Baby Name Meanings...

For those who have recently asked if we knew the meanings of the names we have chosen...we did. Here they are...

Katelyn:

The name Katelyn comes from the English origin. In English, the meaning of the name Katelyn is: Pure

Grace:

The name Grace comes from the English origin. In English, the meaning of the name Grace, derived from the Latin 'gratia', means: God's favor.

And I was doing SO well...

Dear baby Katelyn,

One thing you will learn about your mommy is that I LOVE (do not underestimate the caps usage here) chocolate. I would eat it every day, if allowed. But this was before you came along. When I found out I was pregnant, it was as if, by a miracle of Jesus Himself, I suddenly no longer craved chocolate, in any way, shape, or form. However, since Christmas (interestingly, the birth of Jesus - so maybe He was allowing me to celebrate? Hmm?) I started "tasting" chocolate again in some of the goodies we received at work and had at family events. Sadly, I believe this was the beginning of what is happening more frequently now. The desire for chocolate, it seems, has returned. It's not an all day craving, or every day need...but I do find myself thinking more about having this sweet, yummy, delicious creation, you too some day will have the joy of experiencing, on a more regular basis than before. I do fight the urge most days...but if you could only see the lovely desserts they make at the deli in mommy's office building. I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to please do whatever you need to do in there to help mommy out with this. Not sure if it's you, or Jesus, or the hormones, but this urge has to be curbed ASAP. Mommy has yet to take her 1 hour glucose test and I need to pass that so I won't be subjected to a three hour test!

That is all for now. I love you (even when you kick my bladder and almost make me pee at my desk at work),

Mommy

Baby Bedding...

I uploaded a pic of the bedding we bought from E-Bay...it's Anabel bedding by JoJo. The pic looks more pink but in person, it's actually a deep peach, which was not really what I wanted, but it will look nice in the room. You can't beat the price of the set, we got a deal! We got 9 pieces with our set (no lamp, no wall hearts and no mobile), and once we get that set up this weekend after the crib is delivered, I'll post pics hopefully of our finished nursery. :)

Fun stuff coming this week!

Shawn and his dad painted the nursery Sunday afternoon. It's a khaki color and goes with the bedding we received this weekend via Fed Ex (thanks to E-Bay). I'll post a pic once the nursery is completely done, but it looks great with the armoire and dresser already in it. We actually have a nursery now and not just a room that will be a nursery. lol!

We are having our carpets cleaned throughout the whole house this Wednesday - yay!

We sold our sofa sectional and ottoman and our new leather furniture (sofa, love seat and rocker/recliner (hallelujiah!)) will be delivered on Thursday. Can't wait!

And Saturday, our crib will be delivered! I'll wash the bedding this week and hopefully we can get a lot done this weekend so I can post pictures on Monday.

We have to register this weekend. We have two showers scheduled for March, so it needs to be done soon! We're registering at Target and Babies 'R Us. We are sure this is going to take ALL DAY! LOL! But it will be fun! (I'll pack some water and snacks just in case! ha ha!)

Things are moving along!! This past Sunday 1/25 marks 22 weeks! :)

A gift for baby and our shopping purchases from last night!

Today when I got to work...a girl in our accounting department gave our baby girl a gift. She knitted a baby blanket!! I totally cried, and so did she! I love it! It's sooooo very soft. She insisted it is to be used and should not sit around as a decoration. I promised to use it! It's beautiful!

So Shawn took me to dinner last night to celebrate the news of our baby girl. Afterward, he suggested we go 'look' for 'girl' stuff; ha ha! I was ready to just 'look' but he insisted on getting a cart and doing some shopping - lol! He is so excited and it was so cute. We ended up with 3 outfits (he picked out 2 of the three outfits), 10 onesies and a "baby" bible books set (also his pick). ADORABLE!!

We had our BIG ULTRASOUND today...

We've decided to name her Katelyn Grace :)

Baby is weighing about 15 ounces right now and her heart rate was 161. She was very active this morning and moving around a lot. She is breech/breach (head up/feet down) right now and it's no wonder I experienced my first bladder kick last week. (Interesting.) I'm starting to feel more movement of late, and now I know why. She's quite the little squirmer in there!

Please pray that Baby Katelyn stays put. I had a cone biopsy years ago which they said would affect my cervix. Last appointment, my cervix measured 3.5 today it measured 2.54. The lowest cutoff is 2.4 so I'm very close to that. As such, they've started me on progesterone to make sure my cervix stays closed. I'll go back in next week to be checked again. For now, I can't do any lifting, major activity, vacuuming, etc. (Good thing Shawn already vacuums! ha ha!) Please keep us in your prayers!

Thanks for all of your love, support and well wishes - they mean so much to us both!!

::mini freak out::

Oh MY GOSH we're having a baby girl! LOL!

20 weeks - we've made it halfway!!

"Baby's digestive system is busy creating meconium (a tarry black substance made of swallowed amniotic fluid, digestive secretion and dead cells), which will fill the first diaper after birth. And, speaking of the diaper situation... baby's genitals are now fully formed!"

Good news, since our big ultrasound is on Thursday this week!! We will finally get to find out what we're having. As for the diapers mentioned above, I was told that newborns can go through between 9 and 12 diapers a day. Say you average 10 a day in the first month...that's 300 diapers! HOLY COW! Fun, fun! :)

Baby is now the size of...
a cantaloupe! WOW!

18w5d belly pic...

We got STUFF!!!!

So New Year's Day was eventful! We bought a pack'n play! We set it up at my parent's house (since my now retired mom will be taking care of baby next year) and will borrow it if/when we travel. I love itThis is the bedding set that was gifted to Shawn and I! We got the comforter, bumper, dust ruffle, fitted sheet, diaper stacker and valance. Too cute!!

And last but defintely not least...

We were also gifted our Cribs4Life Crib!! We ordered this one in the honey color (since we have a huge matching dresser that can be used) and got a changing pad that will bolt on to our existing dresser. It's great!! We love, love, love our crib!

Now, after 1/15 when we find out what we're having, we'll pick a paint color for the nursery. Very exciting!