Well yesterday turned out good- two more things checked off our list. We met with a pediatrician and toured the office, and it was so much fun. There were separate waiting rooms for sick, well visits, and newborns. There is a train that runs around over your head throughout the offices, and everything is so kid friendly. When your done with your appointment they give the kids a sticker or an icey pop, or if you get a shot you get a treat from the treasure chest. The staff seems really friendly, and the doctor we met seemed really nice and willing to work with you if you want to go on your own vaccination schedule- which was important to us. He will also come to our hospital after the birth- another plus.
They are also open 7 days a week and try to keep you from having to go to the emergency room. That's a huge plus right there. They also have a lactation consultant for breast feeding which is another plus.
So have we made a decision? No, we would like to visit 1 or 2 more to get a perspective, but we were impressed. What's even funnier is the the other two couples there were from our birthing class- how funny is that!
We also headed out to our second consignment and walked away with some good finds. No furniture yet, which was disappointing, but we still have time. I saw a great dresser and crib there in fabulous condition but hesitated...then this other couple came up behind us and took them. I was a little irritated because there always seems to be that 'one' couple that swoops in for the deals you know? I am learning you have to be quick at these things, but at the same time if I'm not ready to buy I won't!
What did we pick up? This time, not as many clothes but a few outfits, it seemed that the clothes were higher priced- I won't pay $8 for a onesie, even if it is ralph lauren. I don't care about name brands so much, just quality. Although we did find a cute outfit- and I think it's polo, but it was $4.
We found some fabulous wood toys though, some books, socks, blankets, burp clothes and a styling hat.
I'll have to take some pictures- I have yet to get our home computer back from Apple, so hopefully this weekend. I have pictures of some of my favorite finds from last time too. So tonight I get to go home and do some more laundry, and clean the pieces to the wood toys we found. One is a Noah's ark set, and one is a farm set. We also found this adorable timeless toy that is a little giraffe you sit on and it has wheels- I'll have to take a picture. We aren't big on plastic light up and musical toys that are cheaply made and fade. I love toys that are classic and last and offer more for the imagination. I used to imagine all sorts of stories when I was little, playing make believe with little more than the outdoors. I would love for our son to be creative in that respect.
So it's nice to be checking things off our list one at a time! Now to check off this work day!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Thursday
We have a busy day today, but it should be fun...
Last night I slept pretty good, going to bed at 10:00. Boy I'm getting old, j/k I'm just pregnant! I usually pass out a few times on the couch, but since it's affecting my ligaments (painfully) I can't lay on our couch anymore. I have to lay on a flat surface or with my body pillow. So I opted to read in bed, which turned into turning out the light and going to sleep! I am really going to have to practice good posture from here on out. I even brought in my exercise ball to sit on periodically throughout the workday. If you don't have an exercise ball get one! They are great for taking pressure off your pelvis, opening up your hips and in the end for laboring on. (great for side stretching too) Just be sure you invest in the higher quality ones that don't 'pop', but if punctured deflate slowly- just in case. Jonah and I purchased our own (for our individual height and weight) when we started our training we bought them and have used them for so many exercises and stretches. It's worth the purchase!
But that was a rabbit trail...We have our first pediatrician appointment tonight and I'm eager to meet him as he's come highly recommended. Then we have our second consignment sale! Yeah! I registered early for this one as well, so as a new mom I get to go with Jonah a day early. I already have my list and I just need to update it from last time.
It will be a long day and I'll be busy at work today too, but I know we'll have fun.
Happy Thursday!
Last night I slept pretty good, going to bed at 10:00. Boy I'm getting old, j/k I'm just pregnant! I usually pass out a few times on the couch, but since it's affecting my ligaments (painfully) I can't lay on our couch anymore. I have to lay on a flat surface or with my body pillow. So I opted to read in bed, which turned into turning out the light and going to sleep! I am really going to have to practice good posture from here on out. I even brought in my exercise ball to sit on periodically throughout the workday. If you don't have an exercise ball get one! They are great for taking pressure off your pelvis, opening up your hips and in the end for laboring on. (great for side stretching too) Just be sure you invest in the higher quality ones that don't 'pop', but if punctured deflate slowly- just in case. Jonah and I purchased our own (for our individual height and weight) when we started our training we bought them and have used them for so many exercises and stretches. It's worth the purchase!
But that was a rabbit trail...We have our first pediatrician appointment tonight and I'm eager to meet him as he's come highly recommended. Then we have our second consignment sale! Yeah! I registered early for this one as well, so as a new mom I get to go with Jonah a day early. I already have my list and I just need to update it from last time.
It will be a long day and I'll be busy at work today too, but I know we'll have fun.
