Nursery Under Construction

Well these are the pictures from Thursday, Friday and Saturday. We (Jason, Mom, and Holly) have been working these three days to try to get the baby's room painted. We decided to go with light green and light violet. All the walls are green except the wall the crib goes on, which is accented in violet. We all liked the colors, but we really weren't certain if they would look good next to each other. After it was finished, I really liked it and am happy with the outcome.

Mom and Holly working hard on the nursery!

A few of the clothes we've gotten. Under the crib, I have the sheets, burp cloths, and extra clothes/onesies, and socks.

Half way there and still debating!

According to the doctor this morning, I am half way. It doesn't seem that in a few more months we're going to have a little girl to show for all this work (and eating). It's getting more real and more scary every time I think about it, but then I have to remember that God knows what He is doing and He is in control; I am not.
The baby's heart rate is 150/minute and the results from the ultrasound were what we expected; all vital organs and body parts are accounted for.

The big debate is how to paint the baby's room. Jason likes one idea, I like another, then someone else mentions another way. So I think the decision may come down to drawing straws. :)

Oh the things you will see!

Oh the things you will see at my house!
The baby is moving so much now that you can sometimes see my stomach moving. This is a new trick so she's still learning and inconsistant, but it happens a few times a day (like just now when I was typing).
Baby furniture and accessories are still in the way here. We've gotten over the fact that the crib is full of sheets, play things, etc. AND in the living room. We actually had company over Saturday and Sunday. It wasn't ideal to have it there, but they understood that we are still transitioning the guestroom into her room.
We are trying to pick out a color or two colors for the nursery. Our choices are light green, lavendar, or light rose. Everyone, I need opinions here!!! Audience participation not optional now! :)
I just registered for the maternity tour at the hospital tomorrow night from 6-7. I am hoping to get grandparents there, too.

I had a dream last night about having the baby at home, but then she was hungry and I had to rush around to get a bottle for her, only all the bottles I had hadn't been washed yet. As soon as I woke up, I put all my pumping necessities into a pot to boil them. I am a planner; I will not be caught unprepared (at least not if I can help it)!

When it rains...

When it rains, it pours! What a day I had at work! The day started out fine, but then we went outside. One of my students came off some equipment and called my name. I saw him walking down the stairs with blood flowing down his neck. Well, I kept my cool and had him sit on the bench next to me and hold the back of his head with his hands. I radioed the nurse and told her that we needed gloves and gauze. Meanwhile, the most of the rest of my students had stopped where they were almost frozen in shock. All except for one who was so stressed out that he wet himself. I mean literally pulled his pants down and wet himself.

Another teacher asked if she could help and all I could think of was, "could you help ___ pull his pants up?"

The nurse came and took my one student. Then I asked the other teacher to watch the others while I took my wet student back to class to get him changed.

When we all finally got back to class, I found out that administration had moved a meeting that was supposed to be at 2:15 to 1:15. Well I'm teaching at 1:15, so I had to find a replacement, write up daily notes, and calm/comfort the other students in about 5 minutes.

Super Woman!!!

I made it through the day, now I just need to make it through the sticky mess of Pancake Day tomorrow!!!

Pray for me!!!

19 Weeks Belly Picture

I thought I would wait to put up this picture since everyone wants to see the baby pictures first. :) I sure have popped out there! Jason says it seems I get a little bigger each day. Baby Girl sure is moving a lot lately. But, in all honesty, she's probably been moving like this all along, but just not big enough for me to notice.
Mom, Sarah, Holly and Jason are the only ones to have felt her move besides me. I'm so glad she moved for them, but when Grandma Norberg tried, she got really still. Hopefully, she will perform for Grandma next time. She moves a lot when she's hungry and just after a big meal, but then periodically throughout the day, too. She hasn't kept me up or even made me wake up yet, but she sure does start a doozie of a dream (and usually several of them).

