Getting Ready for Baby!

It is so much fun getting ready for this little girl!

We bought our nursery furniture a couple weeks ago and Kurt put the crib together last week. Here it is in pieces. It actually wasn't too hard to get together. I think we had it up in under an hour.

And this is the final product. I just LOVE this crib. We looked at so many and this was the one I kept going back to. I just knew it was the one and I am so happy it's what we ended up with!

Rather than the slide down side, this one just has a drop down top. The top 9 inches or so fold over so you don't have to bend over so far to reach the baby.

And here is the changing table. I thought this was the neatest idea. It's reversible. When you're done using it as a changing table, it flips over and the drawers flip too so you can use it as a 3 drawer chest. We also bought the dresser that matches, but at the time I took these photos, it wasn't upstairs yet. I left my camera at my brothers house last week so can't get the recent shots I took. I'm sure I'll post more pictures in a couple months when the paint is done and all that fun stuff.

And for those of you who want to see the prego belly... Here it is! I am getting HUGE these days. I've seriously gone through a growth spurt in the past 3 or 4 weeks. It's crazy! But so worth it. I still can't get over the fact that a baby is growing inside of me. I just sit and rub my belly amazed about the miracle inside. We are so blessed to be bringing this little girl into the world. I can't wait to meet her and find out who she looks like. 4 more months!!!!

Oh... one more thing. She has a name!!!! We have decided to name her Brooklyn. We're still working on the middle name, but it will most likely be Brooklyn Renee. That's what we like best so far.

Floor Update

OK... the floor is not quite finished yet as planned. Kurt is doing a WONDERFUL job though. It's really looking fantastic. I am very pleased so far. I am so impressed with what he's done. It has totally changed the look of our house. I absolutely love it! Here are a few of the in-between shots to give you an idea. Should be finished hopefully in the next few weeks! Keep your fingers crossed for me :)

This was taken the first day Kurt actually started laying the tile.

I just had to include this shot. It seemed like every day I came home the refrigerator was in a different spot. It was cracking me up. I'm happy to report that the kitchen is complete now, grout and all... so the fridge is back where it belongs.

It's coming along. This room is also finished now too. It was the biggest room and the easiest since he could lay full tiles instead of having to cut each piece.

Here is "supervisor" Bailee making sure Kurt did a good job... Little to the right she says! :)

And after a hard day's work, she's always up for a nap. It's tough being the boss!

Final pics will be up in a few weeks. Thanks Kurt for all your hard work!

Ultrasound

We had our ultrasound on Thursday. My "feeling" has been that it was a boy. I've been totally thinking that for about 2 months now. Boy was I WRONG. She's all girl. I was a little shocked to see that. Boy are we excited though!!!!! We're having a baby girl!!!!!!

When we first got to the ultrasound, she was all curled up in the fetal position w/ her legs crossed tight. She did not want to cooperate. Then she got the hiccups and I think that's when she loosened up and gave us the shot we were looking for. She never let us see her face, but we definitely know she's a girl now. I'm so excited to not be calling her "it" anymore!

She has a strong heart, organs look good, spine looks good, she's measuring perfect for her height and weight so far... All in all, everything is great! She's in a breach position right now, but obviously she'll be moving all around in the next few months. She was sleeping in a spot where her head was being bounced by my aorta pumping. It was so cute. It looked like she was dancing like those SNL guys w/ their heads bopping to the side. It must have been soothing to her though because she was not wanting to wake up and let us take her picture!

I just love getting a peak of that little baby growing inside. It really brings things into perspective and lets me feel closer to her. We feel so blessed and could not be more happy about bringing this little girl into our family!

She's going to have Kurt wrapped around her little finger. He'll be surrounded by females now, including the dog!!!