Making Space for Baby!

We are at week 30! Can you believe it????

Friday, Dave is painting the nursery and then we are off to a hotel for the night so I am not near the fumes.

We tried to order her nursery furniture, but of course what we wanted was out of stock online, so we hope to go pick up her crib from the store with our friends the Hills next weekend.

The only thing we haven't decided on yet, is her changing table/dresser - every time we see one, we don't like it enough to buy it - but hopefully soon we'll find the perfect fit!!!

Our next appointment is December 5th - and that same day we are scheduled to get our new living room couch and chairs. (we got a sleeper sofa for all the visitors and helpers that will be coming by next year so they would be more comfortable:))

We put a storage unit in the bathroom so that we would have space for all her bath stuff and we plan to clean out some space in our closets for some of her stuff as well! It might be a little cozy in here, but we will make space for all of us!!

The only problem we are having is that now my back hurts all the time. It's not my lower back it's kind of in the middle and it's very hard to get comfortable. Sitting at my desk at work (even with an ergonomic pillow) gets unbearable after about 3 hours, sitting on our couch is impossible unless I have 3 pillows behind my back and my feet up on an ottoman, lying down at night is even tricky because the only time it's comfortable is when I'm on my back which I'm not allowed to do for long - so it's been a challenge.

We are hoping that the new couch and chairs we are getting will be more comfortable for me, but in the meantime, I sit in our super stiff desk chair with a pillow behind my back and my feet up. I'm hoping the pain disappears as mysteriously as it appeared, but I'm assuming I'm not that lucky!

Hope all is well with you all and we'll post more updates as they come!

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25 Weeks and Knitting Projects

Here is the bump at week 25:)

Quite a difference from the last pic.

Good news is that I haven't gained any weight in the last 4 weeks (says the doctors scale) so I will just trust that they know what they are talking about!

She's certainly moving around quite a bit - so there's no doubt she's in there and making room.

Here is Sally, wearing the hooded sweater I made for the baby as well as the knitted beanie hat I made for her. The sweater is the first really complicated pattern I've ever made, and I am quite proud of it!

It's a bit big for Gerald - but we wanted to see if it would fit. It's supposed to be 3 - 6 months, so I guess she'll have to wait awhile to wear it:)

Here is a picture of the back of the sweater and the hood.

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Baby Names

Everyone wants to know what her name is.

The answer is - we don't know yet ... or do we?

We have a few names in mind, but haven't committed to anything yet and think we are going to keep it to ourselves until she comes - but we love to hear what others suggest for her and who knows, maybe your suggestion will bump to the top of our list!

Please comment here and leave us suggestions for what she should be called:)

Events

Baby girl Metcalfe has been to 3 weddings this year!

This weekend was my cousin David's wedding, where we got to see all the Inigo's!:)

It was much fun, and baby was great - she even fit into a non-maternity dress - which made mommy VERY happy:)

This is me and my cousin Jesse with the baby bump.

This was Dave and I and the mini-bump at a July 4th wedding. (same dress:))

Other than weddings, we have our M'ville Reunion coming up this weekend as well as helping the Hills move into their new house at the end of the month:)

We are also hoping to get more information on the closing of our own place soon - so we will keep you posted as we hear more!! Hope you are all well!

Getting Ready for Baby

We registered at Babies R Us and Walmart - and it was overwhelming to say the least! So many little things to think about and get ready!!

We started researching cribs and furniture for the nursery, but we don't want to order anything until everything is finalized with our Condo so we can have it all sent there and not here.

WE HAVE MOVEMENT!!!!

We started to feel her move. I had been feeling small movements for a few weeks now, but this weekend we were both able to feel and see her moving. It was kinda cool and kinda creppy at the same time. I mean to look at your stomach and see something poking from the inside... CRAZY!

We go back for more ultrasound pics next week and then we have to sign up for our labor and delivery classes.

It's all going very quickly!!!!!

Here she is!

Here she is - it's not very clear but that's her cute little nose and head:)

She's a little shy - and kept putting her hands in her face - she was sucking on her fingers too a little bit during the ultrasound.

We have to go back to get a clearer picture in 2 weeks, but the doctor said that everything looks like it's right on schedule and perfectly healthy!!!

It's a Girl!!!!!!!!!

We went for our 20 week ultrasound today and we have 10 fingers, 10 toes - a beautiful face and lots of healthy looking organs:) And the technician was able to confim that in fact, we are having a little girl!

We couldn't get a good profile shot of her face cause she kept putting her hands in front of it - but we go back in a few weeks so the technician can get some better pics of her face and her heart. (although she said the heart looks very healthy:))

Now we can start having nightmares about puberty, prom and boyfriends!

Maternity clothes shopping was fun until I had to put in the fake belly pillow to simulate how big I would be - it made me sad but it's a necessary evil!:)

Let's hope I don't get this big too soon:)