Happy Thursday!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
consignment #1
It's Friday once again and I'm grateful for the close to another week. Last night Jonah and I went to a baby consignment sale we had signed up for months ago. It arrived so quickly it made us realize how quickly time is going by- our baby will be here before we know it. But we had signed up early so we could go to the special- New moms shop early day, that is open the night before the regular sale. It was so much fun, and we walked away with some great deals! I found some sleepers, onesies, a pair of shoes, a couple of older age outfits (too cute, who can beat a three piece outfit for $3?), some hooded towels, a really nice receiving blanket, socks, a brand new breast pump (the brand I had wanted in my BB book! retails for $40, I got for $10), a couple of maternity clothes for cheap- great for spring, a collection of 3 brand new 'baby' cd's that have classical music, Babywise($1), and Jonah also found a tool set by Melissa and Doug, and a nice french easle w/ folded stool for $9- can't beat that, random too! He's convinced our son will be an artist :) I will have to post some pictures of the adorable things we found. I loved looking through the clothes, and thought about our little tiny baby in them. We tried to look for some bigger things like a dresser, but my goodness you have to get their early and quickly scope out your finds before they are taken away. Those ladies are fast at those sales!!! We are fortunate to live in such a metropolitan area where there a quite a few baby consignment sales around here. I am signed up for 2 more, one being next Thursday another in the spring. There's yet another one near our home on Saturday. I know we won't have a problem getting what we need. Which is the important part what we need and not all the wants. We have friends that have been so generous with their own supplies- we now have 3 bouncy seats, two bathtubs, a bassinet, 2 pack and plays (we bought our own off Craigslist) and many more things acquired by the generosity of others. One of our friends just drove over with a carload of stuff ready to give away to us!
I truly am thankful for friends and families generosity and how much God continues to provide for us. It's so much fun to shop consignment though, it's like finding hidden treasures and the feeling of getting such a bargain is worth it.
Hopefully I can post some pics soon...but we'll see! Busy weekend ahead working with our youth group.
Happy Friday!
I truly am thankful for friends and families generosity and how much God continues to provide for us. It's so much fun to shop consignment though, it's like finding hidden treasures and the feeling of getting such a bargain is worth it.
Hopefully I can post some pics soon...but we'll see! Busy weekend ahead working with our youth group.
Happy Friday!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Classes
It's been a busy couple of weeks for us. Our Bradley (birthing) class we've been taking has been on an accelerated schedule because our instructor has an unplanned surgery on March 1. The good news is we get all 12 sessions of our class done earlier, the bad news is we've been busy at class 3 times a week. But it's not really bad news, just keepin' us busy. We have really really enjoyed them too. I don't know why more couples don't take Bradley. I know having a natural birth is like a bad word to some people, but the classes have been the most informative and interesting thing....I couldn't possibly have learned all of it by reading a few books or talking with friends. I think just knowing about the pros and cons to all the procedures and things that happen in labor and at the hospital has given us a peace about everything. Giving birth is no small task and it's such a fearful thing to a lot of women, which is why they schedule a c-section automatically or don't even consider going drugless.
I'm not closing my mind to natural vs. medicated, I understand that circumstances arise that may require an epidural or a c-section. But my own personal decision leaves me with a peace. I think the greatest mistake we make going into the hospital is not being informed and just leaving it up to the medical staff to make the best decision. When it comes to your own family I think you should try to learn as much as you can.
Granted this comes with prayer and careful consideration, since some people get so overwhelmed at all the info out there. This class helped us narrow down and focus on what we needed to. It's amazing how many websites, magazines, books- and advice from other moms can make your head spin.
So we are on our last classes now and it's kind of sad. It's been fun getting to know the other couples that are going through the same experience and talking with them and sharing the same fears or doubts.
I do hope to stay in touch with them as they go through their own birth stories. I think we have found some new friends.
It's a journey, going through a pregnancy. Our vocabulary has already changed, and we are familiar with things we never talked about before- like onesies, safety ratings on carseats, latching on, first stage, transition, second stage, hep-lock, intermittent monitoring, boppies, slings, ultimate crib sheet, receiving blankets...and the list goes on.
I can look back and see how much we've learned in these 6 months, and we've 3 more to go! I am so thankful God allows us this time period to learn and grow together and that we don't just have a baby in a week's time. I'm having so much fun learning about things, and it only makes me more excited to meet this little boy who's been kicking and twisting around. I just want to say- "We are learning these things for you little guy!"
