Nursery and Baby Gear
Welp, our mattress and nursery bedding came on Thursday. We're very happy with both. I plan to get the whole nursery together this weekend so it looks all cute for while my mom is here. She's coming to visit for Thanksgiving, so this will be the first time she's seen me since I've been pregnant and our house. I'm very excited for her visit. As for the nursery, there's still so much to get, but this way, it looks like an actual nursery and not just a room with a bunch of crap in it. We're very, very happy with the bedding choice. It's super gender neutral, and it looks great with our paint. As soon as I have it together, I'll take pictures and post them. I'm looking forward to actually having it look like a nursery. Our next purchases will likely include the jogger and the car seat. I'm a little confused about car seats. Do I have to buy the base separately, or is that just if I want another base for another car? It's confusing!
Movement
The baby has been going crazy lately. Last night, my stomach literally bounced when the baby was all jazzed up after I ate some pizza. On Wednesday night, Derek was actually able to feel the baby move, and that was super exciting! I was like, "Did you feel it?" and he says, "It's like someone's touching me through a balloon." Last night, Derek felt the baby again. I'm sure it will get stronger with time, and I know it will lose some of its cuteness and turn into actual pain, but for now, it's so fun when the baby starts going crazy. I just imagine it's in there flipping around and being silly - like us. :)
Names
So we have a big announcement about our baby name choices. :D :D We've made decisions on our names, and we're sticking to them. We don't exactly want to reveal the names just yet since we're just at the halfway point, so we're going to keep them to ourselves for a little longer. We're both VERY happy with our decisions. Let me give you this much information: they were not on the lists from a couple weeks ago. I'll also give you the initials so you know I'm not bluffing. Boy - HJR. Girl - SMR. We're very excited about them. I had always said I wanted to wait until I saw the baby, but my mom made a good point. She said, "The baby ends up looking like what you call it." I started thinking about it, and it's a lot like how we named our dogs. We chose names beforehand, and then, the dogs were just called that. I know, I know... a baby isn't a dog, but it's the idea of giving a living creature a name. I guess.
Overall, things are going well, and we're happy to be moving closer to April. I'm already ready for it to be here since it's killing me that I don't know what the sex of the baby is. And, I'll post some pictures in the next couple days.
