Tired.

I am just about out the door to go to to my last night of work this week. 4 nights in a row. With the crabbiest baby in the unit. It's been a long week! Also, I haven't seen John since Monday and it's Wednesday night now. I won't see him until tomorrow night. Weird. I will be so glad to have this week over with! In other news, Olivia is technically "viable" now. That means if I were to give birth, she would have a chance at survival in the outside world. Of course she would be in the NICU for a long long time, but it's nice to know that at this point she would have a chance. I don't want her out now though, she needs to finish cooking!

We started

Last night John got home early and we headed up to Babies R Us. It was pretty fun to go up and down the aisles scanning things we thought we would need/use. The worker at the store said we should aim at registering for 180 things. That is CRAZY! We were both tired and though we registered for plenty when it reached around 60 things. Anyway it isn't totally complete since I still need to decide on a car seat/stroller combo, but I think we got a lot of good stuff on there. We need a pack and play for our room, since she will be sleeping in our room for a while in the beginning. The one I registered for has a newborn napper and a changing table on it, which I have read are both really great when they are young. I think it will be convenient for John and I to take care of her in the night is she is close by. I also wanted to get an activity jumper thing, and of course all of them are kind of tacky and bright. Oh well.... That is probably what our house is going to turn into soon- tacky and bright baby stuff everywhere!

Right now I am starting on a target registry too. I know not everyone has access to babies r us, but target is pretty much found everywhere. I am probably going to register for similar things at both places. If I get double, I can always return for store credit or something, no big deal! I'm just doing my target one online right now, so I'm guessing a lot of the stuff will be available online only. I will haveto go to the store sometime and find stuff that they actually have in person that I like!

Registry

I think if John gets off early enough tonight, we might go up to babies R us and start our registry. I'm still not entirely sure about the car seat/stroller combo I want, but I am definitely leaning towards the Chicco cortina system. A friend at work has one and really likes it. Here is what it looks like:

I think we will probably register at Target too, but not sure when we will do that. Maybe I could just do it online... I don't know.

I got a ton of clothes again this past weekend at garage sales. She is going to very well dressed! I have been trying to keep up on washing it all and putting it away according to size. Now I have a lot of laundry to do!

How big is baby?

Weeks 21-24 (Month 5): Papaya

Watch what you say -- baby is now able to hear outside noise from down in the womb. Studies show that baby finds gentle music and your own voice most soothing. Nipples are starting to sprout, and that little face is fully formed. And, baby's starting to settle into sleep cycles, snoozing about 12 to 14 hours a day. It shouldn't be hard to figure out when -- just pay attention to those kicks as they start and stop.

I may have found it.

I couldn't copy the picture, but here is the link to it. I found it on JCPenny.com. It's more than I wanted to spend, but nto $800 at least!

http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?DeptID=62438&CatID=62709&GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=15cd878&attrtype=&attrvalue=&CMID=62438%7c62702%7c62709&Fltr=&Srt=&QL=F&IND=14&cmVirtualCat=&CmCatId=624386270262709

I will have to show it to John, but I'm sure he will like it.

Ugh.

Looking for cribs is frustrating. I found the perfect crib- at least in my mind. Perfect except for the price tag. Why does it have to be $800? UGH!

There are no ugly exposed bolts on the front, solid rails, a taller back like John wants, converts to a toddler bed and full size bed later and a nice drawer underneath! I haven't read any review on it yet, but as far as looks go it is perfect!

Here is another one I found that I like. It's about 1/2 the price as the above one. It's not quite as cute, but it is a lot cheaper.

Anyway I keep looking and looking at the same websites over and over expecting something to jump out at me. I guess it's like when you look in the fridge to see if something new has appeared that looks good to eat. I don't think it ever does though.

Deals, Deals, Deals!

Over the last few weeks I have been getting tons of deals on baby stuff! Lots and lots of clothes from garage sales- some still new with tags! Just 2 days ago I found crib bedding from pottery barn on craigslist for $80! That's a lot cheaper than most crib bedding, and definitely a lot cheap than pottery barn! The funny thing is, it's the same bedding that Madeline had for a toddler bed, so Julie has some accessories for it I can have too! So here are some pictures of the awesome deals I have gotten lately:

First is my super awsome rocking chair for kids that looks really retro. Don't look at the blue spot- that was the price sticker. It was $20, but I got it for $15!

It's in super good shape and looks really well built.

Here are some Clothes I got at that same sale. I think my grand total was $21 for everything including the chair. The clothes aren't newborn size, but they will work at some point! There is a cute owl sweater, an Oshgosh hooded sweatshirt, a sleeper and 2 onesies.

Jenny and I went garage sailing the next day, and the very first sale we went to was definitely the best! I Got all this stuff that day though, and I don't think I spent over $15. All deals on perfectly good clothes makes it hard to buy anything new! Here they are:

They are hard to see but there a ton of onesies, some shirts, sleepers, dresses... a little bit of everything! I also got myself a maternity tank top and a cute shabby chic old quilt for $2! I especially like these tiny shoes I got though:

Martini really wanted to be in the picture too, so here he is posing with the new clothes:


Last but not least, here is the bedding I found from a really nice girl on craigslist. It is called sweet strawberry, and it is from pottery barn. I saw some on ebay, and it's still selling for hundreds of dollars for less pieces!

And a close-up so you can see the pattern a little more. This is of a cute quilted pillowcase. It still has the tags attached!

I got an entire set for $80, some of it is used, but I got: a quilt, 3 fitted sheets, the quilted pillowcase, crib bumper, mobile, duvet cover (still in package), pillow case (still in package) and this canopy thing she had made with one of the sheets that has tulle and stuff to hang over a bed. I won't be using that, but maybe for a toddler it would be cute! I just looked and it seems like pottery barn actually sells those types of things too. Everything is in great condition, other than the sheets that are pretty well washed. I will probably get some plain sheets to go with. Maybe red, pink and white sets.

Anyway I will leave you with my most recent picture John took of me- I'm as big as a house! Ugh it's hard to look at... I'm not getting that cute little bump that other people get- I'm just getting super wide! Oh well...