Everyone has their predictions! Not knowing the gender of the baby is beginning to turn into a game now that I am far enough along that I am showing and carrying the baby certain ways. Some say boy and others say girl. The good news is that someone will be right! Our almost 6 year old nephew says “whatever pops out, pops out”. I think he has the right idea. So far, those that say girl are much more adamant about it than those that say boy. Dad Cox had a dream that it is a girl and he hasn’t been wrong yet on his dreams so he is determined. On the other hand, Aunt Trudy says it is a girl too but also says that she is always wrong, ha-ha. This baby is going to break the tradition somewhere! My boss is convinced that he has an overwhelming feeling that is a girl as well. On the other hand, many other family members think that the way I am carrying the baby is a giveaway that it is a boy. Of course the aunts on Aunt Trudy’s side that said boy felt much more confident after hearing her prediction that it was a girl, ha-ha.
As you know from my last post, we lost my great-grandma this past weekend. The funeral dinner was at my moms and the old wives tales came out. My great aunt told about saying that you can tell by hanging a string or necklace with a charm over the belly and watching which way it sways. According to the tale, we should be having a boy. Now, you know the family members that say girl wouldn’t stand for that. They denounced the experiment because it was not performed by the oldest female in the family. It may be fun to try out some of these other tales and jot the results in the baby book to see which ones turn out to be right.
We are still on a name search. The boy names are coming much easier than the girl names. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let us know.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Big sigh of relief!
Along with the sadness of the passing of my great-grandmother, the Sedberry house was blessed with a wonderful piece of news this past week. Our child care issue has been resolved! As many of you know, we have been struggling with the decision as to who will watch our upcoming bundle of joy. Our initial idea was for our very good friend Jess to watch him or her. She is a stay at home mom right now and has 2 wonderful little boys that we love to pieces. They are very well behaved and blossom in the learning environment that she provides. Unfortunately, that didn’t work out. Thankfully she and I were able to talk and discover that the timing wouldn’t be right fairly early on so we had time to keep looking. I had called around to a lot of centers but with the high costs, low curriculum and long wait lists, it was not looking too promising.
Then, one day about a month ago, I was at our friends Amy and Bobs playing with their little guy Grant. We got to talking (Amy and I, not Grant and I, ha-ha) and she mentioned her next door neighbor that was planning to watch Grant before she changed jobs. It was like a cartoon – I saw the light bulb turn on above my head! If Amy wasn’t going to need her, maybe she would have an opening. Now normally I would not be open to the idea of an in-home child care provider that I do not know. BUT….I do know Amy and Bob and know that they are very protective over Grant. If they felt comfortable with him being at her house, this was something I had to check out. The bonus is that she is their neighbor so they not only knew her in the child-care capacity but had seen her interact with her own children since they have lived at their house. Jeff and I met with her and her husband the very next week and were very impressed with what we saw. Her kids are adorable, had manners and played well together. Her husband was also at home and was interacting with the kids and was very supportive of her decision to watch other people’s kids in their home. She was very comforting to me and my “new mom” questions and concerns. All went well with the meeting but the catch was that she had a very good friend that was also expecting that may want the opening. We left the meeting with our fingers crossed that everything would work out. We put all of our eggs in one basket by not reserving a spot at one of the centers in case she would not be available. She called this week and her friend has moved out of town, thereby opening up the spot for our little one!
I cannot even find the words to express how much of a relief that call was! I am very proud of myself that I have not been freaking out about the possibility that she would call and not have an opening. That is HUGE for me. I have taken the approach that everything happens for a reason.
Then, one day about a month ago, I was at our friends Amy and Bobs playing with their little guy Grant. We got to talking (Amy and I, not Grant and I, ha-ha) and she mentioned her next door neighbor that was planning to watch Grant before she changed jobs. It was like a cartoon – I saw the light bulb turn on above my head! If Amy wasn’t going to need her, maybe she would have an opening. Now normally I would not be open to the idea of an in-home child care provider that I do not know. BUT….I do know Amy and Bob and know that they are very protective over Grant. If they felt comfortable with him being at her house, this was something I had to check out. The bonus is that she is their neighbor so they not only knew her in the child-care capacity but had seen her interact with her own children since they have lived at their house. Jeff and I met with her and her husband the very next week and were very impressed with what we saw. Her kids are adorable, had manners and played well together. Her husband was also at home and was interacting with the kids and was very supportive of her decision to watch other people’s kids in their home. She was very comforting to me and my “new mom” questions and concerns. All went well with the meeting but the catch was that she had a very good friend that was also expecting that may want the opening. We left the meeting with our fingers crossed that everything would work out. We put all of our eggs in one basket by not reserving a spot at one of the centers in case she would not be available. She called this week and her friend has moved out of town, thereby opening up the spot for our little one!
