Flutters and Shopping and Excitement OH MY!!!

Flutters

So I am DEFINITELY feeling flutters this these days!!! Totally feeling little bubbles inside of me! I CANNOT wait to feel an official KICK! I don't think it will happen until the new year though!!!  Since they're only flutters Ed can't feel them yet so it will be nice for him to finally get to be a part of all this instead of just knowing!

Shopping

No, I haven't gone out and BOUGHT anything yet.  But we've been to a number of baby stores now and we're slowly learning about all the things we will need to be getting.  It's quite overwhelming and we can only be in the store for chunks at a time because the sales people are SO great in schooling us in all the different categories that we need time to digest.  When we first found out we were expecting we went to Baby's World and got schooled in strollers and car seats.  Since then we've pretty much decided which stroller and car seat to get.  All we need to do is go to the States and check out the prices down there and then we'll know where we will want to buy them from in March.  

Since our first shopping trip we've been in and out of baby stores and department stores with baby sections looking at actual furniture.  Price ranges are HUGE and quality varies too.  We know we probably will want a crib that will convert into a bed later on (we can either use it for our kid later or as a spare bed in a guest room).  There are also many pieces of furniture that we don't think we will need.  We think we will only need to really get the crib, changing table, maybe a small dresser and a rocking chair for the nursery. Here are inspirations for what we like for a boy or girl's nursery! That's all we've got for actual furniture so far!

Last month we went to TJ'S Kiddies and got started looking at bedding.  I must say, it's a LOT easier to find bedding for a boy than a girl.  I'm not liking the options out there for girls.  Do NOT like the brown and pink combos!!!!  I want more pastel and pretty colours!  Something more light pink, white and grey.  Need to do way more research on that! Any suggestions send them my way!!

This past week we went back to Baby's World and this time got schooled in bassinets, play pens and baby carriers!!!!  I'm leaning towards getting a play pen that we can have in our room in lieu of a bassinet.  There are some that you can raise up so it's more like a mini crib and lower down later to use as an actual play pen.  Some even come with a changing table attached and storage underneath!  I think we'll get more use out of that rather than getting a bassinet AND a play pen later on.  Now we just have to research which one we want! We will probably get a Graco Pack N' Play but there are about 30 different kinds HAHA We want to get a simple black/more gender neutral one since it's not really going into the nursery.  In the world of baby carriers, I tried on the Baby Bjorn carriers and Baby K'Tan cloth carriers.  I definitely like the cloth carrier better because it fits me better since I'm so tiny.  Also it will be easier to just throw into the diaper bag when I'm out too.  The Bjorn ones are chunky!  But at the same time the cloth carriers come in sizes so Ed would NOT fit into mine...not that he'd want to use a cloth carrier.  Those don't look good on men HAHA.  We might just have to get one of each!  

We're also checking out Craigslist to see if there is anyone selling nice used furniture too.  Something like the changing table could be used...no big deal.  The only things I'd want brand new for sure would be the crib, stroller and car seat. 

I think once we know what we're having we will be able to better figure out what we need and be more specific on colours and such.  We also plan on getting out baby registries up and going by the end of January!!!  

Excitement

A LOT of exciting things to be excited about these days in our world of pre-baby! We have our gender reveal ultrasound in 2.5 weeks!  Ed is just DYING to find out what we're having so he can start painting! I on the other hand am a bit nervous because this ultrasound is also supposed to check if the baby is developing normally.  I'm trying hard to not think too much about it because really, we get what we get and as parents we need to accept our children for whatever they are.  I guess this is the next phase of my faith.  I need to more than ever just trust in God and believe that everything that happens is good for me (even if it's not something I want).  

We also booked out 3D ultrasound....on my BIRTHDAY!!  January 19th (when I turn 29) is when we will be going in!  If all goes well with our next ultrasound we plan on inviting our parents to the viewing. I'm glad we are doing this ultrasound because if for whatever reason we can't see if the baby is a boy or a girl in the next ultrasound...this one will kind of serve as a back-up one? I'm just praying that our baby will not be crossing it's legs and that we will get to see if IT is Ethan Gabriel or Emily Grace!!!

After both ultrasounds, we will then get off our butts and really start with the shopping stuff.  We will need to set up baby registries at all the stores that we plan to buy from and select items that people can get for us (we plan to get the big ticket items and our friends/family can help out with all the random knick knacks! There's still so many things to THINK about (bath stuff, toys, clothes and bedding).  We need to head down to the States too and check out the price differences.  We're pretty sure strollers, car seats and play pens will be cheaper down there so we plan on getting those things in the States rather than in Canada.

That's it for now!!!

I think the most exciting thing about our next 2 ultrasounds IS that we will no longer have to call our baby an IT!  As you all have read earlier on, we already have names chosen!  It will be so amazing to start calling our baby by name!!!!  I love both those names so much and think they will be perfect for our little IT!