It IS April....right??

Jeff and I woke up on Thursday morning to a day off from school and about 14 inches of freshly fallen snow. YUCKY! I was hoping that spring was really here. We had taken out the deck chairs and everything! We headed out to clean up the mess. Jeff snowblowed while I cleaned off the cars and steps and played in the snow. It was a beautiful morning, with the snow all on the trees. I guess we can appreciate that it wasn't more snow than that.

I took the rest of the day to go through more shower gifts and set up the Pack-n-Play. It is in the living room. VERY CUTE! We covered it in plastic to keep the naughty cats out. We also got a screen door to go on Reid's bedroom to keep them out of there without having to keep his door closed. It began as a joke a few years back with a friend of mine but a screen door does make a lot of sense!

Baby Shower Fun!

Today was Reid's baby shower! I had such a wonderful time and got to see so many of my friends and family. Jeff and I attended a birthing class Friday night that continued this morning. We left the class a little early so I could get to "my friend's" baby shower in time....well, it was really for me! I even brought Barbie a gift for her baby. There were probably about 60 people there so opening the gifts took quite a while. Reid got a lot of beautiful gifts. Thankfully I had taken the mini-van so when we loaded all the gifts up we didn't need to rent a U-Haul truck.
I will update the blog with some pictures of the actual shower once I get some from family or friends. For now, I will share the few I took once we got home.






Jeff tried out the Snugli carrier with the bear from Anne. Too funny!

The quilt Selena made for Reid is too cute to risk having baby spit-up all over it...I would like to hang it on his wall.

Crib's in the room!

Jeff finished the crib last weekend and put it together in Reid's room. We took time to put in the great boat bedding that matches the the border that we put up during February vacation. Jeff is now working on the dresser/changing table. I took a little time to pose in Reid's room. You can see that I'm a little more pregnant this week!

Here's a picture of a close up of the wonderful wood grain on the crib. Jeff thinks it looks like a sunrise. The cribe was made out of only 2 pieces of ash (very LARGE pieces).

The Nursery Is Almost Finished

Jeff and I were on vacation all week and were able to finish up most of the nursery. The walls are painted, the wood is stained and most of it has been polyurethaned (spelling??). The border looks so cute and I found a small carpet that matches the room perfectly. I painted a few puffy, white clouds to the walls around the window seat to make a nice reading area for Reid. We think he will really like his room.

Jeff will continue to work on the crib and dresser/changing table and we should be all set.

We saw our midwife on Thursday and Reid is growing well and moving a lot. He is an active little boy! I have gained 20 pounds so far....scary but true. I will continue to do my walking DVD and use the Gazelle. I think Reid loves sweets as much as his Daddy because my sweet-tooth is definately enhanced. I blame Jeff :)

25 Weeks and Counting!

We are now in our 25th week of growing Reid. He is moving around CONSTANTLY and is big enough now that Daddy can feel him kicking about too. I have been feeling great and am now actually beginning to look pregnant....kind-of. I still just look chunky most of the time.

The Nursery Shapes Up

Jeff and I have begun making changes in the nursery now that it is all cleaned out. I had to move all my scrapbook/stamping supplies into the laundry room. Jeff made a beautiful cabinet to hold the desktop computer so we can have it downstairs. Now that it is empty, remodeling has begun!

I have been working on peeling off the old border the previous owners had put up. I used a product called DIF and once I figured out how to use it correctly, removal was a breeze.

Kevin Breton Construction Inc. came over to help us knock out the "knee walls" on either side of the window seat to make built-in shelves. We had the family over for lunch as payment. (It was baked ham!) Shannon, Nolan, Jeff and I were crew chiefs....you know, we watched Kevin.
Jeff and I had the day off today due to some WICKED snow so I finished taking off the border and Jeff boxed in the shelving and cut out space below the window seat for more storage. It is exciting to see things coming together.

Hannah is Getting Bigger

Our niece Hannah is getting bigger everytime we see her. Selena and Hannah spent the night a few weekends ago due to some bad weather. It was a lot of fun to have her in the house. She is just so cute.

Nolan is growing up so fast and is getting around quite well. He is just about ready to walk on his own but still uses a walking toy to hold on to. He is so sweet but so busy! His mother Shannon calls him "animal". We have to agree with her.

The ultra sound

Jessica and I traveled to Portland for the ultrasound on the baby. I wanted to find out the gender of the baby and Jessica didn't mind so this 20 week ultrasound would let us know.

The technician was able to locate the penis on REID ALAN DEJONGH. We're having a boy and he has all of the right parts in the correct places!!

After the appointment we went to Babys'-r-us to pick up some cool boy clothes and start our reigstry.