I cannot even find the words to express how much of a relief that call was! I am very proud of myself that I have not been freaking out about the possibility that she would call and not have an opening. That is HUGE for me. I have taken the approach that everything happens for a reason.
Friday, April 11, 2008
26 weeks and counting.......
We had a doctor’s appointment yesterday afternoon. Everything is right on track. My weight is good and I am measuring at just the right number of weeks. The doctor could hear the heartbeat as soon as the Doppler touched my stomach. It was 148 beats a minute, strong and steady! Our visits are now scheduled for every 2 weeks. It is hard to believe that we will be entering the 3rd trimester by the next appointment!
Jeff has been working hard on projects around the house. There is still a lot to be done but the main one – the nursery – is almost complete. The only thing left is to get our Christmas decorations moved out of the closet so we can use it for the baby. He painted the room and stained the chair rail last week. Mom and Dad Sedberry came down and dad helped him get the chair rail up last Saturday. I love it! The bottom of the room is painted a dark red and the top is a goldish tan color to match the bedding set. There isn’t a mattress in the crib yet but at least we know the baby will have a room even if the rest of our projects are still in the works. I tell ya – having a crib makes everything seem SOO real! I will post pictures as soon as I recruit Jeff to get them from the camera to the computer so I can upload them. I am beginning to think it would be much easier for him to just teach me how to do it myself than for me to bug him every time I want new pictures on the computer.
Thanks to the help of some of my friends, we are finally registered for the baby showers. We had a bright idea (feel the sarcasm?) one night after work that we would go to Target and register. I have been around babies all of my life so I will admit that I was not too intimidated by the idea of registering. I could not have been more wrong! After 2 hours of staring at all of the bottle/pacifier choices (with 2 bathroom breaks and really sore feet), I directed Jeff to just scan some things so we could get out of there! Turns out Target would have kicked us out when they closed 10 minutes later anyways. I enlisted the help of some friends with small kids before heading to Babies R Us for the big registering outing. They gave me a few ideas on the good, the bad and the wastes of money. Thank you girls! 2 hours later, we emerged from Babies R Us with a feeling of accomplishment. On the way home I decided to flip through the print out and see what we had accomplished. Guess what? They forgot to delete the registry scanner from the people that had it before us. We went home and pulled up the registry on-line and Jeff spent the rest of the afternoon deleting their items one by one. Oh, what an adventure!
Jeff has been working hard on projects around the house. There is still a lot to be done but the main one – the nursery – is almost complete. The only thing left is to get our Christmas decorations moved out of the closet so we can use it for the baby. He painted the room and stained the chair rail last week. Mom and Dad Sedberry came down and dad helped him get the chair rail up last Saturday. I love it! The bottom of the room is painted a dark red and the top is a goldish tan color to match the bedding set. There isn’t a mattress in the crib yet but at least we know the baby will have a room even if the rest of our projects are still in the works. I tell ya – having a crib makes everything seem SOO real! I will post pictures as soon as I recruit Jeff to get them from the camera to the computer so I can upload them. I am beginning to think it would be much easier for him to just teach me how to do it myself than for me to bug him every time I want new pictures on the computer.
Thanks to the help of some of my friends, we are finally registered for the baby showers. We had a bright idea (feel the sarcasm?) one night after work that we would go to Target and register. I have been around babies all of my life so I will admit that I was not too intimidated by the idea of registering. I could not have been more wrong! After 2 hours of staring at all of the bottle/pacifier choices (with 2 bathroom breaks and really sore feet), I directed Jeff to just scan some things so we could get out of there! Turns out Target would have kicked us out when they closed 10 minutes later anyways. I enlisted the help of some friends with small kids before heading to Babies R Us for the big registering outing. They gave me a few ideas on the good, the bad and the wastes of money. Thank you girls! 2 hours later, we emerged from Babies R Us with a feeling of accomplishment. On the way home I decided to flip through the print out and see what we had accomplished. Guess what? They forgot to delete the registry scanner from the people that had it before us. We went home and pulled up the registry on-line and Jeff spent the rest of the afternoon deleting their items one by one. Oh, what an adventure!
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