travel system is here!

it actually came in to work on thursday, but i took off thursday and friday of last week, brandt and i took a little trip out to san antonio/new braunfels/san marcos. it was alot of fun! we went to the zoo, and my feet didn't swell at all! i was so excited!

anyways, luke (bro-in-law) brought it home from work with him friday, and brandt put it together on saturday. i love it! well, i am still not a fan of travel systems, but if i have to have one, this would be it! (blue is my fave color!)

stroller

carrier/infant carseat

together as a travel system

and my madi-pie, who sat there watching me take these pics :)

t-minus 2 months and counting

thats right! yesterday was june 23rd, so that means the baby is due 2 months from yesterday! wow...

and now, welcome to my virtual baby shower!

i did bring my camera, but all i got was pics of the cakes lol, my mom brought hers, so all the pics of me and gifts ended up on her camera. so i'll just take things off the internet!

lamb swing from jen and my mom
the first time we set foot in BRU jen found this and has been demanding that i pick this for the baby. not only is it super cute, but i keep hearing from other moms that their baby's love it! so i added it, and she promptly bought it :)


convertable carseat from my MIL
funny story, she bought it, but the box was HUGE and wouldn't fit in her truck or through her back door. so she had to call me to come to target and pick it up from here, and then luke got it from me at work and brought it home to her a few days later.
you can't really tell, but the texture of the grey fabric is paisley, really cute! and it fits a kiddo up to 100 lbs, so i could have used it up until highschool. lol i think jen tried to fit into it in the store, but it doens't take hips into account lol


highchair from michigan family!
i loved this b/c its 4 in 1! the site explains it better than me: "The Graco Blossom 4-in-1 Seating System that converts from a highchair to an infant feeding booster to a toddler booster to a youth chair."


from kyle's mom, she will never let our baby forget that he or she is an aggie baby!
(btw, she made it all, well not the original onsie, but she did the embroidery, as well as the bib and the entire bear!)


and here's the back of the onsie. i'm going to request that she makes one in each size so we always have this one on hand :)


pack 'n play! this was from his aunt sheree. she didn't want to lug it to the shower, so it got shipped to the house, so i took pics to show her. i love the colors and especially the birdies on it!

on to the bedding! well, the bumpers were a bit too long, so my mom took them back home to shorten them. i should have them back this weekend? then there will be pics. so here's a sneak preview!

the baby quilt


bed skirt


the chair cushions and cover for the ottoman
its a glider ottoman, so by putting your feet up on that, it rocks the chair! genius! we found it at a garage sale, it was white with duckies on it. cute, but not matching. so she made the cute cover!

of course, there were more things that i got, diapers, bottles, clothes, blankets, blankets, blankets, and the cutest bath towels and wash cloths. but i figured this was enough for now :)

travel system ordered!

blogger hasn't been wanting to let me make any posts, and now that i've got it figured out, its about time to go home from work. so i'll save the shower post for tomorrow!

brandt's grandparents wanted to get us something "big" for the baby, but his gma just had knee surgery, and his gpa hurt his leg, so they couldn't carry anything heavy, so they gave us money at the shower to pick something out!

luckily, we've been trying to figure out how we will get our travel system... we of course picked out an obscure color that no one seems to carry. so we couldn't register for it. but since we had the money from them, we could order from anywhere, and finally, last night i found someone that had it in stock!

here it is:
chicco cortina in manhattan
(navy & orange)

yay! and i was so excited that i found it and to get it ordered, i didn't read the stuff underneath the picture. apparently, with this model only, you got a free infant carrier!
wow! it was $50... so that was a cool surprise! after the order went through and i went back to look b/c i *thought* i saw the word FREE somewhere... so that was a pleasant surprise! i can't wait to get it all!

its here! its here!

so yesterday was furniture delivery day! and its gorgeous!

i couldn't really remember what all it was going to look like, we looked at so many sets that day. in fact, when i called to actually order it, the set i wanted was sold out. so this was the second choice, although it was the set we liked best (price played an issue in having it ranked second.)

the delivery people were supposed to be there between 10am and 1pm. no problem, yeah, they would wake brandt up, but it was his day off, so he doesn't normally sleep all day anyways.


here's the nightstand! i was shocked to see it, b/c i was under the impression that we ordered the small, 3-drawer dresser. i guess that's what happens when you order over the phone. but its cute, and more practical in the long run. i double checked with the paperwork, and yup, it says i ordered the nightstand. i'm ok with that though.


the crib! (different angles make the paint color look different. for example, the rug is totally not the same color as the wall, in person at least) it's a convertible crib, so when the baby is more of a toddler, we can take the front piece off, and lower the mattress, and its a kiddy day bed! theres a side rail too, to keep the kiddo from rolling out and onto the floor. and maybe to keep bealges out... we'll see. and then when the baby/kiddo outgrows the daybed, it converts into a full sized bed! the back and front pieces of the crib become the headboard/footboard (footboard... is that the right word?) and we have the rails to use for the sides of the bed. all we need to get is a mattress!

