Boy or girl

In the morning we go for the ultrasound that will tell us if we are having a boy or girl. I am looking forward to finding out. I haven't been too worried or at least I thought I wasn't. Here it is just after 3 a.m. and I still have not fallen asleep. Oh well I guess I will catch up sometime tomorrow.

I have laid down in bed and on the couch and just nothing is really comfortable tonight. And also the baby picked tonight to be up and kicking mom. This is good and bad. Bad it also kept me from sleeping good that this was the first time I actually felt a kick from the outside not just some mysterious movement inside me.

Also for those of you who know about my nephew Kaden and his struggles since birth, he had a successful surgery yesterday and they think they will have to do a bladder surgery on him but not for another year. So all in all good news.

nursery

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Here I am sitting in my new chair in our newly painted and bordered nursery. You really can't see it but this picture was taken just after we finished putting together the crib that is just to my right. The walls have been painted a great green and the border hung. We still have the dresser/changing table in my mother's van. It was too heavy for my mother and aunt to carry and the man can't do it by himself. So we are waiting until the man and a neighbor can get together to do it. I am hopeful for tomorrow.

Bored yet?

No. I am not bored. In order to be bored I would need to have nothing to do. The man and I have been busy working on the house and working on the nursery.

I am keeping my famous lists and doing items on the list a day. So we are keeping busy.

This week will continue to be busy. My nephew will have surgery on Wednesday so I will be at the hospital with my family. On Thursday is the famous ultrasound. We hope to find out what the baby will be boy or girl...any early guesses?

Oh and the man did something really special for me on Sunday. I got a mom to be card. It was really sweet!

The first week

Well the first week has passed since I "retired". And no I am not bored. Last week was pretty full.

Last weekend we got what will be the nursery cleaned out of all the stuff that was in there. I have been cleaning the room and getting it ready to be painted. Which my husband will do next weekend while I stay with his parents.

We did have our 5 month check up with the doctor last week also. The doctor was not able to find the heart beat so a portable ultrasound was brought into the room and we were able to see the baby again. We go back on the 15th for the ultrasound that will tell us what the baby is...boy or girl..

We did make a run on Friday to Babysrus to pick out our theme for the nursery so we were positive that we had picked out the right paint color. And if you know me, you know we are going with the Pooh and friends theme. We did however choose the more old fashion looking Pooh theme rather than the newer Pooh with all the bright colors.. The walls will be bright enough.

This upcoming Monday I will begin the first of four classes which will help prepare me for the birth. I will also spend time continuing to prepare the nursery for painting and decorating. I will also be going with my in laws to purchase the furniture for the room.

So as you can see I am keeping my self busy until September. And oh by the way my house is cleaner than it has been in months....

Earthquakes and tornados

At 5:36 this morning I was woken up by both my dog and the earthquake that was felt here in the ville. At the time I wasn't sure what was happening. I got up and took the dog out and my neighbor happened to be on his porch so the dog started to bark at him...so inside we went.

When the man got home he said so the earthquake did wake you up.

My response to this was yes it and the dog. But I was thinking that I had still been waking up and the shaking I was feeling must just be in my head or something. So he confirmed for me that I wasn't crazy.

Now for the crazy coincidence part of this. When my mother was pregnant with me, her first child, the tornados of April 1974 happened. Now I am pregnant with my first child and the earthquake of April 2008 happens.

The baby is normal

Tuesday I had some blood taken to test the baby for Down Syndrome. I got a call this morning and the nurse told me that everything is normal.

Good news for Baby M.

Good news

Today I turned in my letter of resignation. It was a hard thing to do as it turns out. I feel terribly guilty about leaving. I am a little worried about not having a job. But wait I will have one soon. I am going to be mom. So before that happens there is a ton of things that need to get done around this house. So that will be my job starting April 28, 2008.