Nursery stuff

We're starting to think about the nursery now that we know we're having a boy!! This week has been so amazing. I love knowing more about my baby and being able to call him by name. We've also had a lot of fun thinking about the future and looking forward to playing with our little boy. We're very used to boys. We spent a couple of years with one (from the time he was an infant until he was almost 3) and I even lived with him for many months when he turned 2. We had SO MUCH FUN with him, it makes me smile to think that we are having one of our own!!!

We've decided to go with a dinosaur theme for the nursery. Matt went crazy when he saw THIS bedding set. I love it too, but unfortunately it is no longer available. We've found a couple of used sets on Ebay, but they are selling for just as much (or more) as the new set was at BRU! I'm still looking though, hoping to find it. So far I haven't found any dinosaur sets that are in stores or being made right now, all I can find are used sets or new discontinued sets that are selling for too much money. I found THIS one yesterday on craig.slist. It's used, but is a good deal. I contacted the seller and am waiting to hear back from her. I hope I do because even though we don't like it quite as much as the other, it's still great and I'd love to get it. I'm determined to find some type of dinosaur bedding!

A co-worker of Matt's is going to give us a swing in a couple of months when his baby outgrows it! So nice!! Another of his co-workers gave him a Bradley method book for us to go over. I considered taking the classes, but I don't think we will. But at least this way we can read and study more about it on our own. My mom bought us a cute little onesie (it's a dinosaur one and she didn't even know that we had decided on a dino nursery at the time!) and an adorable blanket. My MIL gave me this figurine when we went over there last week: She gave us the couple figurine for our first Christmas together and another one a couple of years ago as a birthday gift for me. I love them!

So far the hardest decision we've made on what to buy is a crib. We had finally decided on THIS one (that model has received pretty good reviews and is recommended in the new Baby Bar.gains book), but now I'm thinking about THIS one (of course it's more expensive) and THIS one (which I think is a great deal, but I'm not sure I really love the appearance). The nice thing is that the last two have hidden hardware and I've heard they are really sturdy. I talked to a lady who has the Am.y Co.e and she said she loves it. However, Matt thinks that I'm going to need a drop rail since I'm kind of short (5'3"), but I'm not sure about that. I never used a drop rail with my friend's son. When he was big enough to have the mattress on the lowest setting he was always awake when I put him in bed so I didn't have to lean over. If he fell asleep somewhere else at that age I just left him there instead of putting him in the crib. Worked for me... What do you think? Did you find a drop rail to be helpful or necessary?

I think I felt Evan move again last night, but this time I'm not sure. It was more of a pressure from inside instead of a fluttering. Now I'm positive that the 2 other times I felt that fluttering (at 15 and 17 weeks) were him moving. I've never felt anything like that before or since. The pressure was different though and I suppose it could have been gas (I didn't have gas at the time, but my stomach was feeling upset). You may be able to tell from the sonogram, but I have an anterior placenta. My midwife said I probably won't feel him move much until about 22 weeks. Also, the placenta is very low at this point, causing placenta previa (where it blocks the cervix). I'm going to have another u/s at 32 weeks to make sure that it's moved up and isn't blocking the cervix. The u/s tech said in over 90% of cases it moves up. If it doesn't I'll need a c/s and even though that isn't my "birth plan," it definitely isn't the end of the world. If that's the worse thing that happens this pregnancy I'd be grateful!!