Brent's baby knowledge

Bent apparently read an article on "carrying high" and "carrying low". The reason I know this is that this morning while getting ready for work he said "So is your stomach high or low?" I perked up and said "so you read baby things online?" He said he'd heard that high is a girl and low is a boy. I told him that I assume we are carrying this growing bump low but that I wasn't sure how much stock to put in that old rumor. I went on to work and thought nothing of it. Fast forward until tonight and he says "So Samuel's wife is probably having a girl" (note: Samuel and his wife are friends we've met at church) I said "Why do you say that?" He said "Because she is carrying high". I died.... seriously? He's checking out pregnant women's bumps at church? We have found ourselves playing the "pregnant or plump" game lately. I know it sounds so mean but I always kid him and say people probably think I'm just plumping up. This led us to check out others and try to debate if they are pregnant. Who knows if we are ever right but it's a great way to pass the time. On our radar now... Sara Evans (the country singer). We both say pregnant.

FYI: our families are divided on the gender of baby T. The Thomas side says girl... my side says boy!

Growing...

This was taken the day we hit 16 weeks.

Preggo Update

Today marks 16 weeks. I can't describe how much better I feel. There for a while I was so stressed from feeling so bad all the time. The past few weeks have flown by! I know I shouldn't wish time away but I'm so anxious for June 6th. I can't wait to see how big baby has gotten and find out what he/she is! I will then be able to start pestering Brent about starting the nursery. For all of you who know how much I love to shop you'll be floored to know I've only spent $49 on baby T so far. I've picked out bedding and you better believe I'll order it online June 7th! Then I'll start begging BR to paint. If he objects I'll be accepting volunteers! I am writing this on my iPhone while I wait on Brent in the parking lot of Cracker Barrel. Weekly Wednesday pre-church dinner. I wanted to share my first preggo belly pic with you all but the phone doesn't give me an option to upload from my iPhoto library. I'll add it to a second post later (maybe tomorrow) because as soon as church let's out and we get home I'm always in deep sleep mode.

Baby Things...

I think we've finally decided on a stroller/travel system. I was finally able to get my hands on the Britax B Ready as well as their infant car seat today at Buy Buy Baby. It was pretty easy to work! My Grandmother Carol read reviews and it's super high on the safety lists. Here's a video of how the stroller works:

The sales man at Buy Buy Baby was very helpful and gave me reasons as to why it's his favorite (I'm sure they say that about them all!) Regardless it was nice to touch and break down the stroller in person. We won't need it any time soon but hopefully it will be a staple in Baby T's life. On that note... 3 weeks from today we find out what we are having! I can't wait. I have mixed emotions... I'm open and eager for either. No true choice of what gender I'd like first. If it's a boy I have a name. If it's a girl I have nothing.

I did find adorable bedding on http://www.polkatotdesigns.com/. I found one that I love called "reese" under Gender Neutral bedding. I think it'd go great with our crib (which we have yet to purchase). If it's a girl I will have a very hard time not frilling the room out. I was never a frilly person but this baby will bring out the frill in me (only if it's a girl!!). 

I was forced to wear pants to work today rather than my fashion staple of dresses. It was hard to find a pair of normal dress pants that still fit. I've yet to buy any maternity dress pants; only capris and shorts. I'm hoping to wear dresses up until late September and then I'll deal with finding pants. 

Enough rambling... I need sleep. Goodnight All.

14 weeks!

Excuse the typos... This is coming live from the parking lot at Zoe's while I wait on Brent for our weekly Wednesday night before church meal. I'm finally starting the second trimester. I hope it brings relief. The first has been, well, crappy. I'm so happy to have baby Thomas growing away like a weed but have been So frustrated at the throwing up and feeling sick all the time that or really let it steal most of the joy from these first crucial weeks. I weighed at work today and we are up to 4.5 lbs of weight gain since day 1. That's good, I guess?? I know nothing more than my "what to expect" book and websites tell me. I've decided thy I really want to get the crib in the next month. I think that will help get the ball rolling on all the other things little peanut needs. My next appointment is Monday. We probably won't get an ultrasound so it will be my first non ultrasound appointment. Brent will not be going with me either. I told him he could sit this one out. I did go to market in Atlanta and buy baby his/her first few thins. I'll post on those later. Just wanted to let everyone know that we are still here. Still shell-shocked by the magnitude of destruction that ripped our state apart a week ago but fortunate beyond words that we were not directly impacted. Hope everyone has a good rest of the week. It's chicken salad time, yay.