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Any new name ideas?
Any other games to play?
OH! I bought something yesterday. I know that you said you probably won't need clothes (due to loads of hand-me-downs from brother and neighbor) but they were SUCH!!! a great price. And very gender-neutral. ;)
Hi Ashley and Welcome to Pet Talk! I ordered something for you online from you baby registrary at babiesrus the other day! Im so excited for the little ones arrival haha! I love the pictures so keep them coming haha! And your nursery/room looks beautiful!
Oooo... the party's starting to pick up! We got some things in the mail today!!! Ashley is cleaning up some paint (we were painting again today) and as soon as she is clean we will start showing pics with her of some of the fun stuff she's getting!
On a side note: did you know Flutter is a calio kitty? oh yeah, she's got nice big splotches of white and blue calico spots now :D
I can't believe how well the nursery is coming together. We'll have everything done by the middle of next week.... and then there'll be nothing left to do but sit and wait. How do those of you who find out within the first 5 weeks handle all those months of waiting? Its only been 3 weeks here and we're nearly done! Imagine if we had a full 9 months to prepare! :D ;) :p
HURRY UP~! HURRY UP~!
What's taking so long???????????
Congratulations Ashley! I have no clue as to whether it will be a girl or boy, but either way it's great! Hmmmm, name ideas...... I think Aiden sounds nice as Samantha said. For a girl, Naomi is nice, and Jessica.
I haven't posted on this thread yet, but have been keeping up on reading. Congrats to you Ashley! or ( Flutter ) Welcome to Pet Talk. :)
To guess what gender you baby will be, I think maybe a girl. Don't know why but I just picked that one, seems right. :rolleyes:
To name the lil girl, Hmmm....Maybe K-Lyn? Ha, First name Kim. Just kidding :p Or what about Deanna
Well, I hope everything comes together for you and I wish great strenghth and good health for the big day! :)
Its only taken me a week to get these photos, but here are the photos :o
Lobodeb sent us a huge box of goodies for the shower. The plates she sent us are soooooo cute - little teddy bears, rabbits, etc. and guess what! The ribbon I planned on using for thefavors matches the plates as if I trekked around to every craft store in the world to find matching ribbon! I hope everyone can see how the ribbon matches the plate -- the sheer ribbon was hard to photograph
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...g/HeartBox.jpg
Ashley also got a wonderful gift from Johanna (Cataholic) of crib sheets and an "essentials kit" that has brushes, thermoneters, etc (oooo is she gonna kill me for how bad she looks here! :eek: )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...holicsgift.jpg
More stuff came since I took those photos but we never did get around to photographing them -- so those who sent items, we're getting there! :o We've been working very hard on getting everythign ready, but I want ot make time to show everyone the sweet things peope sent her.
However, here's more photos of the mommy to be.
Taken yesterday at my moms house
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...esg/wk29-1.jpg
I thought this was cute of her with my 2 year old nephew
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...esg/wk29-2.jpg
Once again, I want to thank everyone who's been so sweet and supportive. We're so excited getting ready for the baby and a lot of thanks needs to go to everyone who is hewlping. You all know who you are and you deserve great big (((HUGS)))
For a boy, I like the name Brandon or Chris or Miguel or Charlie or something...
Hey! I guess the shower is in full swing now (first gifts arriving). Great pictures!
I can make you a baby shower siggy or something ^-^
Woohoo, I finally got more pictures! The nursery is coming along SO nicely, thanks to many of you.
First is the artwork Jen gave us, I never did get a closeup to show all of you just how sweet this picture is
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...cat-fiddle.jpg
Auntie Jen also gave her some onsies... I think the baby will look better in them than Ash does ;) (ok, I'm gonna duck now since she's thanking me so much over the photo I posted of her earlier LOL)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5.../Jens-gift.jpg
*JTM*Coco*pi*Caramel* sent us a lovely blanket (oh you should feel how soft this is!) and some receiving blankets
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...sg/blanket.jpg
And you won't believe how great that blanket looks draped over the chair I upholstered
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...ir-blanket.jpg
(I swear the colors are exactly matching in person)
Lastly, sweet LVPets2002 sent a wonderful assortment of Baby Einstein toys, a bath blanket, and some onsies and bibs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...lesg/group.jpg
The blocks are just tooo cute and I had a blall playing with them this afternoon (the froggy vibrates if you pull his leg and the duck quacks if you squeeze him) I put them on the shelf next to the ultra-sound frame I made up for Ashley (I was so excited I had to give it to ther the night I made it instead of waiting til the shower :o)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...lesg/shelf.jpg
I am just overwhelmed by how wonderful everyone has been. Giant ((HUGS)) to everyone!
YIPPEE!!!!!! Toys to play with. :D And such a lovely blanket! (and if KIM says the colors match, you'd better believe THEY MATCH!)
Hey Just wanted to thank *JTM*Coco*pi*Caramel*, LVPets2002, cataholic, and Jen for the great gifts that you sent me. They will come in great use when the baby come but for now they are a good display for the room and for kim to play with :D
Isn't she funny folks? Kim to play with... indeed! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by flutter
She's VERY excited herself and I see her pulling the drawer out that has the clothes and such to look at them and show them off to anybody that stops by the house.
Ashley is not used to message boards and therefore very quiet and reserved - believe me, those few words she said mean a lot!
especially the part about KIM playing with the toys! :p :p (LOL)Quote:
Originally Posted by catnapper
Just curious - when will you know if it's a boy or girl? My co-worker has tons of *brand ne* clothes that her kids can't wear anymore. They are 4 & 5, so the baby wouldn't be wearing them for a while - but if you are interested let me know... or anyone else for that matter!
