May 11th

The big date is set. We go in at 11:00 AM for our ultrasound on May 11th. They will look at the bits and pieces and tell us if they think boy or girl (they also check to make sure that all of the organs look good and take measurements of the baby's size). Hopefully our little one will cooperate with us and spread wide. Greg has stated that if the baby is his and a boy, it should be no problem because he will have a huge penis (the baby is definitely his).

We had a good appointment today. I am measuring at about 16 weeks. We heard the heartbeat again and it measured at a healthy 155 beats per minute. We even heard what the doctor described as little kicks. It was very cute! Apparently I have been taking the whole eating for two thing seriously because I was up a whole 7 pounds from last month (I had not gained any weight as of last month). I am going to try and cut back on the cookies and ice cream.

We had a great and overwhelming trip to Babies R Us in Orlando this weekend. I had no idea that there was so much baby stuff out there. I walked around the store in a daze because it was overload for me. I am naturally an indecisive person, so this is going to be very difficult for me. There are about 10 different brands of bottles alone to choose from. And then you have to choose which type of bottle within each brand!

We were able to pick out some cribs that we like. The prices at BRU were so much better than the two stores that sell cribs in Gainesville and they deliver! We are planning to go with a convertible crib that can also function as a toddler bed and full size bed as the baby gets older.

This is the crib we picked out for a girl:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3012845

If it is a boy, we like this one:

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3012755

We actually like the white crib ALOT better than the darker one. But we don't think that a boy would like having white furniture as he gets older, so we picked out two.

A big huge thank you to Mark and Karen (Greg's parents) for generously giving us the money to purchase the crib and a dresser.