The Nursery Part II

The nursery is finished! All of the clothes, blankets, sheets, etc are washed and put away. The bassinet, swing, bouncer, and other toys are assembled and ready. And after a shopping trip last weekend to pick up the few things we were lacking, I've think we've got it all covered now, at least for the first few weeks =) Here are a few pictures:

As you can tell by the pictures, we've also picked out a name....Brayden. The middle name is still up in the air, but we've got it narrowed down to a few possibilities. The due date is less than two weeks away already, but I have a feeling it will be later than that. Hopefully not too much later though! We'll just have to wait and see...

Baby Showers

Time is flying by these days...I can't believe I am in my 36th week already! An updated "baby bump" picture is above. I'm still feeling pretty good for the most part, but I am starting to get a little more uncomfortable as the days go by. Not much longer though...

I've had two baby showers given for me the past few weeks, and I'll have one more next weekend. We are very fortunate to have so many friends & family to do this for us! A special thank you to you all. We have gotten so many wonderful gifts at these showers, all of which are needed and will be put to good use in just a few short weeks. It is unbelievable how much you need for a baby! You can see pictures from the showers by clicking here. Greg & I have an all day childbirth class scheduled for next Saturday to look forward to...that should be fun! Hopefully it won't be too traumatizing for either of us!

The house, beach, & baby names

We have been working hard on our house the past few weeks. We finished up painting in the dining room, living room & nursery. We also got the outside of the house painted, which makes it look completely different (at least it does to me). You can see pictures of our hard work (mostly Greg & his parent's hard work I should say =) ) by clicking here. We have lots more we want to do, but I think we're going to take a break for now.

We were finally able to get down to Wilmington for the day yesterday after trying to schedule it for weeks. We spent the afternoon with Catherine, Travis & Caroline at the beach. We had a great time and were very entertained by Caroline. I would love to go back before the summer is over, but I don't think that will happen. This may have been our last trip for awhile....

Baby boy Parr is doing great. He's moving around quite a bit and making sleep a little more difficult for me these days. We've been busy getting the nursery fixed up and trying to pick out a name. Greg and I didn't realize how hard that is!! Everytime we think we have one, we change our minds the next week. Hopefully we'll choose something and stick with it within the next 8 1/2 weeks? Any suggestions?? It's not too far away...the weeks are really starting to fly by now!

Update

Greg and I have been very busy the past few weeks. Skip, Bernadette & Luciana (his brother, sister-in-law, and niece) came down from NY for a long weekend visit to Greg's parents house. We really enjoyed getting to spend time with them since we don't get to see them nearly as often as we'd like! That same weekend, our 5th niece, Margo, was born to David & Gina (Leslie's brother & sister-in-law). We are so thrilled she is finally here and doing well. You can see pictures of the girls, as well as our three other nieces, by clicking the "our online photo albums" link on the left side of this page.



Other than enjoying time with all of our nieces, we've also been busy with the house. We just moved into a new house in Smithfield back in April, so we've finally started working on it a little to get it how we want it. We've painted the nursery and are now working on the dining room, which has been an adventure (our first time taking down wallpaper - we learned it's not easy!) We plan to do a few more rooms in the near future, and then maybe take a break for awhile. I'll post some pics when we get a little more work finished on the house!



Baby Parr is moving around more and more these days! Greg and I both enjoy watching & feeling his movements, although it seems like everytime Greg comes to watch, he'll stop moving! Greg has been able to catch a few kicks and rolls though. An updated "baby bump" picture taken at 27 weeks is below.
Hope everyone is doing well...we'd love to hear from you!

The Nursery

We have started working on the nursery in the past week. Greg has put together the crib and dresser / changing table. Our bedding also finally came in today after weeks of waiting. Now that it is here, we are going to pick out what color paint we want to use in the nursery. We are thinking of a pastel blue so the nursery will be more "boyish" since Greg thinks the bedding is too feminine! (I wanted something that is gender neutral for any future children) Here are some pictures of our furniture and the comforter for the crib set.

In other news, I have started working from home and love it so far! It can get a little quiet at times, but I'm sure that will change in October =) A picture of my home office is below.

Baby Bump

My belly is definitely growing more and more each week now. (A recent picture taken at 22 weeks is above). The baby is becoming more active, especially when I'm sitting still or lying down. Greg has been able to feel some kicks and the other night we could see my stomach moving for a few of the moves for the first time. It was pretty cool to see! We can't believe we are over halfway there, but October still seems so far away.

It's a boy!

We went for our 20 week ultrasound today and found out we're having a boy! We were both a little surprised because we thought for sure it was a girl (they tend to run in our families). He will be the first grandson on both sides...hopefully all of the girl cousins won't torment him too bad. Everything looks to be on track and progressing nicely...his measurements are all right where they should be at this time. Greg and I are very happy and can't wait to meet him! I am attaching two pictures from our visit for you to enjoy =) Now it's time to get started on the nursery....