Registry Complete

The Registry

The registry is complete whew! I had already started the Pottery Barn Kids registry for the rest of the bedding we need. And for the cute stuff :) But the big registry is Babys R Us. Jamie decided that he would be no help and I should have my mom come instead- I actually agreed with that one. Ideally I would have liked both of them helping but after my mom and I went we both agreed he would have been miserable! Half way through we were wishing for wine! hahah I gave my mom a beer afterwards (I drank decaf tea yippee).

AHHHH!!!

Our mother/daughter day started out pretty typical- shopping and lunch and then we went in to Babys R Us. Initially we were pretty excited but that was quickly killed when we reached the diaper section (the first section in the store). Due to my research on chemicals (I won't even go into the details) I did want to cloth diaper. Jamie was totally against it. And after I figured out Jacksonville doesn't have a cleaning service I was against it too. So our compromise was organic or chemical free diapers BUT several people, who have boys, told me they use Pampers and Pampers doesn't have organic diapers. We were stumped and confused so I didn't register for any diapers. I figured I will try out any and all I get through the showers. The other issue was the store doesn't have everything in and all the different fabrics. And anything cute is not safe FYI. Well I still think we picked really cute stuff but still. AND baby world changes constantly so we were asking ladies with babies in the store what they thought because obviously 26 years ago things were a lot different. We spent hours going through the store and I had a very specific list! Finally I was exhausted, my back and feet hurt so we went home to sit on the porch and drink our drinks. I spent the rest of the night and this morning doing everything online! But it's done!! I will say even though it was overwhelming and tiring it was fun! Everything is so cute! And the best part was Jackson was moving and kicking around all day :) Of course anytime I try to get Jamie to feel his kicks Jackson decides to take a nap...

Here are some cute clothes my parents bought Jackson. When I laid them down fat man found a new sleeping place...

Hey lady look at me I'm cute too!

The little bear is on the butt!!! And the hood has little ears!!! The onsie has little trucks on it! So cute! Jackson is going to be decked out :)

10 Great things about being pregnant

I read a list recently about the top 10 great things about being pregnant. Of course I can't find it now so I'm making my own.

1. You don't have to change the litter box for 10 months!! Enough said.

2. Maternity clothes are super comfortable. I think bragging about not wearing them until X amount of months is __.... Once you put the maternity leggings or pants on you will never want to go back! And you will feel so much better and look cuter too :)

3. You don't have to suck in for 7 months. People love it when you have a bump and they expect to see one. Plus you can try to suck in but that bump isn't going anywhere!

4. You can eat a lot and no one can tell you not too! Well maybe really old mean people but for the most part no.

5. Your hair will look great! Mine has taken a long time to get to that point but recently it has been so easy to style. I have enjoyed doing my hair. I am growing new hair all around my face (it's about 2 inches long now and sticks straight up) which is really crazy.

6. You get to sleep  ALOT! The first trimester just stay in bed. And even now a nap after work should be expected because hello you are growing a BABY!

7. The shopping and planning are the best. Way better than planning a wedding. You get to keep the baby forever. The wedding you get to keep pictures forever. Plus the spending on a baby is drawn out where the wedding is a big lump some at once.

8. You get to cut in line at the bathroom. I have only gotten to do this once so far (probably because my belly just popped out) but I hope it continues!

9. After the first trimester.. you are NEVER hungover (I felt like the first trimester was always a hangover- nausea, tired, food aversions, headaches, etc) but now I can wake up Saturday and Sunday and get so much done!

10. There is a party going on in your stomach no one knows about! I love this! I can feel Jackson but unless I tell someone else no one knows!

11. You get a BABY after all this hard work!

There are a million more reasons but these are the ones I can think of after being up from 4-6:30 this morning being wide awake...

Happy (belated) Birthday Jamie!!

