Ultrasound & Dr Check Up

Jan 30, 2009 (23-24 week)

Good News! We found out that the amniotic fold that the Dr thought he saw on the 20 week ultrasound is gone. Our little boy is moving around like crazy and already weighs 1 lb 10 ounces. I was a little shocked to hear that since I haven't gained but maybe a pound or two and the lady kept saying your sure feeding this baby well. The baby books say he should weigh around 1 lb - 1 1/4 lbs so I guess he's not at the monster weight I was imagining when the lady was talking about how big he was :)

Every time we have an ultrasound the technician records the entire session for us...however this time there was a glitch in the end of the DVD when she went into the 3D/4D view and it wasn't recorded. The technician offered to have us come back in again next week for another ultrasound so she could record the baby in 3D/4D so were excited to get to see him again.

First Piece of Nursery Furniture

On Sunday, January 18th we purchased the very first piece of furniture for the nursery. A cozy chair and ottoman that glide. Bargain shopper me found it for $25 second hand. Now if we can just talk Grandma (Lynne) Chapman into helping us recover it :)

Oh...the many nights we'll spend cuddled up rocking Hunter!!!

Nursery Bedding

January 17, 2009

Who knew that bedding so small could be so expensive! Since Nathan was spending the day with friends in Columbus, I decided to tag along and begin looking for nursery bedding. To my surprise I was shocked at how much this stuff costs. It ranges from $100-$650! After going to an upscale store and leaving disappointed I found a Baby's-R-Us and decided what the heck its worth a try. Thankfully they were having a two day sale that took an extra 75% off the already reduced clearance price of any bedding and room decor. I'm not so great at making decisions like these on my own so I bought four different bedding sets and decided we could just take back whatever we didn't want.

So I ended up buying:

Winnie the Pooh 4 piece bedding set (originally $180) for $40 and a mobile to match (was $44) for $7.

Jacks (X's Bedding) 3 piece bedding set (originally around $100) for $16, a mobile for $3 and a rug to match for $4.

Dinosaur 6 piece bedding set (originally $180) for $40, curtain valances $3 and a matching lamp for $7.

Safari 3 piece bedding set (originally around $120) for $22 and a matching baby blanket for $2.

Total: $155

I'll never forget this experience since there was another guy on the phone running around piling bedding in his cart talking to his wife on the phone as I was doing the very same thing. We kept laughing at each other as we had no clue what to buy. The employees just looked at us like we were loonies. I think he bought 6 or 7 sets! After 2.5 hours I finally left and couldn't believe the bargains I had found. Now we just have to decide what were going to keep. I'm leaning towards Winnie the Pooh and Nathan's leaning towards the Dinosaurs. I love all the bedding but am surprised were going with something more traditional since I had my heart set on a more modern type of bedding but for the price I'll definitely settle :)

Bedding Pictures Below...

Bedding Pictures

Winnie the Pooh: Jacks:Dinosaur:
Safari:

Growing Tummy

Nathan and I are taking weekly photos at home of me in my "Mommy-to-Be" shirt so we can see the changes from week to week of my growing tummy (we plan to post these around the time that I am due as a collage of some sort). In the meantime...Renee Perry has also volunteered to take my picture every week at work so she can watch the progress as well. I will keep updating these as we take them: 1st picture (red shirt) was taken Dec 30th (19 wks); 2nd picture (black shirt) was taken Jan 7th (20 wks); 3rd picture (white shirt) was taken Jan 21st (22 wks); 4th picture (red long sleeve shirt) was taken Feb 2nd (24wks) ; 5th picture (red short sleeve shirt) was taken Feb 13th (26wks); 6th picture (green short sleeve shirt) was taken Feb 23 (27wks); 7th picture (gray short sleeve shirt) was taken Feb 26th (27wks); 8th picture (cream short sleeve shirt) was taken March 6th (29wks); 9th picture (brown long sleeve sweater) was taken March 31st (32wks):

Daddy feels Hunter Kick!

January 15, 2008

Even though it hasn't been that strong and consistent, I have had the joy of feeling Hunter kick for a couple of weeks now . Nathan has been trying to feel him and was finally able to last night. He is kicking more and more as the days go by and is definitely getting stronger. My favorite is when I'm sitting on the couch after dinner...he goes crazy!