Saturday, May 9, 2009

Very productive weekend

I spent my 'first' Mother's Day weekend out at garage sales and we found some great stuff! I'm most excited about our stroller find. We found a Peg Perego Pliko stroller. These strollers retail for big $$$ so finding one for $25 is a deal worthy of a "squee!" It's awesome. Even Blake showed a little excitement when he found out it's Italian.
When we got it home, he promply gave our cat Toby a ride around the basement. We also found a bouncer, a pack n' play and some swaddler sleep sacks. I love swaddling, it's amazing; watching a screaming infant instantly calm down and go to sleep just because they're swaddled.

I'll leave you with an image of Blake's hard work Saturday. Sometimes the yard is just beautiful.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Little's first Ultrasound!


One good thing came from our scare last Friday, we got to see Little up close and personal. This image is not very good, we actually got to see detail on the face and spine, but, hey this is the one they gave us, so I'm taking it. We won't find out gender until June.

PS-that is Little's leg you sickos.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Garden is in!

About a month ago I started a bunch of vegetable seeds inside under a grow light. Well, yesterday Blake tilled up the soil and I planted all of our baby veggies today. It's awesome, we have tomatoes, squash, zucchini, canteloupe, beans, corn and even watermelon. We'll see how much of it survives the deer around here. I'm hopeful. There's been so little for the deer to eat there for years on end; I hope they've forgotten to look there. I'll post a picture as soon as I can.
Update: Well, I don't have to worry about the deer...the MASSIVE downpour we got in about 3 hours managed to do more damage than any masochistic plant could ever dream...grr. Don't live in Kansas, we don't have friendly weather.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Good news after a scary day

Friday I went to work as usual but about 9:00 I experienced some bleeding. I called my doctor and they scheduled me for an emergency ultrasound to make sure everything was ok. I was a mess to say the least. Blake met me there and we had a very thorough exam with the tech. Thankfully everything was fine and they were unconcerned about the bleeding as it stopped shortly after starting and the baby was safe, growing and, shall I say, 'dancing'! That's right, Little has some sweet moves! I mean, Napolean Dynamite type moves... Active heartrate at 160 which is slightly higher than the 153 we heard last week with the Doplar.
The tech also did some measurements and thinks we're off on our due date by about 6 days. Sooo, that puts our new due date at October 31st. Some of you might not be aware, but that date is significant to my family for several reasons. My parent's got married on that date 34 years ago and it was my paternal grandfather's birthday. So, we're hopeful it continues to be a significant day for us.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

We heard the heartbeat!

Wow, how cool is this...we heard the heartbeat for the first time today. It took some time for the doctor to find it, but we heard a good 6-8 seconds of "woompa-woompa-woompa". Freak out!!! Blake tried to get some audio of it, so I'll add if I can later. Update: Here's the video/audio Blake took. The very first 1/4 to 1/2 of it you can hear the little "washing machine". That's our baby!!!

About Me

A couple in their mid-30's facing parenthood for the 1st time. Let the games begin!