Two weeks until pink or blue....

Everything checked out well at the Dr appt today. Baby's heart is thumping right along, and mommy's blood pressure and weight are perfect. We made our 20 week ultrasound for 2 weeks from today - so in two weeks - we'll know what we're having(unless we decide not to find out....but I doubt that happens)

Dr Sullivan is predicting a girl....but he admitted that he's wrong all the time and there really is no skill in determining that until you see the ultrasound. I guess he figures he's got a 50/50 chance of guessing right. Although, if he's below 50%, he should probably just pipe down.

I should also mention that baby's new nickname is Sausage.....

Anne has an acquaintance that called her baby Bacon until it was born.....I decided that Sausage would be a nice upgrade over Bacon. So, a couple of weeks ago I started calling the baby Sausage and it's kind of stuck (for me anyway....I don't think I've heard Anne actually say it yet).

In other updates....we found out you can buy split queen box springs (two pieces) for only $120 or so. So that room crisis isn't a crisis afterall - just a minor bump in the road. We also went to USA Baby for the first time last week to look at furniture for Sausage. Whew, that stuff is expensive. I threatened to try to make a crib (I'm a little too big headed since I built our shelves)....but Anne doesn't trust my carpenter skills nearly enough for something our baby will be sleeping in.

I'm off to the lake for a couple of days - a little guy trip for Memorial Day. Anne works Friday and Saturday - so we didn't have anything going on.
So, I'm afraid I'm leaving Anne home to both bring home the bacon AND take care of the sausage......

18 weeks and 1 day today!

Musical Rooms Attempt #1 = Failure

So, we worked today to finish getting the upstairs cleaned out. Suddenly it occurred to me....there's no way our guest bed queen box springs were going to fit up the steep stairs. So, we tried it....sure enough....no way. Not sure why I didn't think of that sooner.

So...back to the drawing board! We may be in the market for a new guest room bed. For those that may visit us - sorry - but it looks like you're being downgraded from a queen to a full size bed!

16 Weeks

We are at 16 weeks today! We've started making a few preparations in the last week or two. Musical Rooms has started. We are making room upstairs for the spare bedroom....so that we can turn the spare bedroom into the nursery. I'm not crazy about using the spare bedroom - because it seems way too far away from our room. But it really is the most logical choice for a nursery. I think I have Anne talked into putting the crib in our room for a few weeks at least before baby moves to the nursery. Once the move to the nursery takes place....I'll probably be camping outside the nursery door.....

We also took our first 'baby bump' picture a couple of days ago. Nothing huge yet - but you can definitely tell there is a little showing going on.

Should continue to be a little low key over the next four weeks. We have one appointment in a couple of weeks - and at that time we'll make our 20 week ultrasound appt. So, in about 4 weeks - we'll probably learn the gender. Then things will really take off with names, clothes, furniture, paint, etc. I guess we better enjoy the calm of the next 4 weeks!

I think the next step is to dress Pupps up like a baby....to try to teach Hula Hoop how to act around babies....that way she is well behaved by October.