Decisions

Brad and I took the first step in deciding on nursery decor today.  Besides picking out a name for our baby, I guess you could say we made our first decision.  If you know Brad and I, you know how indecisive we both are, so this was a major step for us.  HAHA!  We spent the afternoon at USA Baby in Franklin today, and we bought a crib and a dresser.  We were kind of disappointed when they told us they'd have to order it and it could be 8 weeks or so before it came in.  I was hoping it would be in stock and we could get started on the room in the next couple of weeks, but it looks like 8 weeks will give us more time to do other little projects around the house. 

I copied this picture from the website, but this is the crib we got (same color and everything), and the dresser we got is like the one shown in the picture too except it only has 3 drawers and it's the height of a normal dresser (not tall like the chest that's shown here).

The next decision we make will have to be bedding so we can also pick out the paint color for the room too.  I've searched and searched and searched for the PERFECT non-themed bedding, but it seems like everything is either animals, sports, or just plain blue. I want something with more colors in it, and I think I've narrowed it down to 2 sets. 

Ashley found this one at Babys R Us, and it looks really cute. I wish I could see it in person, but the Babys R Us in Evansville didn't have it when my mom and I went shopping last weekend. It does have a "safari" theme, but the animals are only on the quilt, which I don't think anyone really uses anyway....do you? The quilt actually turns into a little play-gym thing which I think is cute too!  This bedding is full of different colors, which will make it easier to add other decorations to the room.

My second choice for bedding actually just got added to my list today while we were looking at furniture.  I've seen this one before, but I've never looked twice at it because the giraffes always threw me off.  Remember...I'm looking for something that doesn't have a theme.  Look past the room decorations in this picture.  I would  leave out the wall art, clothes hamper, rug, and curtains...that might be a few too many giraffes!  :)  The model in the store had the bumper pad facing the other way.  The other side has colorful stripes to match the crib skirt.  I love the colors in this...blue, red, orange, yellow, green, brown...pretty much every color.  I think I could look past the one set of giraffes on the bumper pad and, and I think the small set of giraffes on the crib skirt will be covered by the wood on the crib (that's how it was in the store anyway). The quilt is also reversible with the colorful stripes on the other side.

Bubbles, Butterflies, BABY!!!!

Right before we found out Baby Waltrip was a boy (Week 15), I had a very strange feeling in my stomach.  I just felt it once, and it was like a big bubble that went from the far left side of my stomach all the way across to the right side.  I hadn't felt that before so I knew it had to be our baby.  The doctor and the ladies at the 3D/4D ultrasound place said that it was definitely the baby that I was feeling.  I waited a couple of more weeks, and didn't feel anything else until Week 18.  Now, it seems like just about every day (after I eat and sit down) Baby Waltrip...which we now know is Cooper...is doing a lot of moving around.  Before school the other day I drank a big glass of orange juice, and during the whole 20 minute drive to school, Cooper was constantly moving.  It felt like little butterflies dancing around in my whole stomach.  I must say, this is such an AMAZING feeling!  :)  I can't wait for the next several weeks when I can feel these movements more often.  Brad has been trying to feel them too, but he still hasn't been able to.  I'm hoping in the next couple of weeks that he'll get to experience this too.  I'm at the half-way point of my pregnancy (20 weeks), and we are getting so excited to start working on Cooper's room.  We have our 20-week doctor's appointment tomorrow afternoon, and we can't wait to see our little guy again!  I'll be sure to make another post tomorrow night with an update on Cooper and hopefully a few more pictures!

Belly Pictures



13 weeks

14 weeks

15 weeks

16 weeks 3 days

17 weeks (wearing my first maternity shirt)

17 weeks 3 days

Toes in the sand...

The past 2 weeks I've been on Fall Break, which has been a much needed break from work.  Last week Brad and I (along with Bailey) took our last trip to Destin without a baby.  We spent most of our time on the beach, relaxing, shopping, and eating.  We had such a great week, and I can't wait to go back with our baby boy!  :)  Brad and I also celebrated our third anniversary on this trip.  Where has the time gone??  It seems like yesterday we were taking these pictures...

