Finally Shopping!

So I will post the new ultrasound pictures up in a bit, but I wanted to show off the fact that I have finally started making some decisions about this baby and the room it will call it's own! We have purchased the Convertible Crib and dresser/changer! I am hoping that it will come in soon because I did not purchase these two items from the same collection, and I am worried about the colors matching.... but anyways, here is what we have so far!

I loved this crib because of it's traditional lines and the solid backing. The only thing I know will be a bit of a problem is that because the front panel is so thick, a traditional bumper will not attach properly! I will cross that bridge when I come to it.

I plan on changing out the hardware on this dresser/changer combo, and we have to figure out a way to make the changing pad stay put on top, but other than that, I think this will make a great dresser for many years to come!

These two things may not look like much of a big deal to you, but for me, as I am self-procliamed extremely indecisive, this is big! I'll post pictures when it arrives and Brian completes the first daddy duty of putting it together!

I knew I wasn't crazy!!!

Ok, so remember back to the last post when I said I could have sworn I had taken a 17 week picture....? Well I wasn't crazy! I found it! It was out of order on my camera and therefore I overlooked it! So I'll include it here, because as it turns out, it makes a great comparison picture for this weeks! I am actually getting big! I am 19 weeks pregnant, and although I had just eaten dinner right before this picture, I think I am finally starting to fill out and get a round belly! Yea!!!!

17 weeks pregnant... still not much there

19 weeks pregnant.... there it goes!!!

I spoke/wrote too soon!

So this morning, around 3:45am, I got up, went down stairs for some water, and when I laid back down I rested my hands on my tummy.... and what did I feel???.... a kick.... and then what I think was probably a turn or a roll..... I felt the baby move!!! It was sooo cool! pushed and prodded my tummy for a little while trying to get it to move again, and then I woke Brian up! He was half asleep so I don't think it really registered with him until he got up this morning! Anyways, I suppose that is what I get for writing that I hadn't felt anything yet!

18 Weeks

Hello all, I thought I had a picture of 17 weeks, but as it turns out, my "placenta brain" has taken over nearly completely, and all I have to show you that is new is my 18 week belly picture. There still isn't much there, and I'm getting tired of people going "you can't even tell your pregnant!" I am almost twenty weeks and I feel pregnant (no, not because it's kicking yet...), so I want it to show! Sleeping is getting a little uncomfortable, because I can totally feel the lump in my belly that is my uterus! I am still waiting to feel the fluttering of this little one kicking me! Sometimes in the morning I think I feel the baby more because when I am laying there, I feel and can see this very noticible ball in the center of where I think the baby would be. I know that probably doesn't make much sense to you, but I know what I mean!
We've made the decision to keep the names we've chosen a secret for now. We do not know if we will wait until the day he or she arrives to reveal them, or maybe sooner... such decisions! I think it's neat to keep everyone in suspense! It's fun to have a secret! I'm not budging either so don't beg!
I have a check-up tomorrow morning, and will get to hear the heart beat again! I can't wait! Then... on the 20th, we have the anatomy screening ultrasounf... the one where we WOULD find out the gender if we wanted to! We are going to request that the tech to stay away from that general area! !!!
For now, I am battling a cold and do not like not being able to breathe! It's adding to my discomfort at night!
Ok, on to the picture...

Belly Pictures!!!

(Not so) preggo belly @ 7 1/2 weeks

Preggo Belly @ 11 Weeks

Preggo Belly @ 12 weeks

Preggo Belly @ 13 weeks

Preggo Belly @ 14 weeks

Preggo Belly @ 15 weeks

Preggo Belly @ 16 weeks (not much changing!)

12 Week Update

Brian and I had so much fun watching the baby move around today on the ultrasound! It was so amazing to this itty bitty thing on screen and know that it is happening inside of me! I had to drink a sugary drink prior to the u/s so that the baby would be active. Brian called it "getting our kid all hopped up on sugar!" Either way you look at it, it's pretty cool! I posted the images below! We got to bring home 6 different screen shots. I labeled them to help you orient yourself with what you are looking at, so I hope it helps! Now I don't get another peek at he or she until they are 20 weeks! That seems like forever! I have been taking belly pictures but to someone who doesn't see me on a daily basis, it is hard to see that I have grown, just a bit! I'll post those here in the next two weeks or so! We are still set on waiting to find out the gender and have now started brainstorming on ideas for decorating the nursery! It's going to be tough because all the little girl and boy decorations are too cute! I have to hold back!

12 Week Ultrasound Images!