Eli's New Toy

I came from work one day to find this awesome toy sitting on my porch! My cousin Tina got it off the registry and had it shipped down. It didn't take Jason too long to put together, but it might take some work to keep the cats off of it! LOL

Baby Eli

Here are a few of the pictures from our ultrasound yesterday.

How cute!

I love this! It's a plush mat for the baby to relax on! Jason and I saw it on an episode of A Baby Story and I thought it was cool, but had no idea where to find them! I was reading some gift ideas today and ran across the website for them and was excited! They have several other styles too, but I kinda like this doggie! Here's a link to the other critters: http://www.shopbestever.com/new-baby.html I think I will need to get one! :)

Baby Shower!

I just wanted to share a few pictures from our baby shower on Sunday. It was so fun and the girls really made it special with all the fun decorations and games. We had so many friends show up to celebrate with us and their generosity was almost overwhelming. Eli now has a room full of cute baby stuff, as you can see in the last picture! His furniture should be in next week so hopefully there will be some pictures of a beautiful, ORGANIZED nursery to share!

The best surprise was my friend Brandy and her family flying down from Maryland to join in on the fun. It was so good to see them and I already miss them.

Latest Ultrasound Pics

The appointment went great today! We got to see Eli again and finally got a nice face shot. He's definitely all boy too! :) Next week I have my glucose tolerance test and I am not looking forward to that! Only 17 more weeks to go!

Baby Gifts

Mom mailed us the most adorable gift this week! My Granny made these awesome burp cloths for the baby! It's so great to see my family be involved. I know its hard with us being so far away. It's just so nice to see that they are all thinking about us and our little-one-to-be!

March 18th!

Mark your calendars! We will find out the sex of the baby! Yay! I do have to admit that I went shopping a little at the beginning of the week and picked up a few outfits. They were winter clothes that were on a great clearance sale at Kohls. If we are having a girl, I will have to return a couple of them since they are blue. Or, keep them since I know about 4 other pregnant friends! I was hoping to go look at baby furniture this weekend but I've been really sick for most of the week. I don't know if its just a cold or maybe the flu, but it's kept me in bed for 3 days now. I started a round of antibiotics last night so I hope that will help it clear up. I always end up with a sinus infection every single winter, so that's probably part of it.

Here are the outfits I got, as well as Horton, who goes along with one of the books we bought a few weeks ago. I also put the new nursery furniture we like. I just have to figure out a place locally to get some of the furniture we like! I decided to focus on cribs that are JPMA certified since they have passed safety tests. I like this set because it is simple yet beautiful. I can see it becoming furniture for a toddler, and then a kid!

Hard at Work!

Jason is hard at work this weekend staining the awesome litterbox cover my good friend at work made for us. I love it and I can't wait to get it all set up! Moving and hiding those will be the first step in getting the future nursery all ready for the baby. We did manage to get the old bed out last weekend, so hopefully the whole room will be cleared out by the end of the month! I can't wait to start working on it. My next doctor's appointment is tomorrow, so cross your fingers that they set up a time next month for the BIG ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby!

We did buy the baby something yesterday, so I thought I would share! I LOVE the little giraffe; he's musical AND soft! :)

It Just Might be a BOY!

I went in for an ultrasound today and they were able to get some pretty good shots! One showed that it *might* be a boy, but the tech said not to go out and buy anything just yet. I should have the chance to find out for sure in about 6-8 more weeks! How exciting!!! I went to the library today to check out some baby name books since Jason and I aren't finding boy names we both like. I love Elias and Caleb but he doesn't. Don't you think it's the prefect year to pick a name that could use Eli as a nickname? GO GIANTS!!!

Here's the recent ultrasound picture from my appointment on Friday. Everything is looking good according to the doctor! They sent me for a ton of bloodwork so let's hope that all comes back okay. Our next appt is Feb 18th!

First Baby Present!

The little one received his/her first gift this week, a very cute stuffed horse! The picture is a little dark, but it is such an adorable animal! Thank to Ms. Juanita on my van pool!

I'm feeling a little better this week, but still really tired. It must take a lot of energy to grow a baby because I'm worn out! It's a struggle to stay awake past 8 o'clock now. Jason has been a sweetie and will sometimes go crash with me so I'm not all alone. We went out for Mexican food last night and it was YUM! I haven't had fajitas in a long time and boy were these good! I'm not sure what we'll get into this weekend. I need to actually plan out a menu for the week and go shopping! That's the next thing on my list for this morning, after breakfast of course! There's a garage sale with baby stuff going on across the street, but I still think it might be early to buy anything, so I'll hold off. I've been looking at bedding and cribs and all that fun stuff, but I keep finding more and more I like so it's hard to choose! If it's a boy, he will definitely have an Astros room. I just hope he'll like baseball as much as I do! I hate to do pink for a girl, so I'll probably either go with purple, or at least brown and pink together.

That's enough of my rambling. I need to go be productive while I'm actually awake!

First Baby Picture

You can't really see anything on the image they printed out for us to bring home, but we did get to see the heartbeat at the office. Hopefully there will be more details on the next one!

Two lines....A Change in Life

Wow! Just in case someone out there doesn't know yet, we are having a baby! The focus of my blog will be shifting as we try to keep family and friends updated on the progress of the pregnancy. It's definitely NOT a time for weight loss anymore!

I still can't believe it! Today we had our first ultrasound and it was truly amazing. I don't think it all seemed real until we saw the little heart beating today. I haven't really been able to enjoy the miracle we were given until today. I had been focused on the heartburn, the crazy cravings, and the ever present nausea. Now I know what's causing all that and WOW, just wow. I know things will get better and then worse again until it's all over, but it's nice to see what's causing all that. It's still the scariest thing ever to me, as I'm not that confident in my ability to parent, but it's happening. What an amazing way to start the new year! (I'll try to post the blurry ultrasound picture soon. I have to get it scanned first!)

Happy New Year everyone!