Crib Bedding

Yeah! I'm so excited!!! I thought I'd never find any crib bedding that I liked... just as I was about to give up my search and just borrow from a friend...I finally found some bedding that I liked!! Now we just need our crib...

The wood for the crib

Last week we had a very good Saturday. We got up and started looking for garage sales like most of our Saturdays now. For the past couple of months we have been trying to decide if I should build the crib still or should we just buy it. The cost of the lumber was going to be about $500 and a new crib runs about $400 but, we found one garage sale that had some ruff cut lumber. we went and took a look to find out how much they were charging and we were pleasantly surprised. The man had a son-in-law that works in the logging industry in Iowa and He gets good deals through him. This man had too much lumber so he was getting rid of it. I told him what we were going to use the lumber for and it seemed like he wanted to help us so he gave us some Walnut and Ash for $1 per board foot. The walnut runs about $8.50 and the Ash runs $4.50 pbf at a outlet. Yeah so we got all of the lumber to make the crib for $36. I thought that was a good deal.

After we got the lumber in the car we went over to Sam's Club to eat I think and I thought that I would look at the clearance section just to see what was there and I found what I had been looking for for the longest time. I have been wanting this specific big screen plasma TV forever and it was on the clearance

rack, so I look at the price and find that it is about 55% off. Fortunately for me I just collected hail damage on my car for the second time in a year and that check would take care of my new TV and we would still have a few hundred left to save, so Leah said that I could get it and that day turn in to a awesome day.

P.s. To all the guys out there that like the office I know I am leaving my self open for a very funny comment with my title, so hit it out of the park.

Pictures

OK OK....I'm finally at a comfortable enough point where I feel ok to share my latest belly pic. :) I know in a previous post I said one was posted, but after uploading it, I didn't like it and removed it right away...sorry. Thought I'd build some anticipation at least.... Now at 21 weeks, I definitely feel pregnant. I can feel all the kicks and motions and am loving every minute of it. I've heard it said before that the second trimester is the best, but boy am I really loving it! For the most part, I feel pretty normal.
I'm also including a picture Randy and I on my "first" soon-to-be Mother's Day. Enjoy!

OH YEAH....and in case you haven't heard......it's a BOY!!!! :) (Randy got lucky)

Leah

The New Pics of the Baby

Hey guys here are the new pics of the baby. We are not telling what it is to my family yet so please don't leave any comments telling what it is. They are going to find out tomorrow. I think it looks like me (Randy). What do you think?

15 weeks

Ok. Ok. I know many of you are waiting to see belly pics, so here's the first one. We've taken a couple before this but I didn't feel like the baby was showing much before. I just felt fat and bloated more than anything else. I'm glad to actually start feeling pregnant now and not just fat.
We had another doctor appt. on Friday. We DID actually end up switching doctors and have just moved to the building next door. We weren't able to actually meet with the doctor as she was booked full the day we made the appt. for. I feel much more confident that this one will work out, as she came with many high recommendations. Hopefully we'll be able to meet her at our next appt. Anyway, we heard the heartbeat again...which was nice to hear. I sometimes wonder what's going on in there, so it's nice to know things are still going strong. I can't wait until I can actually start to feel the movements and have the reassurance on a more frequent basis. We also made our appt. for our ultrasound the day before we leave for our trip to Texas. We actually had to beg them to do it a day early! But we're grateful that we'll HOPEFULLY be able to know the sex before going down to Texas.
Randy has also decided that he wants to actually build our crib. It ends up being more expensive, but the fact that it's solid wood and that it's something that can hopefully be passed on, makes it all the more worth it. I've attached a picture of the finished product. Our friends Dan & Katy made the same one and it's really nice. AND...they're gracious enough (and Dan's parents are gracious enough) to help and let Randy use Dan's parents house and equipment to build it. We picked out the wood this weekend, so now we just need to order it all and get started! I'll let you know how it progresses. Randy is not known for his woodworking skills, but hopefully it all works out, otherwise it'll be one expensive lesson!!! No, I'm sure he'll do just fine.....

Until next time,
Leah

Can't wait! The countdown begins!!

Not much new...

Well, there's not much new to report on the home front... but I feel that we haven't blogged for some time, so I figured I'd write a thing or two.

About the baby...we are now about 13 weeks and went in for our another appt. last week. First time meeting the doc, and I admit I was a little scared of her! This is mistake #1...when choosing a doctor, BE SURE TO MEET THEM IN ADVANCE. Do NOT go by the photo on the website, because scarily enough... They can appear one way in a photo and totally different in person. This may just be shallow of me, but I try to choose someone who "appears" to approach things in a way that I would. I want to see eye to eye with my doc. This lady didn't fit the bill...SO, are we going to get another doctor? Possibly. But do I choose another random person based on their picture as well? I'll let you know. :)

Other than that, everything was good. We heard the heartbeat and are finally in the clear to tell people (even though it seems like everyone knows already....oops! We were just too excited to keep it a secret for very long...) I hope every pregnancy is as easy breezy as this one. I feel great, and the worst (well...part of the worst) part is over. I wanted the doctor to tell me that it would be that way for all future pregnancies, but unfortunately that is not the case. Randy is more than excited to find out the sex of the baby and has hounded the doctor for another ultrasound, but they obviously said no way. Hopefully we'll know before going to Texas over Memorial Weekend in May, though. That's the goal.

Randy's job is still going well. He began his first week on his own, and has been keeping up with the route pretty well (even considering the 12" of snow we got yesterday....and it's APRIL!!! Nuts.) I think this job allows him the flexibility and the interaction that really makes him tick.

My job is well into preparations for our company-wide move in May. The office is complete chaos at this point, with everyone cleaning and trashing old files. Our new building will be one of the very first LEED certified buildings in the Twin Cities (which means it was constructed with all "green" materials) so to follow suit, they have not constructed any storage space into the plans, as we are responsible for scanning or thowing all that we cannot fit in the common areas. This means that I am stuck with much of the scanning for our team, since I'm by far the biggest peon on the group. Lucky me.

Anyway, like I said...nothing new.

Till next time,
Leah