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@sslm: Aw Congrats girl! So happy for you! Been rooting for you behind the scenes. Totally understand that you would want to avoid this thread and all things pregnancy related.

@jessiejo17: @TurtleDoves: You ladies are on top of things! You all really make me feel like a procrastinator!

Hi ladies! Just checking in from our baby moon dh is still sleeping, while after tossing and turning on my hips for a few hours, I couldn't take it any more--sleep may be going downhill from this point on.

@TurtleDoves: Packing the hospital bag, so exciting! My goal is to do that around 32 weeks...first I need to figure out what goes in it, lol.

Also, I think dh and I have decided to use a doula for our birth. Is anyone else using one?

@Mrs.B: I have a shower this Sunday and next Sunday. I have been trying not to look at the registry but who am I kidding, I dont' have will power. Both our rock and play and swing were bought this week! Super excited about that!

@hilsy85: Enjoy the rest of your vacation! Maybe take a nap later.

@Mrs.B: My shower isn't until Sept 8th. I'll be 33 weeks then. Have fun at your sprinkle this weekend!

@TurtleDoves: that is so nice! I still have quite a bit left, but bigger ticket items are being bought so that is nice! Still wanting video monitors, bouncy seat, and pack in play but those aren't necessary for right away so I'm pretty happy so far!

Hey girls! Sorry I've been MIA! Work is sooooo crazy. I come home and I just want to sleep. I've been having the hip issues too, no more sleeping in for this sleepy-head.

I put up paint swatches last night in the nursery, no we just need to pick one and get that room painted so we can get going! My first shower is this Saturday, I can't wait! I have another next weekend and the following weekend (that's what happens when your family is all crazy-divorced and you live out of town!).

I also finally ordered our glider today! Of course, it's not going to get here until mid-September, so we'll be cutting it close... but my fingers are crossed!

@SSLM - Sooooo happy for you!!! Praying for a sticky baby! And April is a great birthday month!!!

@CarrieLouWho: wow! 3 showers! it will be fun - i think the hardest part will be keeping up the enthusiasm for that long - haha...

@Tidybee: UGH - i hate drama when it comes to happy family events - but we all have it... Just have fun & enjoy - and pick out or make some super cute thank you notes, and think ahead to another super cute birth announcement that you have control over!

@hellobeeboston: i think your suggestion of super cute thank you cards is AWESOME! It'll totally make up for it:)
I keep thank you cards but rarely do I keep anyone's invite.

@CARRIELOUWHO: at least your family was smart enough to have separate showers because they are divorced. My parents divorced when I was an older (teen=17) so this is new to me. Do you understand how awkward all my events are? I have like 2 step grandmas, 2 step grandpas, step dads and step moms, half siblings, and full.....Ahh...and all the divorcees just act all chummy which makes things more confusing. Thank goodness my "family" shower is over:)))

Hi ladies!

Just checking in from the East Coast

I was terribly sick two nights ago, thought we were going to have to go to the hospital, we were on Cape Breton Island and no hospital nearby, it was a very not cool time.....I was pretty sure how sick I was wasn't baby related, just heat and over-doing it related, and thankfully it passed about 3am, and I was ok last night thankfully! I had a full day of no movement Saturday too, BILs wedding day, and so I was SO freaked. But we were in the boonies and really nothing I could do about it.....Sunday she was back moving around on her usual schedule....what a drama queen she is sometimes.....of all days!

Seeing DHs family for the first time here preggo, the belly is getting lots of love.

We may have picked a new name! DH is from the East Coast (where we are now!) and Ceilidh (pronounced like the name Kaleigh/Cayley/Kayley -lots of spellings!) is what we're thinking! We would love to do it the Gaelic spelling, but know that would be a lifetime of her name pronounced wrong (seal-deh is how my step dad said it before knowing how it was said, ha!!) so we are thinking Kaleigh/Kayley (personally I like ending it with leigh, but not sure of C or K and if a Y in there is necessary! So we shall see!

