Mindless Babble... and Baby Stuff :-)

There's going to be a new car on the horizon for JennieBird here.... I'll be glad when we're a two vehicle family again :-) Stay tuned.....

In other news.... this is how THE KID is treating my bladder lately:


But hey it's all good, I'm lovin' it :)

I went for my 18 week ultrasound on the 18th (time flies!! I can't believe in ONE WEEK I'll be halfway through this pregnancy) and everything looks good. I was in there for about 45 minutes for them to measure everything and check the heart rate and stuff. So far a good heartbeat of 141 beats per minute.

I haven't felt any solid baby kicks yet (but I'm told it's still early yet - give it a few weeks) but I couldn't get over how active this kid is. I swear he's/she's doing pilates in there... active kicking like you would not believe on the ultrasound screen! It was a hoot to watch and I was glad to share the experience with my Mom who came with me to see her first grandchild on the ultrasound screen.

Baby weighs about a half a pound now and I have a printout of 20 ultrasound pictures from the appointment, I'll try to pick a few of the frames to scan and share. I myself was mesmerized in the whole experience and find myself still pinching myself to make sure this is so real. Rob and I are still besides ourselves with joy and Rob has had this glow about him ever since the day we found out I am pregnant. Right now I keep the ultrasound pictures from prior appointments on our fireplace mantle and even though he won't admit to it, I catch him looking at them and smiling. If he's this way with ultrasound pictures, I can hardly wait to see him with our baby in his arms. It chokes me up just thinking about it.

As for the nursery, we're not planning on doing much as the room is currently our guest room. There is panelling throughout the room that makes it hard for painting, etc, but I imagine we'll just be getting rid of the guest bed and dresser or just getting rid of the dresser and moving the bed over to make room for a crib, changing table & chest of drawers. We're not finding out what the baby's gender is so I'm planning on just keeping it gender neutral. In a few years when the budget isn't as busting at the seams as it already is (with the car and bathroom reno and the chimney repair we did a month ago and a few more items) we'll completely remodel the baby room, drywall it etc and give it some decent paint. Right now it's all crappy panelling.

My Mother in Law and likely my nieces are coming up this Saturday and go to Church on Sunday. Likely pick up my new car on Saturday.

Life is good :) I love it.

Jenn