Raising the Prices: Entering the Third Trimester and Loving it!

Whoa - I officially entered the third trimester today. According to What to Expect here is what baby girl is up to: Your little work in progress is now about 2.5 pounds and almost 16 inches long. She's busy adding new skills such as blinking to an already impressive repertoire of tricks like coughing, sucking, hiccuping, and taking practice breaths. Your baby's sleep now includes the REM (rapid eye movement) phase — and that means he could be dreaming already (what do you suppose she's dreaming about?). Though her lungs are nearly fully mature (so both of you might breathe a little easier if he were born now), your baby still has plenty of growing to do.

I felt baby girl hiccup this past Saturday night! Not only did we enter the third trimester today, Marc and I start Planning for Parenthood tomorrow. Dorky - I know but Marc and I want whatever advice we can get!

So here is a list of a few things we are loving right now:

Spending time with family and friends- We spent Memorial Day weekend in Slocomb with Marc's family and it was so great! We spent some time looking for baby furniture and then the rest of the time doing the amazing lesurely country things like looking at Papa's fruit trees and chickens but most importantly we LOVED spending time with our family! There was no hurry to get anywhere! (i wish i had taken some pictures!) Then this past weekend we went to Shreveport for JP and MC's engagement party. Again it was so great to spend time with our families! It wasn't quite as leisurely as Slocomb but just as wonderful. We enjoyed late night visits, eating at our fav Shreveport hot spots and the party was great!!!Marc and I are so fortunate to have such awesome relationships with both families....now if we could only get them to move closer together. The pictures below are from the engagement party (Thanks MC!!!)

Jackson - of course - and Jeani for keeping him the last two weekends in a row so we could travel (see #1)

Baby Girl's Crib - After much agonizing I finally made a decision on a crib (as most of you know, decisions do not come easy for me!) Thanks Mammaw and Pappaw! I smile everytime I look at her crib. It was totally worth the agonizing.....oh if I could only make the rest of the nursery decisions. The picture below is courtesy of brattdecor.com. Our crib is sitting in a red room without a matress or bedding---eeks!

Garage Sale and Consignment Shopping - I have found a pottery barn duvet, a rocking horse, 3 dresses, a lamp, cookbooks, and a blanket all for less than $30.00. That is true Recession 09 style. We also found the chest for the nursery at a great consignment shop. Marc is in the process of stripping and painting it!

Ebay - We are a little late to the Ebay phenomen but I love winning an auction!!! Other than a fake Lacoste shirt, our ebay experience has been quite flawless thus far.