April 4th was Jamie's 29th birthday!! Originally I planned on taking Jamie to Ruth Chris but he came home on his birthday and said, "I want Sonny's BBQ and an XBox360." I said ok it's your birthday if that's what you want! hahahha We have been talking about getting the Wii or XBox for I don't know 3 years now but have never gotten one. We liked the fact that you can do workout games on them and it was something to do after work besides watch TV or play online. And Jamie LOVES Sonny's so this really shouldn't have surprised me. Saturday night I bought some of his favorite beer and invited a couple friend of ours to come with us. We went to Sonny's and then (they) drank beer and played some fun board games. Jamie won... he cheated but he won :) I didn't take any pictures :(

My dad's birthday is 5 days after Jamie's and since they were out of town the weekend before we all went out to dinner this week. We went to Meza Luna which is my parents favorite place and Jamie has never been there before. My dad bought Jamie a power drill! Which he really needed because he will drive to my parents house to borrow theirs but won't go buy one... We bought my dad champagne (he is really hard to buy for) and a couple cards. I did manage to take a couple pictures this time!

I didn't realize we all matched! 

His second round of birthday brownies! I made him some on his birthday too! Now we still have to buy the XBox.... I thought he would want to get it last weekend but he wanted to wait.. hopefully we get it soon!

19 weeks!

It looks like a real baby bump!

How far along? 19 weeks

Total weight gain:

 7 pounds 

Maternity clothes? 

Mix of both. My awesome wedding planner just gave me all of her maternity clothes! It filled up my closet. It’s much more fun getting dressed now.

Stretch marks? 

No

Sleep: 

Great!

Best moment this week: 

 Feeling great!

Miss Anything? 

Not really. 

Movement: 

I’m feeling more and more!

Food cravings: 

Sweet tea. Fruit. Milk. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: 

Lettuce, sprite, chicken

Gender: 

BOY!

Labor Signs:

No

Symptoms: 

No I think I’m officially in the honeymoon stage of pregnancy!

Belly Button in or out? 

In but looking bigger and very shallow

Wedding rings on or off? 

On

Have you started to show yet?

Yes! Hoping it has rounded out a little bit! 

Happy or Moody most of the time: 

HAPPY!!! :))) 

Looking forward to: 

A round belly! 

Random:

Having the most crazy dreams!! 

Furry Babies:

Stella decided to make me practice a middle of the night wake up call by throwing up on me and my precious body pillow. After cleaning everything up at 2:30 in the morning (and not being able to sleep with my pillow) I was wide a wake for another hour. At 7:00am fat man decided it was time to EAT. So I got up to find Stella had another accident on the floor! OK I’m ready :)

Rocker/glider

There are a few (well probably more) things we HAVE to have before the baby shower due to how long things take to be shipped (10 weeks for crib and dresser) and I might have a heart attack if for some reason they aren't in the room two months before Jackson makes his arrival (OCD I know). My list was the crib, dresser, rocker, and mattress. And that's not to say I won't have decorations too :) We have ordered the crib and dress so next was the rocker.

Now I have been searching for a rocker/glider (I can't figure out which name goes with which type) forever! The wooden ones I have read are troublesome because the baby/toddler can pinch their fingers in the ottoman and rocker. And once you look at them closely you can see that makes sense. I decided to go with the all cloth/comfortable looking rocker/glider. Finding one with good reviews and was a reasonable price was very challenging. Not to mention shipping was $$$. But I found one at Target!! I have never seen better reviews, the price was reasonable, and the shipping was cheap!! Here it is:

I LOVE IT! It's navy and white stripped which is perfect for Jackson's room!

Happy Easter!!

Our first married Easter baskets!! Since we were on vacation last week, we were off our usual holiday game this time.. we both bought our stuff last minute ekks! I'm not too sure Jamie has ever put anything in an Easter basket because he was doing all kinds of weird stuff to mine..but he bought all my favorite candy :) Jamie always knows the way to my heart chocolate. And I'm pretty sure I did a good job with his too all sweet/sour candy! We are already making plans for Jackson's first Easter! I can't wait!!

Babymoon- Savannah

After Hilton Head we headed to Savannah to stay for three days. When we got there we took a walk around to see the sites!

Down by the river.

Dinner at Vics on the River! Yum! We somehow got the best seat in the house. Right be the window surrounded by flowers.

Jamie sitting where Forest Gump was filmed.

This house has a very tragic story and was on our haunted ghost tour. 

Our hotel: The Mansion. We laid out by the pool, went to the park across the street, and got massages!

Time for the haunted ghost tour!

On the tour. This was by far our favorite part of Savannah. Our tour guide was awesome.

Our horses! 

A picture I took on the ghost tour.... I think this house the guy killed his wife's lover and hide his body in the wall. They actually found a body in the wall when they renovated it..

We were very busy eating, walking, and siting seeing!