Bunting!

Our friends Blake and Katie gave us this bunting for the cold weather, so we thought we should get it installed on our car seat so we are all ready when it comes down to drive to the hospital. It looks great! It is like a blanket so you don't need to layer the baby with warm weather clothes which could overheat her. It should work out perfect!

Bassinet

Addison's co-worker called the other day and asked if we needed a bassinet for baby b, and it was funny because Add and I were just talking about this. We weren't sure if we should get a pack n play because we didnt know if we should have her in our bedroom right away or just go straight to the crib. My first thought was just going to try the crib right away, and I think we are going to try that first. If that doesn't work then we needed a backup plan. We decided to take the bassinet just in case we will need i and we will just give it back when we are done with it! Perfect! I think it will also come in handy down in the basement when we are down there and she is just sleeping, we will see! Here is a picture of the bassinet! Our dog Zoe loves getting into the zipper part in the bottom. ha ha....

Video Monitor

We originally registered for a Sony baby monitor that was just for sound, but Addison was in charge of picking this out and he decided he would rather have a video monitor instead of just a sound monitor. We found a great deal on amazon.com for the Lorex Live Snap Video Monitor. The brand Lorex actually is more known for security cameras, so we thought it would be a safe bet that this would work pretty well. It also has night vision so you can watch her even during the dark in our bedroom. Pretty cool!

Here are some pics of the camera, we hung it right by the bed for the best angle. The monitor we placed in our bedroom on the night stand and it is portable so you can take it with you around the house or if you go away for the weekend. Should come in very handy!

37 weeks!

Here is my 37 week picture! I just had my weekly dr's appt last Thursday and she said I was 4 cm dilated and 75% effaced, so I could pretty much go anytime! I don't think it will be soon though or some reason....maybe at the end of next week. We will see, she still seems pretty high in my belly (up by my ribs). I will keep you all posted!

Driving on...

Addison and I knew it was about time to get a new car before baby b would be coming into our lives well because our 1999 Oldsmobile was about on her last leg and we wanted to make sure we had a safe vehicle to bring home the baby in. We still have our Jeep Grand Cherokee, but we needed a reliable car as well. We had been looking for a car for about the last four months. We knew that we wanted to get a Toyota Camry. Last month we had a guy looking for us and he found one at an auction in Kansas City and it had all of the specifications that we wanted. We decided to put a bind on it and we got it! We got to pick it up about three weeks ago. It drives great and the best thing it has automatic start for these cold Iowa winters! Here are a few pics, sorry not the best quality!

Belly Pics

Addison and I had belly pictures taken the day after Christmas when I was 30 weeks along. My cousin Cori is a photographer. Her website is: corisauerphoto.com and she took all of these pictures for us! She did a great job! Here are a few of them for you all to see!

36 weeks!

Hello everyone! Happy Saturday! I am spending this quiet Saturday night at home with my feet up! Trying to relax and enjoy these last quiet nights while I can! :) Here is my 36th week belly picture! Feeling good still -- starting to get a little "heavy" in the belly but she is still very high and all up in my ribs so I don't think she will want to come out any time soon. I have one more week of work, then I have two weeks off before my due date. I am just hoping she can at least last one more week, then I won't have to worry about my water breaking at work!!

Also my hospital bag is all packed and ready to go and we have the car seat bases in both cars so we are set! It is hard to decide what to pack for the hospital but we do have some essentials that we will need:

- camera/video camera

- ipod w/ a hospital "playlist" (I wanted to put Salt n Pepa's "Push It" on the list, but Addison thought that was dumb, LOL.

- comfy pants/top to come home in

- newborn outfit for the baby including a hat for this cold weather (I have 3 outfits coming with me because I'm not sure which one I am going to use)

- receiving blankets for the baby

- headband for the baby (for cute pics right away!!)

- Sleep sheep (this is a gift I received at one of my showers. The nurses will place this with her in the nursery at the hospital and it is suppose to help with sleep since she will have it w/ her from day one).

- lanolin breast cream (I know that this sounds gross, but I heard from multiple people not to forget this and this will become my best friend in the hospital and at home to help with soreness, etc)

- Jolly Ranchers (sour) to help with keeping my mouth wet during labor

- toiletries for showering

- nursing sleeping bra

- hair ties/head band

- cell phone charger

I am sure I am missing something on this list that I actually did pack as well but that is some of the stuff!! Also I heard bringing your own pillow with a cute pillow case so it will enhance pictures. I thought that was a good idea!