21w0d - Name and Letters

We have decided on a name and we have decided to tell everyone. The name will be:


Noah David Porter


We really like this name and have been thinking of it for a while, so it's not really that big of a surprise that we stuck with that one.

Once we had decided the name, we wanted to buy some wooden letters and paint them to put above his crib. At first, I was just going to do plain colors to match his room, but then I decided I would get a little creative and try and match some of the patterns in his bedding. Here's the result:



Please let me know what you guys think....I was really nervous as I'm not the most creative and artistic person but I'm pleased with the result. Here's a link to the bedding to get an idea of how they'll look with everything:



Noah has been moving around a lot lately. The other night on the couch, David even got to feel him move, but I'm pretty sure that was mostly because of the position I was in. I'm sure as he gets bigger, his movements will be both felt and seen from the outside. I can't wait to meet the little guy...19 more weeks!!!

20w1d - Clothing

I thought I'd post a few cute outfits we've bought so far. Haven't decided which one will be his homecoming outfit, but I'm leaning towards the dinosaur one.

20w0d - Halfway There!!!

That's right, I'm 20 weeks along, so only 20 weeks left.....

This weekend we worked on the nursery. We said GOODBYE to the watermelon room and welcomed soothing blue for our turtle nursery. It took 2 coats of blue primer to cover the bright pink and green. Overall, I think the room turned out great. We also installed a ceiling fan which replaced a basic dome light that used to be there. That will be nice since we also installed a remote. Oh, and the nightstand I've had for years, but we gave it a new coat of paint and replaced the hardware. It is currently sitting in the spot that the glider will sit and the night stand will sit next to it.

Here are the before and after pics:

BEFORE



DURING




AFTER






We are still waiting to get the rest of our bedding and to decorate the rest of the room, but I'd say we have made good progress so far.

19w5d - Dr's Appt and Sick

Sorry I didn't update after my doctor's appointment on Wednesday.  I have been really busy and not feeling very well.  The appointment went well.  I gained 2 pounds since my last appointment 4 weeks ago.  Not too bad, but mainly he is focused on the baby's growth which is good.  He said the heartbeat sounds good and he looked over my ultrasound and the baby is looking good.  He told me next time I come in (Oct 14), I will most likely get the flu shot and the swine flu shot if they have it by then.  I told him that I wasn't feeling good and he put me on a Z-pac (antibiotics) to try and prevent or get rid of any infections I might have.  Hopefully what I have is just a mild cold and it'll go away over the weekend.

 

In the meantime, we have been working on the nursery.  Right now, it's all sanded down and ready to paint.  We've picked out our paint colors and plan to do all that this weekend.  Once it's finished, I'll take pictures and post them here.  We're still waiting on our glider to arrive (around the beginning of November) and the rest of our bedding to come in (in a few weeks). 

19w0d - Registry and Nursery work

We decided that since we now know our little one is a boy, we could go ahead and register. So we did that on Saturday at Babies R Us. I was surprised at how helpful they were and after a LONG 3 hours, I think we got most of it. There were a few items we had to do online because they didn't have it in the store. After that, I thought I would feel extremely overwhelmed at everything we need, but instead I just got really excited about this baby coming sooner and sooner.

My dad came over today and aside from some other work around the house, we did pull down the chair rail and start prepping the room to be transformed into our baby boy's nursery. I will certainly post pictures when we get closer to being finished. It's going to look so neat, I'm sure of it!

Other than that, I'm feeling pretty good. Still feeling the twitches and movements of the baby, but nothing like real kicks yet. I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and I'll update after that!!

18w3d - It's a .....

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David and I are both very excited. Everyone had us convinced it would be a girl, but it was definitely a boy. Baby was measuring about 19weeks so a little ahead, but still within range. Everything else looked fantastic!!

Here's a picture of the baby's profile:






And here's the "money" shot:

18w1d - Movements

So I have finally started feeling what I think is the baby moving. It feels like twitches or bubbles or water moving around. Sometimes it's hard to tell for sure, but I bet they get stronger as the days go by.

Wed is our ultrasound and next doctor's appointments. We are very excited to hopefully find out what this little baby is (boy or girl) as well as just seeing him/her again and making sure they are healthy and growing. I will certainly update everyone on Wed with the results!!!

Headaches have still been my #1 complaint but since we had a long weekend and I haven't been working, they haven't been as bad. My other "new" complaint is back aches. The baby book says that now that I am adding more weight to my stomach area (even though I'm not gaining that much weight overall), it is changing my center of gravity which makes your back ache more.

We had a pretty good long weekend, didn't do too much and definitely today, I'm just resting and taking it easy for the most part.