22/40

One really special thing happened this week in the world of baby Phillips. Christopher was able to feel the baby kick for the first time on Wednesday night this week. Baby Phillips has been quite the active one for the past 5 days. His kicking has increased by the day. It's great because it is a constant reminder of a miracle to me. 

Being that this is my first pregnancy, all the firsts are sometimes overwhelming. We received a beautiful handmade blanket from the crochet club here at Christ Church. It was so sweet this week that they wanted to bless our baby with a really sweet blanket. 

I know the days seem to be moving faster and faster as the pregnancy go on. Lord, help me to get everything I need done before Christmas and not stress out about the STUFF! :)

Until next week...

21/40

So this week not a lot of changes have happened in the world of Baby Phillips. I am 21 weeks along and definitely feeling the flutters in my stomach. I think Baby Phillips is about 6-7 inches long and way about 12 oz. THAT IS CRAZY! My waist line (or lack of waste line) is definitely showing your daily growth. Wow! It is crazy to think that we are now at the 5 month mark...and only 4 more months to go. 

We started some baby registering this week. The big stuff that is not seasonal of course... I have the sites definitely in the early stages...but here is sneak peeks!

AMAZON REGISTRY

TWEED REGISTRY COMING SOON!! 

BABIES R US REGISTRY

TARGET REGISTRY

Also this week we received some mail for our sweet baby boy! Ms. Billie Goodman sent his first book. So cute! We just love Billie and are so excited that she is coming back to Nashville very, very soon!

 Last night, we hosted at Christ Church the children's choir from Uganda, Ugandan Thunder. Their leader gifted us with a bird mobile hand made in Uganda. It is so cute! So now baby Phillips has a Japanese mobile from our sweet friend Yuki and an Ugandan mobile from the Ugandan Thunder. 

Until next week...

20/40

Officially half-way there! It definitely feels like it has been 20 weeks...but I cant believe that in 20 weeks...life will be a whole lot different.

We have done some preparations for the baby's room. Mainly by selling some stuff on Craigslist and getting some stuff shipped off to Goodwill. It is very exciting and overwhelming all at the same time to pick out what you want in a nursery. I think most of it is self-induced stress. I dont want a "themed" nursery; yet I want it to match somewhat. I want it to be fun and bold but relaxed and peaceful. I want to use some of the items from the room that I already had and then match new/new-used stuff to it.

All that to say, we did purchase a rug this week and some burp clothes that have the giraffe print on them that I want so that I can look at other fabrics and paint to match up with those purchases. In the end, we have a lot left to do and it doesn't help that in most mom-to-be's planning that we have huge holidays that fall right in there. So lets hope we can get a bulk of it done before thanksgiving. :)

Until next week...

19/40

So this was a big week for us. On Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012 - we found out that we are having a boy! I am so excited about having a boy! I know this...it will definitely keep the shopping down...because boy stuff is just not near as popular as girl stuff...so that is a blessing in disguise. But seriously, we are pretty excited about having a boy. Christopher had a special little surprise waiting for him in the choir room when he came in Wednesday evening for rehearsal. :)

Proud papa!

I saw this blanket on Etsy...and I think that this is what I want for the baby bed. How cute is that for a boy? 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/104224289/mustache-blanket-monogrammed-kids-throw

On Friday (October 5), Christopher and I got up and headed to the Chattanooga to spend the weekend there celebrating our anniversary...5 years!  We went to the aquarium and to the Imax theater to see the premier of a Butterflies documentary. It is nice to just get away and detach for 36 hours even if its only 2 hours away. It feels refreshing. We definitely need to take advantage of the "couple" time that we have over the next 4 months because we are going to be a family of 3 before we know it!

"Smoky" mountains

This cute little sculpture was outside this amazing museum...appropriately so the woman is pregnant. :)

I must say Chattanooga is quite the quaint, artsy little town. We ate at good restaurants, took nice walks, and went to some pretty cute places to shop. Nashville has to step it up a little bit...I think. :)

Until next week...