The Crib and Changing Table are Complete

Well today was a really fun day. Mom came and got me around 11 and we went on our search to get a changing table. I had many ideas on my mind. Maybe we could find an old dresser and refinish it. Or maybe find something interesting at Goodwill. Whatever the case I was ready to find something. Mom and I tried a flea market and this cool $99 store in Alpharetta full of many many interesting pieces of furniture. Seriously, if you live in the area you need to check this place out. It is across from the old Dairy Queen on Hwy 9.

Well we did not have any luck at either place. We went to Babies R Us to get the foot board for the crib. While Mom and I were eating lunch Mom made the suggestion we go to Ikea. Well that was a great idea because we found our changing table. Here are pictures of the changing table and the crib.

28 Week Ultrasound

Sara and I went to have the ultrasound on Friday and everything looked great. The doctor was very pleased with Sara's progress. Her cervix and placenta look great. Claire also looks great. They estimated that Claire is weighing in at 2lbs. 14ozs. During the ultrasound they were giving us a good look at her face. Sara and I were watching and Claire was opening and closing her eyes. We both noticed that but the nurse noticed that she was opening her mouth and sticking out her tongue. That sounds like a typical baby of mine. Here are a few pictures that we got.

Here is our Claire. You can see her eyes, nose, cheek, and lips.

This is one looking down at Claire.

28 Weeks Is Here!!!!!!!

Hello to everyone. I know it has been a while since I have last written anything. So many of our prayers have been answered during all of this. I am very happy that Sara and Claire have made it to 28 weeks. This was our next huge milestone and now I feel the sky is the limit. Sara had a doctors appointment today and everything went great. She has gained 5 pounds over the last two weeks and Sara and the baby are very healthy. Sara told the doctor of her back pains she was having and they checked her to see if she was having contractions and she was not. The doctor said just continue to take it easy. It is so neat! They also told Sara that the current plan is to induce her 7 - 10 days before she is due. Her due date is December 30th or 31st.

Claire has been moving around a lot. You can see her kicking through Sara's stomach. Last night it looked like she was tap dancing in her belly. It was hilarious. She has been moving more and more. I keep trying to talk to her and see if she might respond. Nothing yet but I am going to keep trying.

Our families have been great over the last few weeks. Mom bought us a beautiful crib. It is 85% put together because one of the pieces was not made properly so they had to order me a new piece. It looks really beautiful. We got a mattress, a beautiful stroller, and a rocking chair from Dad and Deb. They came over for dinner last Friday and it was very nice to have them over. Sara's Mom bought the cutest dress for Claire. I am pretty sure it is the first dress that we have. She will look so cute in it. Heather gave us a huge back of clothes for Claire. There are some adorable things in there. I keep finding new things to buy Claire. Old Navy had the cutest little outfit on sale online for $6 but I could not see paying $7 for shipping on it. So I decided to stop by the Old Navy in Woodstock and just my luck they had one left. It was on clearance for $3.80. I was so excited. It is really really cute. Sara and I appreciate all of it so much. I just can never seem to say thank you enough to everyone.

Well that is it for now. Sara has her 28 week ultrasound on Friday and that gives me an excuse to take a half day. Love to all from both of us!

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.