Nursery!

So Alex and I went out and bought the traveler system-stroller/carseat combo today! It was $40 off!!! We saved a lot of money. Also, we bought the original crib set that I wanted...it's "T-is for train"!!!! Only $80 on clearance! We thought they were all gone, but there was one left!

We put the stroller and the baby swing together.. put up the valence and the cradle stuff... moved the chair and hope chest!!!! It looks so nice up there now.

We had a bit of a scare with me though... I had a case of edema, but it looks like everything is okay. I'm just on a medication for a week.

Other than that, I'm about to head to the third trimester!!!

I can't wait til our little boy arrives.

Courtney Jarboe

25/26 Weeks

Well, time is going quickly. Cripes... Wow... time just flies... we had our breastfeeding class today. It was really helpful. Lots of good information for us.

I'm getting anxious for the big day...though about 3 months away. There is some stress about baby showers...we have one on September 27th if anyone is interested in attending. My main concern is getting the main stuff and not having to buy it ourselves since I'm already losing weeks of pay as it is for staying home a little longer. I'm crossing my fingers that we get help in purchasing the carseat, stroller, and the breast pump. After speaking with the lactation presenter...I'm definitely not renting or buying a used one. So that's a bit pricy...But I hate to ask people to buy stuff for us...it's like...it's our choice to have a child, thus our responsibility. But whatever, either way we'll be just fine and find a way to manage.

Well, time to let my poor feet heal after two days worth of blisters... long story short... VERY PAINFUL.

Courtney

6 Months!

Well, I am now officially 6 months pregnant! Only 3 more to go!!! I'm so excited...we have narrowed down the names significantly...unfortunately, we'll keep you guessing at this point :) We had a great time at the Ren Fest. We watched Puke and Snot Jr. (without our famous Snot). And watched the Tortuga Twins. It was good. We are going again next weekend. I have my doc appointment tomorrow as well. That should be quick. I won't have my sugar drink test til 28 weeks...thank god... Other than that...hubby is helping clean and I am planning out our son's futurue lol...

Courtney

23 Weeks

One more week and I'll be 6 months pregnant....good grief time flies. We started our decisions on the nursery. We decided to do a travel theme. What could be cooler than maps and airplanes/trains/helicopters??? I'm hoping to find an old propellar at an antique store to put on the wall or wooden planes to hang from the ceiling. I would like to paint longitude and latitude lines on the walls...like an old world map, but my husband says no. Oh well!

I updated the name posting from a few days ago and included a column of names which are not in the running anymore (perhaps). We've had a few discussions on names recently and thought I would update it.

We're planning on attending the Renassiance Festival this weekend and perhaps for the next few weekends. I love the festival. We dress up and act like Renaissance folk and live without technology for awhile--well a day.

Baby Bump Picture

Baby's Heart beat!

Listen to our son's heart beat!

If you'd like to hear it, send me an email to barry.courtney@gmail.com and I'll send you the audio file.

Courtney Jarboe

The Boy Name Game

First Names
Theodore
Nikolai
Connor
Lucius
Christopher
Edward
Kevin
Dimitri
Aleksey
William
Alek
Dawson

Middle Names
Azrael (Archangel, Deliver of God's Laws)
Tyrael (Archangel)
Ezekial


Names most likely not in the running anymore:
Collyn
Jeremiah
Zacariah
Augustus
Elijah
Ely
Isaiah
Christian
Noah
Lukas
Francis (Alex's Grandfather)
Jean (Courtney's Grandfather)
Lloyd (Alex's Grandfather)
Lewis (Courtney's Family's name)

22 weeks

I figured I would make a small post while we're on vacation in Michigan. Things are going really well. I can feel him move quite a bit now. On last Saturday Michelle, Clare, and Jill hosted a baby shower for Alex's side of the family at 3 Pines. It was a lot of fun. There were three games. One, you couldn't say "baby" throughout the shower. If you did, someone would have to catch you saying it and take away one of your baby pins. Another game had to do with identifying baby food. That was hard!!! Then the other game had to do with baby names, where they had to guess if it was a name we would consider or not. We had a great time. Alex even participated :) We got some cute stuff too. One down and three to go.. We have another shower in August, September, and November!

At the outlet mall here in Flint, we got some cute overalls at Oshkosh. Really cute. We will be back on Saturday night. So I'll probably post on Sunday or Monday. Time is just flying by....I did finish one of my fall semester books this week, so that's good. Overall, it's been a great vacation.

Courtney