Putting together the baby stuff

So we've started (and mostly finished) getting the baby stuff together. The swing, bouncer and travel yard (bassinet for now) are all complete. Steve did the hard work but I helped him with some of the directions because they honestly took 2 educated adults to figure out. Now we just need to buy a million batteries for all these things.

Here's a pic of Steve and Walter trying to put the swing together:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's the finished bassinet in our room:

33 Weeks

This week Jack weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. (Thanks BabyCenter - now I know my baby isn't an alien anymore?)...
Anyway - here's the 33 week shot - it's crappy and dark, I should probably start taking these pictures in the daylight, but that seems impossible lately. So you get what you get!

Baby Shower #2 Recap

So, Baby Shower #2 was 2 weekends ago and I still haven't updated about it? I'm a slacker, sorry! It was at the Belhurst Castle in Geneva, NY - where we got married 3 years ago! My parents, Katie, Lauren, Chris, and Tiffanie all travelled to Rochester to celebrate with me. It was amazing to have everyone together at once. The only problem is that it was such a short visit for everyone, I wanted to keep them longer! But we had a great visit and got some good pictures. Can't wait until the next visit.

The actual shower was really great. We had a very delicious brunch, did some cute games, and I opened a whole heap of presents. As I've mentioned before, Jack's gonna be a really lucky baby to have all the things he does. After 2 weeks of the nursery looking like a bomb went off (after 2 showers in a row), I think Steve and I have restored some order. I'll get some updated nursery photos up soon. I'll make the 33 week post either tonight or tomorrow, I forgot my camera card at home.

The rest of the pictures from the shower:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laauuren/sets/72157622468465159/

32 Weeks

By now, Jack weighs 3.75 pounds (size of a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long...he's taking up a lot of space! He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz).

Here's the 32 week photo:

Baby Shower #1 Recap

I had an amazing baby shower on Saturday thrown by the lovely Denise. She really outdid herself! The food was amazing, the decorations were cute and the company was even better. I got so many beautiful gifts from everyone, it was so wonderful. Jack is one lucky baby already and he's not even here yet!

Denise did some really cool things. First, she had everyone bring a book instead of a card, so Jack's got a little library collection started already. She also created a website: http://www.tinyurl.com/jackparish for people to sign up for making dinner for us in the first few weeks that Jack's here. Aren't those fabulous ideas? I thought so. Very creative! I was able to fill in the nursery with a lot of goodies, I will have to take some new photos of it. I guess I will wait until after next weekend's shower because I'm sure it will be even more full after that.

The rest of the pictures from the shower:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laauuren/sets/72157622517137606/

30 Weeks

Jack is about 15.7 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds (the size of a cabbage). I had Steve snap a picture of me last night, but the image quality isn't great and it's pretty dark. But, it's a 30 week picture.

Tomorrow is my baby shower that Denise is throwing me, I can't wait! I'm sure I'll have an update on that after it's over.