We have a plan!

After many many hours of researching, calling, investigating and visiting we have a childcare plan for when I return to work. We are currently still on 2 waiting lists, but have secured a spot for Baby 'H'. We had to extend our search to surrounding areas and found "Tiny Toes" which is in Elkhorn.

I visited last Friday and spent a lengthy amount of time with the infant staff. What a great group! The main lady has been there since 1994. She has a wealth of knowledge, love for babies and has that "Grandma" way about her. Love it!

Since it is a little out of the way Chris drove it this morning. And it wasn't bad. I just hope that on a day of really bad traffic he still doesn't think it's too bad! Our plan is that Chris will drop off and I will pick up. That will allow me to get to work early and for Chris to stay a little later.

Being a task oriented person I wanted to have most of our major things done by June 30th. Which would allow Chris & I to enjoy the rest of the summer and do things we want to do. This past weekend I got the upstairs completely re-organized and setup. Our office is cleaned out and guest bedroom all set up again. Feels so awesome!

We're Registered.

We've had several people after us to register, so last week we bit the bullet and did it. This was seriously the most overwhelming thing. As you can see from the pictures there are hundreds of items and hundreds of choices of those hundreds of items! No one told me about how "not so fun" this part was. It was completely stressful.

In the picture of Chris what is he holding? Nursing pads. I had to explain to him what those were. He's like any other guy, likes control of the scanner and will scan just about anything.

We are registered at Target, Wal-Mart and Babies-r-Us. I'm sure there are things on our list that we won't need and things not on our list that we will need. But we're learning as we go. What an adventure this is daily. At least we can cross this off our list!

Week 29...and Growing

I know, I know, it's been 3 weeks since I've posted a "growth" picture. Here's the buddah. It is definitely poppin out. According to my weekly pregnancy email the baby should be 15.5" long and weigh around 2.7 oz. So I'm thinking to myself, if a baby weighs around 7 pounds when delivered and I have a mear 11 weeks to go, that's a big growth spurt.

And I already feel like my body is maxed out in size!

I've been experiencing some "kankles" by the time I get home. Just have so much to do that it's hard for me to sit and put my swollen feet up. Last Friday we golfed 18 holes, and was it hot!! I was done at 9. But I pulled through. Maybe our baby will take up golf when it's older.

Busy, busy, busy....

We have been so busy these past two weeks. Last Friday I had 2 doctor appointments. First we met with Dr. Bonebrake, the perinatologist. Everything is looking good. What we have found out is that Chris also has the same freaky blood as I do, so our baby will be just fine. We will see him one more time and then will just continue with our OB doc. Dr. Bonebrake did an ultrasound so we got some more pictures. The baby is growing great. 2lbs 4oz! Right on target. It's moving like crazy. Still freaks me out. I'm still feeling good. Have probably pushed it a few times and have worn myself out completely.

After my appt. with Bonebrake I had one with Dr. Nabity. It was just supposed to be a routine checkup so Chris did not come. Oh, but this is a good one. I went to his Immanuel office this time. I went and checked in and let the receptionist know I had to go if they needed a urine sample. So I did. I marked my sample, put it in the window and flushed away. Well, that stupid freakin toilet decided it was going to overflow! Are you kidding me! And I really had gone...if you get my drift. I walked out, bright red and told the nurses that the toilet was overflowing. They said they've been having problems not to worry. I told them I am so embarressed, but that I really had to go. I was mortified! Well, needless to say I got right in. The nurse came in and was so nice to me. She said we can just blame it on some guy that was in previously and used that restroom. She then said it was my lucky day, no bloodwork. Yippee. But did Dr. Nabity tell you that he wants to "check" you today? I said, are you serious? No, didn't know that. Luckily I had just had this conversation with my friend Amy, so I knew what to expect. All in all. I'm not dialating yet, good. I did still have to get my blood drawn, but the nurse was a good one!

We went to a CWS game on Sunday. I forgot sunscreen on my legs and ended up with a nice looking burn. I managed to get everything else lubed up. Was only able to make through 5 innings. Those plastic seats in hot weather does not do a pregnant lady any favors.

Last week we started our Prepared Childbirth classes. We meet every Tuesday for 6 weeks. Chris and I just end up cracking up at half the stuff. This week we watched a video of a birth. Holy Crap! It finally came to me that this baby has to come out at some point! Overall we feel that we are ahead of the game by having the nursery ready and many other things.

We met our pediatrician today. Dr. Steinauer. He is the brother of a co-worker of Chris'. Great guy. He's like a disney character in real life. I guess only about 5% of people actually go and meet their pediatrician before they have a baby. I just didn't want some stranger coming to check on our baby at the hospital without meeting them first, at least! So we can mark that off our list.

Tonight we decided to go register at Target and Wal-Mart. Again, holy crap. We have no idea what we are doing. A few things here and there that we think we'll need. Chris was all about the diapers. I was...well...tired. Tomorrow night we are going to tackle Babies-r-Us. If you've never been there, well, it's like the Nebraska Furniture Mart for babies! It is so overwhelming, but they have everything! That's where we will register for most of our stuff.

Well, better head to bed. I'll try and get my profile photo up tomorrow.

Week 26

I know I haven't blogged in awhile, and I'm hearing it from my friends. Here is a pict of the belly at 26 weeks. Again, in the photo it doesn't look as big as I really am and feel. And Chris will attest to this.

Actually this picture is really bad now that I look at it. Where is my butt? I know I don't have much of one, but seriously!

Everything is going well, so there hasn't been much to write. Still doing a little tweaking on the nursery. Bought some shelves to put up and a floor lamp. Just working on some pictures to put up too. And then that is it! Chris said no more!

We're still on a daycare search. Made many, many calls. Went and visited another one today, one next week. There are either no openings, they only take teacher's kids (so they have summers off!) -- discrimination! or we don't want to take little Harnly there. We may have a backup plan until we are able to get into the one we really want. Everyone keeps telling me it will work out. But, I'm the type of person who has to have everything lined up and planned well in advance.

We have finalized names. And the answer is 'no', we're still not going to tell. Everyone has their opinions on what is a good name or not so good, but as with any parent it's their decision. So no making fun of our child's name when you find out. At least not in front of me! I can tell you that they are not typical names, but would you expect any different from us?

Baby H is doing summersaults now. Or at least it feels like it. I make Chris watch my belly at night. I'm pretty sure it may of punched him in the face one time. The kicks and turns are getting harder. What really sucks is that my bladder must be getting squased. As I feel like I have to pee all the time, and when you do get to go, not much there! This really has been quite the journey and I absolutely cherish each and every day of it!