Spending money...

Dusty and I went shopping over the weekend and got a few final essentials. Grandma Sue and Grandpa Jerry helped us buy a new glider and dresser for the baby's room. I put them together as soon as possible because I couldn't wait to get her clothes washed and into the dresser. Even with the dresser half full of clothes the closet is still packed with stuff! It's nice to have this done (or almost done). Now I feel a little more ready. Or at least confident that she will be dressed and that we have a place to change her diaper. As you can see this baby now has an entire wall for all her stuff. As you can see we will have Sydney Bristow watching over us.
This wasn't the original swing and bouncer that we wanted, but since we got it and put it together, I like it more and more. The swing swings both ways (front to back and side to side) and it has a plug in (so we're not using so many batteries), but also takes batteries when a plug is not available. The mobile has leaves that go up and down (which is a little hypnotic) and animals that spin around. It's pretty entertaining, I've even found myself watching it. And the bouncer has a waterfall (why the baby needs this, I don't know?). I'm still getting used to the color, but we'll see. All in all we got a ton of stuff and was so much fun going through it all (I'm kind of sad that it's done, I guess there will always be something that we need). I guess for now all we need is a baby.

Another Appointment

We had another appointment this last Wednesday. We got to meet another one of the doctors that could possibly deliver this baby. She was pretty nice, so it wouldn't be too bad if we ended up with her (of course we'd love to have our doctor). Either way I know I'll have Dusty and Amy there. Also at this appointment I was tested for Strep B. If it's positive I'll have to be on an IV throughout labor, so lets hope it comes back negative! Now we have doctors appointments every week from here on out. I think next week we start getting checked to see if I'm dialated, so that should be fun. There's a girl in our Child Birth Prep Class that told us she'd been dialated to 3cm for the last week. Yikes! We also meet the last of the four doctors from the Corvallis Clinic nex week, it'll be nice to finally meet her. This last week we also noticed that a couple from our Child Birth Prep Class are in our ward at church. They just moved here from Utah and it's been fun getting to know them.

Another Baby Shower

My awesome friends threw me a baby shower up here in Corvallis and I just wanted everyone to see how much work they put into it. It was so much fun and I got a lot of great stuff. My mom and sisters came up for the event and many of the friends I've made since moving here came too. If you don't know this about me, I like pigs, so it was fun to see the many ways they incorporated pigs into the decor. A huge thanks to Shannon, Brindy and Jen!

Shannon made these great Onsies with baby pictures of Dusty and me. They are so cute!

Shannon and her friend made these cupcakes that look like pigs. There are even two different sizes. And they were really yummy too (I think I ate about four of the little ones!).

Jen made this towel for us. I am so excited to use it (I mean for the baby to use it... yeah...). I love the pink and brown combo. I look really bad in this picture, but it's worth it to show off this cool towel!

Brindy made me this bedding set (bumper, quilt and crib skirt). She worked hard to made sure this was done for my shower (I think she did the whole thing in a week). I had to put it on the crib as soon as possible. It looks great in her room. I loved it so much I went and got more material and had my mom make me curtains to match.

34 Week Happenings

We had another appointment with our regular doctor yesterday and everything is right on track. The only thing that she seemed concerned about was the fact that we haven't picked a pediatritian yet. So hopefully we'll have that done by the time we go back to her (our next two appointments are with other doctors from the clinic). We go back in two weeks and then every week after that.
Dusty is getting back into the swing of things with school. He says that this term he's going to get good grades from the start rather than trying to bring up his grades during the last two weeks because he slacked off at the start (which is what he usually does). He just found out that he doesn't have to take one of his classes, he got it waived, so he's down to 13 instead of 16 credits for this term. He's excited and this is the perfect term to have that happen since we'll be so busy at the end of term. I am just excited that I don't have to go to school this term. The weather has been so nice this week that I'm glad I don't have to sit in a classroom all day. When it starts raining next week I'll probably be bored out of my mind and start wishing that I had somewhere to go. We'll have to see.
We also started our Birth Prep Classes this Monday. They should be pretty informative. Our teacher is funny and is able to keep us entertained for the entire two hours. This is a nice feature since Dusty has 6 hours of regular school on Mondays and if the teacher wasn't good I would feel a little bad about making him sit through 2 more hours of class. Dusty and I are just so excited for next weeks class when we get to watch our first labor video! Dusty has is focal point already picked out... just fyi... it's not the T.V. screen. ;) Also interesting is the fact that one of Dusty's professors is in our Birth Prep Class. I don't think that Dusty has introdicted himself (or that he ever will), but I'm sure it's wierd to see him in class after seeing him with his pregnant wife.

32 Week Appointment

We had an appointment this last Wednesday and everything still seems to be fine. This little girl is getting bigger and bigger. She was also head down during our appointment, but the doctor said that she's still small enough to turn around. So we'll have to wait a bit before she needs to be head down till the end. I can always tell which position she's in because she keeps kicking me in the ribs. It's funny because if she's head down I can see her feet moving (alien stomach!), but if she's head up or sideways I can usually only feel her moving because I can't see that part of my body anymore. This was the first of three appointments where we'll meet the other doctors at the Corvallis Clinic (every other appointment will be with one of the other doctors). It was fun. The doctor we saw was very different than our doctor. It made me grateful that we got the doctor we did. Our next appointment is in two weeks with our regular doctor.
We are leaving for Redding this morning and are very excited for some sunny weather (it had better not be raining). We will be down there for a week and on our way back home we are planning on stopping in Mount Shasta over night to celebrate our 6th Anniversary. I should be fun.
Also, congrats to my sister Jennifer (also pregnant). They found out that they are sure they are having a girl. Yay! I'm excited that these two girls will be so close in age.

30 Week Appointment

We had an appointment last Thrusday and were reassured that everything is fine. Unfortunatly I found out that I gained abother 6 1/2 pounds! Our goal is 22 pounds total, so I've got another 41/2 to go to meet that. We'll see if I can stay within the goal. Overall the only change that I have notived lately is this baby's activity level. She's moving around a lot now. And if I sit or lay in a position that she doesn't like, she let's me know. I've had to realize that there is no resting until she's ready to rest too. Unfortunatly this is probably foreshadowing the future. Other than that there isn't any new baby news.
In other news, we found out that Dusty got a job in Redding for the summer. So we'll be living down there for a couple of months. It will be nice for our family down there to get to know our little girl a little before we have to come back up here. I already got a little swim suit for her since I know she and I will be living by the pool at my parents house. I can't wait to see her in it. As far as the detail of when we'll be down there and for how long, we don't know much. All we know is that Dusty will be working at Longs, but we'll keep you posted when we get more info.

Thanks Deli Guy!

So I was at WinCo early this week and as I was getting meat from the deli, the deli guy asked me how the baby was. Well I thought this was a little weird and the guy caught me of guard, but I responded that the baby was fine. After which he proceeded to tell me that his wife had just lost a baby and that she was seven months pregnant. What?!?! Why did this guy tell me this? Was he trying to get me to freak out in the middle of the WinCo deli section or was he just nuts?!?! I couldn't believe it. Even an hour later when Dusty came home I was still mad. Seriously I still can't believe it. Was it really that weird or is it just me?