First off, I am so flattered by how many people have RSVPed, I am so blessed! My only wish is that Ian's family members could be here, but with them being so far away the most important thing is that they come when hes born/about to be born instead! Yesterday was great (besides the fact one of my teeth is majorly screwed up and it hurts REALLY bad, going to make an appointment and get some antibiotics - have pain killers that I'm allowed to take already, but it still hurts really bad). My mom and I went out and got some more stuff for the shower. We got some really awesome truffles to include in favor bags, and some other things. Basically everything is done, we still have to shop for prizes, but other than that just a few finishing details. I'm glad my mom is including me in the shower process.. she cares about everything being the way I want it to be, which is amazing. The highlight of the day was definitely going to professional cake shop (Cakes Galore) to order/design/pick flavors for the shower cake. We are very excited about the cake! It is 2 tiered, like a wedding cake, the large bottom tier will be light yellow with baby blue polka dots, the smaller top tier will be baby blue with pale light yellow polka dots. In front of the bottom tier is a sign that says "Welcome Raine", and on the top of the cake will be a fabric ribbon and a duckie. I wanted it to be VERY simple, as I don't care for over-the-top cakes. I think it should turn out lovely! Speaking of food some of the things we are serving are Swedish meatballs, Mandarin salad, Puffs stuffed with chicken salad, mini ham sandwiches, the classics like pasta and potatoe salad, fresh fruit, etc. Yum! My mom is THE ABSOLUTE BEST MOTHER EVER PERIOD! Its undisputed. Shes amazing! She always pulls things together flawlessly, and puts so much thought and love into it. I'm so thankful to have her, I hope to someday be half the mom she is to me to Raine. She is truly my hero, and by far the most beautiful person inside and out in the universe. After the pregnancy is over, I am planning on getting portrait tattoos of both my mom and my grandmother. I will most likely have to travel to get it done the way I want them to be, theres a couple of out of state artists I have in mind. I have saved space on my arms for the portraits. Of course I'll get something for Raine as well, most likely get his name right away after hes born then get something else to add to it later.
Wow that was a lot of babble, I have a habit of doing that lately! I've got more to write, but I'm going to wait till this evening and make another entry. Its 7am, so I'm going to go lay down a bit longer.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Baby Shower In 10 Days!
Wow, its now the 17th! I am 28 weeks 4 days along. Time keeps flying by. My shower is in only 10 days! So hard to believe. At this point my mom's gotten almost everything bought for the shower, I've been helping her pick things out/going out shopping with her. We've picked out a couple of games, one being the "My water broke!" game where you freeze a small plastic baby in an ice cube, give one to all guests in their cups, and whoevers "baby" is freed from the ice first, has to yell "My water broke!" and wins. Shes doing gift baskets with all kinds of good stuff as prizes, we have some beautiful favors as well. It should be a great time. I've had a lot of people RSVP already and the invites were sent out not too long ago, so I'm very flattered and honored that so many are coming! We still haven't found a place. Friday we are looking at another house that looks VERY promising, and is plenty large enough.. so hopefully this will be "the one".
I have been feeling REALLY mushy, grateful, and loved lately. Not that I didn't feel loved before, just that being pregnant with Raine has been such an amazing, beyond words experience. The love I feel for this little soul before hes even born is amazing. Its totally overwhelming and impossible to put into words.. sometimes its scary, thinking of the "what ifs" that still are ahead with his birth. But I have been pretty good lately about not thinking negatively, and trusting in the higher power to protect him/us. Tonight me and Ian just kind of looked at each other in awe thinking of how soon instead of just us sitting together on the couch it will be all THREE of us (well now, we have a lot of furbabies.. but thats different!). I am just so thankful lately :)
I've been finishing up packing the things that can be packed/that we don't use daily. I have a ton of clothes including designer shoes, bags, coats, etc that I am listing on ebay since I never use them. Also have some very nice jewelry that is never worn and was very expensive, so I've listed those things on Craigslist and will probably list a few on ebay. I used to be big into designers, but I'm not so much anymore. I dress pretty simply.. I'm mostly content to throw on a nice quality tee, some gauchos or jeans and a cute pair of heels or sandles, add my diamond ring and some minimal accessories and I'm good to go. When looking at my old Louis Vuitton shoes, Tory burch shoes, and other rediculously priced items sometimes I laugh at myself. I guess my priorities and taste have changed and I am VERY pleased at that! Haha.
I've been thinking a lot more about the actual birth lately. The further along I get, of course the more I think about it. I really am hoping for a natural birth (natural meaning vaginal), but I'm not against pain medication.. if I need it, then I will get it. I just hope it doesn't turn out that I need a C-section. It just doesn't appeal to me. In the beginning I never really was concerned about it, but in all honesty I'd be disapointed if we had to go that route. I know however than Raine's welfare is most important to me, and whatever it takes to bring him into the world safely I will do.
On to more cheery things. We've been picking up odds and ends for Raine's room lately. We have a couple of large hanging frames (the size of a painting or artwork) that we plan on putting pictures of him in before/after he gets here. I like the idea of framing the ultrasound photos, so I'm going to a local store to get some dark wood frames that we can frame them in. Since they aren't the size of normal pictures, I plan on getting scrapbook paper that matches the decor to go behind the photo(s). Ian and I are big on things matching (hes worse than me). We saw a really cute silver plated bank that was a giraff, since we have zoo bedding I thought it would be cute for the room - but Ian swore the mother of pearl-like spots on it didn't match the bedding. OHHH no! Haha, I love him, but hes so picky sometimes!
