First Big Purchase

Today I broke down and bought the "travel system." We purchased the Bertini model at Babies R Us and it was expensive (well not that bad, but I could have bought one tire for the race car for the same amount). It is Hawkeye colored with these old school European looking squiggly lines on it. The only thing I don't like is Babies R Us only has Eddie Bauer tan bases and as you can clearly see from photos this base is not tan. I will be looking on the internet for Bertini black bases. After all you can't have a black car with gray leather, black baby seat and tan base.

We also found a new store at Jordan Creek called "Creative Kids Stuff," there we found a little puppy dog that has all sorts of tags and crinkly paper on his ears and paws.

Dan and Stacie Wright (I work with Dan) suggested that we look at the "miracle blanket" which is a swaddling blanket that you can hold their little arms down with. Stacie said that this worked wonders and it allowed her to get some extra sleep. This blanket stops them from swinging their arms so they don't wake themselves up quite as much.

Well that is today. Check out the pictures. We will be in touch soon.

The Begining

Not all of you may know, but Chris and I are expecting our first child on April 13,2010. We found out at the end of July when we were 4 weeks along, but due to the circumstances of the previous year, we decided to wait to tell people until we heard the heartbeat. Talk about a hard secret to keep! The first couple of months were pretty hard with morning sickness. It usually hit right away when I woke up, and after every time I ate.

We had our first appointment on September 21, where we were able to hear a heartbeat of 163 bpm. Needless to say we were very relieved and excited after this appointment.

We started our second trimester on October 12, and I have definitely felt better since. We had a second appointment at 15 weeks on Monday October 19. Again we heard the heartbeat right away and it was 150 bpm.

After two successfully appointments Chris and I are finally starting to relax and enjoy our pregnancy. We even went to look at baby furniture last weekend, and were given a reality check when the staff informed us that if we wanted to order furniture through them, it would take about 3 months to get, considering we are almost 16 weeks, we probably need to order this soon! So much for casually looking! We decided we should start researching what products to buy and possibly start a registry soon!

Other than the baby news, not a whole lot is new in our lives. We take each day as it comes and are enjoying the excitement of what the future holds!