New bedroom furniture and bedding ~ for us

We finally decided it was time for a king-size bed. So after shopping around for a new set, we chose this one. After sleeping in a queen-size bed for so long, it seems like Ben is so far away from me when we go to sleep. (He's enjoying that.)


Enlarged for my mother who has really bad eyes. :)

Where in the world is Riley???

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It's his favorite new napping spot. Not sure why. Maybe he's finding hiding spots for when the baby comes?

Baby Boy's wardrobe so far ~ I love it!

Baby boy has the beginnings of a very cute wardrobe! Kelly got him the "Daddy's Little Wingman" onesie and the green stripe pajamas, and Uncle Mike & Aunt Lindsey got him the blue polo onesie and the Ralph Lauren Hawaiian print shortsie, along with the blue onesie 3-pack, bib, cap and socks! He's so spoiled already!! Thanks for the beautiful outfits guys!!!

Kel's birthday ~ Ben gets baby holding practice

Kelly, Kayla, and Molly came over this past Monday to celebrate Kel's 29th birthday (it was the 4th) with takeout and chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Kayla is 7 & 1/2 months now and is almost crawling!

Whenever we're in the presence of a baby, I'm doing everything in my power to get Ben to practice his baby holding skills. So before they hit the road, Ben said he'd try holding Kayla (after many requests). Although a little awkward at first, he did a good job!

Molly rescued her before she started crying...

17w4d belly pic

This weekend I think I'm finally going to break down and buy some real maternity clothes. I've been getting by using the bella band with my normal pants, but that is getting uncomfortable. Hopefully I'll be able to find some things without spending a fortune.

Erica, if you thought I looked pregnant in the 16week belly pic, check out these pics:

The tree in our front yard is in full bloom!

It's so pretty!!!

When Daddy is in charge of the bottle...

We were over at Luke's for the final Caps playoff game, and Kathy was getting a bottle ready for Sofia. Sofie is about 6 months old now and is completely adorable. We hadn't seen her since the email with photos came out annoucing her birth. Baby boy can't wait to have playdates!

He'll have lots of older women to flirt with!

So since we're having a boy, I started to think of all my friends who have (or are having) baby girls. There are SO MANY! See for yourself:

Kelly & Matt - Kayla
Alevia & TJ - Alevia Marie
Kathy & Geoff - Sofie
Steve & Shannon - Madison
Claudia & Matteo - Drea
Nanc & Joe - Jenna
Tina & Chris - Alexa and Christina
Jaymi & Michael - Ella, Josie and Maci
Steph & Scott - baby girl on the way
Kyla & Todd - baby girl on the way
Andrea & Troy - TBD in September (my guess is a baby girl!)

My apologies if I've left anyone out, but I think I've accounted for all our friends with baby girls. Ben says that all those playdates with baby girls will be practice for when he starts dating. Way in the future.

Doula Molly says..........."It's a.....................

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BOY!!!"

She had us in to her hospital this morning - *********** Hospital - and with her expert use of the ultrasound wand pretty early in the process exclaimed, "It's a boy! I'm pretty sure."

She kept going in hopes of getting a better shot, but baby boy wasn't exactly cooperating. He was squirming all around and at one point had his ankles crossed so we couldn't see the goods. But towards the end she got a great shot of the twig and berries. Mol is 95% sure it's a boy. It's tough to see in this picture, but in real life it was obvious.

The small box in the lower left corner is the close-up. It's Team Blue for us and we're so excited! Molly has made me promise not to tell my OB that she did an u/s. I'm supposed to go in on April 29th and say, "I have a strong feeling it's a boy."

We'd like to thank Doula Molly for making the big announcement, and her nurse friend Kathleen for assisting. And of course, thank you to ******** Hospital for letting us borrow your ultrasound machine. :)

Here are some more shots from the big day.

16 week belly pic ~ I can't suck it in anymore

Strangers are starting to notice that I am expecting. I guess it's pretty obvious from the size of my belly. It's ginormous. But I'm enjoying it. Everything except the fact that practically nothing fits me anymore.

Frannie took this picture for me. It's my last night at Hotel Silbert and I'm sad to be leaving. I've had such a good time staying with my adoptive mom and dad these past 10 days.


Ben and I are very excited about tomorrow. We close at 9am and then will be picking up Riley from Aunt/Doula Molly's. I'm sure he'll be sad to leave her and will be confused in the new place for awhile. We met the seller of our new place tonight and she left us her "invisable fence" which she said also works on cats. So Riley might get a taste of the great outdoors sometime soon.