I'm not closing my mind to natural vs. medicated, I understand that circumstances arise that may require an epidural or a c-section. But my own personal decision leaves me with a peace. I think the greatest mistake we make going into the hospital is not being informed and just leaving it up to the medical staff to make the best decision. When it comes to your own family I think you should try to learn as much as you can.
Granted this comes with prayer and careful consideration, since some people get so overwhelmed at all the info out there. This class helped us narrow down and focus on what we needed to. It's amazing how many websites, magazines, books- and advice from other moms can make your head spin.
So we are on our last classes now and it's kind of sad. It's been fun getting to know the other couples that are going through the same experience and talking with them and sharing the same fears or doubts.
I do hope to stay in touch with them as they go through their own birth stories. I think we have found some new friends.
It's a journey, going through a pregnancy. Our vocabulary has already changed, and we are familiar with things we never talked about before- like onesies, safety ratings on carseats, latching on, first stage, transition, second stage, hep-lock, intermittent monitoring, boppies, slings, ultimate crib sheet, receiving blankets...and the list goes on.
I can look back and see how much we've learned in these 6 months, and we've 3 more to go! I am so thankful God allows us this time period to learn and grow together and that we don't just have a baby in a week's time. I'm having so much fun learning about things, and it only makes me more excited to meet this little boy who's been kicking and twisting around. I just want to say- "We are learning these things for you little guy!"
Monday, February 22, 2010
Registering
I didn't realize it would take so long. It was fun though. Baby registering. I am not sure what the time frame is for when you are supposed to register but I'm so glad we did at this point in the pregnancy. I am at 6 months now and my energy lately has been in leaps and bounds. I get what I think is little sleep in the night but still wake up early ready to go! Jonah mentioned to me as we were out trekking through the stores- you are definitely in your second trimester!
But we got up early Saturday- well I did anyways. And we got to Babies R us at around 10 or so. I thought we'd be done in a couple hours....well three hours later we finished. Then we headed to Target to register for a few things there too.
It was fun though! My poor hubby did an intense leg workout the day before though, so he suffered through sore stiff legs with all the walking we did. But he got to 'shoot' the items with the little gun, so I know he had fun- and even surprised me with some interesting items on our registry (we deleted later).
It helped that we did have a pretty good list of things we needed as opposed to just randomly wandering around all the millions of baby items and scanning anything and everything. We tried to pick things we really needed but we did do a few fun items, like little teeny infant booties with rattles on them, too cute.
Overall it was a lot of fun, regardless of how long it took. And we were so glad we went early, by the time we were leaving it was hopping with screaming kids and pregnant moms- the reason I don't really like to go there usually ever.
So it's nice to have that done, and as I was saying I'm glad we did it at this point in the pregancy because of my energy- I can't imagine being huge and getting swollen feet and walking around for hours in the store, I can imagine that would be exhausting.
Now onto everything else that needs to be done....no problem. I can hardly believe it's already the end of February!
But we got up early Saturday- well I did anyways. And we got to Babies R us at around 10 or so. I thought we'd be done in a couple hours....well three hours later we finished. Then we headed to Target to register for a few things there too.
It was fun though! My poor hubby did an intense leg workout the day before though, so he suffered through sore stiff legs with all the walking we did. But he got to 'shoot' the items with the little gun, so I know he had fun- and even surprised me with some interesting items on our registry (we deleted later).
It helped that we did have a pretty good list of things we needed as opposed to just randomly wandering around all the millions of baby items and scanning anything and everything. We tried to pick things we really needed but we did do a few fun items, like little teeny infant booties with rattles on them, too cute.
Overall it was a lot of fun, regardless of how long it took. And we were so glad we went early, by the time we were leaving it was hopping with screaming kids and pregnant moms- the reason I don't really like to go there usually ever.
So it's nice to have that done, and as I was saying I'm glad we did it at this point in the pregancy because of my energy- I can't imagine being huge and getting swollen feet and walking around for hours in the store, I can imagine that would be exhausting.
Now onto everything else that needs to be done....no problem. I can hardly believe it's already the end of February!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Bedding
I have been looking up various bedding options for our little boy and granted we don't have a crib yet, it never hurts to look! I had an idea of what I'd like and of course it would come from an expensive boutique, with high end fabrics. I'm not a big puppy dog, Disney character, animation and choo choo train kinda gal, I don't like 'themes' really at all. I guess it's the designer in me, I like a more versatile grown up style overall. So when I found this bedding I realize it is a theme. I'm still not going for a theme, but I love the colors in this bedding, and I love the mobile, because it's all whales-one of my favorite things.
So here are some photos of it- I think we will add it to our registry for now since we don't have our crib yet!
So here are some photos of it- I think we will add it to our registry for now since we don't have our crib yet!
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