Baby Registries

For all of you who have been asking, you will be pleased to know that we finally registered! Here's a link to the
Babies"R"Us - Baby Registry. A BIG THANKS to Haley who drove me to Columbus to help me figure out what I needed to register for! I would have been absolutely lost without her! Don't get me wrong, I was still COMPLETELY overwhelmed at ALL of the crazy contraptions and the massive amounts of GEAR that this little tiny girl is going to require!
We are also registered at Target, but I couldn't find a way to post it on our Blog. If you'd like to view it click this link http://www.target.com/registry/baby/portal and just search for us by name. And if you know me well, you will not be surprised to find out that I've taken the liberty of price-shopping and registering for said "gear" where the price was the best. Shocker, I know. AND you're welcome ;) Just kidding, of course. Thank you to all of you for your support! We are so excited and promise to post pics of the progress on the nursery soon!

Lily Style

We have finally decided on a few fabrics for Lily's Nursery... John's Mom is making all of the bedding and window treatments for her and we couldn't be more excited! She is so talented and has recently invested in a new monogramming sewing machine! Of two things we are certain, this little girl will have some really cute outfits and she will never forget how to spell her name. THANK YOU, SHERRY!

The pink Swiss dot fabric is going to be the inside of the bumper pad, as well as parts of other accent pieces like pillows, and part of a throw quilt.

This precious pink and green toile is going to be the outside of the bumper pad as well as the main part of the Roman shades, to be tied with pink ribbon.

This green gingham is going to be the top part of the Roman shades as well as the changing table organizer, to be trimmed in pink ribbon.

This plaid fabric, which is coincidentally called "Pink Lily Plaid" is going to be the dust ruffle and throw pillows.

All together now...
(pardon the quality, I am not good with the camera phone)

I can't wait to get the nursery started! I'm hoping tomorrow we can get the rest of her room cleared out, lately it has been a glorified storage room since we had the floors in the living room, hallway, and master bedroom redone. Now that we are slowly getting our house put back together, I'd love to get a start on her room. With the fabrics ordered, we can now choose a wall color and start working on the wainscoting. Our goal is to be finished with EVERYTHING in our home including the nursery by Christmas! I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but not holding my breath...

Here are pics of her furniture, minus the glider & ottoman... The dresser really does match the crib and changing table, the picture makes it look a little lighter for whatever reason. Also, the changing table is not tiny, it is in proportion to the other furniture, despite the scale of the picture.

Pins & Needles

After my second acupuncture treatment in about 2 weeks, I am pleased to report that I am feeling a drastic improvement in several areas: headaches, sleeping patterns, energy, and mood. For those of you who know about my headaches, you realize how HUGE this is for me considering that I had an almost constant headache for the first 16 weeks of this pregnancy. After going through several bottles of Tylenol, a prescription from the OB that provided only a little more relief than the Tylenol did, and several trips to the Chiropractor, I was referred by the OB to a Neurologist. After waiting almost a month for the Neurology appointment, I left the Neurologist's office in tears after I learned less from him during the consult than in my tenth-grade health class. Drink 8 glasses of water a day, walk a little each afternoon, and sleep 8 hours a night? THIS is what you are being paid a six-figure salary for??? You've gotta be kidding me!

After I felt like I had tried everything under the sun, including a humidifier, a Neti-Pot (one of those genie-lamp looking pots that you pour salt water in one nostril and it comes out the other to flush allergens from your sinuses) and every remedy in between, someone recommended ACUPUNCTURE to me. Sounds crazy, huh? So I asked my OB what he thought, and he was all for it, especially after hearing me whine at each prenatal visit about all these stinkin' headaches.

Lo and behold, between acupuncture sessions #1 and #2, I've only had about half a dozen or so headaches, and not nearly as severe as before! Success? I think so! The first visit was a little, shall we say, different, but this second time I was able to relax a bit more. Despite resembling a human pin-cushion, the soothing music and the sound of the rain outside all but put me to sleep! Believe it or not it actually doesn't hurt! The needles are so tiny- about the width of a hair.

So for those of you suffering with any ailment, I highly recommend acupuncture. If you are in the Auburn area, Paula Lord is your gal! She is very knowledgeable and personable, check out her website: www.acupunctureforsouthernliving.com Tell her I sent you, maybe I'll get a discount at my next appointment or something :)