More Belly Pics 32-35 weeks

32 weeks

33 weeks

34 weeks

35 weeks

Bonus pic of the nursery. The netting on the crib is to keep the kitties out. ;)

Baby Wipes

I made some reusable baby wipes this weekend. It was my first batch, so I didn't really care how they turned out. I used leftover baby flannel from the stool I recovered for the nursery and a towel that came damaged from our registry that the company replaced. I made them in 4 different sizes and will probably stick with the medium sized one.

We went to the dollar store yesterday and picked up some hand towels. I will be cutting them up to use on the opposite side of the flannel that I already have (and some super cute flannel that I couldn't resist when we went to the fabric store to buy zippers.)

My next endeavor is to make a couple of wet bags. I will make one for the diaper bag and one for the house. Good thing Spring Break is just 2 weeks away!

Shower, Hospital Visit, Nursery Pics

My work shower was on Friday and it was absolutely perfect. There were just the right amount of people (around 20) and some pretty awesome food. (including pickles and buckeyes!) Again, people were more than generous and we received our travel system. B and I were worried we were going to have to purchase it ourselves, since it was such a big ticket item, but we got it! BFF said they didn't have it in the color we registered for (green), so she got it in pink. =) If the store by our house doesn't have it in green either, than we will just keep the pink. It's cute! We received an abundance of clothes and blankets, and we actually received some diapers! (Not cloth, but that's ok...we will use the disposable ones too!) Handmade gifts are super special and one of my coworkers made a shelf for the nursery. It is already hanging up and you will be able to see it in the pictures below. I love it. Overall, it was a wonderful party. I am so grateful for my friends.

On Saturday, we took a tour of our hospital. We visited the labor and delivery unit as well as the mother and baby unit. We drove by a different hospital yesterday and I said to B, "Can you imagine delivering THERE?" She replied, "No way. We are delivering at the Ritz Carlton of hospitals." It truly felt that way. Everyone was so nice and everything is up to date. It is a teaching hospital and highly acclaimed in our neck of the woods. People come from all over to deliver here. We are blessed to live less than 2 miles away. At the end of the tour, they even had snacks for us, including sugar free cookies. (Not that I had anything, but I did manage to spill water all over myself.) I spoke with the nurse after the tour about our fear of induction and how to avoid it. She said, just be sure to eat some spice foods, do lots of walking, bounce on the birth ball, etc. She had full confidence that she would see me before the induction at 39w4d. =)

B and I have been trying to stay current on laundry and presents by putting them away when possible. We have been spending some time getting the nursery ready and I am prepared to share some pictures. We live in a bungalow, so as soon as you walk upstairs, you would walk into Nuggette's room. Directly off her room is two doors. One heads to a half bath (that also has a door to our bedroom) and one heads to our bedroom.

Changing table/dresser (Clearly, things will be moved off the top of this and we will get a changing pad to go on top):

Crib with wall art and Nuggette's real name. (The crib has a net over it, so the cats don't jump in it):

Built-in book shelf and other shelves:

Corner next to changing table. This is the shelf my co-worker made. It's hard to see its beauty in this picture, but it's truly precious:

We got pounded with another 10 inches of snow, so B is out there shoveling all by herself. I wish I could help her. I have a Dr. appointment at 2 today, so she needs to clear a path in our driveway. Not fun for her. I am spending the morning inside writing out and making thank you notes. I have finished about 20 of them and have about 20 more to go. Then, I am going to pre-address some cards for our even bigger shower that is happening this Sunday.

Shower

Well, we have a date for the shower. March 6th. I will be 33 weeks along. I think that will be just perfect timing. My sister is hosting it at her house. I am very grateful. Since it is at her house, she wants to keep the number around 40. Truth is, our list is a wee bit over 50. I'm thinking not everyone will come though. We will see.

I am not inviting anyone from work (since my sister lives over an hour away from where I work) and usually when teachers are pregnant they do something after school, so I wouldn't want my school friends to feel obligated. B is inviting people from her work, but she does not think many will come. People at church keep asking about a shower, but we just don't have the room to accommodate. I don't want people to feel offended, but I also don't want people to think we just want presents. Ya know?

Speaking of presents....we went to one of those big box stores yesterday, in search for a crib tent (to keep the kitties out of her crib for the time being). It is a store that many, many, women register at, but not one we are interested in due to HRC rating scales. However, while we were there, I fell in love with a blanket (not so in love that I wanted to spend $22 on it though!). I could only find a small picture online.

As far as I can tell, they do not carry the brand at either of the other two stores we are registering at, so maybe I will go back and get it in the future...we will see.

We will register next Saturday. I have already created a spreadsheet with 6 columns (need/want, description, price, Store A, Store B, and received?) This way we can keep track of which store we registered for each item and keep a good balance of price items at each store. I used the web, mom message boards, and my own brains to figure out what to put on the list. If you have any must-haves that I may have forgotten, feel free to let me know!

Active

I love how active our little Nuggette is. She dances around like nutso right before bed and early in the morning. She also does her little jig around meal times. It is so utterly awesome.

We set up the crib on Christmas Eve night. It was a wonderful way to spend our anniversary together. The crib is beautiful and we have had it for a few years.

This is what it looks like from the website:

It fits perfectly in the room outside of our bedroom (you have to walk through a sort of sitting room to get to our bedroom...we live in a bungalow house with an addition upstairs). The sitting room/nursery is quite big (bigger than our bedroom) and will have enough room for a dresser, rocker/recliner, crib, book shelves, etc. There are also built-ins. We have a built-in book shelf and a built-in dresser. Once we get a few more things on the walls and the furniture arranged, we will post pictures.

I can't believe in just 4 short months, she will be here. I am in awe.

Ornament Pictures!

Finally.

Here are the beautiful ornaments we received last week (They were double sided, so I took two pictures):

And some bonus pictures of the cats. The first one is of Maggie and Joey snuggling together by the tree. The second one is Miss Maggie being cute.

More shots

Alright, alright, alright! We heard you loud and clear...more belly shots (plus a bonus shot of Nuggette at the 20w u/s) are posted and can be viewed right over here.

Enjoy! :)

New pics

Hi friends, B here! I wanted to share with you the updated belly shots for those interested. Just follow the linky link back to see our growing Nugget.

Sorry for making you take the extra step, but rather than make a new post with the belly pics I want to be sensitive to those still on their journey who may find it difficult to participate in this kind of thing.

Happy Friday to all. xoxo

Greetings from In Utero

Hi friends. My name is Nugget. This was taken a couple of weeks ago, but my moms forgot to post it. I'm pretty cute, eh? If you look closely you can even see me give a little wave. Moms will have a new picture of me to post soon, so check back to see how I've been growing. Toodles!

Belly Shots!

Here are the belly shots so far. Hopefully J doesn't mind that I am posting these without her permission! You can't tell much by looking, but you can definitely feel the difference between 8w and 11w by touching the bellay pouch. I lurve it.

8 weeks:

9 weeks:

10 weeks:

11 weeks:

12 weeks:

13 weeks:

14 weeks:

15 weeks:

16 weeks:

17 weeks:

19 weeks:

20 weeks:

And a bonus Nuggette shot at the 20w u/s:

I love her little mouth!! =D

24 weeks: (sorry, things were a little busy around here!)


25 weeks:


26 weeks:


27 weeks:


28 weeks:


And just for fun, how about a little side-by-side comparison of 8w and 28w?