28 weeks

So I'm officially in my 3rd trimester now yay!! I had my 28 week check up today and my doc said everything looked great! She told me she wished all her patients were as easy as me, I'm not used to being a good patient! I even was told I don't have to come back for another month instead of every two weeks so that's exciting! Anyways here's a pic of me at 28 wks...

And yes those are wrapped presents already under our tree! I've done a great job getting all my shopping done this year, only a couple more to go :) Eric and I did our second attempt at registering tonight, I think it went better than last time. We picked out a new bedding than I originally had picked, it's still neutral...kind of more boys colors but a girlish design, so we're planning to put our boys in it also (if we ever have any!!) here it is...obviously will look a little different with the furniture we picked out but you get the idea.
I could see some thinking it's more girly...but we're going to make it work, we like it! Anyway not a whole lot else going on here, we're just gearing up for the holidays and parties coming up! I hope we get to see most of you and celebrate in the next weeks :)

Do we really need all this!?!

So last night was our first venture at starting a baby registry, what an adventure! Seriously though does there need to be 10 different brands for every item there is? It's hard to know for sure what one to choose because what works for one baby won't necessarily work for another. I've had plenty of advice about this or that, and it's hard when someone says "oh definitely don't get "this" brand of bottle they're awful" and I'm thinking to myself, "well that's the brand the kids I nanny for use and they seem to love them!" So basically I just found myself over the past week or so looking up reviews online and taking in advice from others and deciding somewhat based on that! I figure if they're horrible for our baby we'll return it and get something different. It's been helpful though that I've been nannying over the past couple years, so when I went to pick out car seat/high chair/pack n play stuff I knew pretty much what kind I wanted based on what I was already comfortable with. This is just the beginning though...we only started at Target last night and will probably head to Babies R Us soon, Eric's such a trooper to go with me on these trips! One thing I need advice on...breastfeeding mothers: what do I really need to buy?!? Breast pads, lotions, milk bags? Ahhh so many things that seem so foreign to me! HELP!!

Oh yeah, and I've heard that pregnant women have a lot of weird baby dreams...they're rolling in like crazy these nights! Last night was registry nightmares!! haha who knew

Halloween contest

I thought you would all like to know that Eric took first place a his work Halloween costume contest! I know I know...all he did was put a name tag on and spike his hair, but seriously the resemblance is crazy! haha he did have to put up w/ all the annoying quotes from the Alltel commercials all day long, but I think it was worth it in the end when he got to split a $100 Target gift certificate with the wizard! YAY!! (And the idea was all the wizard's in the first place anyways!)

It's a GIRL!!!

Yes we got the news today :) We have a healthy baby girl growing inside me! I realized it's so weird to know that it's a little girl in there, it made everything seem so much more real today! Everyone had been asking me beforehand what I "felt" it was, and all along I didn't really think I had a feeling either way, but the past few days I decided I would be pretty surprised if it were a boy...so I guess I had the "feeling" all along and was right! We were just relieved to hear that everything looked good and she looked very healthy. All my measurements were right on, so the due date is still March 3rd.
And there's a belly shot for you all finally. I figured being 20 weeks now I should probably start documenting this, I wish I would've started sooner! Don't expect to be seeing any naked belly pics from me! I don't think I can do that to myself for the next few months so I won't even begin. My family is pretty excited, it's been almost 8 years since there's been a little girl around. The next hurdle for Eric and I is going to be picking out a name though...for starters neither of us seems to like any girls names and when we finally find one, the other doesn't like it! Any suggestions?!? Please help :)

Welome to the blog world

Yes it seems we have finally joined the blogging world :) I'm not usually so good at these things but I will try for the sake of keeping people updated on our lives...and the coming baby!! I'm working on getting some pictures together but for now I'm just saying hello...and the only exciting baby news I have is that I started feeling baby kicks over the past couple weeks! It's so fun when it actually happens and you realize there really is a little one in there moving around. Next week we have our ultrasound on Wednesday so we're looking forward to getting a peek at our little one once again, what a miracle!! I spent much of my afternoon cleaning out the baby room...as it has previously been used as the "throw it in the spare room" room :) Needless to say it needed a little organization! Anyways to dinner for now...as I said I'll work on some pictures some day! :)