around 1pm i got a call from the delivery guys saying that they left us the wrong mattress. so they came and picked it up and swapped it out. ours was nicer, so i'm glad they caught that! (its double sided? one side is firm, for crib/baby, and the other is more comfy, for daybed/toddler. fancy, i know... this kid is spoiled already!) and of course, that meant waking brandt up again :(

and now this is the dresser/hutch/changing table!
the hutch actually didn't get loaded on the truck, so the guys had to make a third trip to our house. they said between 6 and 7pm. (which really ended up being 9:40! i didn't care, its not like we were going to use it all tonight, but the delivery guys wouldn't take any payment until we had it all. the warehouse is in stafford, so thats well over an hour drive.) its dark in the pic, but it has 3 dresser drawers, and small drawer on the right, and then a cabinet under that. the hutch actually has another shelf that goes in it, but you aren't supposed to have it in if you are using it as a changing table too. so for now, it will be put in the closet, with all the bed rails.

so next up is moving the rocking chair back into the room. (not hard, but its blocked into a corner in the other room, and i can't lift it) and then to paint my mural! yay!

bedding!

another post that's been sitting in my drafts for almost 2 weeks... my bedding!

i couldn't decide on what to pick... everything seemed so overpriced. i wasn't crazy about a "theme" i wanted more of a pattern or certain colors to go off of. so i decided to ask my mom, who sews. she had made the bedding for my sister when she was born, so it was something she's done before.

here's the pattern that we picked:

but since we don't know the sex, we aren't going to do the flowers, just regular ties for the bumpers.

and here's the fabric! its actually a quilt from target in the regular bedding section. (should have been $40 but my target had it marked wrong at $20! score!)

and thanks to my camera, the dark blue looks like royal blue. its actually more of a dark teal. we also got the sheets in solid lime, solid turquoise (the dot color, not the background) and in the stripes.

i meant to take a picture of the bedding in progress when we were at my parent's last weekend, but of course i forgot. technically, its a shower gift though, so i won't see it all finished till june.

not that i have a crib to put it on yet! we did order the furniture though! i'm sure excited! we picked it out a few weeks ago (and by "we" i mean my mom and jen. what about brandt? in a baby store? in his defense, he would have gone, he just mentioned that i would have more fun with them) so now its ordered, but its unfortunately back ordered, so 10-12 weeks to get it in. which is anytime late june to early july. so we've got the time.
its the 2000 series from cocoon
pictured is "paprika" but we ordered it in "espresso"
and we didn't get the armoire thingie either.
the furniture is a gift from brandt's wonderful grandparents! so thank you!

and that means i need to get the room emptied and painted!

HALFWAY DAY!

ladies and gentlemen, today i am 20 weeks into my pregnancy, which means i am halfway! so exciting!
when i look at this, i see a definite belly there,
but for some reason i feel like i'm not showing yet!

How far along? 20 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: no clue. jeans still fitting, but not comfortable
Maternity clothes? slowly switching over
Stretch marks? *crosses fingers* not yet
Sleep: not enough! my cough hasn't helped
Best moment this week: i think i can feel the baby!
Movement: i *think* so. its odd, but always in the same place
Food cravings: i like cheeseburgers alot
Gender: no clue, i'll say girl again
Labor Signs: not time yet
Belly Button in or out? innie
What I miss: sleeping all night w/o getting up to pee
What I am looking forward to: brandt being able to feel the baby
Weekly Wisdom: buy a house big enough to hold all your junk. or better yet, get rid of your junk before you buy a house!
Milestones: i had a stranger ask if i was pregnant! well, our regular waitress at casa ole, but still, she's sort of a stranger

ok, now a followup from yesterday. the stroller!

i love it. its really nice. but its b.i.g. it will be great for when i start running/jogging again. and for going for walks with the dogs, we don't stay on the sidewalks, we go out in a big grassy area. also, it will be great for the zoo and any sort of activity like that.

however, it is too big for the mall. it bums me out b/c i was hoping that this would be our go-to stroller, but not so much. it is agile and really easy to turn and move (at least empty) but it is more than likely too long and wide for shopping. but i could be wrong.

and lastly, here's brandt showing madi the stroller, and her checking it out!

my stroller is here!

i never thought i would be so excited over a stroller!

i got the easywalker sky (<- thats a clickable link) ours is orange (!) and they dont have it in that color on the site anymore. i got it for more than half off since it was last years model. so don't think less of us b/c we have an '08 model. haha (who even knew that strollers have year models!) here it is in the box. man, thats orange...

here's the sun canopy.

i'm not sure if i want to open it and set it up at work. but i know i probably will.
for the record, i would have preferred the aqua or navy or even lime. but when i got my slow butt around to actually ordering, all that was left was orange and army green. and although brandt preferred the army green (the orange looked a little, umm, burnt orangeish, for our tastes) i decided to be bold and go with the orange. which worked out, its a bright pumpkin orange. you will never loose us in a crowd!

i may be a little early here...

but i am excited! you can't blame me!

we have bedding down to two!

Babylicious Islands:
(and if its a girl, we can totally add a little hot pink in there)

or

Kidsline Willow



ugh decisions!