99 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!!

25 weeks, 6 days

So, here we are!  Finally, we're at the double digit coutdown! We couldn't be more excited that the time to meet our little man is getting closer.  Well, I suppose it's not that close, since we still have 14 weeks to go.  But, with the next few months that we have coming up from showers to weddings to childbirth classes (and a few others), we're pretty much booked up until just about 4 weeks before my due date!  I'm pretty sure these next few months are going to fly by!  Let's just hope that I'm still feeling as good (and I'm not as big as a house) when it's go time. :-)

What have we been up to?  Well, a few weeks ago, Vikas and I managed to complete our baby registry!  Whew!  Talk about overwhelming. I thought with all of my nieces, nephews, friends' kids, and my designated "baby shower shopper" status at work I would be an old pro at registering.  I mean, I've navigated the aisles of Babies "R" Us and Buy Buy Baby more times than I can remember.  But, then I realized that picking out all of the things that I would use with my child was a whole different ball game, and registering became a lot more complicated.  Obviously, all parents want what is best for their baby and probably put a good amount of thought and consideration into the things that they register for.  But, combine that with a total type A personality, and you've got a serious project on your hands (at least for me). 

I knew that I would have to do some major leg work before getting Vikas involved.  So, before we went to the store to register, I read a million reviews, asked for tons of opinions, read and highlighted my Baby Bargains book cover to cover, and finally managed to narrow the big ticket items down to just a few choices.  I'm pretty sure he thought I was nuts.  But, like I said, I want the safest, most durable, and reasonable things for our little guy.  So, I had to what I had to do . . . and, I think it paid off :-) Basically, when we went in, Vikas had 2-3 choices for each item, and the main difference was usually just the appearance.  There were no major disagreements, no stress, no "what did we get ourselves into?", and we were in and out pretty quickly.  But, I fully admit, I was kind of over it after a few hours, so decided that I would just pick out the little things online--an option that I love, especially since I even wanted to read reviews about the $10 items . . . lol!  Within 2 days, we had every little thing that we could ever imagine LP needing on our registry!  Obviously we don't expect the majority of it, but we figured, why skip the discount at the end, right?  We've got to be budget-minded with a little one on the way!  Boy, do kids cost a pretty little penny, huh?!  But, SO SO SO worth it.

In addition to getting our registry completed, we've ordered our furniture and have our bedding and some decor items ready to go.  So, hopefully you can expect some nursery pics in several weeks!  I also had my 24 week appointment and glucose screen a little over a week ago.  The test wasn't even close to as bad as I've heard.  When the nurse gave me the orange sugar drink, she told me I had to finish the whole bottle in 15 or 30 minutes ( I can't remember exactly--preggo brain, you know?).  Well, to her surprise, I had that drink gone within about 2 minutes! I attribute my ability to drink the sugar drink so quickly to my never-ending love for all things sugar and kid-like: candy (any kind other than chocolate), superman ice cream, kiddie popsicles, and the list goes on.  So, having to drink an sugary drink that just tasted like a slightly oversweetened flat orange pop was nothing this lady couldn't handle :-)  In any event, the glucose screen came back fine.  Phew!  Another thing to be thankful for. As for everything else, I'm measuring right on track, and LP is doing great!  His heartbeat was at 145, which is the lowest that it's ever been so far.  

Well, that's it for now.  Here's an updated belly pic for all of you.  It's crazy just how much changes in a few weeks!


25 weeks, 2 days pregnant with our peanut!

Until next time!