Between then and now…

I gave the bulk of information from the time we found out we were pregnant until the time we found out we were having a girl in my first blog post so here are some of the tid-bits since…

…Appointments and movements…

                We’ve had two appointments since the great unveil. The first one was on 3/1/11 which was a normal check-up (weight check, listen to the baby’s heartbeat, and general stuff) and I must mention that there was no weight gain but my pants did feel a little tighter. J  I saw a different doctor at this appointment, Dr. Stadulis.  I really like her – maybe she’ll end up delivering Baby Girl Basham in August. I admit that for the first time in my life I was concerned about the lack of added pounds but the doctor assured me that I was fine and to be happy as I’ll most likely put it on in the 3^rd trimester.  I am quite amazed that I’ve not been sick at all.  I am really happy about that.  I hear it’s horrible and some women are sick the entire time…soooo soooo glad that hasn’t been me.

                On 3/10/11 (yup, my Dad’s birthday) I was at work and felt this weird fluttering sensation in my lower abdomen.  I ignored it at first but then it happened again…and then again.  It was movement!  Other than seeing the first sonogram this is the first time it hit me that there is really a living person in there.  Luckily she’s not to the point that her kicking and punching me hurts or is keeping me up at night but I’m sure that’s soon to come.

Our next appointment was the BIG one!  This was on 3/26/11.  Our appointment was in the morning this time, thank goodness!  The sonogram technician did her routine, checking out the baby however she would move around and finally at the end she gave us the news – baby Basham was Baby Girl Basham!  The sonogram pictures on this blog are from that sonogram.  Our technician also rewarded us with the picture you see on the bottom left…a 3D image of her J  She said that since we were one of the few patients that can manage to get to the appointment on time she would give us a treat….and Steve wonders why I’m always early to appointments….good things can come of it!  We saw Dr. Stadulis again and just like the last appointment, no weight gain…just a growing bump.  I’m unable to button my work pants now but I can still wear a couple pair of my regular jeans.

We had decided to send flowers to the ‘rents to tell them the sex of the baby.  Once we left the appointment we ordered flowers for my dad and Steve’s parents and then picked up a bouquet for my mom.  We took mom’s flowers to her at her office.  She was excited and so were her co-workers…she was going to have another granddaughter!  Steve’s parents and my dad were also excited and enjoyed their flowers.

Our next appointment is 4/26/11.  This one will be a regular appointment and we are scheduled to see Dr. Kil again.

…The Name Game…

                Oh…the name game…everyone seems to be playing this…LOL.  I’m pretty sure every day someone asks what we are going to name our little girl and everyone has a suggestion, so keep ‘em coming, I’ll add them to the list…so far these are our ideas (I won’t say who came up with which) J We are keeping away from “family” names like Marie.

                Harper

                Aydan

                Sydney

                Cadence

                Brooke

…Registering for stuff…

                Everyone has been asking if we’ve registered anywhere or if we have a theme for her room.  Well, I think we’ve narrowed down the theme to this nursery collection we found at Burlington: http://www.cocalo.com/item.asp?id=1081&brand=1&g=1&coll=&cat=1 but we are still working on the paint scheme for the room.  We hope to have that decided sometime this week so we can get the nursery all painted and ready.

                We took a drive this past Sunday to Woodbridge to Babies R Us.  Our plan was to go and check out everything that they had.  I must say that walking into that place was a bit overwhelming.  I had looked through Burlington Baby Depot and Target just browsing at items but I wanted to put my hands on different things like strollers and portable play yards.  Burlington offers a lot of the small stuff but the selection at Babies R Us seemed larger when it came to cribs and strollers and items like that.  We ended up going ahead and registering at Babies R Us for the items we saw and liked (I mean since we were there and had some time – Steve was being a good sport especially since it was race day).  We plan to register at Burlington Baby Depot in the next week or so for some other items.  I know Babies R Us is a bit pricey but at least it’s a start.  I’ll leave it up to everyone to comparison shop amongst stores J  we just picked out what we liked and what we felt would be useful.

…Stay Tuned…