Signs of Baby

After three AWESOME baby showers (have we ever mentioned that we are spoiled rotten by our friends and family?!!) we feel like we are finally ready for our little bundle of joy to arrive! There are signs of baby all over our house!

Here's a bouncer in our great room.


And a Boppy play mat in our great room (next to the Guitar Hero guitar)


Here's our stroller in our dining room.


And our cradle swing next to the kitchen.

We have finished putting Katelyn's nursery together and have washed every single piece of baby clothing and linen we have...it took us 7 loads of laundry but we're clean and ready! Phew!

All washed and organized! What a feeling of accomplishment!

Bookshelf with lots of books and burp cloths!

Our changer is stocked and ready for diaper duty!


Here's her crib with lots of toys and mirrors hung!


All that's missing is a baby!


Please ignore the mismatched curtains! We ordered the valances from two different vendors and apparently different manufacturers can use the same pattern but different fabrics and sewing styles...urrrrrggggg!

There are also major signs of baby in my tummy!!! I got my first, "Man, you look ready to pop" comment the other day! :)

36 weeks!

After asking several friends and co-workers to recommend a pediatrician, we finally picked one out! Every single person we asked suggested the same pediatric group, so the decision was easy! Tim already filled out all our paperwork so we are officially ready to go...YAY!

In other exciting news...We went in for our 36 week checkup today and my blood pressure was perfect...AND I am dilated 3 centimeters already and Katelyn is head down! Our doctor was THRILLED. After examining Katelyn, the doc still thinks she is going to be 8.5-9 pounds (I'll believe that when I see her!)!!! She said I have a very good chance of having spontaneous labor in the coming weeks but if I don't, she would like to induce on June 25th!!! Oh boy, Oh boy, Oh boy!!


At first I thought I just wanted nature to take its course and deliver Katelyn when she is ready to make her grand entrance. But the more I think about it the more I think I might follow the doctors suggestions and induce a week early...to reduce damage from delivering such a large baby! We're going to play it by ear at each weeks check-up. Tim says he'll support any decision I make!


I think that about highlights all the goings on of the last couple of weeks. We've been busy preparing the house and taking parenting classes so we haven't had much down time. But we're getting excited for the BIG day!