23w5d

Hi! Not too much to update but I wanted to share a belly picture from my vacation a few weeks ago so you can see how I've grown!!

We went to register on Tuesday night, it was quite an experience. I thought I knew what I wanted and was pretty knowledgeable on all things baby but I was wrong. After a day of editing, I am pretty happy with my registry now. Yay! I am also going to try to set up a universal registry where I can link to different stores online for items that arent available at babiesrus. I only have like 7 items but I would really like to put them on a registry somewhere as some are kind of big. Any suggestions for a website to use? I have heard that Amazon does it but wanted to see if there was something else where I could link to whatever I wanted.

We are still on a hunt for a glider. We are having a comfort/cost issue. I am choosing based on comfort, B is choosing based on cost. Not really sure how that is going to end up. To be continued I guess.

No appointments or anything recently but yesterday I signed up for our classes at the hospital! We are taking Prepared Childbirth, Breastfeeding and Infant CPR. I really want to do the CPR class, I think it is important. B thinks that someone in our family of nurses can just show us how to do it but I dont think it is the same effect. So I am taking it and he is not. Those classes are in September and October. Couple that the weekly NSTs, bi-weekly and then weekly OB visits and I will be at that hospital pretty often from Sept - Nov. I wonder if they have a frequent parking program :)

22w5d

Wow! Where have I been? Last week I was on vacation. We went up to the Boston area for the week and it was a lot of fun. I was worried I would be uncomfortable with all of the walking but it wasnt too bad, it was a little hot though. So what's happened since my last post? He is still a boy, that was confirmed 2 weeks ago during my follow up ultrasound. Everything checked out ok during the ultrasound so I dont need to have anymore at this point. He was 15 ounces at 21 weeks! Big baby! I also found out that because of my thyroid issues I am going to be having non-stress tests weekly starting at 32 weeks. I dont really know why, it was surprised to hear it at my appointment this week so I will ask more questions at my next appointment. By that point I wont be working much longer so it wont be too bad. Between those appointments and my OB appointments I am going to live at the hospital/medical center for the last 8 weeks. It will be like all of the RE appointments all over again.

I still havent registered and I still havent picked out a stroller. I am planning on ordering the furniture tomorrow and will hopefully decide on bedding soon!

My belly is getting big and he is moving a lot, I love it!

That's about it I think.

19w6d

I cannot believe it, I will be 20 weeks tomorrow. I never thought I would reach this point. I remember when I first moved to SAIF and saw people at 20 weeks I thought it would be forever until I got there. I am so grateful to be here, so incredibly grateful, and my little man always reminds me of how lucky I am. Actually, he is giving me little kicks while I am typing this, it is just amazing and unbelievable. So along with all of this amazement comes confusion because now I am have navigate baby world. Parenting? That will be easy but try choosing a stroller! We went to babies r us yesterday and before we went I was pretty sure about what I wanted, when we left I was so confused. I think we have it narrowed down to the peg perego pliko p3 and the chicco courtina. If I could find a stroller that had the best of both I would get it in a second but here are my pro's and con's... you tell me what you think.

Peg Perego Pliko P3
- Super comfy and sturdy seat
- Big sun shade (could practically cover the whole stroller)
- Umbrella stroller - folds up pretty compactly
- Not a one hand fold - kind of complicated actually and opening is the same way
- Can attach car seat
- Decent size basket
- Kind of hard to get to basket because of folding mechanism
- Snack bar but does not lift up
- Seat fully reclines
- Adjustable handles
- 2 handles instead of a bar - can't push with one hand
- one crappy cup holder

Chicco Courtina
- Seat/fabric not quite as comfy
- Very small sun shade - would need to buy something else
- Bigger when folded
- Easy one hand fold and open
- Can attach car seat
- Decent size basket
- Easy to get to basket
- Snack bar that can be lifted to easily get bigger baby in and out
- Seat fully reclines
- Adjustable handle
- One handle bar - can push with 1 hand
- Decent cup holder and other compartment for keys, etc.

These are the things that we took note of. Is there anything that I missed that is important? Which items are most important? Which would you choose? Ignore price... Oh and both have car seats that fit up to 30 lbs.