We have a name!!

Katelyn Nicole! I told Matt I didn't want to decide for sure because I'm worried he'll change his mind like he has with the last 4 names I thought we had decided on! I told him that I needed to hear him telling other people what her name was going to be for me to really believe him that this is it. We had about 5 people ask us at church today if we had a name yet and he told all of them it was going to be Katelyn!!

Now we just need to decide on how to spell it. There are about 100 different ways of spelling Katelyn and we have a few options that we like. Let us know your vote on what spelling you like the best...

Katelyn
Katelynn
Kaitlin
Keightlin
Keightlyn
Keightlinn

Dr. and Nursery Updates

Well...I was supposed to have my 30 week appt. today but I got a call saying that I needed to reschedule because my doctor got called out to the hospital to deliver someone's baby. Surprisingly, after all of these appointments since July this is the first time it's happened. I now am not scheduled to go until Feb. 4th which is over a week away, but oh well.

The swelling in my feet and ankles has actually been better this week. I've been trying to keep my feet up when I can and am drinking lots of water. Hopefully that is helping! I was very anxious to see how the baby measured today. She was on the big side at my last appt. and when I tried to measure myself the other night I got 33 weeks which is 3 weeks bigger than she should be right now. I was ready to ask lots of questions today about what the possibilities are, but I guess I'll have to wait. She did tell me at my last appt. that I'll have another ultrasound around 35 weeks to see for sure how big she is. I really don't want to have her early because then I have to come back for more time at the end of the school year, but I know I can't control it.

Matt happened to be off on Monday and I was also for MLK Day. We tried to put the crib together but the mattress base has a huge crack and hole in it. He's tried a couple of times now to get a hold of someone to send us a new piece but he has yet to talk to a real person before he finally has to go. Hopefully we'll make some progress on that next week. I'll post some pics of what we do have put together sometime soon!

Nursery, Belly Pic, Tests

Here are some pictures of the nursery. My parent's came down this past weekend to help paint and get the room put together. I love it! I can't wait for our little "nameless" girl to spend time in her beautiful room.
These are the curtains that my mom made. I need to go buy some more ribbon so I can tie back the other side.

This is the wall that the crib will go on. It's hopefully arriving next week sometime!
This is the changing table that I found at a garage sale for $10.00. My mom sanded it down and stained it to match the crib. Those clothes on top of it are just waiting to be washed!
Here's a 29 week belly pic. I look horrible in it, but at least you can see my growing belly. She's really been kicking up into my ribs lately which isn't feeling very good!

Good News!!! I passed my glucose test for gestational diabetes. At least that's one less thing to worry about right now. At my appt. last Friday the doctor said that she is measuring big so they'll do another ultrasound around 35 weeks to check her actual size. My feet are beginning to swell up quite a bit. I'm having a tough time finding shoes to squeeze my feet into. I'm sure it will only get worse before she gets here!

Christmas 2007

We had a wonderful trip up to Iowa to spend Christmas with our families. Of course we took Tucker along, but there might not be room for him next year with all the baby stuff!


Here he is hanging out with Grandpa Ken after we opened gifts!
One afternoon we were all taking a nap and when Tucker woke up he still had the blanket on him. He walked around for quite a while before he realized it was still on his back!
Unfortunately we only ended up getting pictures taken of the silly dog. I really wanted one of Matt and I with my growing belly, but we kept forgetting to do it. We'll have to take one soon.