Baby Bedding Galore

Finally! We have decided on a bedding set. We started with the turtles, went to the airplanes and have settled on elephants. Trav and I rode up to Charlotte this morning to look at the Brady Airplane bedding at Pottery Barn, but they did not have any in the store. With as indecisive as I am, I really wanted to SEE the bedding before I bought it. We found Eli's Elephant at Pottery Barn and just loved it. We still have to get the valance and mobile, but we were able to get the bumper, ruffle, sham, quilt and rug. Here is what the bedding looks like.


AS soon as we decide what we are going to do with the walls, I will let everyone know. We have thought about stripes, polka dots, murals, but have not come up with a definite plan. Well, I am going to rest. Today has been a long day.

Belly pic

OK...So I have still not had any time to really get some good belly pics. I do have 1 that is decent.

It has just been so hot and I am starting to swell that every picture looks blah.

I also promised some pics of the baby room. They are not great but they may give an idea.

Ok, so not really. The other pics were a little to close up to see anything. We are going to Charlotte this weekend to look at bedding. Here is a pic of the Brady airplane at Pottery Barn that we like. If we get it, we are going to get Unkie Monkey to paint a plane on the wall with a banner behind it with the baby's name on it.


As for the baby himself, he is doing good. He has some very strong kicks that seem to find the bladder everytime at 2:00 in the morning. Yes, atleast 2 times a night I am up with him playing Kung Fu and using the bathroom. I don't mind. I love to feel him moving around in there. A lot of nights I lay in bed or on the couch and watch my belly. It is just so amazing. God truly has blessed me and Travis.

We have Furniture!!!

Friday and Saturday have been busy days. Friday after work we went to Baby Furniture Plus Kids. It is located on Decker Blvd. I forgot that it was even over there. I spotted a furniture set I liked in a magazine and Travis looked it up online to see who carried it. It led us to this store. This place is awesome. They had a few cribs I loved and their bedding was just too cute, but a little expensive. After over an hour of deliberating, we finally settled on this set. Well, atleast the crib. We got the 6 drawer dresser with hutch and the 5 drawer chest.




We still have not settled on a bedding set. We like the turtles but now we really like the Brady's Airplane set from Pottery Barn. I like the idea of painting an airplane on the wall with a banner flying behind it with the baby's name on it.

Travis got a taste of what all we are going to need when we have this baby. We went to Babies R Us and "started" our registry. After 2 hours of not knowing what we were doing, we decided we would finish another day and bring reinforcement (my sisterand friend Heather). I realized how much help we needed when we stood in front of the humidifiers and vaporizers trying to figure out which one we needed. I am hoping to finish it up sometime this week or next.

We are setting up the furniture today. We are missing the Chest. It is on order and should be here in 4 weeks. I will post a pic later today or tomorrow of the room once we get everyting put together and set up.

24 Week Check Up

I had my 24 week check up today. It went really well. I have been very anxious to get to it since I have been pretty yucky sick since 2 Saturdays ago. I tried some over the counter meds to help with a sinus infection and they did nothing for me. I was to the point of not eating or sleeping. I finally called the doctor and he called me in a prescription for a Z Pack. It started working with in 2-3 days. I am still a little congested, but the doctor says that is normal when you are pregnant. I got a little nervous this past Tuesday. The little one wasn't moving like he normally does and it had me all in a tizzy, but first thing Wednesday morning he was pack to the punching pag (my bladder). His heartbeat today was 148-150. The doctor said he is growing pretty fast. When he measured my stomach he said I had grown alot from my last visit. I just know I am going to have a 10lb baby. My blood pressure looks great. I am having to watch it very carefully since I was on meds before I got pregnant. On my next doctors visit I will have to take the glucose test, woopeee! I also am going to have another ultrasound done to measure the growth of the baby. That should be interesting.

I am hoping to get some pics of my belly this weekend. We are also planning on buying the baby furniture and bedding this weekend. I am so excited. I will post some pics once we get the furniture in.

Baby Bedding Set

Here is a picture of what we are looking at for the bedding for the room. Nothing is set in stone.

20 Week Ultrasound Pics

Sorry I wasnt able to get the pics up until today. We left early on Friday from work and headed to Charlotte to look at baby furniture. We had a blast. I bought my first 2 outfits for the baby. One set was a Nike outfit and the other was some puppy dog gowns. We had lots of fun shopping.

Here are the pics. I picked out the best ones we had of him.


This is a 3D pic of him from a side view. He is laying on his hand and his forhead is at the top. His arm covers up his chin.


This one was funny because he was flexing his bicep muscle at us. We all had a good laugh at that. I guess he was trying to show us who was in charge. We did push and prod a good bit.




These are of his arms and legs. His legs are pointing strait out and he has his arms crossed over his face.


And last but not least, IT'S A BOY! The arrow is pointing to his manhood. It might be kinds hard to see on the computer, but it is there.

What we have all been waiting for!!!!

So are you ready to know what we are having?! It's a BOY!!!!! We are so excited. When the nurse started the ultrasound, I just knew it was going to take forever to find out the sex after our last experience with it. Nope! Right away she said hello little boy. Travis quickly responded "it's a boy?????!!!!!" He was elated. I started to cry and never stopped through the whole ultrasound (which took 45 minutes). Our technician was awesome. She explained everything we were seeing. She sent us home with 15 pictures. This little boy is already showing many mannerisms of his daddy. First of all he sleeps with his hands under his head, just like his daddy, he doesn't like to take pictures, just like his daddy, and he is STUBORN, JUST LIKE HIS DADDY. I have a feeling this is going to be a daddy's boy and not so much a mommas boy. Hopefully he wont pick up habits from him like not eating vegetables and liking real expensive toys.

Here are some stats from our visits. The baby is weighing in at 1lb and I am 20 weeks and 5 days along, but the baby is measuring at 21 weeks and 4 days. He's a growing boy. He is in the 92 percentile which is excellent! His heartbeat was 157. The nurse said he is in a breach position, but not to worry, there is time for him to turn. I am already praying to God that he gets in the right position. I really want a natural birth (with an epidural or 2, of course!).

I have lots of pictures to show, but I have not scanned them in yet. I will try to get it done tomorrow at work. There is a real funny one where he is flexing his bicep muscle at us. It is too cute.

Well, I am off to look at baby furniture and bedding. Now the work begins. Hope everyone is well.