The 2nd Wedding Anniversary is Cotton

Dan and I will be celebrating our 2nd wedding anniversary next week [Aug 18th if curious minds really want to know]. Now, tradition states that the 2nd anniversary is a gift of cotton. I will get back to this in one sec this next part is important.

For those of you who do not know yet ... I have succumbed to letting Dan name the baby Clint after Clint Eastwood. And yes Grandma, et al there will be NO middle name just like the icon Dan's wishes to name him after.

Anywhoo, I got him this little cotton item below to let him know that its a deal ... we are naming our son Clint. He brought it to work with him to show the guys. I guess he was a little thrilled =]

Birthday Surprises

Yesterday was my birthday and my husband [Dan] surprised me with a digital camcorder. LOVE IT!! He thought with the baby coming it might be handy. I made the video below as a test drive. We have 3 fawns that visit us regularly. Two of them are twins. Sometimes they like to kick it in our yard for the day. Thanks again Ma for the delish cupcakes. They are so yummie with sprinkles and everything! OH and DON'T judge my commentary is less then desirable. Hahahaha.




Thanks for all the birthday wishes friends and family. I truly felt loved yesterday!!

Moose Swimming - Thanks Grandma

Dad and Baby Bonding

Background info first ...... Dan found a stethoscope somewhere [work, the street, one of his senior citizen guys friend, who knows] and brought it home and sterilized it per my request.


Dan hasn't been able to attend the midwife appts where hearing the heartbeat is part of the visit ... I think he is feeling left out.

Anyhoo, he decided that he wanted to hear the heart beat of the baby last night. So he went downstairs and grabbed the stethoscope and placed it everywhere on my belly to hear our little guy. He didn't get to hear the heartbeat because the baby decided to kick him. He thought that was pretty amazing and forgot all about hearing the heartbeat.

Until next time ....

Pictures, Possibilities and Preparations

Ultrasound Pictures of our Baby Boy

[aka Little Clint]

Here he is our little guy. His profile at 5 months
















Here is his tiny little foot.













His arm and hands.














Tilt your head to the left. He is sideways laying on his arm.
Don't worry it does look kinda like a skeleton.

Possibilities

With the new little peanut on the way I have been stressing a little [ok a lot] about my work situation. Reason being is, I have to travel extensively overnight for weeks on end to be successful in my current position. BUT this little setup is completely unsuitable for a Mama and a new Mama at that, so the job search prevails. I recently applied for a position on campus. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I will at least get an interview. Updates about this will happen after Aug 3rd. Send all the good vibes you can!!!

Preparations

Apparently, babies need a lot of stuff. I mean a lot more stuff then I have ever even knew about ... my parenthood magazine provides a checklist. So, to make it easier for me and Dan I went Target, Wal-Mart and the Babies R Us webistes and created a registry of things that we need for our little guy. Who knew there are SOME MANY options for car seats, cribs, bottles, etc. PS. Any advice on a good infant car seat would be welcomed.

Ok so that is it for now ........

Thank you Uncle and Auntie from MN

My brother and sister in law sent us an amazing baby swing cradle for the baby. I just had to put it together last night. I love it thank you so much. Right now it is in the "baby room". I say "baby room" because it is the only thing we have in the room that pertains to the baby at this point.

I am feeling really good these days. I can feel the baby move a lot more now and he is definitely making more room for himself in there ... from the u-sound he appears to be very long. He likes to have his head right under by breast also seen in the ultrasound. Which explains the discomfort in that area over the last couple weeks. =]

I am hoping I can get Grandma Rourk to scan the u-sound pictures soon to post.

Have a great day!

We are having a Boy!!

Most of my friends and family already know we are expecting a BOY at the end of November beginning of December. Now its the name game.

Dan as you know has Clint Crosbie firmly planted in his brain as the name but as for me it is still up for discussion.

So, I have one name that I am thinking about and hoping for some thoughts on the subject:

Guy Rourk Crosbie or just Guy Crosbie since Dan has some aversion to middle names.

Just a quick thought on the topic.