Baby Stuff Galore

Yes, yet another baby post...I'm sorta preoccupied with the topic at the moment, so bear with me :) We went shopping this weekend for all the baby things we needed to pick up that we couldn't find here in town, and for the most part it was a very successful trip! I have to admit though, I might have tried to overdo it, so I am taking today easy. We found our stroller/ car seat system, and we love it! Here's a picture:


It wasn't the easiest thing to find since we were somewhat picky about the color, but we're really happy with this one. We found all sorts of other baby items this weekend too, and ended up ordering our crib online after much frustration and searching in the stores...apparently many baby stores do not SELL cribs, they only show them off. Anyway, thanks to the good people at Amazon, our crib should be on it's way shortly!

Today is very quiet, and I'm happy for the peace after such a busy weekend. We had our second childbirth class last night, which went well. For the most part it's a lecture/ movie, but it's free so I can hardly complain. Anyway, the weather here is fairly nice...up in the 60's...hope your weather is just as balmy!

3D Ultrasound!!!

We had our appointment this morning and voila! 3D pictures! The pictures have blurry spots over the face because the umbilical cord is hanging right over his face and it's hard to focus through that, but other than that he cooperated just fine! Curtis thinks he has my nose but I think all babies look like that ;) I guess we'll see in two short months! Anyway, here they are!

A Balmy January day

The weather here is beautiful! Yesterday we hit 70!!! I can hardly believe this is January, but I'm going to sit back and enjoy it while it lasts. It's amazing that it feels more like March than January. I love North Carolina!

The apartment is starting to take shape. Last night we moved the recliner out of the study and into the living room, and moved the rocking chair into the nursery. Everything else left is going to have to be done in one fell swoop, as in order to move the table, we have to move the bookshelf, and in order to move the desks out we have to move the table. It's going to ba a hairy couple of days but I will gladly rest once it's all said and done. And then I can start decorating!

I must sheepishly admit that I managed to lock myself out of the apartment yesterday. Oops :) I was on the phone with my neighbor, and she wanted me to check on something in her apartment since she's out of town. I remembered to grab her key, but not my own, and I knew it the minute I shut the door. Argh! I'm just thankful that 1.) I can walk down to the office and get the spare key, 2.) it wasn't raining yet, and 3.) I was wearing shoes. Curtis thought the whole incident was much funner than I thought it was.

Well, I am hoping to have pictures to post in my next entry...first off, of the apartment completely rearranged, and second, we are supposed to have an ultrasound done tomorrow at my appointment! Cross your fingers and hope little bean cooperates with the ultrasound tech...I want to see his face!

Chel

Home Again!

Well, it has been a long time between posts, but to be fair we've been in Ohio since December 23rd! We're home again now, and although it was a LONG 10 hour ride, the 60 degree weather helps wuite a bit! I know I'm going to regret this statement, but it doesn't even feel like winter (ok, mother nature, I know that statement will result in a horrible snowstorm next week!). We had a great visit home, and although we were there for two weeks, we could have used longer...there were still people we didn't get to visit! I also had my baby shower while we were home...I received so many beautiful gifts. Now it's on to readying the nursery!

We're in the middle of a major upheaval in this apartment right now as we're moving just about every piece of furniture in here to make room for baby. And in order to move that much furniture I'm reorganizing our closets, which were already bursting at the seams! How did we aquire so much stuffin the space of two years...we certainly didn't pack this much stuff into the U=Haul we moved down in!

Well, I have a million and a half things to do, but I wanted to post an update.

Chel

It's Almost Christmas!!!

I can't believe Christmas is less than a week away! Time seems to fly by so fast. I am now 28 weeks pregnant, and will be 29 on Friday...unbelievable that I should be so far along already! I've been busy baking and making candy this week to take home with us...I guess I'll have to start packing soon.

It's supposed to be in the 60's here on Saturday...it would figure that as soon as we leave it would warm up! I would love to spend a Christmas Eve with highs in the 60's :)

Curtis is home again!! I picked him up last Thursday on base and we spent the weekend very busy! It's so good to have him home again though. No more trips in the near future!!!

Sorry for the overuse of exclamation points today...I guess I'm excited about Christmas coming and all. There are so many people I haven't seen in a long time! If only I could skip the 11 hour drive...well, I guess we could if we wanted to shell out cash for a plane ticket, but then we wouldn't have a car and all...and driving the car is still cheaper than flying :) And we have new tires so there's less fear about driving in the mountains (with any luck, we will have clear roads the whole drive).

Well, I'm yammering on about nothing so I ought to start the cookies I'm aiming to bake today. In case I don't make it back on in the next few days, have a wonderufl Christmas everyone! I hope the holidays find you healthy and happy, and may the next year be prosperous and joyous.

With much love and Christmas cheer,
Michelle

PS I wanted to add for any readers out there, I read Memoirs of a Geisha last week and it's a great read! I'd heard that it was good years before, and with the movie coming out I wanted to read the novel and see if the movie looked worth seeing...I will definitely try to drag Curtis out to see it (of course in order to do so I have to submit to seeing King Kong first, but I guess that's a fair trade).

Brrrr!

Well, my birthday has come and gone...25 at last! It's an odd age...to feel at the same time so young and so old :) Curtis was not here for my birthday this year, but one of my friends took me out to breakfast, and I decided since I was home alone there was no reason I couldn't spend my birthday in my pajamas. Curtis comes home on Thursday and we'll celebrate my birthday then. I can't believe we have only 2 weeks until Christmas!

It's cold here but there's no snow (yay!). I hear there's a lot of snow in Ohio, so I guess there's a good chance we'll see something while we're home. It will be interesting to see what Lex does with snow! He didn't see any here last year and the year before he was so young that I don't know he'd remember it!

The baby is kicking a lot...especially when I sit or lay down. He can really wallop sometimes!

Why can't cars be indestructible?

Well, Curtis is off to Virginia, and Christmas cards are done and I'm very close to being done with my shopping and wrapping. Everything was going so well...until this morning when I took the car in to have the transmission fluid changed and the tires rotated...and come to find out the front ones are completely bald and can't be rotated with the back ones...and the alignment is off! What?!? Could not come at a worse time for us, and it has to be taken care of immediately for us to be able to drive home for Christmas. Needless to say I am a little depressed right now. I have an appointment with the doctor in an hour, so I'm hoping that goes a lot better than my morning has!

New tires. Not what I needed today. And of course all four need to be replaced...not just the front two. No, that would cost half as much, so we can't do that, can we? If I didn't have my appt today I think I would crawl back in bed and forget everything else I have yet to do :) Wish I could...