Furniture...

I was hesitant to start looking for furniture for our nursery because I am still holding out hope that we will be able to move into a house on-post before the baby comes...however, I ended up getting really lucky and a friend of mine called one day to say she was getting rid of her daughter's baby furniture and wanted to know if we would like to have it. Of course I was beyond excited and took Ben over there that afternoon to pick up the crib and dresser Tara wanted to give us.

The two pieces were just perfect for the Pooh crib set that Mom had bought for me at Target and I was so excited to get it. Unfortunately we weren't ready to set it all up right away, because we still had to get rid of Ben's awful bachelor loveseat!

Well, as of now I have set up the Pooh crib and even put a bunch of the baby clothes I have purchased in the dresser. It looks just awesome and even if we do end up moving it will all be worth it!

Registering with Mom...

Of course, very soon after I found out I was pregnant I began combing pregnancy magazines and the internet to research what we are going to need for the new baby and what the best products were. I was thinking I was pretty organized...boy, was I wrong!

Mom decided to come and visit Oklahoma in September to see Ben and I and to spend some time with Baby Bump Culver (BBC). (I think she was a little jealous of one of her friends in particular who is also having a grandchild soon and spending a lot of time with her daughter) Ben and I were really excited for her to come - mostly because I knew that registering was looming over me and that getting Ben to drive to Oklahoma City for the event would have taken some serious teeth pulling. So, on the last full day Mom was here we went up to OKC to visit BabiesRUs and Target (yes, it is sad, Lawton does not even have a Target).

We arrived in OKC around 11:00 ready to shop and with my list in hand. As someone who had never been inside BabiesRUs I was very excited, but confident I would have no problem busting out what I needed to do...And then we walked in the door...

I will say this much, BabiesRUs sure knows their audience. They start us new moms off with small decisions like what kind of baby bath to buy, and what kind of bottles we want; then they bring out the big guns like two entire carseat and stroller sections as well as Pack 'n' Plays and swings...goodness gracious! I will say my saving grace for most of this was not only my mom talking me through "Do you really need that?" but a nice lady who was pushing around the stroller I was looking at and told us all about it and how you can also get the high chair, swing, and Pack 'n' Play to match...SOLD!

So, after a little over 2 hours at this monstrosity of a store we walked out with our respective purchases, a mile-long list of items, and what some would call the post-registry glow but what I would call the "I'm starving and tired and don't want to look at any more baby crap" attitude...

After it was all said and done we did register at BabiesRUs, Target, and Amazon.com.

Our Registries:

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/baby/PV4E7UZZ7V6Y

Target

http://www.target.com/registry/baby/014139700001122

BabiesRUs

http://www.toysrus.com/registry/link/index.jsp?overrideStore=TRUS&registryNumber=43013848

First Pictures of BBC

As any new mom-to-be I was super excited to get an opportunity to see our new little addition and find out how he/she was doing...Unfortunately I had heard that depending on what doctor we were assigned at the Army Hospital we may or may not get an ultrasound so early in the pregnancy. Luckily we saw a nice young doctor named Dr. Carson who said she wanted us to go down and get some pictures to get an accurate date and see how things were going. YEA!

So, one afternoon we were scheduled to go in and see the baby. When we initially scheduled the appointment they gave me an information sheet that gave instructions for the appointment - such as drinking 32 ounces of water in the hour before your appointment. At the time I thought drinking that much water would be no problem because I drink a bunch of water throughout the day...of course, you never realize how much you take the ability to pee for granted until someone takes it away...So, there we were, sitting in the waiting room waiting for our appointment...and waiting...and waiting...until I was about to BURST and then the nice lady came to call us back. I was on the exam table just long enough for the lady to find the baby and say he/she was easy to see and then she sent me to go to the restroom - thank goodness!

We ended up with the technician for almost an hour and she felt so bad for keeping us waiting that she gave us a few extra pictures. It was really cool to see the baby hanging out and moving around, even though I couldn't feel it yet, and the doctor said everything looked great.

We have another ultrasound on October 14th, so we will see the baby again then!