Furniture Frenzy!

After a long day yesterday I thought it necessary to leave a little update. We have ordered little Lego's bedroom furniture. After about 20 phones calls between my mother, Jake's mother, Jake and myself...we've picked out the furniture and agreed on the price. Let me just tell you ALL right now, that this is no easy task. Of course we are blessed to have our parents want to pay for a piece of furniture each. Furniture costs A LOT! And, the shipping is just as bad! So expect to spend a pretty penny when buying descent furniture that you want to last a while!

This is our crib:



Dresser:



Dresser/Changing Table Combo:



I can't wait to get the furniture set up and start decorating. All of it should be here by Nov 17. Just a few weeks away and I'm so excited! I have a few ideas, but it will be nice to finally see everything coming together.

I also had a doctors appointment yesterday. It was pretty boring. Walked in, got weighed and measured, then left. I had to schedule the rest of my appointments up to January and thats when this whole thing started to feel a little more real and that it's coming closer to an end. My appointments were being scheduled every 4 weeks and by January I will be down to once ever 2 weeks. YIKES!

I can feel Lego kick on a regular basis now. It's crazy! I'm starting to notice a schedule/pattern. A little in the morning when I wake up, crazy kicking while I'm eaating lunch, and then more crazy kicking when I'm laying in bed at night. He kicked me so hard yesterday I thought I was going to pee myself. LOL! It's the strangest feeling! I can see it when I lay down and if I put my hand there I can feel it. I tried to get Jake to feel it, but he's too impatient.

I'm getting pretty round. Two pairs of my maternity jeans are already getting tight. Not the pants themselves, just the elastic at the top and it's rather annoying! I found the most fabulous pair of jeans yesterday though. At Motherhood Maternity. They are having a big fall sale and I got them for $25. They are so comfortable and stretchy!

My Birthday is tomorrow. I'm not really excited about it cause I can't really celebrate it. Everyone keeps asking me what I want and usually I ask for clothes, but I don't want anything that I can't wear or won't be able to wear in 4 months. Whatever! But, one thing I do find exciting and never really thought about until now is that it's my BIRTHDAY! The day I blessed my Mom 23 years ago. It's crazy, but over the years it seems Birthdays are less celebrated every year as you get older. You begin to forget about it and so do most of the people around you. I know when Lego joins us in March that day will be HUGE, and I don't ever want to forget it! There will be tons of people coming to see/greet him. I want Lego to know how special and important he was on that day and every year when his birthday comes around again. To really celebrate his life and that he's here with us. It truly is a special day and just because it's one year later/older doesn't mean it isn't just as special!

So Happy early Birthday to me, and a Happy early Halloween to all of you!

19 Weeks

Well I'm officially 19 weeks today! Time seems to be flying by! We went for our Level II Sonogram last friday. It was so cool! My due date has been moved up to March 7th from March 10th, which I'm sure I'll appreciate much later in my pregnancy. But, all is well with Lego. Lego has all 10 fingers and toes and is apparently a thumb sucker. He was being so stubborn during the sonogram cause he wouldn't let go of his darn finger. Mommy will have to change that...it's so bad for their teeth (when they come in).


I'm still feeling really well and have as much energy as to be expected. Jake and I are still getting things together around the house. We've finally finished out Kitchen and our new island. The washer and dryer are stacked and I've got an all new pantry! All we need is new doors to that closet and that project will be finished. We added some shelves to our closet and I'm really happy with that! We only have one more adjustment to the house before Lego joins us and that's our bathroom. I'm praying that we can get the glass doors and nasty bath fitter inside taken down and retiled. Oh, I hope we can get that done! I don't want to be fiddling w/ glass doors while bathing a child!


My Mom and I are ordering the babies furniture the first weekend in Nov. It takes about 4-6 weeks to ship and I want to get the major stuff set up in the room while I'm still in second trimester! I want to be able to help Jake put it together and set it up! So we're hoping it will be here before Christmas. Right now, we're busy decorating for Halloween (my birthday) and trying to get our costumes together. We've decided to be Juno and Bleeker. My office is holding a Costume Party and whoever has the most creative costume gets $150. So, I'm hoping to win cause we could really use the extra money!


I can't wait for the holiday season! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas and I'm even more excited that I don't have to care to much about what or how much I'm eating this year! HAHA! The Marine Corp Ball is coming up the 8th of November. I'm usually always thrilled about it...who doesn't like dressing up for a ball? But, this year I'm not so happy about it. I had absolutely no idea how hard it would be to find a dress (especially an inexpensive one). Plus I need a dress for my office xmas party and I'm trying to find something that is suitable for both venues so I can save money. Phhhf! A lot of fun that has been!


Other than that, not much has been going on! I'm happy fall is here, I'm just two more seasons away from being a Mommy! :)

Here's my belly at 18 Weeks:



Here's Lego's Arms:



Lego's Butt and Legs:



Lego's Halloween Face:



Lego's Hand:



Lego's Side Profile:



Lego Sucking it's thumb:


Oh, and just because everyone keeps asking us...

We chose Lego as a nickname because we didn't want the same little names that every other expecting couple uses (peanut, bean, etc.). So Jake said to me one day...why don't we call it Lego. Mind you, Jake is obsessed with Lego's and that's pretty much all he wants for Xmas and his birthday every year. So when he first said I thought to myself, NO! Then he says, "It will be cool cause the baby really is piecing itself together like a Lego does." *INSERT TEAR HERE* I thought it was the cutest thing and agreed immediately! So there you have it! LEGO is the name (temporarily that is). Oh, and P.S. when I go into Labor the signal will be LEGO MY EGO! HA!