Team PINK!

It has been an exciting week! Last Saturday morning started off with all 4 of the grandparents-to-be gathering at our house, in their pink or blue attire to take one last shot at predicting the gender. We all piled in my Dad's Suburban and made the drive to Morrisville for our 11:30 ultrasound appointment at Baby Bump 4D. Aside from running a bit behind schedule (we had to wait about 30 minutes), the overall experience was great! The studio was very nice, the table was much more comfortable than those at the doctor's office, and the ultrasonographer was friendly and professional. She was able to quickly tell us that the "pinks have it!" and point out that our little peanut is most definitely a baby girl! Although it's still early, we spent the next 15 minutes or so watching her dance around and trying to get some good still shots of her. This is now the second professional that has told us that she is "very active," which I am hoping is a good thing! Although the first one did say "good luck with that!"

Once our 20 minutes were up, we waited in the lobby (and took lots of pictures with their "props") while she printed several photos for us, and also gave us a CD of the still shots and a DVD of the ultrasound. We also got a $50 gift certificate to Melissa Berg Photography, which I am very excited about! Melissa is a talented photographer, and happens to be a friend as well (or an "imaginary friend," as my husband calls it... friends I know only online, not in person- I'm not a creeper, we were planning our weddings at the same time and "met" on theknot.com on a local NC bride chat board). Anyway... all that for $115? Totally worth it, in my opinion!

Team Pink

Team Blue

 It's a Girl!!

Next we drove a few miles down the road and had lunch at Chili's before bravely venturing into Buy Buy Baby for the first time. Well, I should say, for my first time. My husband has been before (he bought a double stroller there once with his friend Dan and I am pretty sure everyone in the store thought they were a couple). My mom and mother-in-law and I had a great time walking through the store and looking at everything- and all the cute clothes more than once! The guys did pretty well- they did camp out in the glider section for quite a while, until the sales ladies tried to actually get them to buy one. They also had a grand time playing with the "life-like" 8-12 pound dolls in the stroller section, particularly the one with only one eye. It was a fun, but somewhat overwhelming experience! I bought one thing :)    Luckily the Grandma's each bought a few things as well- my mom bought mostly shoes, and mom-in-law a couple outfits and some matching socks! She is going to be one well-dressed little girl, that is for sure!!



Some of her loot!!



Since Sunday, I have spent many hours looking online for nursery ideas and am still tossing a couple around, but am making progress. Stay tuned!! Next up, though... registry advice?? Please help!!

XOXO