Ready, set….

….and now we’re just waiting for the GO signal. Besides some of the little details, decorating and such, I think we are pretty prepared for the baby. 

The shower was awesome. The pictures, unfortunately, are not. The camera must not have been cooperating so we only have a couple that are somewhat in focus. We had wings, hamburgers, hotdogs, many side dishes, a mini keg of beer, and plenty of football on in the background. We were given really nice gifts! It was exactly what I wanted….a relaxed, co-ed, non-babyish get together. We sat on the deck until after 11pm, which is REALLY late for me these days. The entire weekend was perfect. J’s mom and sister flew in, we had a fabulous dinner on Friday night and a good time on Saturday.

Diaper cake

And…the furniture finally came in last weekend along with the rocker from Target. I heart Target…a lot…like enough that if I could only shop one place again ever, Target would be it. Target has a magical effect on J. Its like he’s almost happy to be spending money when he’s there. I’m painting some frames and shelves in bright colors to put up along with the tree next. I should have some spare time after this week.

And, no post would be complete without a doctor update. Today’s appointment was the big 36 week check up. I didn’t realize that I was going in for the full Monty today. But, I’m sure I’ll get used to that. Non stress test was good, tested again for multiple STDs and HIV (they test you twice for all of this stuff in NC!), strep test, and the highly anticipated internal exam. If TMI is not your thing, skip to the next paragraph……..I’m a fingertip dilated and starting to soften so yay me. It doesn’t really mean anything other than I’ll have a baby sometime most likely within the next six weeks. I’m “due” in four and probably won’t be going over six.

In other news, this is my last week of work!

Furniture finally coming!

The furniture is finally arriving tomorrow and I’m excited to see it….

We also had our shower last Saturday and it was awesome. I’ll post updates when I have a few minutes in the evening when not falling asleep….

And, the twice weekly doc appointments are still going well. They have seen some contractions on this weeks’ non-stress tests. That doesn’t mean anything right now, but I’m still secretly dreaming of a last week of October baby….

The Nursery

Yes, we obviously have some work left to do. The nursery is….well, completely empty.  It’s amazing how long it took to get the room this far.

Orange curtains!

Woody waiting on his buddy to be born

Oops

The color I chose for the baby’s room…is….just….bad. As in not good. At all. I had this natural looking, neutral color in mind that would just look fabulous with bright colors to “pop” against it. This color is kind of like light poop looking, and a bit depressing. 

Sorry honey!

One small step towards getting the nursery ready…

….one large leap for J (and our wallet). We ordered the crib and dresser today.

A shot of what our crib and dresser will look like

We realized as we were purchasing the two pieces that this furniture is nicer than anything either of us had until we were in our mid twenties… and may even be nicer than the bedroom suite we have now. But, after seeing this set, we (me?) were really sold on the fact that the crib converts into a toddler bed as well as a nice headboard/foot board combo.

It really hit home to me when the salesman said “It takes 8-12 weeks to come in” that OMG, in 12 weeks our baby could be here….

Although I haven’t fully thought out what the room will look like, I did buy this wall decal to start decorating around…just picture this without the flowers. Next up…the registry!