This is her face. She looks so much like she's posing for this shot that I'm afrain she's going to be extremely photogenic. Oh well!

If you look closely, you can see her left arm tucked under her head. This is the picture that you can really see her nose and lips. So cute!

This is our baby girl's profile. In the actual picture, you can see her lips and chin really well.

It's a.....

It's a girl everyone. Wow! So many of you were right.

We don't have a name yet, but we are thinking and will let everyone know as soon as we're sure about one. She is in perfect condition. She has four chambers in her heart and her bloodflow is good. She has a bladder that's working (on what, I'm not sure, but that's what the Tech said).
We got to see a few good shots of her profile, spine, feet, face, and bottom. She has lips, ears, and toes.

Congratulations to all the Great-Grandparents, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and her cousin!

19 weeks today

Well, the baby is 19 weeks along today (according to the doctor). Jason and I are so excited about tomorrow. If anyone knows Jason, he has been counting down the days, hours, and sometimes minutes. I think it is so cute that he is as excited as I. Tomorrow we will have our second ultrasound. We will most likely be able to tell if the baby is a boy or a girl. We will also check out all the other baby parts, too, just to be sure everything is developing as they should. Please pray for us, as we will probably be worthless at work tomorrow until our 4:30 appointment!

Lots of moving and movement

Jason and I have been busy fixing up the crib, washing baby clothes, breaking down the bed and over-all trying to transition the guest room into the baby room. I can't wait to have it start to resemble a room for our new addition.

The baby is really starting to move around a lot. The movements still are not consistant, but they are frequent. I feel the baby most after I eat and when I get really excited. I guess the baby really likes those events.

We have movement!

Last night at our prayer cottage, I was sitting on the couch in our sunday school teacher's living room. Very suddenly I realized that I feel a little thump low in my tummy. I waited to see if it was just gas, but then it happened again. I was so excited that I wanted to tell everyone. Too bad we were in the middle of prayer!
I felt it two more times this morning in church, so I am quite certain I'm feeling the baby move. Hurray!

Hurray for savings!

Yesterday morning, Jason, Mom, Sarah and I got up too early to go to a consignment sale. We arrived at 5:45 AM and ended up being about the 60th people in line waiting until 6:30 when the organization would pass out tickets. The sale was so well organized that they offered everyone (probably close to 150 people) "doughnuts in the dark." At 6:30, a worker would pass out numbered tickets to each person, then everyone could leave and return at 8:00 when they would begin calling ticket numbers in order. The major rule to remember was, "if you're not here when we call your number, you have to get another ticket and go to the end of the line." Well having waken up at 4:30 or earlier, we were not going to miss our numbers being called. So we went to Chic-fil-A and planned our "plan of attack." First stop: furniture to try to find a crib, second stop: entertainers, exersaucers, third stop: maternity wear, and fourth stop: the large room in the middle were we could find clothes, sheets, blankets, diaper pails, etc.

It was so exciting; kind of like the day after Thanksgiving when you know exactly what you want and where to find it, you just have to wait for the doors to open. Well, the big items we found were a crib for $65 and a pack-n-play for $60. We found lots of socks and onesies, a few mattress pads and sheets, receiving blankets, monitor, etc. I priced everything out and if we had purchased everything at Babies-r-us, we would have spent over $1,000 and we spent less than $300. I was so excited when I got home, but also so tired. I unpacked everything, and put it in a bin to wash, then Jason and I took a nap to recooperate from our early morning adventure. I would definitely go again and try to be the first in line. Maybe 3:30 next year? Ha!

17 weeks belly picture

This is "Baby" at 17 weeks. Something happened in the last week or so and I just blew up! :) Well, I'm still not exactly at my pre-pregnancy weight, but I'm flirting with it.

Mom took this picture last night at G & G N's house before we watched G-pa on the history channel. Sharon, this is one of your maternity shirts--THANK YOU; these are so much more comfortable!