Feeling Giddy!

Had a nice long weekend off with family and friends. Spent some time with my cousins and Aunt Roberta on Thanksgiving. My Uncle Keith, and godfather, passed away last week after a 7 month battle with cancer. It was good to be together and have some time to reflect. My heart goes out to them all during this difficult time.

Had breakfast with my Favorite Forie family on Thanksgiving morning. Heard that Jill got a funky onesie for "Future Forie" and am excited to see it : ) Headed over to my Aunt Jeanne's and saw most of them for the first time since my announcement. The belly was feeling kinda big and stretched, probably from the eating that had already begun! It was great to see everyone and chat about baby things. Also saw Mr.Connor over Thanksgiving and was so excited to see how big he got! Love when he says, "Open This"in a gentle, will someone help me kind of way! Always love seeing Jeanette and Dan and already can't wait until Christmas to hang again.

Spent the rest of the weekend drinking peppermint hot chocolate and shopping for baby things with Christian : ) I'll admit that we went to Buy Buy Baby two days straight and did hours of browsing. It was alot of fun and we finally started registering for the "nitty gritty" things. Its so hard to imagine what we will need, but we had a few lists in hand to keep us focused. Actually glad we are getting neutral colors so when "Baby #2" comes, we can use it all no matter what the sex is. Went home after each trip and redid alot online. Have to have Jeanette and Lauren look it over and give me the "needs and don't needs" of what I picked out. Excited to get the furniture into the room so we can start putting things in drawers and organizing. Got a few things from Anna that are adorable, so I want to start my "ooooo-ing" while folding clothes! We are also psyched bc we found a great deal on the stroller that we wanted. It will be both the infant and toddler stroller, so that is a big help.

Have had alot of kicking and bumps the past few days! Was able to see my belly bump last night from the outside. Christian has felt a lot more bumps but still hasn't seen the belly move. Can't wait for our big sonogram tomorrow. Haven't seen the baby in a while so it is going to look soooo different! Will definitely write and fill you in : )

Daddy-to-be feels a kick!

Last night was quite exciting in the Forie house! I have been telling Christian about the bumps and movement that I feel in my "belly"...and usually by the time he goes to feel, the little one has settled into a comfortable position. Last night, however, while watching tv in bed...Christian felt a big BUMP from my tummy!! I was so happy that he finally got a chance to experience our little one : ) It really is an amazing miracle and we are so psyched to feel more movement and bumps in coming weeks! Today is the last day of week 20!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That means that I AM HALF WAY THERE!!!!!! What, you can't believe it??? Well, neither can I!! Time flies and I'm glad...because I cannot wait to meet our little new addition. Monday is my Level II Sonogram but we will not be finding out the sex.....we talked about it over the weekend and have decided, again, to stick with our original plan....even though we want to know!!! I think the surprise will be alot of fun in April : )

Did some more "shopping" this weekend to pick out things that need to go on a registry. Will probably be deleting a million things because god only knows what we have picked out. Its so overwhelming!! My mom and I picked my location for the shower, so that is very exciting....can't wait for March to see everyone with my big round belly!!!

Well, off to eat dinner...hopefully "Future Forie" will be kicking after I eat....he/she likes when I eat lots of ice cream...or at least, that's what I'm telling myself as I eat bowl #5! (kidding!)

a large heirloom tomato????

who would've thought that I could carry that?! I don't even know what it is ; ) Ending week 19 and heading into 20 weeks!!!!! Still feel little bumps and movement. By the time I go to show Christian, its hard to find or catch. He is going to be an amazing dad....love him so much and can't wait to see him in action <3

Nursery Furniture!

Woohoo! We purchased Future Forie's nursery furniture yesterday at Buy Buy Baby! Originally we were going to get white, but then realized that it may be too "girlie"...and being that we won't know the sex, we figured the Espresso color was more neutral and timeless : ) This crib converts to a toddler bed then into a full sized bed with head and footboard. (We didn't get the hutch or the armoire...just the crib,dresser and "changing table".) Now we have to start planning the design of the baby room. We already have it painted a light sage color...so I think that my sea turtle idea will go perfectly! Started finding some pics for Gramps Santoro to start looking at so we can start planning a mural. Not alot of sea turtle bedding out there, so will have to keep our eyes open!

Dr. Visit!

Had a dr visit yesterday for the "usual" checkup....got weighed in (exciting ; ) , checked blood pressure, talked about flu shots, chatted.....everything looks good! We also got to hear the heartbeat! As soon as Dr.Hanauer put the Fetal Doppler to my belly we heard the "ba-boomp, ba-boomp!" Doesn't matter how many times you hear that...its amazing! She said that usually it takes a while to find the sound and hear it, but ours was right away! We all agreed that this baby is a good "follower of directions"...a teacher's dream ; ) With all the hustle and bustle of the work week and life, it was nice to stop and realize what amazing things are going on right now.
I then headed over to "Grandma Forie's" and saw her and "Aunt Jill"! Showed off the belly, as it gets nice and round! It was great to see them and I can't wait until I can swing by to say hello with a little one in "tow"! This baby is going to have alot of love surrounding him/her! We chatted about Baby Shower stuff (March 7,2009!) and had some yummy Panera bread and tea : )
Signed up for our Birthing class and Breastfeeding class (is that too much information!) at Winthrop for Feb and March. Have my 20 week check up in two weeks....that's when we can find out the sex of the baby...but sorry folks, we are waiting till the end for the big surprise! at least thats what we are planning on unless we change our minds ; )

Gotta love teaching....

so one of my students asked me today, "So Mrs.Forie, when do the mood swings kick in?" (I swear I was in a good mood this morning...I don't know what he could be insinuating ; )
I told him that they may have started already....and that I'm pregnant, thats my excuse....what's his?! Hehehehehehehe....I'm sure more fun comments will come along from the kids....I think they've asked when the "package is arriving"....and started "guessing" as to how babies get here....mind you, they are in HS ; )
It'll be fun sharing it with them...they are being cute about it ; )

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