Paint and Curtains!

Before

After

NEW CURTAINS!

The nursery has been painted a light blue color (It's hard to see in the pictures) and the curtains have been hung! We can't wait to get the furniture in so that we can really start putting this room together. A BIG Thank you goes out to Marissa's parents for all of the labor involved in this project! We are so grateful to have such a wonderful family.

New belly pictures will be posted soon as we come up on week 28. As an update on how the pregnancy is going, we can sum it up in one word -- great! We will start to see the Dr. every 2 weeks starting this week. Marissa is feeling well and has only experienced minor discomfort with heartburn. It's starting to get a little more difficult to get up from laying down. The belly is definitely feeling heavier! She did, unfortunately fail the glucose screen and has to go back for another (and longer) test to make sure she doesn't have gestational diabetes. We are pretty positive we will get a passing grade on this next test!

Our school years are quickly coming to an end and we are looking forward to a rather interesting summer! More on our summer adventures to come soon! :)

Furniture Fun...

We've ordered the baby's furniture!

While very exciting, this event was not without a little bit of drama. On our way home from Bloomington yesterday we met Marissa's parents in Greenwood to make the final purchase. We meet with the sales associate and she assists us in placing the order. Now, keep in mind we've previously been into the store and had picked out the furniture, gotten all of the pricing, and had even gotten an estimate on the time frame for delivery (8-12 weeks). After this nice lady spends a decent amount of time to find all 3 of the products on a not-so user friendly ordering system and places the order she lets us know that the estimated delivery dates are 14-16 weeks from now (the baby will be here in about 15 weeks)! Due to a long weekend, we really just wanted to get the stuff ordered and get home. We blew off the time frame thinking "Oh, the baby won't be in the bedroom at first anyway."
What were we thinking?!?! Needless to say, a few hours later the anxiety sets in. I (Marissa) go into a slight panic about not having the nursery done in time. We read the fine print and find out we have 3 days to cancel the order. A little relief sets in and we plan on calling or going back down to Greenwood to sort things out and order a different brand that can be delivered sooner.
SO...I call as soon as my lunch break begins today...little did I know this would be the 1st of many conversations! The same sales lady assures me that I can easily cancel and pick out different furniture. We go over a few different options and then she decides to call the manufacturer and get a direct quote on the time frame for the original furniture order just in case. I wait for her to call back. She was very quick and I soon find out that the time frame is actually 8-10 weeks! YES!! I was ecstatic and told her to just keep the order in place and we will hope they stick to their word. You'd think that would be the end of it...but no.
I went about my day feeling very relieved. Then my phone rings again and it's the store. She informs me that she heard back from the manufacturer and they realized that she placed the order for the hutch, but no dresser (I wanted the dresser, no hutch). The cost of the hutch is significantly less than the dresser and she needed to let me know that we would need to make an adjustment in the sales price. I mull this info over and decide that I was not about to call my parents and tell them that the extremely large purchase they made yesterday was going to increase in price. I told the lady to cancel the order and I would be down tomorrow to pick out new furniture. She feels bad. I'm bummed.
But we're not done yet, because after school I check my voice mail and she had called yet again. She informs me that since it was their mistake that they wouldn't make any price adjustments and would change the order to the dresser instead of the hutch! I call her back. We have a lovely conversation and I thank her profusely for all of her assistance. She's still apologizing for all of the drama and headaches. I hope I was able to convey to her my utter relief and excitement that this furniture saga had finally come to an end! We have the furniture we want, when we want it to arrive, and it's even coming at an unexpected discounted price. Who could be upset about that?!?! :)

We ordered the crib, the double dresser, and a nightstand (not shown)

24 weeks

24 week belly!
(still unclear as to why this belly looks smaller than the 20 week belly)

A Bigger Belly!

20 week belly picture

We are approaching week 22! We're so excited to be past the half way point! We don't have too much news at this point. Marissa is feeling the baby move a lot more now. David was even able to feel the baby move for the first time the other day! We are looking at baby gear and picking out items for the registry. Marissa has become a huge fan of kid's consignment sales that have been put on by different groups in the area. She's scored a bunch of "new" baby stuff and spent very little! There's nothing like a good deal!

