Christmas 2009

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My Christmas Present

This year for Christmas there wasn't anything that I wanted or really even needed. Chris kept asking me what I wanted and I told him to save money to do the baby's nursery. So, what did I get for Christmas? A baby's nursery! He spent all day Christmas Eve priming and painting. On Christmas Day we got the crib and the day after that, the nursery was about done. The only thing left to do is get the changing table, add a window valance and of course..... the baby. That however, has a couple months to go! Chris wishes he had waited to do the nursery because now he is ready for the baby : ) We both love the end result and go sit in there frequently!

The color before. (Yuck, brown!)

The white primer.

The color... yellow!

The quilt that will be above the changing table.

The crib. Check out the adorable mobile!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Since I am basically on modified bedrest for who knows how long, we decided against a big Christmas tree this year! We have a fake tree in the corner of our family room and we decided to use it for our Christmas tree. Chris was a good sport and did all the ornaments and finished the decorations around the house. There is just enough to make it feel like Christmas. It's nice to look at all of it while I lay on the couch. Also, for viewing pleasure, I added some pictures of my growing belly!

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It's a boy.......we think!

So, this little boy isn't making it easy for us to determine his gender. This time, he was curled up in the corner quietly sleeping and not wanting to spread his legs! The ultrasound tech couldn't get him to move at all. Eventually, we were able to see a little something right between his legs. Since the last tech and this tech thought it was a boy, we are going with boy. But, believe me, I won't be taking tags off anything. The doctor said we could do another ultrasound to see, but I don't know if we will or not.

On to stuff about me. My leg is feeling better for the most part. I am able to walk on it without it turning blue and causing me a lot of pain. The doctor told me to start doing a little more on it this week to see how much I can handle. I must say the six hours we were gone from the house yesterday just sitting in the car and being at the doctor's office wore me out. Today, I have very little energy and my leg isn't feeling as good! He isn't in any hurry for me to try to get back to work, so we will see, but I am not on complete bedrest. That is at least a plus. I go back in one week to see how I am doing.

Now for the fun stuff.... pictures!

Freaky front face picture. Chris says it looks like he has a blanket around his face!

Beautiful profile. Who does he look like?

Vote!!!

So, one week left before our next ultrasound! Please vote to let us know what you think we are having!

As a side note: As soon as I can find where Chris hid my camera, I will take some belly pictures. I am sure you are all anxious to see my growing belly. Oh well, if you're not, I need pics for nostalgia reasons!

Update!

So, no fun going on here. Baby is great. He/she is starting to move a lot lately. I, am not nearly as lucky. I get to move from the bed to the bathroom and back again. I am on unofficially bedrest. I have a huge blood clot in my leg and the pain is so severe I can't stand on it longer than that! I am giving myself blood thinner shots every 12 hours until the baby is born, if not longer. I had a follow-up appointment and Wednesday with my dr and he admitted me to the hospital for IV fluid and pain meds. I am currently trying to wean off the IV meds and start taking meds by mouth instead so I can get home. Right now my goal is to make it home before Thanksgiving. Today has been a good day. I only needed IV meds once and have been able to keep my pain under control. Hopefully, I will be home soon. I will probably have to stay in a hospital bed downstairs for awhile until I can learn to tolerate my pain and walk up and down the stairs. Oh well, a baby will definetely by worth it!

We still don't know!

The only thing we do know is that we have a modest baby. He/She had it's legs crossed and was lying in a pike position when we went in for our Ultrasound yesterday. One picture is suggestive of a boy, but still not very clear! Chris thinks he knows it's a boy, but only time will tell. So, you have one more month to guess what we are having!

Pine 2009

Last year at a snowmobile fun run, Chris won a one nights stay in Pine, Idaho. I had never heard of the place, much less been there, but I was excited any way! We made plans to go in August, but I had a bad cold and didn't want to waste a romantic getaway sick. We changed plans and actually went to Pine and stayed with my parents at a friend's cabin. It was fun to see where we were going and I was even more excited. So, after planning camping trips, football games, and just plain being pregnant, we finally set the date of October 23. (Only one week before the gift card expired!) Needless to say, I started to get sick right before we left, but not nearly sick enough to keep me away! The little motel was so cute! It was really clean, well kept, and so much fun! Of course, I forgot to take munchies with me, so we went to the expensive little store and bought snacks before we went to the little cafe for dinner. We also ate at the cafe for breakfast! So much for our "free" nights stay! There isn't much to do in Pine, so we spent Saturday morning driving around. We found some really nice campgrounds, but no where really to ride 4-wheelers so I don't know if we will go back or not. So, enough with the journal, enjoy the picutres! Be sure to scroll down, there is more than one post!

More Pine

Just some pictures of the beautiful scenery! I am not the best photographer, but you can still see how pretty it was after the nights rain!

The Motel!

So, here is a funny story for everyone. I am going to blame it on pregnancy brain. When we checked in at the motel, the lady gave us two sets of keys. I put both of them in my purse and obviously only had to use one set because Chris and I were together the whole time. On Saturday when we were getting ready to leave, I could only find one set of keys. I emptied my purse and still could not find it. The motel room wasn't big enough to lose it in. Chris jokingly said, "Is it still in the door?" I said, "I bet it is. I am not joking, check the door!" Sure enough the key had been left in the door the whole night. Good thing it was a small place with few guests because we were the first door as you entered the building. Funniest thing is that Chris was worried about someone peeking through a small opening in the curtains. Guess that wasn't really a problem, huh!