Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! It was a busy weekend at the Diffenderfer household preparing for Baby Diff's arrival! Uncle Stewart picked up the queen bed that was in there and moved it to his home and Chad cleared out everything else and put it into the office. Which means the office is in (hopefully temporary) complete disarray for awhile! I spent my Saturday working on painting the Winnie the Pooh mural. The previous homeowners had started this really fun mural, but Piglet and Tigger were not finished and there was large blank areas without grass. Our neighbors Matt and Kerry work for a paint company so they were able to help us out getting all the right colors to finish the mural, so I set to work on Saturday. I did pretty well, but Tigger still needs a head and I've decided to add in a beehive and some bees to match the Carter's Bumble set we've picked out for the nursery. The Trent family will be helping me with finishing all this, I'm really looking forward to having it done! Sunday we ordered the nursery set, most of this was a gift from Nana and Grandpa Willis. It should arrive before November 11th although we won't be putting it together until the mural is done, just another thing to cross off our list! I know Nana and Grandpa Willis are also anxious to see their purchases all set up. :)

Chad and I also stopped at some daycare places on Friday afternoon to get some prices and start checking some places out. The prices are pretty comparable everywhere we've gone, so now we just need to find a place we like! I feel this will be the hardest decision we will have to make and one that will impact us the greatest, especially financially. We have lots of other places to check out, so I'm hoping to cross some off our list on Friday after our next doctor appointment.

Baby Diff continues to go crazy in my belly; it's such a funny feeling! Sometimes it will catch me off guard and I just laugh. Thankfully I can blame my craziness on the baby for now! ;) He or she seems to be quite the night owl. During the afternoons it's pretty quiet in there, but night time is party time! Nana Willis hopes that Baby Diff gets his or her schedule straightened out by the time he or she graces us with their presence! :)

Nursery Set (Thank you Nana and Grandpa Willis!):
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Child-of-Mine-by-Carter-s-Jamestown-4-1-Crib-4-Drawer-Dresser-Changing-Table-Mattress-Chestnut/15939853

The Mural in progress:

Guess who had another doctor visit. . .

Today I had my monthly check up with Dr. Morris, my regular OB/GYN. I had lost a few more pounds, which was nice to hear! The baby is doing really well, we listened to the heartbeat through the little Doppler machine. Dr. Morris said the heartbeat was between 140 and 150. He said as the baby continues to grow the heartbeat will slow down a little bit and not to get worried. I also got the test results back for the spina bifida test. Baby is 100% healthy and shows no risk, so that was more good news!

Dr. Morris scheduled another anatomy ultrasound for November 4th since the baby wasn't cooperative last time. He also asked me some questions about my hospital registration (I haven't done it yet), if I was going to take birthing classes (not planning on it), if I was going to take a hospital tour (yes, at some point) and if I picked a pediatrician (I have asked around but that was it). He said no real hurry, but to start looking into and deciding on things. So next time Chad goes to an appointment with me, I will make him go with me and register for the hospital tour. Since my doctor's office is in the hospital it's pretty convenient! And Dr. Morris recommended a pediatrician that comes to St. Joe's Hospital that he likes and can release the baby from the hospital when it's time to go home.

My next monthly doctor appointment is Thanksgiving week, Wednesday November 23rd with Dr. Perkins. I've met Dr. Perkins awhile ago on a brief visit.

Shake it baby!

Now that Baby Diff is 19 weeks (and 2 days!) he or she wants to know they are here! I've been feeling Baby Diff randomly off and on but today was the day that it has been pretty constant. It makes me laugh when I feel the little movements. I really wish Chad could feel the little one moving around, but eventually he will! I feel the baby the most when I'm sitting or laying down, not when I'm walking around. It's not really the "butterflies" I was envisioning, but it sure is an odd feeling!

Target - Good Times!

After our doctor appointment today we decided to go to Target and start our Target registry. Target was not nearly as overwhelming as Babies R Us! We had fun picking out the infant seat, stroller, and pack and play that we really wanted. We messed around with the displays, pushed the strollers around, and made sure they we could close and open them with little struggle. We picked out some books and toys that we liked as well. We had fun registering together, and looking at all the little outfits, both of us think the baby is a boy so we were looking at all the little boy clothes. It makes it all so real, all these tiny little things will be used with our tiny little baby! We can't wait!

19 Weeks and Growing!

Today was a fun 19 week ultrasound visit! This was "the big one" to determine the baby's gender and go over everything to make sure the baby is growing on target. The ultrasound tech measured all of it's bones, his orbits, diaphragm, cerebral cavities, etc. When she measured the baby's thigh bone it was 2 and 1/2 inches! So tiny! According to The Bump, Baby Diff is the size of a mango. It was crazy to see this perfect baby, but so tiny! He or she has perfect bone development and so far, it's head size is right on target! Chad was worried that our baby might have a larger head than normal! :) We have lots of photos from this visit.

The baby is currently in a breech position but the tech told us that he or she has plenty of time to move around and get into the right position. In fact, she said that the baby was a little to small to see some of the things she needed to see, so while this was suppose to be our last ultrasound we will have another one scheduled after our appointment with Doctor Morris on October 21st. The tech should be able to see the rest of what she needs to verify, including gender. Baby Diff wasn't willing to show his or her goods, so they don't know the gender yet either. So, it looks like he or she wants us to be surprised, at first we thought it might be stubbornness, but really he or she is just helping his or her mom and dad out!

Baby Diff 19 Weeks 0 Days

Babies R Us Fun!

Chad and I had some down time and my mom reminded me that our first shower was a little 2 months away. We decided to head to Babies R Us and start looking around to see what we liked and didn't like. We put lots of things on the registry so we could go back and read the reviews or what people thought. Babies R Us was pretty overwhelming, so many options and choices. We picked out the nursery set we liked, it's called Bumble by Carter's. We thought all the bees and yellow would go perfectly with the Winnie the Pooh mural already on our wall in the baby's room. We still have to go back and finish the registry, but we gave it a good start!