Breakfast time!

Mitch is truly a wonderful husband! Our new thing is to get up and make breakfast together--and I'm talking a legit breakfast! Mitch has decided that since we'll have kids soon, we really need to get our "Saturday Morning" breakfast perfected. So now he has bacon, eggs over medium, scrambled, biscuits, and cinnamon toast ready for whatever our kids' hearts desire. He does it all, I just made the toast. It's fun and surprisingly we work well in the kitchen together! Yay! So just thought y'all would love to see my chef of a husband!

Hi.

Hello, I guess it's update time. Mitch and I have just been hanging around just like an old married couple. We play a few games of Skip Bo before we go to bed, and we play it nicely. No taunting or cheating involved. Haha Also I'm still working on my wall, this is as far as I've gotten. Oh and of course Mitch and I are getting things ready for the baby. We've registered and toured the hospital. We're really excited about the hospital, it's small but nice. The staff are mostly nurses that have been there for 20+ years. So it's not like a bunch of new nurses or students. We felt very comfortable there. We've also scheduled our birthing class and another tour so we can go ahead and pre-register and get a lot of the paperwork started. Mitch and I are super excited about the baby shower and I can't wait to see everyone. The only other baby thing we've bought is a pair of overalls. They are a cute reminder of what's coming. The cribfinallyfeels like it's supposed to be here. Oh and I found some awesome Dr. Seuss books at the antique store. It's a collection of 12 different stories and they were only $9! Those books are expensive. We also bought Beauty and the Beast on DVD, trying to get the essential Disney movies for Nate. We're so excited about Nate--and I'm getting impatient. I want him here so bad. First, because I can't wait to meet him and be a mom--and second, because he does this like quick two step in my belly which feels really weird or he pushes and stretches and I loose my breath. So we're just really ready for him to get here! I'm sure once he's here I'll be wishing I still had a few months to get ready, but oh well. I'm just excited to see Mitch and I as parents. I know he'll be a wonderful daddy. And he'll have his new little buddy to hang out with and eventually teach him to play baseball and all sorts of things. Ahh, I just can't wait. Well, we love you guys and miss you bunches!

Some more decorating.

Because I love my husband, I decorated our bathroom in Alabama. It'll be awhile before he gets his "man cave." So at least he has a spot to express his love of the Crimson Tide. Also, I have this wall I've been staring at for some time now. I'm sure there was something normal I could have hung on it, but I got bored. So I just started to paint on it. Not sure what it's going to turn out to look like, but I'm working on it. Again, Mitch likes it because it makes me so happy to be able to color on our walls. He's so sweet to me. I have a feeling it's going to take awhile to finish because being so close to the wall concentrating on a bunch of swirls tend to make you dizzy. :)

Update.

Hello! Well, I finally got a rocking chair! It was the one Brandy used for Mitch and Cody. I'm super excited about getting everything together. It's a bit of a squeeze to get it all in the "baby's room," but it all fits. Now I just need to figure out what to put on the walls above Baby Nate's crib. Also, I finally picked out some colors for our bed. Mitch is okay with the purple sheets, because they make me so happy. And now I just need to paint something to go above our bed. Then everything will be finished in the bedroom. I can't wait. I'm still so excited about having the house decorated and ready to welcome the baby home.

I'm a BOY!

Yay! Mitch and I got what we wanted! We were so excited to see our little baby boy spread eagle and wiggling around. He's healthy and very active! The doctor said he was very photogenic, just like his parents! :) He's 10 oz and has all the correct organs and bones in all the correct places. Oh and he also has a wonderful aortic artery. So apparently all is perfect. We're still trying to come up with names. Even though we know it's a boy, we're nowhere closer on finding a name. So baby Uno will probably have a few more months of a nameless existence. Well, I'm excited to see everyone and I should be there Monday night! Love you guys!

Mitch's new toy.

My living room has turned into a basketball court. Mitch, Cody and Mufasa are definitely putting the NBA to shame. Mufasa is a right little Air Bud. It's hilarious.

Baby Crib

Yes! :) We now have a crib and we're ready to rock and roll! It was hilarious getting it home. I went around the back to pick it up in my tiny car and this big black guy tried everything to get it to fit. I was trying to help, but he wouldn't let me even push the box because I'm pregnant. So he said they could hold it until I had someone with a truck come pick it up, but I wanted it home that night. I asked if they had some rope, he said yep--so I told him to throw it on top and I'll tie it down. He looks at me like I'm crazy, but throws it up there. Well, due to liability he isn't allowed to help me tie it down. So even though he wouldn't let me touch the box due to my pregnancy--he stands there for the next 30 minutes watching me jump on and off my car in the freezing cold tying down the box with the 5 pieces of string he gave me. I am so thankful for my dad being who he is because I am completely capable of tying something down with limited resources. The man was afraid to let me drive off, so I put on a heavy Southern accent and told him it's just like tying down a kayak and not to worry. He didn't look like he knew what a kayak was, but he let me go. Haha. Of course I got home with no problem. Mitch got home and we went to work. It was very easy to put together, but Mufasa didn't seem to keen about it. He kept laying under it and getting in the way while we were trying to put it together. Oh well, he'll have to get used to it. I love the crib, it's dark brown and simple. We didn't want one of the big decorative ones. But I tell you, the crib sure has a presence. I was trying to read in the room, and I swear the crib was just staring at me! It just has this look that says "I'm going to change your life forever and you've only got the next 5 months to get ready for it, haha!" I just sat there and stared back at it. It's weird. I mean it just looks almost harmless right now, but in a few months--that crib is going to be holding a future voter. It's truly a wonderful, but terrifying thought.