200 down!

Days that is.... 200 days on the roller coaster.

Time is flying by.

We are down to the "every two weeks" doctors appointments.
Betsy took the glucose tolerance test and apparently passed since we haven't heard otherwise. She is feeling good, though tired, and the baby continues to be very, very active.

The nursery is still not 100%, the walls are bare and the changing table is under construction (thanks Dad!).

And that, is that!

Update

Well, as of today we are 95 days and counting.... provided, of course, that the baby is also following the baby countdown on the left.... but I am not sure he can count yet, so we'll see.

The baby is very active. Betsy feels him all day long. She hopes he will sleep a lot when he arrives though!

Betsy is now officially 28. Wahoooo! Thanks to all of you who made her day special either by being here, calling her, or just keeping her in your thoughts.

And boy, is she looking good! With how beautiful she is, I'd have never thought she could get MORE beautiful but she is, day by day, growing more beautiful... just glowing like an expectant mother should!

Baby Sign Language

We are planning on teaching the baby some basic sign language.

We have seen friends teach their children to sign and it is amazing! Some basic signs are really all that is needed to communicate effectively with the youngster.

This is a good primer here for some more information.

Movie!

You supply the popcorn.

Enjoy the first tangible signs of the baby.

Baby...

Just a few quick things....

Mike is 90% ish sure he likes the name Ezekiel. And the baby has been pretty active lately. So active that at times he is interacting with Mom. She can press into her belly and the baby kicks back! Pretty cool. He is now so strong that we can see movement when we look at Betsy's belly. I am sure there will be videos of that coming up sometime soon.

If you hadn't played with the baby ticker over on the left, scroll the mouse over the numbers and click.... there is a setting for days left, days done and months/ days old... fun stuff.

The nursery is the big news lately, I suppose. The "reconstruction" phase is pretty much done.... now comes the "decorating" phase. We aren't sure what is going up on the walls. I think some black and white nature-scenic photos might look nice, but maybe not so nursery-like.

Anyway...

"Nesting"

Betsy says "you know you are really nesting when you iron the dust ruffles!"

Thought that was funny....

Nursery

The nursery is coming along!

Betsy and I had some long lost friends come up to visit us from Utah this last weekend. It was wonderful to see them, we had quite an adventure and spent the rest of the weekend recovering... but they also brought us a crib! We were elated. A big huge thank you to Todd and Carolyn!

The room, as far as the remodeling phase, is done as well. The chair rail is up, spackled and painted. It was a fun project with lots of corners. I think it turned out pretty good for my first attempt at molding of any kind. The green looks fantastic with the cribbing.