More Baby Stuff (Cuz There's Never Enough)

So these are just a few little things, but I am pretty excited about them. Several months ago, we got this cute little chalk board from IKEA for free with our purchase and really could think of nothing to do with it. Now, we have the perfect thing... and crazy enough, it was Mark's idea! It is going to be our "diaper duty" chart. Every time one of us changes a diaper, we get to put a little check by our name and "type" of diaper. I added the type specification because Mark has it in his head that he can change all the pees, and I can change all the poos. Dream on! I'll have to watch him (Mark) closely though, because I can totally see him cheating now that there's documentation...

And this is really not a big deal, but I thought it was a neat organizer. It has a place to dispense the diapers, to hold the wipes, and to hold the powder/lotion or whatever else you want. Notice how tiny these diapers are - they take up like half the length of the dispenser. I can't believe he is going to be so dang tiny at first.

And this is just something we found that we thought was cute. It is a height chart. It starts at 2 feet tall (which he won't be for a long while) and goes to about 5 feet. I thought it was really cute - it is decorated in all things little boy. And it matches the color scheme of his room very well. So if you can't tell, we are pretty dang excited for the next week and a half to get here - just 12 more days!

Baby Update Part III (sick of it yet?)

OK, so I totally chickened out on getting the external version done. It all started with a phone call from Mark's sister, Annie. She started reading all these statistics to Mark, including one which said you have a 13% risk of fetal death. That alone was enough to make me chicken out, but I was already kind of freaked out by it all, because Nikki told me how scary it was when she had it done with Mitchell. And I read that it had the least success rate with first pregnancies... and my doctor said I may have a decreased chance of success because I have a mis-shapen uterus (there's some personal info for ya!). Then one of the dental assistants at my school told me her sister had it done and the baby was born with a huge indentation in his head from where the doctor pushed on the baby's head. All that combined together made me stressed out enough to cancel the procedure. So now I have a new procedure schedule: August 6th is c-section time! So, we'll have Boston here August 6th (or earlier if he decides he wants out sooner)... Who knows, maybe he'll still turn, but that is HIGHLY unlikely. So, we're planning on August 6th for our little guy to be here!

Baby Update Part II

Well, I am glad I got to see my actual doctor today. Maybe there is something to be said for being an MD and not a DO... because according to the DO, it seemed like doing the external version (not aversion, like I previously wrote... oops) was a no go. But my doctor was not worried about my fluid levels at all. He said, first of all, your levels are not low, they are normal (the DO told me they were low). And second of all, amniotic fluid is dynamic and can change drastically, even from day to day. Lastly, I will be on an IV and get pumped full of fluids on the day of the procedure, which will drive up my amniotic fluid anyway. So no worries there. We are going ahead with the version next Thursday. So everyone please pray that this baby cooperates (since he has been such a stinker so far) and turns easily. I am really hoping to go natural if at all possible.

Baby Update

Since no one else has seemed to update their blogs recently, I guess I'll take a shot at it. I went to my OB appointment yesterday (alone, since Mark is in Nebraska this week) and had an ultrasound to see if Boston is still being a stinker. The answer is yes, he is still breech. They measured the amniotic fluid, and at this point it appears that there is not enough to turn him. Since I didn't see my doctor (I saw one of the partners) they didn't tell me whether the aversion (trying to turn the baby) is a no-go for sure, but my guess is they probably won't try now unless my fluid levels increase substantially. And since I am in school and can't just lie around all day drinking fluids (and peeing), I am thinking that's probably not going to happen. So at this point it looks like we will probably be doing a c-section, which is so not what I was hoping for. I have graduated to weekly appointments now, so hopefully next week I will know a little bit more...

Baby Boston's Room (or as Mark has it, Baby Bean)

First of all, please do not call my child "Bean." Mark has been joking all week that he is going to nickname him that. I told him, if anything, it can be "Boss." But I don't think our little one is going to have any nickname at all. Boston is cute enough. Anyway, here is a 360 degree view of Boston's room as it is right now. It is amazing how much stuff you need (and want) for such a tiny little person...

Here is the view straight ahead from the door. We wanted his crib to be on an inside wall, which happens to be right off the entrance. I know I have already posted pics of his crib, but we finally got the mobile up (ask Mark how fun that was to hang...) and I think it looks really cute. We had to hang it because the apparatus for mounting it to the crib was too small. So now it is hanging in two studs, which Mark had lots of fun finding. A close up of our wall would show just how much fun... Also, here are the swing and rocker/bouncer we picked out. We liked how simple and sleek they were. Who knew Fisher Price could be so posh.

A small rotation brings us to the changing table (thanks again to Mark's mom and dad). I think it is such a cute set with the two-tone and all. We also found this shelf (actually, it is a "room divider") from Target that is great for holding all his stuff. Notice our one lonely pack of diapers on the top left (my cousin Missy landed us these from the hospital). Soon it will be overflowing...

Here is a look at the wall opposite the crib. The shelf actually matches the crib and changer very well, although in the previous picture it appears quite a bit darker. And no, that is not Mark's "finished product" of Fenway Park. We realized that there is no hope of getting that done before the baby comes, so we broke down and bought a print. We also found cute baseball things at "Hobby Lobby" (yeah, that's right, I said Hobby Lobby).

And this view of the closet brings you all the way around his room, which was Annie's request. I thought I would include the inside of his closet because it is amazing to me that this kid has more clothes than I do. And the ones in here are actually the bigger ones - all the ones that will fit him earlier are in his dresser. So that pretty much completes the tour - be sure to tip your tour guide (via comments) on the way out...

Spiders Everywhere!

I am so DANG sick of spiders! I think I kill at least five of them a day. And I'm not just talking tiny little spiders. I'm talking HUGE spiders - the kind you don't get out in the west. I feel like Ron Weasley... I get the shudders several times a day.

This morning I found three. One of them was so HUGE that it rebounded off the shoe I used to squish it with several times. It took several tries to finally kill it, and when I did, it splashed nasty spider juice everywhere. You know it's bad when you get guts everywhere. Anyway, I wish there were some sort of pest control that can get rid of spiders, but I have been informed there is not. And no, my house is not full of bugs attracting the spiders, it's just the spiders... So we are SOL for the summer, I guess.