!!! But we will just take it one day at a time and know that it will all come together. We are definitely looking forward to the day we get to meet our little girl and hold for the first time. That moment will make all of this worth it!!!

Starting the nursery

Friday night we spent 3 hours setting up, painting, and cleaning up for the nursery!! It was hard work, but we had fun and are glad that it's done! We haven't set up the furniture yet, but here are some pics of the paint. The crib and dresser are still in boxes in the middle of the room so you will have to use your imagination a little bit!!!!

Baby Fun!!

Here are some pictures from all of the fun we have been having!! (This is especially for you Kim!!) We also picked up our crib and dresser today, but I won't post pictures until we are done painting!

Fun, Fun, Fun!!!!!!!

Okay, so we may have gone a little over board last week and the weekend before. We decided to go out and look at cribs and strollers etc. We went to Babies 'R Us, Target, Burlington Coat Factory and then back to Target, and back to Babies. And we spent a ton of money!!!! But we did order our crib and dresser for the nursery at Babies. Then we also bought our pack 'n play and travel set (which is the stroller and car seat) at Target. Target had the pattern that we liked the best, but the pack 'n play was on clearance which meant it was probably being discontinued. The stuff at Target was cheaper than we thought so we decided just to go ahead and get it!!!! It was a lot of fun, but I was so pooped by the end of the day.
The next day I talked to my friend Kim about registering. She was going to go with me because she works at Babies 'R Us and is also a mom. So we ended up going that night which was last Monday. The average registry is 10-12 pages and mine was 17!! Oooops! We might have gone a little over board but it was fun!!!! And Babies also gives you a 10% off coupon that you can use towards buying whatever is on your registry at the end. So I figured I would register for everything and get more off in the end!!!!
Then last Thursday night we decided to take a trip to Home Depot. Let me go back a little and tell you about the crib bedding.....so before I even got pregnant Kim called me up one night she was working at Babies and said there was this crib bedding set on sale that she thought I would like. It was originally $300 but it was being discontinued so it had gone down to $125. Well on top of that the store was having a 25% off sale, plus Kim gets 10% off for working there. So I looked at the set and really liked it and figured if we ended up not liking or having a boy we could save it for later or sell it. So I bought it for $70!!!!!!! That is one reason I really wanted to know what we were having so that I would know if we needed to register for different crib bedding. So anyways, we took one of the crib bumpers to Home Depot with us and found the perfect match!!! We are going to paint the walls lavender and yellow! So we bought the paint and now just have to figure out when we will have the time to paint the walls!!!!!
I also called and got registered for our childbirth class, which will be held two Saturdays in February from 8-12pm. We will be able to have a tour of the birthing center at Methodist which is where I will deliver. So everything seems to be coming together!!! We are very excited to say the least!!!!!

Finally......it's a.........

Well, after a long, long, long, long wait we finally know what we are having!!!!!!!!!! We went to the Dr yesterday and got to take a quick peek at our baby, and.....................it's a GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so fun to see her again!!! She actually looked like a baby instead of an alien! Her face was more round and filled out and she was very active!!! (I drank orange juice on the way to the appt so she would uncross her little legs!!!) And it worked! We are very excited!!!!! Now it really seems real and we are looking forward to getting started on the nursery and shopping :) We can't wait to meet her and have her here, but we have a lot to do before then!