Babies Wish List and a peek into his new room!

Many of you have asked where we are registered so we've taken the plunge and created a baby registry.

This is only a wish list of the little guy to come. Hopefully, it can serve as a guide to our friends and family wanting to help us get started being parents! We appreciate the support you have all shown for our new baby, although gifts are not expected.

Babies R Us.

Registry Number:44722562

Here's the link:

http://www.toysrus.com/registry/search/index.jsp?_flowExecutionKey=_c352A8735-F3C0-70CF-90B8-04A647D25F02_k5A19FB9D-22DF-2FA5-98CE-21637BF618C9&overrideStore=TRUS

Also, many have asked about how the baby room will be decorated so I tried taking some pictures.

I should have believed all the photographers that say never take pictures at night- the colors DO become all distorted!

The nursery colors are a whimsy green (" lemongrass" by Behr), chocolate brown and baby blue.

The chocolate tiger striped fabric will be paired with the baby blue polka dot and trimmed with a green. This combo is planned for the crib bedding and curtains. I know...it sounds a little out there but it paints a wonderful picture in my pregnant lady head - if I can just get it to transpose into real life!

It will hopefully all blend great with the already finished 'sky' ceiling and all of the white built-ins!

It'll make this little boy the coolest thing to hit Rural Hall; next to his Daddy!

21.5 Week Update

Daddy felt little man kick last night for the first time! WooHoo!

Here's my info:

By the way...no that's not a bruise just more bad photography :)

Weight gain thus far on the home scales: 14lbs

Belly circumference: 39inches at the navel

Stretch marks: None

Feeling the baby: Everyday- mostly after I eat or when relaxing

Belly button: Itchy sometimes but still in & holding strong

Swelling: None unless I work like a man renovating the kitchen

Heartburn: No real heart "burn" - just some un settling

Varicose veins/skin tags/other nasties: a couple of little skin tags - NOT GOOD!

Overall comfort level: Pretty dang good!

Where We've Been.....

We recently took on the larger than expected task of replacing our kitchen counter tops. This started around mid November- or the time of the last blog post- and is just now coming to an end. We had old 4x4 white ceramic tiles that had yellowed and became brittle. We both hated them and after much deliberation we chose to replace with granite tile.

Our weekends have gone something like this...

It started out with tear out and replacement of the old stuff. We left our mark...

In more ways than one!

Ha! We tried to cut a corner and not empty out the cabinets and drawers below. Ooops - more work made or us by us! Saw dust is EVERYWHERE!

To spare you all of more bad photography skills I'll jump to the good stuff; the way it looks today. There's still more work to be done but we are just thankful that we survived our first major renovation!

2009 has brought all new appliances to our kitchen, including the "Mac-Daddy" new stove I bought last week. Last week also included installation of the new sink, faucet and finally a disposal. I just -HEART- it! I'll love it even more when it's 100% finished. Speacial thanks to Mr. Kettering Cottage for bringing all of his A Game handy man skills.