Pictures

His first piggy bank that my mom got him. It is sitting on top of his chest of drawers. Somehow I managed not to get a full picture of the drawers.

We decided to go with ribbon and hand his name at a angle.

His crib and bedding.

This is the view from the doorway. We plan to add a rocker or glider in the corner showing and can't decided if we want long curtains or not. Opinions are welcomed!

If someone out there has an easier way to add pictures to a post, please help. When I tried to add them to the last post, they all went to the top. and I wanted them at the bottom and wasn't able to move them!! Hope you enjoyed the room thus far as much as we do!

Let the decorating begin....

We ( well mostly Eric) have been working on little Brody's room this week. I really wish I would have taken before pictures because it doesn't even look the same. Before the room had a home gym, treadmill, gun cabinet, all of Eric's guitars and accessories for them. The room was kind of a catch all area for when we didn't have room for something. Now the room has new baseboard, new ceiling fan, new paint and of course now occupies all the things waiting for the arrival of our precious baby boy.

Picking out furniture wasn't a hard task for us, but deciding on bedding was!! We didn't like the so called "themed" rooms that are available for little boys but without those, there isn't much to choose from. We finally picked one and then it was off to pick out paint....another tedious task for us. But we decided on a chocolate brown with cream trim and it looks fabulous!! We knew we wanted to paint his name but had long discussions on how to hang them... on ribbon, on the wall, straight, diagonal, over the crib and the list went on and on. All decisions behind us with my husband hard at work this week, our nursery has a whole new look and we LOVE IT!!! I find myself going in and just standing around imagining our little boy in there one day soon. Here are some pictures, and I really hope I get them where I want this time.

Going to the Chapel.....

No, I'm not going to the chapel but one of my best friends since junior high did and the day was beautiful! My friend Amanda got married yesterday and we has a wonderful day of brunch/shower, hair, food, laughs and a wonderful ceremony. The weather was going to be a test for the day but you know what they say...rain on your wedding day brings good luck for you marriage. It was sunny and nice outside for the most part of the day. Right at the end of the reception as she and Chayne started to head out, the rain came and it brought some cool temperatures that were not welcomed here on the first day of Spring. All in all, the day was perfect with no mishaps and all of our dresses fit for the most part. My dress could have been a little better but with my every changing body, you never know how you're going to look when you wake up in the morning. So congratulations Chayne and Amanda!!! Now we are looking forward to their little girl Emma Rose to arrive in July. Of course we think Emma and Brody should date and get married too...but not for a long long time!!

Eric and I registered for Baby Brody this past week and it was so fun. Being first time parents we have NOTHING and really aren't sure what all we need so hopefully we put some good things on our lists and those things that we missed will be picked up by those experienced mom and dads who know the ins and outs of parenting necessities. We registered at Babies R Us and Target and picked out our bedding/color scheme for the room which will be a lime green and brown. Now we are ready to get started!! I went to the doctor this week as well and Dr. Deed says every looks great and right on track. Brody's HR was 144 and Eric was able to listen this time, so it was a special moment for him. I on the other hand have gained 4lbs since first finding out we were expecting but the doctor said that was fine was well. I asked how much I should gain from here on out and she said 3/4 to 1lb a week...WOW, that would be a lot of weight for my 5 ft body to hold seeing as how I still have 22 weeks to go!! Today starts week 18 by the way!!

Off to get ready for church now, hopefully I will get some pictures up from the wedding soon, if I can figure it out. Seeing from my last post I was not successful in getting them where I wanted....help on this is welcome!!

WE'RE GOING.......

Well we had our appointment at Baby Views and we are definitely GOING BLUE!!!! There we had it up on the screen, our little baby boy who will now be called Brody Cole. It was such a surreal moment to see his little body that actually looked like a body now. The last two ultrasound I had, he just looked like a little peanut but not anymore. Brody is now 6inches long and weighs around 5oz according to all of his measurements. We have a very healthy baby boy who likes to move around like crazy. I'm not sure he stayed still the entire ultrasound which could be setting up for some interesting times for Mommy when she able to feel all of the movements. The lady checked for so many things including: his spine, four heart chambers, club feet, ten fingers and ten toes, bladder and stomach both with fluid in them, diaphram, three vessel umbilical cord, cerebellum, kidneys and even more measurements I can't think of anymore. The good news was; everything looked GREAT!!! She kept calling him a big boy so I'm a little nervous about his size but hopefully he won't be too big. I am currently 16 weeks and he is measuring to be due August 23 now.

All in all I have been feeling pretty well. I have started to show now and am feeling the ups and downs of my clothes not quite fitting. I did however get some really cute maternity clothes that I will be wearing before I know it. My sinuses have still been bothering me here and there but are bearable. We got little Brody his first pair of shoes and they may be the cutest little things I have ever seen. I can't wait for him to be here but I know he still has lots of growing to do inside Mommy for now so I am ok with that. I'll leave you with some pictures from his ultrasound.

Countdown to March 9th

So in just 8 days Eric and I will be finding out what we are having and I can hardly contain my excitement!! I had been wondering how long we would have to wait because in the books I've read say that you can find out at 16 weeks, however I'm been told that a lot of doctors choose to wait till closer to twenty. We go back to the doctor on March 17th and I will be seventeen weeks, and I was pretty sure they would make me wait until our appointment in April. So I talked to a friend who uses the same doctor as I do and she told me about baby views, here in Little Rock. www.babyviews.com She used them on both of her babies and found out what she was having at sixteen weeks and then went back for the 4D ultrasound later in the pregnancy. The 4D was also something I knew I wanted to do. Eric and I checked out the website, spoke with the company and will be going for our 2D ultrasound on March 9th and will find out the sex of Baby T. We already have names picked out for either or, so this will make it official and baby will no longer have to be called "baby".

Our name choices are.....

Boy: Brody Cole, Cole being my mothers maiden name

Girl: Chloe Lane , Lane being my great-grandmothers last name

Those are the names we have picked from the start and I hope that neither of us change our minds at the last minute. On another note, I think I have reached a point where my belly has began to grow a little bit every night. I woke up yesterday morning and looked down to see quite the pooch. My clothes still fit for the most part but I see maternity clothes in my near future.

Keep a lookout for our big announcement next week to see if we will be going PINK or going BLUE. My fingers are crosses to go PINK and my husbands are crosses for going BLUE. But of course, we both really just care to have a strong healthy baby and healthy rest of the pregnancy. Pink or Blue will be fine for either of us!