Update on Baby Fogde

Well, I had my Dr. appointment today and it was definitely the fastest I've gotten in and out of the office. I think I was there for 30 minutes... record time! Hoorah for the first appointment of the morning :) Things are looking good. My uterus is actually measuring 27cm which would put me about 2 weeks ahead of schedule (I am scheduled to start my 25th week tomorrow) and since my uterus is measuring at 27, I could be slightly ahead of where they originally had me pegged. We shall see... so maybe January it will be. The Dr. also said I'm too fat... Ok she didn't really say it like that, but she said I gained too much weight this time. I wont go into anymore detail about that though. :)

We/I am continuing the process of the nursery. Got the bedding in the mail and it is SO SO SO ADORABLE! I love it :) Now I'm looking for material to recover our rocking chair as well as make some window seat cushions. I have a whole smattering of baby girl clothes all over the floor in the room because we received all of the clothes from our niece who was also born in early Feb. We will be getting our crib on Friday. We received that from Nathan's mom and step dad via their in-laws. They bought it practically brand new at a yard sale, so we just need to make sure we have all the parts to put it together (there are no directions) :) But things are coming along and I'm getting more and more excited as they do.

Lastly, I saw her punch out my stomach this past week. I was laying on the couch and I saw this really quick protrusion and I thought, I'm pretty sure that was a hand or a foot or something. It was because she did it several more times. Not the complete "alien belly" yet, but she is definitely letting us know she is there :) T minus 116 days, but whose counting anway? :)

Ladybugs All Over

Well, I have made a big step in the last week. I have decided on a theme for baby Fogde's room. Ladybugs :) It has been quite a process trying to figure out what to do, what I want, what I like... what I think she will like etc. So... at first we saw this adorable set which included ladybugs at BabyDepot. We had planned on getting that once we found out it was a girl, then I decided the colors were all too muted. It had green and red and pink and white and black... but all very soft versions of those colors. I decided I wanted something with a little more punch. So I went searching google like any normal curious person. I wasn't sold on the whole ladybug theme so I searched for baby bedding according to colors I liked together. The whole idea is that we don't want something overly girly or predominantly pink or anything like that. As I searched for bedding, I came across some very cute sets that were chocolate brown and turquoise (just about my favorite color combination). I had about 97% of my heart set on this until I started another search one day. Randomly, I googled "lady bug baby bedding sets" and as I saw various pictures come up, one caught my eye. I might even say it was love at first sight. It was so precious, and I just invisioned little baby girl loving her bedroom and loving ladybugs. The best is yet to come... It was a set on Ebay that was listed for $49.99 which for any 4 piece bedding set is a great deal! This one, however, was a 9 piece set including some additional accessories besides just the crib bedding. What a steal!!!
Well, for those of you who utilize ebay... there is also a whole bidding process. I actually had to have my parents bid on it for me because I was not going to have access to a computer when the bidding ended, and they were outbid by only 80 cents. Sad times!!! Well, the following day, I went searching for it again just to see if this store had listed another set. Low and behold they had! Still same price and all!!! I was able to win the set for a mere $61.00. I am so excited about the set, and so excited for her room. I had to tell you all of this so that when you see the picture, hopefully you will love it as much as I do :) Here it is!!!

So, what we get in the set is the bumper, the dust ruffle, the blanket, the pillow, the sheet, 2 window valances, the diaper stacker, and the toy stacker (which I will probably use as a hamper). I am hoping to prevail upon my mother to maybe make a cover for the changing pad as well as a large window seat pillow, or a few pillows to put on a cute window seat we have in the baby's room. Probably something either red and polka dotted, or checkered pattern... something of the sort. So... for any of you who read this who are looking into baby bedding (which I don't think any of you who read this are prego, so not that this matters) don't forget about good ol' ebay :)