Three years later, here are several pictures from our vacation...

I wish I had this view every evening!

Brad and I

Bailey LOVES vacation!

Our nightly walk

Brad and Bailey

My favorite place!

It's a BOY!!!!!

We had our appointment at Precious View on Tuesday, September 28th to find out the sex of Baby Waltrip.  Well...Baby Waltrip is a BOY!!!!!!!  If you had talked to me since we found out we were pregnant, I was 99% sure it was going to be a girl.  I even caught myself looking at girl things online and in stores because I was just so sure it would be a girl.  The majority of my family is girls and Brad's family is all boys, and everyone I know has either recently had a boy or is expecting a boy, and I just knew we'd have a girl.  I must say, when I saw those boy parts on the screen (before the ultrasound lady actually said boy) I was MORE than excited!  And yes, Baby BOY Waltrip already has a name---COOPER EVANS WALTRIP!  We can't wait to meet our little man is March.  Here are a few pictures to enjoy....

Cooper at 15 weeks 5 days

BOY!!!!

I think he got a little tired of being poked around so he huddled up and covered his ears!

We got to go back to Precious View on Thursday, September 30th because they didn't get all of the pictures they wanted, and he wouldn't cooperate has much as they hoped.  The more pictures the better! 

 Relaxing

 Still a boy!

 I love that profile!

Sucking his thumb

The month of August--Weeks 8-12

Once again, I'm WAYYY behind on updating the blog.  I hate to make excuses, but on top of work and jury duty, I've still been pretty tired every night, and when I think about making a post on here, I usually decide to go to bed instead.  I hate to admit it, but I've gone to bed at 8:30 three times this week, and on normal nights, I'm in bed by 9.  I can tell that I've had a little more energy during the day.  When I get home I can actually cook supper and take Bailey walking before I get too exhausted. 

We had our last appointment in Nashville on August 17th, and my doctor released me to my regular doctor.  It was kind of bitter sweet considering how much time we've spent down there for the past 7 months or so.  We got to see Baby Waltrip again during this visit, and let me tell you, he/she has really grown and developed.  Check it out for yourself....

It was amazing to see that it actually looks like a baby now with a head, arms, and legs (but if you look closely it still had a tail at this point--haha).  To top it off, the little thing was moving all over the place.  It's unbelievable that something only 1 inch can look so much like a baby.  The heartbeat was 170 which was a lot higher than a couple of weeks before. 

Last Monday, August 30th, we had our first appointment with my OBGYN in Bowling Green.  Everything went great, but we realized how spoiled we had gotten by going to Nashville every week to two weeks.  By 9 1/2 weeks we had four ultrasounds in Nashville, and at our first appt. in BG of course he didn't think we needed an ultrasound.  We did get to hear Baby Waltrip's heartbeat again, and it had increased to 178. We get to go back on Sept. 27 for our next appointment and an ultrasound will be included in this one. (I made sure to ask!)  Then, on Sept. 28 we made an appointment at a 3D/4D ultrasound place to find the sex of the baby!  In case you're wondering....I've always thought and still think it's going to be a GIRL, and Brad is still thinking BOY.  I guess we'll know for sure in a little over 3 weeks!!!  :) 

We've still been continuing our weekly picture of me and my belly.  I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the bad lighting and shadows in all of the pictures.  We take these early in the morning right before I leave for work, and every place in our house makes shadows.  We might have to start doing these pictures in the afternoons when the sun is actually up and shining in the windows. 

