We bought a car seat for the baby, and after hours of seatbelt extensions, straps, instruction booklets, and head scratching, I finally got it installed. (It really wasn't that hard after I understood it, call me an idiot) So we're ready for that baby now! We got a crib and a carseat, and diapers...everything else is just icing on the cake. .....So where's that baby at already?.....

Jaime and I had our 2nd baby class yesterday...watched a few birthing videos and practiced some more breathing techniques and calming exercises. Jaime's definitely the hottest mama in the class!

We also watched a few dvds while relaxing this weekend. Starting off with A Lot Like Love w/ Ashton Kutcher & Amanda Peet. This was actually a pretty good movie for a chick flick. I laughed and cri....uh laughed some more. Sin City was a visually great movie, and Beauty Shop followed up the weekend with a few laughs as well. Out of a 5 five diaper rating we'll give A Lot Like Love 3-3/4, Sin City gets 3-1/2, and Beauty Shop gets 3 diapers.

Speaking of installations, Jeff and I finished up installing a couple of windows at his house today. One was just a replacement in his bedroom, and the other was a full blown new window in a wall where there was previously no window. It looks really good and it went pretty fast, faster than the carseat installation.....

So this is pretty cool. It's night time, we're getting ready to go to bed, teeth are brushed, alarms are set and the lights are off. I snuggle up to "the belly" for my goodnights, but this time with a flashlight nearby. I talk to her for a little bit, wondering how her day went, what kind of positions she was in, what she ate, etc....(we're talking about the little unborn baby now). All the while she's turning and kicking, trying to communicate with me and answer the questions. And THEN I turn on the flashlight and shine it right up to where I think her head is while I talk to her some more, but she stops moving around. So I turn the flashlight off and she starts kicking like mad, so I turn it on again and she stops, and so I turn it back off again and we think there's a little alien going to poke its way through Jaime's belly she's kicking and punching so hard. Finally, I tell them both my goodnights and turn over to go to sleep. I guess she kicked and moved around all night waiting for the light to come back on. Jaime didn't sleep too well, I slept pretty good! ;}

I posted some pictures of the nursery crib we bought and the changing station I made on our MSN website....http://groups.msn.com/TheNellNellExperience/babypictures.msnw?Page=2

As well as some new pictures of my niece Katie and her new husband Chad's wedding reception
http://groups.msn.com/TheNellNellExperience/katiesweddingreception.msnw

Ok, so we're about 11 weeks away (29 weeks in) from our new baby girl (As Yet Untitled) Sometimes you can kind of see a leg or back or a head type of shape in Jaime's tummy when she stretches out and lays down. The baby seems to be lulled to sleep whenever Jaime is active, but wakes up and wants to do calisthenics when she's trying to rest. I think she's going to be a kickboxer or something like that.
I love to rest my head on Jaime's tummy and talk to the baby and feel the kicks and pushes she gives me in response. She reacts almost immediately to my voice now, anytime Jaime is resting and I'm near her I try to listen and talk....perhaps I'm one of the reasons she gets so rambunctious and Jaime doesn't get any rest! The baby also responds to Jaime's intake of sweets....she seems to do jumping jacks after a good sugar rush of Heath flavored Blizzard® :)

The nursery is almost all set up. We've now got a white crib with built in dresser drawers, and a changing table I built in the closet. Jaime wrapped some wood frames I built with some nice colorful fabric and put NEMO and Lion King prints in them. The border or the room is original Pooh. The room is mint green with white bead board paneling and trim. It's pretty cute. Pictures to follow on our website soon. (www.nellnell.com)

Well, I'm hoping to get Jaime to post on this thing some too...I'll try to keep up as best as I can. Until then....