Baby Furniture

Once we found out we were having a boy the first thing I wanted to do (besides buying a bunch of baby clothes) was get going on the nursery.  So since then we have purchased the baby's crib, changing table, and bedding.  We recieved the changing table and the crib last week and this past weekend Russel put it together.  The changing table was pretty easy and he did it while watching football but the crib had to be done in the baby's room since it wouldn't fit through the doorway if he had done it in the living room.  He messed up a few times on the crib but suprisingly didn't get too mad or swear too much...I was very impressed with him. :)  The style and color we chose was the Graco Lauren Collection from Target and it is Walnut.  At first I wasn't sure about walnut but it looks pretty good. 


We haven't gotten the bedding delivered yet (still waiting...) but we got the rug and decorative pillows to go with it.  Our bedding is called Arctic Babies and it was actually sold out at Target and Babies R Us but we finally found it on Amazon.com.  The pillows obviously won't go in the crib because I believe it is a hazard but we will probably be putting them on the glider/rocker.  Still left to be purchased for the baby's room is a mattress, bookcase, glider/rocker, and a different changing table pad.  The one that came with it is really thin but we found one at Target that fits the table perfectly and is more cushy.  On Wednesday we are heading to Menards to get some paint samples and hopefully buying the paint on Friday.  Russel gets a Christmas gift certificate for working there so we are going to be using that to buy the paint and primer which saves us some money.  I think the actual painting will get done the weekend of the 18-20th when Russel has off.  I won't be doing any painting since it isn't really recommended (I know with certain paints I could) but I will be there to make sure he doesn't screw up or miss a spot.  It will be nice to have it all painted and once we have everything set up I will of course put up pictures.


Ok so here are pictures of our Crib, Changing Table (front & side), then there are pictures of our bedding on a crib and a close-up (I got these off the internet), and then pictures I took of the pillows and the rug.

22 Weeks!

Well my bump has gotten significantly bigger since the last picture.  I am now 22 weeks today and I am over halfway there!  I am mostly excited but still pretty scared too.  The moments I think "why are we doing this?" the most is when I get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom or I get up and say good-bye to Russel when he works early and I am super tired.  And all I can think when I am that tired is that when the baby comes it is going to be all day, every day, and 10 times worse.  I think I will miss sleep a lot.  Especially if you know me, I love my sleep.  Well the baby finally started kicking.  He started two weeks ago when I was 20 weeks along.  It was only two kicks that first night but I knew for sure that's what it was.  He hasn't become really active yet, and no painful kicks quite yet either, but he really likes to kick when I have a full bladder.  We still can't feel the kicks from the outside yet so Russel is a little jealous.  He thinks that the reason he can't feel them is because I don't want him to and I am hogging the baby kicks. :)  I am hoping Russel will be able to feel the kicks soon but I know when that happens that means the kicks will be harder and not quite as "cute" as they are now.  Next doctor's appointment is December 16th where they just do my normal measuring and weighing, but I believe the following appointment will be my glucose test and I will be heading into my third trimester!