Baby Furniture & Birthday

This weekend marked a milestone in our lives...Jeremy turned to the ripe old age of 29 and we made our first huge baby purchase.

Friday night we enjoyed game night with our old Sunday School group. We hosted it at our house this month. Sara was gracious enough to do dessert cupcakes that spelled out "Happy Birthday". That was fun and finally the girls pulled out a victory over the boys! Also we found out that Sara and Kris are expecting their first child as well. She is 10 weeks along. As a recap, Beth & Jared and Amanda & Ben are both expecting their 2nd child. Now we just need Jenny and Kevin to join us and we will be the baby making group.

Saturday, we went to visit our friends in ATL: Brooks, Juli, Noah, and Lily Grace. They graciously opened up their home to us again and we loved spending time with them. Our favorite part is playing with Noah (2 yrs old) and Lily Grace (8 months old). While in ATL, we went by the Georgia Baby Furniture Outlet and found our bed, dresser and hutch for TDP. It is the Cocoon collection. The bed is part of the 4000 Series. The dresser and hutch are part of the 3000 Series. All of it is in the Espresso color.

Saturday night we went to one of our newest favorite restaurants, The Clubhouse. We became members last time we were there, paying $20 to join and on the spot you get a $25 gift card for the next time you come. Also on your membership anniversary and your birthday, you get a $50 gift certificate to use on food items. It has already reaped the benefits of joining. Any way we got this huge piece of cake that was almost the size of a personal cake...about 8" tall x 4" wide. Talk about BIG!

Sunday we continued on to buy Jeremy some items needed for Peru, then headed back to Birmingham. That night on his actual birthday, we celebrated it with his mom, Jay, Ryan and courtney at PF Changs. As always it was good.

That wraps us up for a little bit. I promise to post more next week about me, the baby, and Jeremy's upcoming Peru trip, when work slows down some. (The client is on vacation next week!)

It's A BOY!!!!

It is officially a boy! Our baby boy weighs 7 oz and heart beat is 140 bpm. He is doing great and is weighing more than others at 18 weeks. Big babies tend to run in the family, so I expect him to be big too. We are so excited!

And as many of you have asked, what is the name? Well, Jeremy and I have picked out a name, but are not telling until he is born. However, to appease those of you who need to know something to monogram, the initials are T D P. His new nickname for now is "Touchdown Peacock." You all can guess all you want but our lips are sealed. Some guesses are just plain outright funny.

17 Weeks & Growing

I am growing by leaps and bounds right now, which has caused us to finally upgrade to a bigger bed. Over Memorial Day weekend, we finally broke down and bought a king size bed from Haverty's. It has been nice to not feel so confined especially as my tummy grows.

As for the baby, it is apparently doing well. He/she doesn't like to be still during quiet moments. So I feel kicks during church, in meetings, and at night. This little one likes to move around. June 11th is the date we find out what we are having, so check back on the 12th. I will have our first ultrasound pictures at that time too. We can't wait to find out what it is, or if there is only one as so many of you are asking. I don't think so, but who knows.

Pictures of me at 17 weeks