Thank-you for all the crib bedding thoughts, I am still on a mission to purchase something in the next week or so and have it shipped home to arrive there for when we return mid-August!

I hope you are all doing well, time is just flying on by, our babies will be in our arms so soon!!!

Did a little shopping today.....look what we bought!

Her first piggy bank!

@Tidybee: that's exactly what I do at home, but I didn't bring my boppy pillow on vacation oh well, I've been doing better the last night or two! @Beebug: Glad you're feeling better! That piggy bank is so cute!

@mrskc: Yay! Doesn't 28 weeks feel so far along? I can't believe we'll be 30 weeks soon! I also have no found a pedi yet, and am not planning on looking for another few weeks at least...there are two practices in our area, so it's just a matter of setting up appointments with them. I figure I'll do that around 32/33 weeks.

How's everyone else doing? We just got back from our babymoon/vacation. We had SUCH a great time and it was so nice hanging out in a pool during the heat. Now back to reality! On the bright side, our crib is assembled and the nursery is painted! I'll have to post pics later

I had my 30 week appointment on Friday and everything is going great! I had my first shower this weekend and it was so much fun! We got a lot off of the registries
Now we just have to get the nursery painted this week so I can put stuff away!! I'm hoping we get it painted this week... Otherwise I might go insane!
@MrsKC... We are going to an open house on the 21st for a peds practice, and I think that's all we are going to do. I'm really hoping I like them, if not I will have some work to do!!!

@hilsy85: can't wait to see the nursery!
@TurtleDoves: wow - you are impressive! i feel like SUCH a slacker, nursery is only 1/4 done, haven't even thought about the bag yet - signed up for all of our classes, but they're not until september, don't have a daycare/nanny figured out - eeek!

and we also don't have a Ped picked yet... I am awaiting a reco from a friend of a friend that lives in my town, and I want to meet with a few in person.

@Mrs.B: sorry to hear it was disappointing... my shower is a few weeks away, but I keep hearing from my mom and my husband that my aunts & sisters in law are "doing their own thing" - and not buying off the registry..... grr. luckily my mom and my MIL have been awesome and bought us most of the big things!

@Mrs.B: I just DON'T UNDERSTAND why people buy for clothes for parents who are team green. I mean....you will buy either pink or blue clothes after the baby is born right? So, why would they get you gender neutral clothes as if the baby is going to be gender neutral until their 2? Really you'll probably only use gender neutral clothing until the babe is like 2w and then go out and get stuff that's gender specific. It just doesn't make sense to me. ...especially when there is a registry they *could* have followed.
End Rant. Thanks for reading hehe:) Can you tell I am a total registry nazi?

You ladies make me feel like less of a slacker now. lol I do need to find a ped soon though. I'll have to make some phone calls this week.

@hilsy85: Glad you enjoyed your babymoon!

I'm jealous you all are having showers already. Mine is september 8th. My mom just ordered the invites yesterday and they should be out in the mail by the end of the week. Yay! I've been spending a lot of time fine tuning my registry. I'm crossing my fingers I get a call from BBB that my glider is in so we can go pick up the crib and glider.

@MRSKC... if you want a positive spin on having your shower in September... it's that you'll get some more fall appropriate clothing! We got quite a few outfits that were newborn or 3 months are SUPER summery - like sleeveless and thin. I'm thinking I'll be taking those back. October may not be cold here in VA, but it's definitely not going to be sleeveless weather!
You'll get tons of cute fall stuff, I'm sure!!!

@MrsKC - they don't... at all! It's just about the cuteness & tininess :o)

@Tidybee: Ugh seriously. It's SO HOT here!

Here's a pic of our painted nursery and assembled crib The stripes are just on that wall, the other walls are the same gray color.

@hilsy85: LOVE THE WALLS! You did a great job:)