21 Week Bumpdate

Look at me! Three posts in three days, that's a personal record.
I'm patting myself on the back. :)

How far along? 21 Weeks
Weight Gain: 5ish lbs
How Big is Baby? Banana! Or Carrot! Pick your produce, any produce.
Maternity Clothes? Nothing new. Trying to wear regular dresses to keep cool
Stretch Marks? Nope
Sleep: Pretty good
Best Moment of the Week: It's all been good! I feel like I made major strides on the nursery this week, so hopefully I can keep up the momentum.
Movement: I'm certain she's perfected the back flip
Food Cravings: Not really
Gender: girlgirlgirl
What I Miss: The feeling of sinuses/ears that don't need to be popped all.the.time
What I'm looking forward to: More of this feel-good part of pregnancy
Symptoms: Congestion, growing pains, hot flashes
Emotions: Feelin good!

The Shabby Addict

Okay, I came across this blog and post from Shabby Addict and had to share.
This young family has been separated for about 7 months. The Dad was deployed to Afghanistan when she was 7 months pregnant.. and is now coming home and meeting his baby girl for the first time. Needless to say, I was sitting at my desk bawling my eyes out.

Shabby Addict: Daddy Meets Penny for the First Time

I am thanking Jesus that my husband is not in the military.. but also so thankful for all the dads (and moms!) who put their lives on the line for our freedoms.

Grab a tissue.

Nursery 0.125

Remind me again- who's bright idea was it to paint stripes in the nursery????

Welcome to my workshop/permanent weekend home. If you need me, this is where I'll be. Feel free to send snacks.

Don't let the helpful-looking dog mislead you. He has really been no help whatsoever. What good is having assistant if he can't lift heavy objects or work a paint roller?

Someone's about to get a pink slip with his dinner..

Registration Central

I have officially started Baby Girl's registry!! I have no idea of the time line of when you are supposed to do this, other than that it should be before your shower(s).
I love me some online shopping and basically did 90% of my wedding registries online, so that's where I started here as well.

First up? Tarjay of course.

Here's the catch- I have only added one item at this point. :) Gotta start somewhere, right?? The Domestic Wannabe mentioned and recommended this hooded towel from the Little Seeds organic line at Target and I thought it looked good. Since I have absolutely nothing to base my wish list baby items on, I figure I should start now with a list and add to it as I come across items that other moms recommend that I think will work for us. Honestly, neither hubby or I want a ton of superfluous primary colored gear all over our house. I know that will be inevitable on some levels, but I'd like to just stick to what we need and that's it.
I've already decided we'll need to implement some sort of "one in, one out" rule with toys. I think it's really important to lay down the law with newborns. I've heard they can be wily.

So do you have any fabulous recommendations for me?? I see the bulk of our registry being every size diaper known to man, since they're pretty expensive and canceling our cable subscription is out of the question and there is no way no how I'm doing cloth diapers.

If you have any "must haves," let me know!
Or yeah, okay, if you see something at Target (Katie) that is totally adorable and my child can't live without, toss me a line about that, too and I'll add it to the list!

PS. Happy Birthday, Mom!!

Necessary

My child needs this.

Don't you think? I found it on Etsy sometime last year and saved the image, but can't find it now to buy. Drat! I may have to make my own somehow...
I've also put in a number of special requests for our little one to be born with lots of dark hair, like this cutie pie. We'll see. :)


Baby is definitely a girl!!

We had our 20 week appointment yesterday and got to see her moving and bouncing around all over the place. Sooo cool. My doctor checked her heart and measured her brain and all her other organs and everything looks great and healthy. We're very thankful. He did say she was measuring about 3 days small, but mama is just fine with that, since she's perfect in every way and I would prefer to have her arrive on the smaller side. I'm not hoping to deliver a 9lb baby. Plus she's a girl and should be dainty! :)

Happy Thursday!