Kay, how wonderful! We won't know what its going to be until the day it makes its grand entrance!
Here's the scoop:
Proof its a boy:
Every stranger on the street is compelled to tell her its a boy
All the old wive's tales say it is a boy
My first thought was that its a boy
Proof its a girl:
Hubby wants a grandson SOOOO badly that the fates will give him a granddaughter
The sheer fact that everyone says its a boy means its a girl
During the ultrasound, the umbilical cord was in the way, but I swear it slipped over a bit for a split second, and when it did, I didn't see anything :p
Looks like everything is coming along great! I love seeing the pictures of the nursery and of Ashley's belly! It will soon be time for the baby :) Im glad that the blanket matched so well with the nursery and is so soft! Keep the pictures coming!!!
PS-Kim the ultrasound picture in the frame looks great! That is so special and such a good keepsake for Ashley and the baby!
I'm sorry I'm a bit late posting here:o but I haven't been able to get on PT as much as I'd like to lately. My guess is that the baby will be a boy. When my SIL was pregnant for the first time, many strangers would tell her that it was a boy and they ended up being right so you never know. I just hope that the baby will be healthy and that the delivery will go smoothly too.:)
Congratulations, Ashley! You look wonderful, healthy, glowing and you are carrying just like I did with my daughters. Yes, everyone told me I was going to have a boy, I was convinced, even my dr. and the nurses said she would be a boy (this was years ago, way before ultrasound).
As long as your little one is healthy and strong, it really doesn't matter. He/she will be born into a loving family and that's all that counts.
I was away for a while, so I am just now getting caught up on PT.
I would be most honored to attend the shower! ;)
I'm so happy to see that this shower is in full swing!! Mom to be....you are so adorable! A very pretty lady for sure! :) I'm working on getting my little gift mailed to you. Have fun getting ready for the little one. :) It looks like you're both having a blast already. How I would love to be in your shoes but it seems I'm never going to have any grandchildren :confused:
:) Now Ashley make sure Kim does not pull on that frog's leg to much OR make the duck quack to much due to the baby still has not arrived yet & dont wont to wear the toys out :p / I know play with the rattler (just a wittle bit).. :D
Yoo HOO!!!!! Kim, was there anything that did not get photographed yet?
(And I have no pride).........Is there anyone else who might be thinking about sending a gift?
And just to tease both Kim and Ashley, I have been diligently working on the gift for the "in person" shower. hee hee hee ;)
Oh boy, I sure hope we photographed everything! If not, PLEASE PM us and let us know what we did not show off! Everyone has been marveous and I want to make sure everyone gets to see what generousotiy has been given to us.
Now, another thing for the shower.... can someone PLEASE answer this: What on earth does "carrying high" and "carrying low" look like? I have no idea and I can't seem to find examples of pregnant bellies carryign high or low.
Here she is tonight - she has a very loooong torso, so the baby has lots of room to stretch out
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...lesg/30wks.jpg
Boy she has grown a lot in the past week -- how much bigger will she get in the next 8 weeks? :eek:
Wow, Ashley is really popping out!
I sent a little something Thursday. Hopefully it will get there soon.
I think carrying high is when the bump of the baby that sticks out the most is either above the bellybutton or below the bellybutton.
I think Ashley looks like she's carrying high from the picture.
I recieved another gift today from jazzcat... Thank you so much that gift card to target will be well spent. I really appreciate every thing that everyone has done for me and the baby
She looks like shes carrying high to me....Good Luck!
I recieved a gift today from Daisy and Delilah.....Thank you so so so much for the gift card to target
I personally happen to know that you received another gift or two yesterday (pats self on back).............LOL (I crack me up.....HA HA HA)
I'm so so sorry can't forget the best gift of all from jen. the music thing for the crib and the swing
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j6...88/swing_1.jpg
thank you and really sorry I forgot to post it
Oh Ash! what a terrible photo! :eek:
Jen: I put a nice bow on it like you requested, but I ran out of time to photograph it and post it. SO SORRY! :o
The music thing Ash is referring to is a great Kick and Play Piano. Jen is knocking herself out getting all these great gifts! I can't thank her enough for everything she's doing (((HUGS)))
Jazzcat and Daisy and Delilah: THANK YOU for the gift cards! They are definately appreciated and will be put to very good use!
No No, now, she gets an A for effort. (I just hope she knows I was just teasing her) ;)Quote:
Oh Ash! what a terrible photo!
You're very welcome Ashley!! Why don't you buy yourself something with it?? Mom needs some pampering too. Right?? ;)
Edit: I read down further.......you're welcome Kim :)
Glad you got the gift card. I hope it helps.
Jen - very nice!
I'm a few days too late, and I thought I should properly thank two very special PTers for gifts they sent Ashley.
I have to post copies from websites since I've been meaning to photograph everything for a couple days now and just can't find the time --- lazy excuse, I know :o
Lobodeb sent a Rail Rider. Its sooooo cool! Its a changing table that sits on the rails on the crib. This little space saver is fantastic!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../RailRider.jpg
And Koxka sent the beautiful little clock that matches the artwork Jen gave us. Its soooo sweet and looks great in the room (when I stop being lazy I'll photograph it!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...sign/Clock.jpg
THANKS AGAIN to everyone who has been so amazing through all this. Its been an interesting few months and life is about to get even more interesting in another month.