Nursery Pics
04 Oct 2011 4 Comments
The past two weeks, I was pretty much wrapped up in decorating and putting the nursery together. It was a lot of work, but also alot of fun. Hopefully I can get the pictures up succesfully for you all.
Here is what used to be a white dresser that I have had since I was a little girl. I tried to make it more appropriate for a boy. The knobs are animals to match the theme.
Here is the crib we bought on clearance. What a deal. I did splurge on the quilt set I admit 
But this baby is worth it!
This is a shelf that my parents made for me in 1986. Its nice how it keeps on giving I painted the outside the same as the dressers and the background the same as the walls, a light blue.
This is part of the same dresser set. It was also white. It is in the closet. This dresser will store the clothes that baby Jerry does not fit into as the time; mainly 6 mos, 9 mos and 12 mos clothes I have for him. As you can see, my nephews have provided baby Jerry with lots of newborn items that are hung up and ready to be worn.
Trying to get this curtain hung up right was one of the tougher tasks accomplished. But it turned out really nice I think.
Decorating the Nursery
18 Sep 2011 1 Comment
Now that I know its a boy, I can move forward with planning and decorating. I thought I’d bring you all in on what my design is right now. Its something I’ve thought alot about even before we were pregnant. I’m so glad I can implement it all.
The design I had in mind was a bright green for the walls. Well it turns out that I must of had a girl in mind, because the decor that I had in mind to go with the bright green was bright pink. Oops! So, its time to think about a boy’s room. We picked out a cute decor ensemble at Buy Buy Baby: http://www.buybuybaby.com/RoomView.asp?SKU=114208 I really love it! And it has lots of different colors in it so I have several hues to chose from.
Because the background color is cream, we decided to go with wood furniture, which does bring up one problem. We already have two dressers and a bookshelf that we are going to use for the nursery, and they are all WHITE! So, on to finding ideas of how to paint dressers and bookshelves. The idea right now is to paint the walls a light blue color and the dressers and bookshelf a darker blue color. Then I’ll paint the closet a cream color to match the background of the quilt. I am not sure yet how to finish off the dressers and bookshelves. I’ve been thinking of either painting the drawers the same cream color of the light blue of the walls. And I might paint the indentation design on the drawers the dark blue. But that part I haven’t figured out yet. 
I am having so much fun with this. I can’t wait to have it all together and bring home baby Jerry to his new room!
Here are some before pics. The room is painted the bright green that I was talking about, but its just too bright for a baby boy 
Pictures
14 Sep 2011 2 Comments
Okay, let me try this again….
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And the gender is….
12 Sep 2011 2 Comments
Today marks the end of the 16th week and my high risk ob has been telling me that it is possible that I would find out the gender today. I’m so glad that I did. I’ve been reading up and talking to friends about baby registering. I have been visiting baby stores multiple times just thinking about what I might want to have for our little one, but not able to make the plunge. The wait is over!! We can stop calling the baby “it” and start calling the baby “him”. Yes, yes, it’s a boy!
Do we have a name…well of course we do. This one was actually quite easy. I knew that our first boy would be this name back when we were dating. We are pretty settled on naming him Gerald Edward III. I’ve personally never been keen on naming a child after yourself and my husband isn’t huge on that idea either. The truth is that the baby would mainly be named Gerald Edward in memory of my husband’s father who passed in 1990. It really is one of the most respectable ways to honor someone you cared about. I am glad that my husband has the opportunity to honor his dad in this way.
However, I can’t see myself introducing my baby as Gerald. He’ll be Baby Jerry. And if he becomes a politician later, he can be Gerald. My husband on the other hand goes by Del by 80% of the poeple we know ( a nickname based off of our last name). I’ve told him that I’m not going to say “big Jerry or little Jerry” every time I answer the phone, and said he needs to always introduce himself as Del. That would make things much less confusing
I’m so glad I can finally put a name to this little guy
Whoops
31 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
I don’t know what happened to the rest of my last post. I spent a good half hour telling you lots of stuff and uploading pictures. I’ll have to get back to it later and try to do it again.
15 Weeks and 1 day
31 Aug 2011 1 Comment
Hi everyone. I know its been awhile. I guess I just feel like I don’t have much interesting happening right now to blog about, but I do like the idea of keeping somewhat of a journal of things, so I thought I should go ahead and do a post. Sorry if its boring
First, I have some pregnancy pics to share. If you are my friend on facebook, then you’ve already seen a couple, but for the rest of you, here it goes:
10 weeks and counting
28 Jul 2011 Leave a Comment
The past three weeks have been quite a whirlwind. But it has been great to be busy because it has made week 7,8 and 9 fly by. Two weeks of directing a rock band camp, one week of hosting Del’s family, part of one week visiting Del’s family in Pennsyvania and lots of teaching music lessons. Whew! If you’re interested, one of the bands from the camp was featured on a local news station. You can check it out here:
http://www.wusa9.com/news/morning/CoolSchools/article/160376/377/Cool-Schools-Day-Jams
Today was exciting because we met our delivering obstetrician. I really liked him. Del felt he was a bit rushed, but he said several times that we are ahead of the game, so he probably rushed through some things because we’ve already had several appointments with other speciailists. It was one more step to feeling as though this is really happening! The baby looks very healthy. Everything looks good.
