Bought the crib

Tonight we bought the crib. I'm so excited. We also bought the paint. I'm not allowed to paint until next week since it is going to rain all week. I really want to do it tomorrow. My mom has a white dresser and changing table. So his room is slowly coming together. Norm is going to build a couple of shelves for the closet and paint the back of the door with chalkboard paint. I have to buy all of the accessories and the mattress. My goal is to have the room complete by Thanksgiving when Norm's brother and family come out and before I start the madness of December.

He's moving

I'm pretty sure that I am feeling the baby move. Right now it feels like little bubble popping or like a little bug walking across my stomach. I can't wait to really feel him move and kick. The Dr said probably by the end of next week. :)

Bought the bedding

I LOVE knowing what we are having. Today I was still upset about the bedding so I went to a Marshall's by the house and they had it! I am so happy.

It's hard to see in the picture but there is teal blue in there. Now I just need a crib to put the bedding and the baby in.

Shopping for the little prince

Today we ran up to the outlets to exchange the girl clothes my mom bought. The boy section is definitly smalller in stores. But that's ok. I still managed to find a ton of stuff. I did restrain myself since I know I am having a shower. Besides I need to get him furniture and diapers. We did buy a bunch of clothes with little dogs on them. I'm so mad I had a room in a bag in my hands and put it back b/c of whatever reason. It was teal and chocolate brown not babyish looking. It was exactly what I wanted. I doubt I'll find it at any Marhsalls again.

We also got the baby steal of the century today. We stopped at EMS on our way home. There was a Kelty backpack carrier for when Norm takes the baby hiking. It was on final clearance for $50 b/c it was returned. The original price is $200. Norm is really excited b/c now he knows he will get to go hiking next year.

It's a boy!!!

We had our big ultrasound today. It is definitly a boy. Norm and I are are so excited. We now need to start thinking of names. Now that we know what it is we can start shopping and planning. I will post pics shortly. Our printer/scanner isn't working right now.

My Birthday Weekend

So on Saturday we dropped Morgan and Linus off at the kennel and headed back to Pittsburgh. My sister threw me a wonderful birthday party with all of my favorite things. Buffalo chicken dip, bbq chicken, little hotdogs wrapped in crescent rolls, m&m's, white cheddar cheezeits and my favorite Kribel bakery cookies. She is so thoughtful and had photos and albums of my life on display. I have wonderful family and friends who came to the party. I have the best sister anyone could ever ask for. Everyone was curious about the cloth diapers and of course people are betting we don't last a week with them.
Sunday we went with my parents to the zoo. I haven't been there in 7 years. There are 2 baby elephants that were so cute. We got to talk to a keeper and he talked to us for at least 1/2 hour telling us all about the elephants. The main reason I wanted to go was to see the new Polar Bears exhibit. Of course the polar bears were sleeping not playing in the water.
Monday we had to come home. Being hormonal makes leaving even harder. This time I cried for an hour. I wish I could move back. We would have such an amazing support system. We stopped at Homegrown Baby and picked up a couple more diapers.
All in all it was a great weekend. Now we are on vacation the rest of the week. We'll go shopping for the baby and start prepping the room to be painted. I am also impatiently counting down the days until Friday when we go for the BIG ultrasound.

Fun times with Friends

On Thursday night I got together with my nestie friends. We went to this wonderful dessert place, Butterwood. It's always great getting together with these girls. The topic of conversation was babies. Whoopsie is going to have lots of little friends to play with. Such a lucky baby.
Yesterday was a great day. I went to Target and their was one green cloth diaper left. Some targets are carrying Bumgenius diapers. Now I just have to find which one in Pittsburgh does. As I was getting ready to leave I was hungry and I happened to look at Target's snack bar and wouldn't you know they have Pizza Hut.(the only pizza I like during this pregnancy). To make my day even better I topped it off with a Decaf Pumpkin Spice Latte. Mmmmm.
This morning we are getting ready to drive back to Pittsburgh. I hope Linus does well at the kennel and he doesn't think we are abandoning him. But he will be with Morgan. Bailey gets to come home for the first time in 3 years.
Tonight should be another night filled with fun and friends. :)

Our fun weekend

Well this past weekend Norm and I had 2 of our friends come to visit. On Friday night we went to Buffalo Brewpub for dinner. Yum! Norm got the fish fry and it was delish. Then headed back to the house to wait for Rob to arrive.
Saturday we went to the wing festival. It was good. We had lots of wings. I also had a pizza, a slice of watermelon and strawberry shortcake. After awhile we found a table in the shade. Then we went to Pearl Street Brewery where the guys had some drinks. Being the dd for the next 5 months is going to get old.
Sunday I had to work but Norm took Rob and Dave to Niagara Falls. Dinner was at the Shogun. We haven't been there in years. Everyone enjoyed it.
Now we have to get ready for the block party we are hosting on Sunday. :)