We are looking forward to a much needed vacation in Florida this week! We can't wait to spend time with some of our favorite people and introduce our skin to the sun again! Let's just hope no one gets burnt this year.

18 week Update -- Almost 1/2 way there!

We are at 18 weeks and everything is going well! I'm starting to feel the baby move which is...different. :) Today we went in for the "big" ultrasound and it was amazing! The baby is 7oz. and the heart rate was at 143 bpm. We were able to see all of the baby's parts--except the parts that tell the gender (we're saving that for August. We were able to see the 4 chambers of the heart, kidneys, spine, arms, legs, etc. I could have stayed on that table all day watching our baby on the screen.

Here are a few pictures (including the 16 week belly picture):

Week 14

OK, to start this blog off I wanted to share something that I have been laughing about for a few days. It's not even remotely close to being PC, but out of the mouth of a 6 year old I guess it doesn't have to be. I didn't get the privilege of witnessing this myself, but my co-worker filled me in....So, one of the darling children in my class came upstairs after indoor recess (which is dreadful, in case you were wondering) -- all hot and sweaty from running around like a maniac and says quietly and very nonchalant, "I wish this was a trailer park so I could take my shirt off." What do you say to that?!?! I'm just glad I didn't have to respond to that one, because I don't think I could have without laughing. I need to start writing this stuff down, because comments like these happen quite often in my little world.


Now a little update on the pregnancy....


We are at 14 weeks and our next appointment is on the 10th! I'm excited to get in and hear the heartbeat. I'll also be meeting a new Dr. that will be seeing me for the next 2 appointments while mine is out on maternity leave. Cross your fingers that she decides to come back, because I really really like her.


My appetite is even better than it was 2 weeks ago and David will say that I'm eating like a human now. The cravings are starting to pick up a bit and I have to say that on 2 consecutive days last week I stopped at Qdoba and picked up tacos.....and they were SO good! I am now attempting to maintain a more healthy diet, key word being attempting.


Last week took me down to Greenwood to meet up with my lovely mother and fabulous mother-in-law for a nice lunch and some shopping. After this trip I had to rearrange my closet to create a new section for all of the maternity clothes. Most of these clothes will be hanging around in there for a while, but when the time comes I will be well dressed. I'm very grateful to have such amazing support from my family...they are the best!


We had our new TV installed last week and it is awesome!! We are looking forward to watching the Super Bowl on it next Sunday!

We're Expecting!

Due August 3rd 2010!

We're excited to share this with our friends and family. Check back often for updates and photos!

We really enjoyed breaking our news over Christmas with our families. Every one's reaction to the news was priceless and we were able to get some on camera. We hope these don't embarrass any of you!
We are currently 12 weeks along and everything is going well! We are happy to see that first trimester coming to an end. Marissa has experienced some nausea (mostly in the evenings) and fatigue, but that seems to be coming to an end. We are finally starting to eat dinner together again now that Marissa is feeling better in the evenings. Her eating habits have been rather bizarre. Let's just say that dinner the other night consisted of coleslaw and a Totinos pizza because they 'sounded good' while she was shopping. David gets A- for making this first trimester a pleasant one for all of us. He only gets an A- because he decided that fish was a great idea for dinner the other night....that was not a great idea!

The baby has a strong heartbeat and the doctor says everything looks good! We had the chance to see the little bean at 10 weeks on an ultrasound. It was really neat seeing the baby move around, hear and see the heartbeat, and just know that everything was progressing as it should. We can't wait until we can see how much the baby has grown at our next ultrasound around 18 weeks!

We seem to be making no progress what-so-ever on names for this baby. Our list changes daily and every time we take one off the list we find another one to add to it. Hopefully by August we will have it narrowed down a little bit more! We have been making progress on the nursery decor though! We've picked out the colors and several other components. This baby may not have a name, but at least the nursery will be cute!!

Here are the latest belly pics (not that there is much to show outside of a little chubbiness). The first was taken at 8 weeks and the 2nd at 12 weeks. Hoping for more of a belly next time we attempt to document some growth! :)