Baby's Room Photos!

Alrighty, well, I'm giving the posting photos thing another try, this time with photos we've taken of the baby's room. Enjoy!


1) This is the view from the doorway


2) This is the little guy's closet - and don't worry, most of his clothes are in the dresser, not the closet. We just hung up the bigger-sized clothes for later.

3) Here's our free dresser/changing station (thank you, Stacie!)

4) There's our glider that Mom & Dad gave us as a shower gift. That bookshelf right now is sort of the "catch-all" spot until we have everything we need to put things "away."

5) Here's the swing that Leslie & Jonathan got us for a shower gift. Isn't it great?

6) Here's the view of the crib (was my crib when I was born!) and our new matching curtains.

We still have a few things left to do, but overall, its my favorite room in the house because its so organized and clean! :)

Baby Shower!!

My sister Leslie threw us our first baby shower in Richmond on Saturday, May 31, with the help of various family members. It was a fantastic shower, and the food was great :) It was so fun to get to see so many members of my extended family that I don't get to see that often! I really enjoyed that. We got alot of great gifts for the baby - let me just say, he will be one very well dressed baby! I'm pretty sure he has more clothes than I do!
My aunt sent me a few photos from the shower, and I'm waiting on some more from my sister. Here's what I have so far!
Ok so they're not working. Back later, hopefully with more photos...

Week 28

I'm sorry for not getting on here more often - I have totally planned on it but have been a little swamped over the month of April with my booth at the Women's Expo, etc. But I feel like I have returned to life as a semi-normal person, for which my husband and I are both grateful!

Today I complete week 28, and our little guy is completely on the move. Its very rare for me to be sitting down and not feeling him kicking around and poking in there. David keeps saying "That's our little soccer player!" He's been enjoying feeling the movement as well. Overall I can't complain but I do have the usual aches and pains in my hips and back, and sure enough like clockwork, I have definitely noticed a change in how tired I get during an average day. I'm trying not to think and worry about what the last few weeks will be like. I'm just going to take them one at a time and enjoy all of the things that I'm able to do!

We've been taking a "Preparing for Parenting" class over the last few weeks, and we've enjoyed that. There are around 13 other couples in the class with us, and its very laid back. Its been fun to meet up with other couples that are in the exact same boat as we are. It ends this next week, and I'll sort of be sad to not go anymore! They're giving us a ton of useful information, and its really common-sense stuff, but I just hope I can somehow remember even just half of it by the time we can put it into practice.

The baby's room is coming along very nicely too. We put up curtains and I painted new knobs for the baby's dresser (thanks, Stacie!). We have a glider that my parents bought for us and a bookshelf in there. Once David paints the crib (if it can ever be warm and dry on a day he's home!) we'll be able to put that up. We got a great deal on some "gently used" bedding that Mom found for us that we love - here's the link if you'd like to see some of it at least - http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/k4059/index.cfm?pkey=cbdgbbd%7Cb
. Leslie & Jonathan bought us an early shower gift also, a swing in the Graco "G Galore" pattern which is super cute, and its set up in the baby's room as well.

I have however started to get a little nervous about how quickly time if flying by! Last week I realized that although still only April officially, I knew we were going to be gone this weekend, home for two weeks, then I'd be gone for another two weeks and when I came home, May would be over and it would already be June! Not sure of how I'll feel then, I now have about 400 lists floating around the house of things I want to get done before I'm out of town, so that in case I am not feeling great I have gotten things done. We'll just have to see how that goes.

Well and don't be angry but I have no photos to post of me and my belly. I will, I promise. It is just a wee bit intimidating to take photos of my huge belly and send them out for the world to see! But I don't want to risk anyone's wrath and so there should hopefully be photos in the next week or so.

I promise to try and do better with posting too - thanks to everyone who keeps checking on me! :)

"Buy the ball, bat & glove..."

Today was a big day for us! This morning at 8 am, we had our 20-week ultrasound. My sister Leslie and her husband Jonathan made a surprise trip west yesterday evening to be with us for the event, and we had LeAnne Blackmore and Brandi Onks (very important people in our local family!) with us as well.

Last night, right before going to bed, David spoke to my belly, admonishing the baby to not be shy this morning for the ultrasound. Needless, to say, we did not need to be worried. We had no trouble determining via the ultrasound photo what we were having, but we like the way the doctor said it best: "Buy the ball, bat & glove - there's no doubt that's a boy!"

They did alot of measuring and probing and based on all of their measurements, the baby is currently 13 oz, and very healthy! It was very surreal to watch the little guy moving around on the screen and imagine that that was going on inside of me. He was arching his back and moving around and it was so precious. I was excited to learn that I have only gained 8 lbs so far, which the doctor said is excellent. I need to make sure I am making time to rest, however, to make sure my blood pressure stays at a normal level - and that is something that I struggle with. David is being very sweet and helpful though, and encouraging me to take advantage and follow the doctor's advice.

No, no names picked out yet, we haven't even made a list of potentials yet, believe it or not. However we plan to keep the name a secret until the baby is born, so there is something exciting to be announced when the baby is born (since we know so clearly the baby is a boy!).

So that's where things stand right now - enjoy the photos and be sure to check back regularly for more updates and to leave us some comments :)

A note from the Father:
So I took off time from work today to watch my baby at the doctor's office. As my wife said we had the 20 week ultrasound this morning. I am getting my Ph.D. in the medical field and was still completely amazed at the little life that is growing in my wife's belly. I was not quite excited before the ultrasound as Ali but while we were there, watching our baby move, it was the best experience I have ever had. I am so proud and excited to be a dad. Up to this point, I haven't had a good chance to understand and appreciate the magnitude of this life experience(becoming a dad). Now that I have seen my son, I can grasp how much my life is going to and already has changed. I can already start to understand a father's love and I really do love our baby so much that I can barely begin to define it. I now know that everything in life will be less important than my family and their well-being. I can't wait to see our son and hold him. That will be the next greatest experience in my and my wife's lives.

This picture is 4-D and the baby's face is in profile looking to the right in the very center of the picture.
This is the definitive picture that shows we are having a boy.
This is a profile picture of the baby laying on his back with one arm showing and part of one leg.

Welcome!

Well friends, we tried to post a welcome message yesterday so that you could all have this link before today, but there was an error, we had surprise company, and so now you're just going to have to skip the touching intro :)

We will be posting on here with photos and updates on the development of Baby Gibbons, and we invite you to come here often and share in the adventure with us!!

Welcome to our adventure!

Hello, all!
Tomorrow is a big day for us. Not only does it mark the end of my 21st week of pregnancy, but we have our 20 week ultrasound where we will hopefully find out whether or not we'll be having a boy or a girl! I no longer have a preference, I just am praying to hear the doctor say that we have a healthy baby. Our appointment is at 8 AM, then we will meet with the doctor after the ultrasound. We have two friends who will represent our local family coming with us, and we are so happy to have them.
Well, we're excited to have this site so that you all can share with us in the exciting days ahead! We plan to be uploading photos and updating regularly here so you all can be with us every step of the way.