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Bassinet

In 1975, a little baby was born. Her name was Jennifer and her parents received a wonderful bassinet in which this beautiful young child slept in her first few months in the world. This bassinet then was used for her little brother Clay, and then passed on to her aunt and uncle for her cousins Kent and Keith. In the hopes that a grandchild would be coming their way, the family held onto this bassinet for 25 years. With love, Nana and Papa restored the bassinet, and Great-Nana hand-sewed custom bassinet sheets, blankets and a pillow, along with beautiful decorative ruffles and bows to coordinate. Here is the gorgeous finished product, just ready and waiting for our little Nugget.

Outside view: ruffles, bow and crib sheets

Inside view: pillow, blanket, and crib sheets

Made with love

The Nursery is DONE!

Nugget is going to be joining us very soon and the nursery is ready. Everything has come together so well due to Jennifer's amazing style and vision. We have finished off the room with lighting, bookshelves and electronics that go perfectly with the feel and look we were aiming for.

View from the door

 Glider, bureau & changing pad

Beautiful hand-made mobile from our friend, Carroll (aka Shattered)

mamaROOOOOOOOO!

Nuggs' mamaROO has arrived!  Besides a cool name, it has some really sweet functions: 5 unique motions (Car Ride, Kangaroo, Tree Swing, Ocean Wave & Rock a Bye) w/ 5 speeds, 5 built in nature sounds, a toy mobile of artwork from Van Gogh, Monet & Seurat, a mp3 player, LCD display & a reclining seat.  Fingers crossed that Nuggs likes it as much as we do!

can i get one?

Monthly Comparison Pic - Months 3-9

Here is our final monthly comparison picture for you. Oh three months, how much I long for you again (well those abs at least). What you can't see from any of these pictures are the constant kicks and punches our cute little Nugget is hammering me with hourly (unless other people are around, then no movement at all of course). Maybe if you squint when you look at the last picture, you can see a little bump on the lower right hand side and can pretend that is a fist, and imagine my pain....

9 (and final) months picture

So the final monthly belly picture is here. It has been a long 36+ weeks, but a very healthy and not terribly uncomfortable one (with minimal maternity clothes bought!!). Nugget is now at full term and can safe arrive any day now, though Jennifer and I, being the planners/control freaks we are, hope Nuggs comes closer to schedule :)

 

36 weeks (9 months)

Since this is the last picture of this series, I started to get a little goofy while Jennifer continued to snap away. I think these pictures may show you exactly how big our "not-so-little" Nugget has gotten. Enjoy.

Final Ultrasound w/ a Special View

Last week, we had our final ultrasound. We were able to make it through this entire experience never finding out the sex of the baby. WAHOO!! It helped that I would go into the ultrasounds almost screaming at each technician/doctor at least 5 times that we didn't want to know. But ultimately, there were never any "accidental sightings" of anything so we were able to keep this surprise alive. In this final visit, Nuggs was measured every which way, from her/his head to abdomen to femur and shin bones. Based on these measurements, as of week 35, our little one weighed 5lbs 14 ounces with a little more than 4 weeks left to go. As a going away present, the doctor took some 3D pictures of Nuggs (which Jennifer had to approve before I would look because I actually find these pictures way to alien-like). 

 

week 35 - OMG!