Did I Mention...

Did I mention that I'm super thrilled to be having a baby girl??
On cloud nine, stoked, jazzed, excited, delighted, psyched,
elated, blissed out, ecstatic...just to
throw out a few synonyms : )

I imagine I may have been feeling the exact same way right now if I were having a boy but I'm not sure. The reason I doubt is because little boys are much less fun to dress. Honestly, who of you girls out there can say you ever had a male baby doll (I don't think Ken really counts either)?? Okay, so I did...but he's (I say is cause my mom still has him) a cabbage patch doll so he's ridiculously ugly to begin with and he really only had one outfit and absolutely no
cute dresses!
Now, don't get me wrong, I've seen my sister dress a baby boy so I know that the idea of a lack of cute boy clothes out there is absolutely false. I've never seen a more well dressed boy than Aiden, and I've come to find out he hardly even wore some of the cutest stuff she found--infant cowboy boots for example. But I have to say that the girl clothes are
really, really, ridiculously adorable!!
I came to this conclusion when I was at the mall yesterday and saw that they had a
sale in the baby section of JCPenny's (just thought I'd bold that for anyone looking for baby sales). Of course, I wandered over there and proceeded to waste at least an hour looking at everything they had out. I was alone and had no one to say, "Ew, look at this one" or "that's adorable!" to/with so I took pictures (ah, the joys of a cell phone camera). The little dresses I found there are what made me decide that this is definitely gonna be way more fun than baby dolls ever were!! If I had my way and a lot more money...my baby would probably be in a cute little dress every single dang day!
And so, since no one was there yesterday the obvious solution to my total lack of estrogen swapping and girlie feedback is to post the photos on the internet and wait for the comments to roll in. Hence, the cell phone photos of the adorable clothes I found yesterday:

I like the little ones with the cap sleeves.

I love green & blue!!

Cute little sun dress!

I'm obsessed with polka dots right now.

Pretty in Pink for sure!

So adorable! A girl can't got wrong with pink & black.

Living on the wild side...Grrr!

These were fancier little silky dresses that were so fun!

Of course you can't pass up the adorable red pea coat!

Another Baby Ticker...

Okay I found another cute countdown until delivery. It was on my friend's page who is only a couple weeks behind me so I wanted to add another one to mine. Besides it has two versions one has some funny little phrases on the bottom.



And here's the other version with facts along the bottom:

Hmmm...

This is when I decided that I was OFFICIALLY entering totally new and
unfamiliar territory in life...

This is a photo that I took in the bathroom at our childbirth prep class. It is a picture of the handicapped stall in the women's restroom at the Anderson Center. I was frightened really...look how ominous that machinery looks. I was afraid to get any closer honestly but I had to take the photo so John could see what I was talking about. Okay, so I get that it's a restroom in the hospital and I'm sure it's very convenient for a lot of women but still! A public restroom honestly!! I try not to think about what this entails and that there's a good chance I'll be trying to figure out how to work a pump like this in a month or so but I can't stop myself. I swear, this is the stuff of nightmares! If males had to do something like this I think the world would turn upside down; just think about it boys...
"BREAST PUMPING STATION" UGH!!

I CAN DO THIS & I WILL BE GOOD AT IT...BUT IS IT OKAY TO BE TERRIFIED??

Oh, the joys of YouTube!

Baby Bump

Okay so this countdown is so much cuter than that last one (no scary looking fetuses). So I put this cute one at the bottom of my blog if you want to join us in our countdown you could just scroll down there every once in a while.

Fetazoid Countdown

Funny Stuff!

You gotta love America's Funniest Home Videos, and of course "Charlie Bit My Finger" is just classic! I can't wait til we can make funny baby videos of our own. I'm sure she'll be a riot!

Tutus & Tiaras!

We had our 20-week ultrasound on Monday and we got to see our little baby wiggling around while the tech lady checked on all the vital organs and such. Of course, she also did a little checking on the most vital organs ; ) We found out that a few parts seem to be missing and we're 95% sure that we're having a baby GIRL!! I'm jazzed! I think John is excited too but I'm not very good at hiding how ecstatic I am at all. Before we had her check neither of us had any idea what our baby might be--I didn't have any dreams about him/her, I wasn't convinced one way or the other. Although, when I was rereading Breaking Dawn on my break at work one day I remember thinking that it would be so nice to have an adorable little girl and I kinda had a little feeling that's what I would be getting. I even remember telling John I thought she might be a girl that night and I couldn't explain why when he asked. Actually, I always wanted to have a baby boy first so I could give my kids an older brother like I always wanted. Then, I secretly started to really want a girl and I like my older sister better than any old brother so I'm happy. YAY! Besides, this means I get to claim all of the princess dresses my mom has been collecting for like the past 5 years or so! : ) And baby girls' clothes are much cuter right now anyway--bows, leggings, tights, tutus, dresses, nailpolish, sparkles and so much more! Dress up here we come!

Oh Baby, Oh Baby!!

Okay, so I think the word's out but I'm feeling like it's my turn--and way overdue--to make the announcement without anyone else stealing my thunder. I say stealing my thunder because if you know me, you know that I'm a bit of a drama queen with a flare for the creative. As a result of this flare I tend to get these images in my head of just how the big moments in my life should go, and when they don't go the way I thought they should I tend to get a little frustrated. So, here's me stealing my thunder back...except now that I've set myself up for some amazing creative announcement...I can't think of a special way to do this. So, here's my amazing creative announcement:

I'm PREGNANT!!

These are photos of our baby! We had our first doctor's appointment and my first ultrasound on April 6th and found that I'm about twelve weeks along. We didn't do a test or put two & two together until the beginning of March when I was about 7 weeks pregnant. We celebrated after the appointment with a bottle of sparkling cider. Everything is going well and I've only felt a little sick so I've been pretty lucky. We're very excited and we can't wait for this addition to our family although we know a lot will change : )