The Nursery is Done!!!

Finally, after months of gathering and sorting, buying and returning, washing and folding, our nursery is ready to go. We're only missing one little piece :)

The only good part...

Drew and I started our Saturday taking a tour of St. Lukes' Labor & Delivery floor and Mother and Baby care floor. It was a lot of good information- glad we did it.

Then we decided to head towards Babies R' Us so that we could order the rocking chair we've selected for our nursery- the last remaining piece we need. Let me just tell you, that finally getting to park in the Stork Stall was THE ONLY GOOD PART ABOUT OUR VISIT!!

We went back to order the chair but wanted a different color than the floor model. The woman started typing everything into the computer, after we waited for someone to get to the computer. At one point Drew asked if she needed us to give her the color code of the chair we wanted and she said, "Oh, I just ordered you the brown chair. I didn't know you wanted a different color- that will take 8-12 weeks for delivery." Well perhaps you would have asked what color we wanted? Didn't that box need to be checked- and we don't even 8012 weeks. So the brown chair it is!

Then she signs us up for the Babies R' Us credit card stating it will save is $40 and that we can pay it off on-line when we get home. So we take the 'temporary card' to the cashiers desk along with our order form to pay and of course we get THE MOST incompetent woman waiting on us. She keeps asking if 'we're picking the chair up' or 'are you wanting to pay the 20% or the whole thing' and is halfway mumbling to herself the entire time. She had NO IDEA how to ring up our sale so I finalyy 'encouraged' her to get some help. She walked over to another clerk who also had no idea what to do, so onto a THIRD person she went. This person began to fix our problem, but the first dumbass hit a button in the middle of it all and didn't get our credit info.

WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!?!? Luckily, the woman who started all of this (the one who ordered the wrong color) saved the day. She came and took over he sale, got our coupon, our loyalty card info, our credit card info and hit total all in the right order- who would have known it would take FOUR people to get us out of there.

It was the worst experience I've had there (out of an astonishing three other trips) and I'm not sure how excited I am to go back. I realize they're suppose to be the baby experts, but on a busy Saturday, you'd think they would have plenty of experienced and well- trained staff members. Good thing we were registered at Target- hopefully things will go smoothly in that store!!

Week 33

With less than 50 days to go, we find ourselves gearing up for some busy weeks ahead. We are scheduled to start our birthing classes this week, in the next 7 weeks I have 5 doctors appointments, a shower in Twin Falls in February, maternity pictures in February, a few loads of baby laundry and we're still in search for the perfect rocking chair... With all that going on, I figured I better get a current baby bump picture up before I run out of time :)

Boise Baby Shower

Today I had a baby shower in Boise. It was so wonderful having so many of my girlfriends together in one place for the afternoon. We did an art project of painting burp cloths, enjoyed fantastically yummy munchies, super sugary punch, a candy buffet and some really cute take home party favors. Thanks to Ardele and Kresta and everyone else for the hard work I know and could see that went into this afternoon. I had such a wonderful time that I had to come home and take a nap..... Just a few pictures to show off our little man's haul of goodies :)

A Mary Kroll blanket exclusive

The perfect colors!!

So many pockets for so many goodies to fit into

Part of our Candy Buffet

The party favors

The Princess and the Frog and the Wolf and.....

This little girl's mother is a computer specialist from Helsinki, Finland. While her daughter is soundly asleep, she creates a completely different world... from whatever she can find around her. What a truly fabulous imagination.

A quick update....

Ok, I haven't updated my blog in a little bit and don't have anything horribly exciting to report, maybe just a bunch of little things. So please pardon my random-ness:

1) One of the things I look forward to the most each January is buying a new day planner. I know that sounds weird, but finding a new book, transfering all my important dates, looking forward to the next year's holidays- I love it all. But with the new, I realize I must get rid of the old, and for some reason it's really hard to do. Drew and I had such an amazing 2010 with so many great adventures, so many things written down to document our lives, that I'm having a hard time tossing out my old planner. It feels as if I get rid of it, I'm getting rid of all the wonderful things that we did...

2) Had our 32 week doctors appointment today. Everything was fine, measuring well, good heartbeat (I never get tired of hearing it), and my next appointments have been scheduled- onto every two weeks!!

3) Had quite the adventure in McCall this last weekend. Went up for a friend's wedding and decided to try something other than your typical hotel room. Drew found a deal for the Brundage Bungalows so we went for it. A small cabin- like structure is what we arrived to with a small fridge and microwave, but that was about it. I guess they wanted us to "rough" it a little cause there was no shampoo, no heater/vent in the bathroom, and we only discovered that after we hiked in over the mound of snow covering our walkway. When I called the front desk on Saturday asking for someone to come shovel our walkway, the 16 year old who answered the phone told me the maintenance man was gone for the day so I could either a) go get a shovel from the front desk and shovel it myself, or b) go down to the grocery store and buy a shovel to use- she assured me they were inexpensive. Needless to say, after the conversation and the icey, snow covered path, Drew and I were fortunate enough to find another hotel room in town for our second night. Perhaps the adventure would have been more rewarding and enjoyable if a) I weren't 8 months pregnant being told to shovel my own walkway, and b)..... no, I think "A" is good enough.

4) Started looking for daycares this last week. We found a place that is right in-between both of our works. They are allowed to have 6 babies total, but right now only have three, which means that there would be lots of one on one attention. The girls were really nice and the price is really reasonable. We'll keep looking a bit, but this place was pretty nice. The building is a little older with older paint colors and carpeting, but we don't need the bells and whistles right now, we just need someone who will love on our little man and keep him safe. I think we might have found that :)

I guess that's kinda all I've got for now. I suppose in the next few weeks I'll find some more exciting things to jot down :)

The Fort

So I've reached the point in my pregnancy where I'm having a hard time sleeping. I can no longer sleep on my stomach and am most comfortable on my back; however, I hear from every website that sleeping on my back can restrict bloodflow to myself and the baby. I've tried using a body pillow but found that I was still tossing and turning and not getting the rest I needed.

Last night I decided to try something different. Instead of using one BIG pillow, I put two smaller pillows next to me: one between my knees to take the pressure off my hips and one to go underneath my elbow, to make it easier to breath. Drew walked into the bedroom while I was situating myself amongst the fluff and he laughed at me, saying "I hope you sleep well in your fort." And he was totally right. As I looked around, I was completely surrounded by pillows and blankets. It was kinda funny- but truth be told, I slept better last night than I've slept in weeks. It was wonderful. I woke up this morning truly rested and energized. Just makes me that much more excited to return to my FORT tonight.