Things, things, and more things

Today we went shopping at USA Baby with Mama Bonnie and found the baby's crib, dresser, hutch, and stroller. Eric was very thorough in his stroller research and literally drove all the strollers around the store and jogged with the joggers. After the sales lady showed us the folding feature on the City Series Baby Jogger we were sold on that one. DONE!
http://babyjogger.com/cityseriesmain.htm

Here is a picture of the crib:
http://www.apindustries.com/en/item-martha-crib-28.html?collection=11
It turns into a full size bed so the way I look at it he is set till he is at least 20!

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Christmas Day

Christmas morning was very laid back. It was spent with Bonnie Mama and uncle Keyes opening stockings. Then Grandma Graca, Jan, Aunt Stacie, and cousin Landon came over for a yummy brunch. We already can't wait for baby's first Christmas next year.

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The Big Reveal!

Christmas Eve I worked the majority of the day at church and anxiously awaited the evening festivities where we were going to reveal to family if you were a boy or a girl.
Each family (Stacie and Landon, Shawn, Jen, Ashley, Cameron and Addison, Bonnie Mama and Keyes, Grandma Grace and Jan) was given a package. As they unwrapped it they discovered a baby bottle filled with Hershey's Hugs and Kisses with a note attached that said "Hugs and Kisses! Love, Eric, Carey, and baby BOY Bailey"
Everyone was thrilled to hear the news and cousin Cameron declared that he would have another "little buddy!"

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Daddy could tell REAL quick!

We were anxiously awaiting this day. The day when we would find out if you were a boy or a girl. (Although, I have said from the beginning you were a boy!) We woke up nice and early since our appointment was at 8:15 a.m. and it takes us about 45 minutes to get there even driving in the rush hour carpool lane. Eric dropped me at the door of the office building and was going to drive around to look for a parking space. I made my way up to the office, signed in, and went to sit down and take out my journal so I could record my thoughts. But, the second I got the pen out and it hit the paper the office door opened and they called "Carroll". I started to panic a bit - I wasn't ready. I hadn't recorded my prayer, my thoughts, and most important Eric wasn't there. I told them that my husband was parking the car and would be in soon. But, that didn't seem to slow them down - they were getting me up on the table. YIKES! I was seconds away from covering my belly and saying "NO! You can't start, yet!" when Eric came whisking in. The nurse was saved from a black eye!
Now the thing that was kinda yucky was that Eric was sick. And his doctor even told him we couldn't get very close to each other till he was better. So there we were about to see our baby for the 2nd time and we can't even hold hands or hug.
The nurse began with the gel and magic wand thing. Eric saw within seconds that the baby was a BOY! I totally missed it because I had no idea what I was looking for. This appointment involved measuring every bone and body part. So it felt like a big science experiment. I think the most interesting part to me was watching the beating heart. They even did a 3-d image of the heart and then sliced through the image... it was fascinating. Finally, she made her way back down to the "parts" region and I could see that the baby was fore sure a boy.
The nurse said he weighed 10 ounces and that all looked good. It was fun to see him again. Eric and I had a fun drive home chatting about baby boy bailey and of course we made sure to keep our distance. :)

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Week 18 arrives

We had a basic baby doctors appointment today. Nothing new to report. Heartbeat still at 140. She did tell me I can't sleep flat on my back, but need to be propped up. Hmmm... I have a feeling that will prove difficult.

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The decorating begins...

Today we hauled out all the Christmas boxes and began the process. Eric and I share in the tree duties as he likes the branches to look a certain way. Really, it is a good partnership. It was fun to decorate realizing that next year on decorating day life would look much different with 6month old around.

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Turkey Day

We spent Turkey Day at Stacie, Ali, and Landon's house. I was really just starting to get over the constant nausea so eating was a bit on the lighter side for me. But, as always Eric participated in the eating festivities with passion.
I did have one odd event occurred that involved ham. You see I don't actually like ham and the idea of honey baked ham usually makes me cringe. But, as all the food was being prepared I began to smell a scent that was so yummy! It didn't take me long to realize that the smell that was inticing me was HONEY BAKED HAM!!! I was shocked. But, not shocked enough to taste it. :)
We spent the night at their house and woke early to get some shopping in.

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