Baby Stuff

Today I had another checkup. Everything is fine, and it's crazy to think that we only have nine weeks left. Yikes. It's still fun to hear the baby's heartbeat. That doesn't get old. Today the baby's heart rate was 140 beats a minute... That's right in between the usual cutoffs for "above is a girl and below is a boy." So, we either have a calm girl or an active boy... Somehow I think it's the latter. I've pretty much stopped saying that I think it's a girl and embraced the fact that it's probably a boy. :) It'll be fun either way, but really... He is currently moving around and making my stomach look like... I don't know what.

The last few days I have been fairly obsessed with looking up baby stuff online. It's hard when I really don't want to do the yellow and green thing to find appropriate clothing. Actually, green isn't so bad. I think it's yellow that I really don't like. The problem is that they usually come together. But, there are a few boy things that would work for a girl. And, baby gap has SO many adorable things. I had to stop looking, cause they're so expensive, but it made me realize that there are things out there that would work. I'm really loving brown, blue (most of gap's things that are blue don't have anything but the little bear on them, so it's not like there's a big sailboat or bats and balls all over them, which is what I like), green, and white. There are just some really cute things out there.

It's hard to know what we actually need before the baby comes, too. I mean, yes, we'll need clothes, but not that many. We should be able to get a few things and maybe borrow a few things and then see what we need there. But, how about health and safety things? How many diapers will we need? Wipes? Do we need a bouncy seat before the baby is here? When will we actually need to buy a crib? I guess I'm just realizing that, beyond a few essentials, I don't really know what we'll need, when. And I don't want to do the "new mom" thing and go crazy and have a bunch of things that we don't need. Fortunately I've been around enough family with babies to have some idea of what I need and what can probably wait, but still. And, part of me is so excited that I want to go out and buy a bunch of new, cute stuff. :) We'll just see how it goes.

Also, we're having our first visit from Uncle Luke and Aunt Helen this weekend, all the way from Canada (that's way way up in Asia, according to little Andrew, a couple of years ago). That should be fun! HannOni has been waiting to meet them. :) We're excited to have them stay for a few days and we're looking forward to it!

29 weeks

So I had an appointment with a midwife on Friday... I got to try a new one (midwife, that is) since my usual one went home sick. It was a fairly typical appointment. I was supposed to have my glucose and hemoglobin screening done, but didn't realize I wasn't supposed to drink water before hand. Oops. So now I'm going back on Tuesday to do it. The baby is doing well. I'm starting to feel like a house and am wondering how much bigger I can possibly get in the next 11 weeks (although my sisters-in-law assure me that I can get much bigger).

It's hard to believe that we're due in just 11 weeks. That is so crazy. Andrew and I were out shopping yesterday (I found some cute maternity corduroy pants for $10.79. Yay for that!) and we were in Sears and decided to go look at their car seats and strollers and such... It was ridiculous to realize that we really need to start planning for these things. I mean, really, we have two packages of diapers and a couple of outfits. I need to get on the ball. I've done a lot of research online for things like car seats and cribs, but it's just always been for future reference. Now, the future is here, or at least it will be soon. I need to start getting things together. And really, how much is a reasonable price for a car seat/stroller combo? I don't know. But we're going to need one. I think I've found a good deal, but you never know. I need to start a list of things we will need to have on hand before the baby comes and things that can wait for a while. I'd rather not end up with a bunch of yellow and green stuff, but the kid will need something to wear. So many things, so little time. :) Although, it was good to compare notes with expecting friends and family at church this morning. There will be several babies born in the next few months, which is fun.

Anyway, the Mountaineers are playing and I'm going to settle in to watch the second half. I thought I'd take the chance to update while I could get the computer though... Andrew's been working on school SO much lately. :)

Let's goooooooooooo Mountaineers!