8 WEEKS

9 WEEKS

10 WEEKS

11 WEEKS

12 WEEKS

Bed Rest and Week 7

I don't know where time has gone, but I am extremely behind on my blog posts. I started writing this post 2 weeks ago, but for some reason I never got around to finishing it and posting it for everyone to read.  Better late than never I guess! :)
I really thought week 7 was going to be the slowest week ever because I was on bed rest, but I must say, it flew by!  I did a lot of sleeping in, eating, taking naps (sometimes in both the morning and afternoon), watching TV, and playing on the computer.  I hate to admit it, but I am very thankful that I got to sleep so much.  I only had to work 2 1/2 days (only 2 hours WITH kids) before bed rest, but that was plenty to make me exhausted.  My mom came down all day Thursday to keep me company and to babysit Bailey.  I wasn't expecting to get my house cleaned, laundry washed, and supper cooked, but that's what Mom did!  :)  It was a huge relief!  Thanks Mom!!! 
On Friday, Bailey and I slept in until 10:15!  Yes, you heard me right...10:15!!!  That was a new record for both of us I think, and it was wonderful!  On Friday night, McKense, Chandler, and Riley came over to bring us a pizza.  It was so nice to have visitors, and I know Bailey really enjoyed Riley and all of the Goldfish crackers he fed her.  She can't wait for him to come back and play!  :)
Saturday consisted of more laying around.  By this point I was starting to get a little cabin fever, and on Sunday, I talked Brad into letting me go lay in the pool for a little while.  I don't know if this counted as bed rest, but I figured all I was doing was laying on a raft, and that wasn't any different than laying on the couch.  I definitely didn't mention it to my doctor today though.  I don't know if he would have approved.  It sure was nice to get out of the house for an hour or so and catch a few rays.  Stacey cooked us potato soup on Sunday night, and I must say, it was maybe the best homemade potato soup I've ever eaten! 
Out of all the days, Monday definitely went by the fastest.  Stacey skipped work and came over all day to play "bed rest" with me!  We did a lot of nothing and even had time to watch a movie.
Tuesday, I went back to the doctor for a check-up appointment.  My regular ultrasound lady was on vacation, so they had some other woman filling in for her.  I hope this lady never discovers my blog, but I have to say that this lady needs to find another job because ultrasounds aren't her specialty.  She made me very upset for many reasons...
1. From the second she walked in, she didn't seem sure of herself because she said the ultrasound machines hadn't been working for her all day.
2.  When she started the ultrasound, she didn't point the screen toward me so I couldn't see anything the whole time.  I stared up at the ceiling and kept asking Brad if he saw anything.
3.  She didn't talk the whole time except to say things like "Shoot, it was working earlier" and "I just can't figure this out", and finally "I'm just going to give up."
4.  We didn't get to hear the heartbeat and she couldn't measure the heartbeat because she couldn't work the machine right.  She did say the heartbeat LOOKED good on the screen.
5.  After one ultrasound, we got called back into the room for a second ultrasound because she forgot to measure something.
6.  I had to ASK for a picture, and she gave me a picture of nothing.  I'm serious, it looks nothing like the other pictures we've gotten, and it's definitely not a picture of the baby.
Well, enough venting about her, the rest of the appointment went well.  The doctor said the hemorrhage was still there, but that it should go away as the baby continues to grow.  He put me back on my daily progesterone injections, and he wants to see me one more time (August 17th) before he releases me to my regular doctor. Bed rest was officially over, and it was back to my normal routine of school (and jury duty for the month of August).

Also, I must add that besides being extremely tired, I haven't had many pregnancy symptoms at all.  When I don't eat for a couple of hours, I start feeling a little sick, so I always make sure I eat a little something about every 2 hours so that I don't get that sick feeling.  I'm glad week 7 is behind us, and hopefully that will be the worst thing that happens throughout this whole pregnancy. 

Oh, and to add something else...I must say that I feel so lucky to have the best husband EVER.  Brad hasn't let me lift a finger, and he has done all of the dishes, cleaning, laundry, and many other things.  It has taken a lot of the stress off of me, and I love him so much for that!  He's going to be the best dad ever!