More Preparation for Baby and a Vikings Game

On Saturday we went to Babies"R"Us in Richfield to look at changing tables and carseat/Pack'n'Play/High Chair Patterns. It was fun to look at all of the cute stuff, even though we made no decisions that day. After we went to IKEA and got some buckets for our shelving we are putting into the baby's closet (instead of a dresser). They were a bargain for $1.49. After all the shopping we went to The Hanson's house to hang out, see pictures of their new vacation house in Naples and show them pictures of the nursery.

Sunday we watched the very disapointing Vikings game. Peterson should have been benched for fumbling so much and Farve, why didn't you run with the ball to put us back into fieldgoal range with you have 15yds open in front of you instead of throwing an interception!?!?!? We should have won that game, but as Brian always says "We are the Vikings, this is what we do".

Monday I went to Babies"R"Us in Maple Grove and ordered a changing table we found online. I guess we saw it in the store, but didn't take a second look since it was a natural finish and we need cherry. Online I saw it comes in cherry, so we could order it and get it shippied to the store. Hopefully it matches our crib close enough (it is always so hard to tell the real colors online).

Last night I finished knitting my first baby blanket. I had some pink and purple yarn already, as well as some cool furry pink/purple/peach yarn to use as trim, so I started it long before we knew what we were having. Now that we are having a boy, it was a good practice blanket and will be a nice gift for my old boss who is expecting a girl the week before me. Now I am starting a seafoam green and sky blue blanket with blue/green/yellow furry trim for our little one. I am excited to see it progress into something our little guy will use!

Well, I am off to feed my hungry and ever growing belly! Next week we have another appointment and I get to start having my belly measured. I wonder how much it has grown! LOL!

Nursery

Today we decided to put the crib together and organize the nursery now that the painting is all done. The crib is BEAUTIFUL! My mom got it at Target on clearance (it was supposed to be gone months ago, but got lost in the back). It was $250 crib she paid $30 for. It is cherry wood with sleigh sides & turns into the toddler bed/day bed/full bed head & footboard. I love it! We put our $10 garage sale nursery bedding and decor in there and it is really starting to look like a nursery!
The closet is started to get some clothes and baby stuff in it. We have some diapers, outfits, a snowsuit, blankets, a nursing pillow, etc... and of course it was all on clearance. It will be nice to have a baby to go with all the stuff!

It's a BOY!!!

We had our big ultrasound today, and as you can tell from the title of this... it's a boy! He is measuring perfect and already being very stubborn! He wouldn't stop holding his feet so the ultrasound tech could count his fingers and toes. She finally got his fingers but not the toes. He is laying on his side (butt back, head/tummy forward) which I guess is typically with my uterus shape, but harder to see stuff so she had to keep poking him to make him roll over. He would do it for about 30 seconds before he would roll right back, LOL!

Everything looks good though. My uterus is stretching better than they expected, so hopefully no issues there! My blood pressure (which has been boarderline everytime) was really high this time, so they took it again at the end of my appt. and it was perfect, so it must just be the stress of the Dr's! They took some bloodwork so they can have a baseline (yay... my favorite part. No wonder my bloodpressure is high!) and I am supposed to start taking baby aspirin to help keep me from getting preeclampsia. Other than that I have to try and take it easy on my back and all is good!

Now we have to come up with a name for our little one. We were set on a girl's name, but cannot agree on a boy's (atleast a middle one). Hopefully now that we are sure it's a boy and have seen him we can be a little more decisive. Now we get to paint the baby's room this weekend and hopefully start registering for baby stuff. Let the fun begin! :-)

Happy New Year!

Well, we survived Christmas. We luckily didn't get as much snow as they were saying we would get, but we got some rain that turned into ice... so that stunk! Brian's parents came out on Sat to help us dig out after being gone for 3 days, so that was a help.

For New Year's we went out to lunch at Champps and then saw Avatar in 3D. It was fun to go out, and we were home early (like 6:30) so we didn't have to deal with all the drunks and got to watch the ball drop (at least that was the plan, but I fell asleep by 10:30!).

Tonight we get to go to my parent's house for a party. They have lots of people coming over that we have not seen in a while, so it will be nice to hang out. There will be appetizers and games (some Wii Karaokee anybody?) so it should be fun.

We are also still counting down the days until our big ultrasound (6 more!!!). So hopefully next Friday we know it we are having a boy or a girl (I think I will be very disapointed if the baby doesn't cooperate!).

We are looking forward to a wonderful 2010 and all that it brings us! Happy New Year!

Staying at home and lots of snow!

Well I started this week with my last official day of work. They needed to lay somebody off and I volunteered since our plan was for me to hopefully not work after the baby was born. I will still be going back to sub on and off if my Dr's allow it (we will see the progress of my pregnancy at my next appt/US and hopefully know if bedrest/preterm labor is in the picture or not). I will miss seeing the kids everyday, but am a little glad to have some rest for my aching back.

We are preparing to leave for all of our Christmas activities tomorrow, but they are talking about a hue storm. Brian was supposed to work 1/2 a day, but hopefully he wont have to go in so we can get on the road earlier. We are supposed to get 12-20", so we may be delaying plans to go to my parents for a day, so we miss driving in the main part of the storm. It should be an interesting Christmas, that is for sure!

We hope you all have a safe and happpy holidays! Enjoy all of the snow if you are in the midwest!

Merry Christmas!

One week until Christmas! I am so excited for the holidays! It is weird to think that next year we will be parents and "Santa" will be coming to our house, LOL. I have a feeling it is going to be a crazy couple of days, just like Thanksgving we have a million places to go. We are going to Brian's parents on Christmas Eve for church and opening gifts with them. After spending the night there we are heading to his Aunt & Uncle's at 11am, then to my Grandparents on my mom's side at around 1pm, and my Grandparents on my dad's side at 4ish. Then off to spend the night at my parent's house and open gifts with them the next morning. All in all it will be nice to see everyone this year (we cut out a few stops the last few years) even with all the craziness... but next year we will be downsizing! I don't think we are doing all that driving, spending nights and other people's houses and having "Santa" come there instead of our house, with the baby.

I am also excited it is only 3 more weeks (21 days!!!) until our ultrasound! I have started knitting an adorable blanket, but the only colors I had we pink and purple. I figured pretty much everyone I know is having a girl right now, so if we end up with a boy it will make a nice baby shower gift (although Brian thinks I am jumping the gun just a little by starting a girly blanket now, LOL).

I also got some more big news at work this week... more to come on that next week though. Yay for the holidays and time with family/friends. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Work and Cookies!

This week was a really long one. I started preparing for maternity leave at work. I am now a float teacher, instead of a preschool teacher with my own class. They promoted my assistant to be the teacher and put another assistant in there so they could run the room before I leave. It is nice to get to float to all of the classes and fill in, but a little stressful for someone who likes plans.

Brian has had a long week at work as well, staying late for the big order he went to work on last weekend. But even with the stress, we are just glad we have employment in this tough economy.

I am excited, tomorrow we are going to my parent's house to make/decorate Christmas cookies. I love frosting the sugar cookies and getting to use the sprinkles to make them pretty! It has always been my favorite part (I think even more so than eatting them!)

Hopefully next week goes better and faster than this one. I am counting the days until our big ultrasound (28 if you were wondering!) and hoping that the time goes quickly!