The Nursery Gets a Floor

What a day! The nursery is complete. Sara and I cannot thank my brother enough for all his help installing the floors. He did a fantastic job. The floors look very very good. It is time to decorate now. Here are some pictures from the day.

The start of our day. Looking good already!

Half way done.

Showing off the floor like Vanna White! I actually did work. I did some of the cutting of the boards.

We're done! Sara is so happy!

Another picture of the floors. They look great!

Sara's side profile shot. She is getting big. She looks so beautiful!

Phoebe likes it too!

Sara and I are very happy with the nursery. Thank you so much Justin! We love you!

The Most Overwhelming Experience.......EVER!

Ok before the overwhelming story begins here is a little update on Sara. She went to the hospital on Wednesday and she is doing very well. She gained two pounds since her last visit and she looks great. Claire is weighing in at a whopping 1lb 9oz and is 12 inches in length. The doctor said that everything looks really good and they are very pleased with her progress.

Alright, Friday night was baby registration night at Babies R Us for Sara and I. I was very excited. Sara got clearance from her doctor to take a wheelchair ride around the store and scan scan scan! I had no idea what I was in for.

See, I had this perfect picture in my head of what I wanted, how I wanted things to look, and just what we were going to register for. Boy was I wrong. Some of the stuff was just ok, some of it was just not cute at all. There is just so many things. How do you know which car seat to choose? How many pacifiers do you need? Are there good and bad pacifiers? Sippy cups....there is like 100 different ones! Sara asked me if I wanted to get a "guy style diaper bag". Do I need one of those? What, will the pink one not fit my style? OMG! Way to much.

It seriously stressed me out a little. I felt bad because we had no like "plan", no scheme. We were just free wheeling around the store. We did register for some good stuff. I love the pack and play we registered for as well as the car seat, and I am digging on the boppy.

We could not find any bedding last night. Poor Sara has had a hard time finding bedding that she likes. Today she found some at Target.com on sale and free shipping! I told her lets just order it and if she does not like it then we can return it. She was very excited about it. It is very pretty and we should get it this week. Problem though, WE HAVE NO CRIB! Sara has had a hard time finding a crib she likes. We saw one of the ones she likes last night at Babies R Us but when I got to looking at it it looked flimsy and cheap. Some of the ones we do like are like $250+! Thats nuts. And the changing tables, wow, those are outrageous too! These are the two items we are having the hardest time with.

I looked at the registry online today and we did pretty good with the items that we ordered and their ratings. I felt a little better about it after I reviewed it today.

Sara wants me to ask all of our readers if there is anything that our readers think we should have/register for? As parents whats your favorite item? Are there any items that are overrated and we do not need? Also, is there anywhere else to look besides Babies R Us, Target and Walmart for cribs? All the help and suggestions that people can give would be great! PLEASE GIVE ALL SUGGESTIONS! We need it.

Love to all.

Sara and Jason

Pictures of Sara and Claire's Room

Hi everyone. Just a quick update on Sara. Her and Claire are doing very good. I felt Claire move again the other night. She was kicking and rolling around a lot. I felt her move quite a few times. Sara has an ultrasound on Wednesday so we may have some new pics. Also, Wednesday is 24 weeks. That is the first goal that I made for ourselves. I know we are going to crush that goal.

Sara also started registering a little bit online. I think that we have some great ideas for Claire's room. I am not leaking any of them yet. You will just have to wait and see. Also, Sara found a crib she likes a lot. Things are coming together pretty quick. It is very exciting.

On the previous post I forgot to let everyone know that we got some flooring for Claire's room. We found some really nice laminate hardwood flooring at Floor and Decor. It will look really nice.

So after work on Saturday night I came home and worked on the babies room. I removed all the carpeting, padding and tack board. It was easy but tedious. I had told everyone previously that the room was painted lavender. Here are some pics of the room with no flooring.







Also, I have some cute pics of Sara. Here they are:






Ok well that is it for now. I will update everyone in a few days. Love to all.

Our Niece - LuElle Ansley

Here are pictures of our new niece LuElle "Lulu" Ansley. My brother Justin and his fiance Heather are the proud parents. She was born Tuesday August 26th. She is Claire future best friend.

Update

Hi everyone. Below are a few pictures from Sara's ultrasounds when she was in the hospital. Sara and Claire have been doing very well. All of us are taking care of both of them. Sara is 23 weeks tommorrow and she also has a doctors visit so I will update everyone on that visit.

Love to all,

Sara and Jason