Making room for baby

Who knew that planning a nursery and picking a stroller could be so hard. I have always wanted to be a mother, but I never really put that much thought into strollers and bath tubs and nursery decor. I always thought that when the time came to make all these plans that it would "just come to me" boy was I wrong!  I am one of the last of my friends to have a baby. Why didn't any of y'all tell me it was going to be this hard!  Well, for most of them a lot has changed since their first child. There are way to many choices out there. What happened to the good ol days where there was one type of stroller and the only thing you did to a nursery was maybe paint it some gender specific color and put a crib and changing table in it?  As if it isn't hard enough try adding a husband to the mix! I get " I don't care baby, its whatever you want" and then I find something I want and then I get a turned up nose.  We are on the same page for the most part. Neither one of us like cutesy cartoon type themes. We don't want something that we would get tired of easily. We like classic and timeless, but there aren't that many bedding options that fall under this category, so this leads me to think that I just need to make my own bedding. Sewing runs in our genes right? I wish my Granny lived here :(

I've been researching strollers and who knew that there were so many options. What should I do?  A whole travel system with the stroller and matching carrier or do I just use the infant carrier that has just the metal frame that it snaps into? then what.. an umbrella stroller for later?  AHHH...so frustrating!  Then on top of that there are so many colors and patterns...and I'm a little OCD so I will want ALL my stuff to match. The pack n play, stroller, high chair ect.. I know a little over the top... but I cant help it!  I pretty much know that I'm leaning toward Chicco for the brand, and getting a travel system. The only reason I'm leaning this way is because i just LOVE their Polly high chair, and they make everything to match. Plus I am more familiar with how this brand works cause my friend has it.

We are in the process of making room for this baby. We had a yard sale this past weekend. It was HOT, but we got rid of most of the junk and what we didn't sale we gave to good will. I would say it was a success! What is now the office will become his room, so we are having to relocate the desk and the gun safe to the bonus room, and to do this we had to sale the futon. We have actually been trying to sale the futon for over a year and finally the right person came along at just the right time. Now we have plenty of room for us to move the office upstairs. Now only if we can muster up some muscle to get it up the stairs..wink wink..

Everyone is excited about the baby, so much so that we already have a closet FULL of stuff. I have some really amazing friends that have given me so much more than i could have ever asked for. This baby will not want for anything!  I am 18 weeks and 6 days today! My belly is starting to "round out" as they call it. I think the belly showing makes it more of a reality. Books say I should start feeling "flutters" any day now. I'm pretty sure i have felt a few flutters and thumps :)   Our next appt is the 21st of this month. We will have our big ultra sound this day. We are having it put on DVD, so be on the look out for it to be posted to the blog real soon!  Here are some updated pics!  Don't be offended by the bare belly :)