Some other news: we are KINDA liking a particular middle name. "Cheyton" or "Sheaton". The actual name I found online is Cheyton and its pronounced Chey-ton, Ian likes it prounced like shay or Shea-ton. I don't know if we will use this, but we don't have a lot of other ideas as of now. We still have awhile, but a few people have requested the baby's full name and its not a good feeling to not know it yet. The first name was such an easy decision, I keep thinking I'll just run across a name that will be the perfect middle name, but I'm not sure if thats realistic.
Anyways, thats about all for now. The next prenatal appointment isn't too far away, then I'll be going every 2 weeks I'm pretty sure.. *wow*! Thanks for reading :)
I have been feeling REALLY mushy, grateful, and loved lately. Not that I didn't feel loved before, just that being pregnant with Raine has been such an amazing, beyond words experience. The love I feel for this little soul before hes even born is amazing. Its totally overwhelming and impossible to put into words.. sometimes its scary, thinking of the "what ifs" that still are ahead with his birth. But I have been pretty good lately about not thinking negatively, and trusting in the higher power to protect him/us. Tonight me and Ian just kind of looked at each other in awe thinking of how soon instead of just us sitting together on the couch it will be all THREE of us (well now, we have a lot of furbabies.. but thats different!). I am just so thankful lately :)
I've been finishing up packing the things that can be packed/that we don't use daily. I have a ton of clothes including designer shoes, bags, coats, etc that I am listing on ebay since I never use them. Also have some very nice jewelry that is never worn and was very expensive, so I've listed those things on Craigslist and will probably list a few on ebay. I used to be big into designers, but I'm not so much anymore. I dress pretty simply.. I'm mostly content to throw on a nice quality tee, some gauchos or jeans and a cute pair of heels or sandles, add my diamond ring and some minimal accessories and I'm good to go. When looking at my old Louis Vuitton shoes, Tory burch shoes, and other rediculously priced items sometimes I laugh at myself. I guess my priorities and taste have changed and I am VERY pleased at that! Haha.
I've been thinking a lot more about the actual birth lately. The further along I get, of course the more I think about it. I really am hoping for a natural birth (natural meaning vaginal), but I'm not against pain medication.. if I need it, then I will get it. I just hope it doesn't turn out that I need a C-section. It just doesn't appeal to me. In the beginning I never really was concerned about it, but in all honesty I'd be disapointed if we had to go that route. I know however than Raine's welfare is most important to me, and whatever it takes to bring him into the world safely I will do.
On to more cheery things. We've been picking up odds and ends for Raine's room lately. We have a couple of large hanging frames (the size of a painting or artwork) that we plan on putting pictures of him in before/after he gets here. I like the idea of framing the ultrasound photos, so I'm going to a local store to get some dark wood frames that we can frame them in. Since they aren't the size of normal pictures, I plan on getting scrapbook paper that matches the decor to go behind the photo(s). Ian and I are big on things matching (hes worse than me). We saw a really cute silver plated bank that was a giraff, since we have zoo bedding I thought it would be cute for the room - but Ian swore the mother of pearl-like spots on it didn't match the bedding. OHHH no! Haha, I love him, but hes so picky sometimes!
Some other news: we are KINDA liking a particular middle name. "Cheyton" or "Sheaton". The actual name I found online is Cheyton and its pronounced Chey-ton, Ian likes it prounced like shay or Shea-ton. I don't know if we will use this, but we don't have a lot of other ideas as of now. We still have awhile, but a few people have requested the baby's full name and its not a good feeling to not know it yet. The first name was such an easy decision, I keep thinking I'll just run across a name that will be the perfect middle name, but I'm not sure if thats realistic.
Anyways, thats about all for now. The next prenatal appointment isn't too far away, then I'll be going every 2 weeks I'm pretty sure.. *wow*! Thanks for reading :)
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Updates - 28 weeks!
Wow, I am now 28 weeks along! Just a few new things to talk about, not too much. This weekend was nice. My Dad & Stepmom are moved into their temporary home in Virginia for the next year. Ian had never met them and I hadn't seen them in a long time, so we went out to eat and talked for awhile, it was nice! The baby shower invitations have all been sent out as of a couple of days ago, and many people have already RSVP'd, I am so flattered and grateful! I can't wait! My mom has been on vacation for the last week, but she bought our entire bedroom set, accessories, etc for us, the same one pictured in a previous entry. Very, very excited about having started gathering things for the nursery. We went to look at a house today downtown - but it turned out to be way too small for us. So this week's task is to continue searching for a house! We are DEFINITELY running out of time, so its basically a necessity to have a place by this coming weekend. I don't like moving, but I'm so excited to be in a new place and get started on the nursery that I'm very excited about the whole thing. Thats it for now.. :)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
I had my 3D/4D ultrasound! 26 Weeks!
We went in and got the 4D ultrasound today! What a fun experience! My mom and Ian were there (sister couldn't make it).. we got some great photos, but he was EXTREMELY stubborn! He literally kept his hands - BOTH hands - over his face the entire time! The tech was very patient and managed to get us some decent photos, but it took an hour to get the ones we did! He definitely has my big eyes and lips, and definitely has Ian's face shape, etc. Hes a combo of the both of us from what we can tell! Hes so precious, I am totally in love with my baby Raine! (Now if I could only think of a middle name!).. Here are the photos!:
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