Baby Shower #1

Yesterday was our first baby shower.  It was great!  We got lots of wonderful gifts for Baby K.  He is definitely going to be the best dressed kid around!  Matthew's aunt and cousin did a great job with everything.  The decorations were adorable, and they had very yummy snacks!  Since pictures are better than words, below are just a few from the shower.  Big thanks again to our generous hostesses and all of the guests for such a great afternoon!

The Bump!

Opening presents :o)

A Baby Sock Bouquet

Diaper cake!

Baby clothes make great decorations!

It's a baby shower!

Belly Progression Pic

So even though I did the 32 week shot yesterday, I decided to do a progression pic collage.  It's always kind of fun to see the difference between the weeks.  I was really surprised at how little change there really was between weeks 10 and 20, but between 20 and 30....WHOA!  Talk about really popping!

32 Weeks!

Well, another week down only 8 more to go!  Holy crap!  Last week was our final Lamaze class, tonight is Newborn Care, next week is a class on brestfeeding, the following week is all about epidurals and various forms of anesthesia used, and then finally in December is our infant/child CPR class.  Whew!  We are going to be busy these last few weeks!

Our first baby shower is this Sunday!  I can't wait!  I've been a little lax on posting pics of the new items we've gotten lately, so this post is also an update with that as well.  We have all of our nursery furniture now!  The finishing touches will come in a few weeks.  My mom is making the bedskirt, a diaper stacker, and a pad/cover to go on top of our changing table/dresser to keep the changing pad from scratching it.  I've also purchased wooden letters to pain brown and the blueish/teal color of the fabric that Mom is using, to spell out his name on the wall.  I can't wait to get all the stuff put in it and see it all put together!

Well here is this week's token belly pic, and a pic of the glider, our stroller, and the crib! 

32 Week belly shot!

 

 

 

Stroller with the infant seat attached (nevermind the dog toys on the floor.  haha!)

Stroller without the infant seat

Crib!

Glider and the tall dresser again :o)

31 Weeks!

The days just keep rolling by!  It won't be much longer until pregnancy is just a memory.  How crazy is that?!  Every time I look at the calendar and realize that October is almost over I'm blown away.  I just can't believe how quickly time is passing.  When I'm sleep deprived and exhausted in a few months, I'm sure I'll probably be wishing I could go back to right now :o)  Oh well, that will be a fun adventure as well! 

I don't have much to post today.  The big news from this week was the u/s on Monday.  It's so nice to know how he is positioned, because now when I feel movements I have a better idea of what part of him is causing it.  He definitely likes to moon me a lot.  lol!  This afternoon I had a little butt protruding from my belly.  It looks hilarious.

Well anyway, here is this week's picture!  31 weeks, holy cow!

Baby K's latest photo shoot :o)

Today was my growth ultrasound that Dr. M wanted.  As a special treat, since Matthew couldn't come this time, my mom came instead.  She got a live sneak peek of her first grandchild :o)  I am so happy to report that Baby is doing great!  He measured right on target, no concerns of growth problems at all.  Such a relief!  The ultrasound tech estimated his weight at 3lbs6oz.  She said he looks perfect!  I also had my usual check up.  I saw one of the midwives and she said everything was measuring out fine as well.  So glad that all is well with our little guy, and to see that he is DEFINITELY still a boy.  ha!  She said there was no question there.  No need to exchange blue items for pink.  LOL! 

Below are the latest pics of our little guy.  I had really hoped to get a good pic of his face, but he's still being shy.  She was able to get two great profile shots in 2D mode, but in the 15 seconds it took to switch to 3D he covered his face with his hands and refused to move them.  What a little stinker!  I guess he needs a little tag that says "Do not open till Xmas" since we probably won't see his little face until then.  I have one more u/s around 37 or 38 weeks to estimate weight upon delivery, but with his track record we still probably won't see his face.  Oh well, I guess his cute little face will just have to be our surprise since we already know he is a he!

Without further adieu here are little man's latest photos!

Sorry Mom, no pictures!

Side Profile:  nose, pursed lips, and chin

Side profile again

Still a boy!

I honestly don't know what this is a picture of....lol!

Heart rate 150bpm.  Nice and strong!

30 Weeks! Only 10 more to go!

Yikes!  10 Weeks left?!?!  Doesn't seem possible!  I don't have a whole lot to say today since I had a long post yesterday about all of our baby gear.  So I guess today is just basically going to be the weekly pic :o)

Baby Gear!

We have been invaded by baby gear and I LOVE it!  My parents so generously bought several large items for us and they were all delivered this week!  It's been like Christmas around the Kuntz household, and the UPS guy is now my Santa.  ha!  On Monday our Pack-n-Play arrived, and today our infant car seat and highchair arrived!  As if those things weren't fun enough, I got a call today from Babies R Us saying that our stroller had arrived in store and we could come pick it up whenever we had time.  I guess my slight panic about my pattern being discontinued was REALLY unnecessary.  Thank you pregnancy hormones for making me freak out about it all.  Lol!

We also have 2 of our 4 nursery furniture pieces!  I mentioned in a previous post that my aunt so generously bought a dresser for us.  The furniture is absolutely gorgeous and I love it!  We bought the changing table/dresser combo, and both of them are in Baby K's room now.  They've each been against every wall in the room to find the best layout for the furniture.  I'm sure they'll be moved again once we get the crib, but I think we MIGHT have finally found the perfect arrangement.

The pictures below are of all of our new gear.  The highchair is so impressive!  It's really 4 seats in one, and when the times come for Baby K 2.0 we will be able to use the highchair again and the booster seat it changes into, at the same time.  No need to buy a second booster for the original Baby K!  I was kind of giddy putting all this stuff together this week.  Sophie definitely thought I'd lost my mind. 

Well here are the pics of all of our gear so far.  Enjoy!

 

Changing table/dresser

 

Tall dresser from Aunt Jean

Infant car seat and base, Pack-n-Play, Highchair

Infant Highchair

Infant Feeding Booster

Toddler booster with the back.  The back piece has a harness so it's safe for kids under 3.  Once he's over 3 we can use the booster seat by itself without the back piece.

Youth chair.  The back from the toddler booster will also attach to the youth chair.

I told you this was the most versatile highchair EVER!  I absolutely love it and all the options!

Infant car seat.  It's SO soft!  :o)

BIG, HUGE thanks again to my mom and dad for all of our incredible things, and BIG, HUGE thanks to my Aunt Jean for the dresser.  Baby K is way spoiled already, and he still has 2 more months of cooking to do!  I really can't put into words how grateful Matthew and I both are for everything our families are doing/have done for us and our little guy.  We have to be the luckiest parents-to-be out there!