I am getting more open about telling people. Even though we aren’t through our first trimester yet, things seem to be pretty secure with the strong and consistently growing heartbeat. I emailed my music students and let them in on our news. I couldn’t really wait any longer because I’ll start teaching in less than a month and needed to get the year’s schedule out to them. So far no one has complained about me taking a 7 week leave in February/March. I think it will work okay.
We were sent home form the ob with a big bag of promotional and informational stuff. We went to Bugaboo to celebrate the next step of our process and looked over some of the material. Then all four of us (actually 5 I guess) took a long nap. In fact, when I taught tonight, Del kept sleeping We just drove back from PA this morning and he did all the driving. Guess it wore him out.
I’m really looking forward to the reunion we have coming up in just over a week with my mom’s siblings and their kids. I think she has already told everyone, but it will be fun to get the “congrats” from them in person. What an exciting time. Oh, and grandma turns 80!
The Day I Was Born
17 Jul 2011 2 Comments
Yep, today is my birthday, my 32nd to be exact. It started this morning at about 5:00. I woke up for no reason, but instead of lying there counting down the minutes until the alarm was to go off, I went into the nursery and started getting rid of more of my stuff. I think I have it just about cleared out. I still have a box of winter clothes, which I probably won’t be able to wear this winter, along with two boxes of old pictures. Everything else in the room is for baby. It is looking a little empty. I should do something about that I want to have it painted an apple green. I like having it a nuetral color because that way when baby #2 comes along, and if it is a different sex, I can just change the nursery decor. Maybe I can get my hubby to paint it before school starts back up. That would be awesome.
Today is significant, not because it is my birthday, but because it is a milestone day. You see, back before Christmas 2010, after IVF #1 failed, I told myself that by my 32nd birthday I would be on my way to mom by way of IVF working and I’d be pregnant or in the process of adoption. I remember when I made this promise to myself and feeling as though July 17th is soooo far away. But here we are! Today is here and I’ve known for exactly a month that we are having a baby. How exciting! What great timing. I made it. I lasted all the way to my birthday. Now to just get through the next 7 months without being anxious
Last night I went out with a friend, Kris. She is 7 months pregnant now and looking super cute. She always knows how to dress nice and do herself up well, and she didn’t take a break while expecting. She is adorable. It was so much fun to talk pregnancy the whole night. I am so glad that I can share this with her. Thank God that we are both pregnant. She also had a bit of a hard road, and I am so happy for her now.
Here’s to a wonderfully blessed 32nd year of life
No news is Good news
14 Jul 2011 1 Comment
I know that I have been neglecting the blog lately. Its just because I am directing a music camp this week and next and have not had much extra time, and definitely have not had extra energy.
The camp is going pretty smoothly. I have only told three of my staff that I am pregnant. I am now in week 8. I had another sonogram on Monday morning at my fertility clinic. Everything still looks great. The baby is growing perfectly and the heartbeat is getting stronger. I haven’t had a lot of nausea, just some undesirable digestive issues. But I am defintely tired alot. The passed two nights I have fallen asleep at 8:00. I can’t believe it. I don’t even mean too. DH and I have been chilling out watching TV, and I completely pass out. I’m positive its because the baby is taking most of my nutrients and energy. But I don’t mind. He or she can take all they need. I just want them to grow to be a healthy baby!
Coming out of the Cave
05 Jul 2011 1 Comment
Yesterday we went to a cook out with some of my husband’s softball friends. I don’t know the wives really well and I often feel a bit on the outskirts, but last night was different. I felt like I was finally coming out of this cave of infertility that I’ve been in and joining the rest of the world. I feel like a part of the culture and society that I live in. Its good, but its sad too to realize how much of a reject I felt like while we were trying. Remember when I went to the seminar at Resolve? That was when I felt like I belonged. And now I finally feel like I belong to a much bigger world. Anyhow, it was really nice talking to the other wives. They were all congratulating us and I finally had something that I can talk to them about. I felt so at ease and comfortable. It was great. However, I do wish our culture was different and those not in the “popular” season would still feel that they belong in someway. I hope that I can be a mom who still loves on and builds relationships with those not conceiving. Will I be one of those moms that completely leaves the infertility world behind? I hope not. I hope that I can be an encourager to those that are walking or going to walk the path I just went through. Besides, this isn’t the end. Everytime we want to conceive we’ll be going through IVF again. Who knows…we might have done 10 IVF’s by the time we have our family complete. Its crazy to think about.
