We officially have a baby's room!

Well this weekend Troy and I have been busy little parent-to-be working on getting our little baby's room together. We were so excited to find out on Saturday that Babies R Us actually had our crib and dresser in stock rather than us having to order it and wait for a couple of weeks like I thought we were going to. The only problem was that since we were expecting to have to order the items and wait for them to come in, when we found out that they were there at the store we didn't have any plans for how to get them home and more importantly how to get them up the stairs! The dresser alone came fully assembled and weighed about 140 pounds! We were so fortunate that Steven and Jennifer we able to come out right then and help us. Without their help we couldn't have gotten the furniture home this weekend. Thanks guys!!!

I have been working on the room all weekend and I haven't gotten it finished (obviously no decorations yet since we don't know 100% for sure whether it's a boy or girl) but we got most of the stuff out and I did my first (of MANY I'm sure) load of baby laundry! How exciting!

2 Months To Go!

Wow has it already been over two weeks since I posted? I can't believe how the time has flown by. It has been so incredibly busy here that I just feel like January is disappearing (which is ok with me because that means we're getting closer to D-Day... delivery day of course).

Troy's parents were out here a few weeks ago to hang out and buy us our glider and we had a great time. After many hours and at least 10 different stores we finally found the glider that I was looking for to match the crib and dresser. Yay! I guess it's true that persistence really does pay off. We had a fun time seeing the new daddy put it together and got some great pics all throughout the night. We even got to dress daddy up, which is always a fun way to torture him!





California was also a blast. It was so great to see all of the family again. It had been over 2 years since I had visited out there and I hadn't seen a lot of the family since our wedding in 2005. The baby shower was so much fun, from playing dirty diaper games (which were really melted chocolate bars) to getting tons of awesome presents... I couldn't have asked for more! We got tons of adorable clothes and some great goodies like a video monitor from my aunt and uncle, a baby swing from my grandparents, and our stroller and car seat from my parents along with other wonderful gifts. Thanks to everyone for making that day so special for us! I will get some pictures up of the shower soon!

Right now I am fighting a cold has been bothering me for over a week now and it's getting a bit depressing. It's really hard not being able to take any medicine and I think that is actually making the cold last longer and spread down to my throat and chest since I woke up yesterday with a slight cough and it is gradually getting worse. Troy is away this weekend at Willow's High School winter camp... I miss my sweetie :( Can't wait for him to get home tomorrow night.

As far as baby news goes I went to the doctor yesterday and at 31 weeks (only 9 to go!) the baby is head-down and in birthing position. The doctor told me that 96% of babies stay this way so it's looking good that I will have a normal delivery which I was really concerned about since both of my 20 week ultrasounds showed the baby as breech. I am finally starting to not be quite so worried all the time and am letting some of that stuff go. I am getting pretty tired of the pregnancy and Troy and I both are just ready for this little baby to get here! Whenever I go to a doctor's appointment my students ask me if I saw the baby and why I didn't get the baby out. I think they think there is a big zipper or something so I can just open it up and look at the little squirt. Too bad there isn't :(

Hopefully next time I post my cold will be gone and the temperature outside will be above -2 degrees. As for now, it's colds all around!

Happy New Year!

Wow I can't believe how fast every week seems to be going. I remember back in the fall when each day seemed to drag by and now it's like I can't even keep up with how fast life is moving! Troy and I had a great Christmas just hanging out with my family for the day. New Years Eve was quiet with Troy and I just staying home and video chatting with Troy's parents for a while and then falling asleep... at 11:30! How lame are we??? I can't really believe we did that, definitely a first for us. I don't know what Troy's excuse is but I'm sleeping for two! :) Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! We are so excited to see all of the family that will be visiting and that we will visit in the next 2 weeks! Yay!

Merry Christmas!

Me and the baby at 26 weeks



show off!



Another 26 week side view.
In case you don't count your time by weeks that is 6 1/2 months.



Thanksgiving



A picture of Trucker Troy on moving day... I couldn't resist!



And in case you haven't seen her, this is our kitty Rizzo :)

Wow where has the time gone? I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! Sorry I am such a slacker lately. Things have been great but busy around here with Troy and I both working a ton and all of the festivities around the holidays. I'm getting really excited about Christmas! Only 2 more days! This year is strange since it is our last year as a couple without the baby. I am really trying to enjoy all of the moments especially right now since things will be different in just a few months. It's kind of scary to think of the big changes that will be taking place so soon. I am so excited to have the baby but to be honest I am a little sad to be losing some of the couple stuff that go away when it's no longer just the two of you.

Thanksgiving was great. Lots of yummy food and as always a fun time with the family. I remember early on in my pregnancy when I was so sick I was talking (ok almost crying) to my doctor about my nausea and I said I hoped I would be ok by Thanksgiving. Amazing that it's been so long since those days when at the time it felt as if they would never end! I'm feeling great now, completely morning sickness free. I do start to feel a little gross once in a while when I stay up too late but with me being as tired as I am we are rarely up past 10 anymore! I feel like such an old fart!

I am definitely popping out at this point to say the least. I went shopping with my friend Traci a few weeks ago and I asked her if people could tell I was pregnant by looking at me yet and she laughed at me. It's like you don't notice the changes in yourself as much because you see them every day but then you see someone who hasn't seen you in a while and it's obvious that you have definitely changed! It's fun and I am really enjoying being so visibly pregnant at this point. The last month has been drastic as far as that goes. At this point I'm just a week or so away from being in my third trimester and the baby is already over a foot long and about 2 lbs or so. No wonder things are growing!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your friends and family. The next few weeks will be really busy for Troy and I so I will be able to get some more postings up soon. Troy's parents will be visiting us in the first weekend of January then we will be going to California for our baby shower the second weekend. January will be such a fun month! I can't wait! Until next time, take care! Love you all!

Holiday Fun

I thought you might get a kick out of this. It is me in the middle, my cousin Becky on the left and my cousin Amanda on the right. You have to check it out!


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(courtesy of my Aunt Lisa) Love you Aunt Lisa and all my wonderful cousins!!!! :) Can't wait to see you soon!!!!!!!!!

It's 85% a girl!

Well those are the odds, according to the second ultrasound I had last Friday. So, I am assuming we are having a girl (you can see that from the things we registered for) and Troy thinks "those aren't very good numbers" so he is not sure what he thinks the baby is yet! Oh well! If we are surprised in the delivery room then it will be fun too! Luckily everything is returnable!!!

I know I have been so bad about pictures so one of these days when you tune into my blog you'll be bombarded with pictures, but not today... sorry but it has been so much work getting our new place together and starting the new job and getting ready for the baby! I don't even know if our printer is up yet to scan our sonogram pictures from last week. I will bug Troy to get it up and running soon!

Like I said earlier we are registered for all of our baby wants and needs. We spent over 2 hours this past Saturday walking around Baby's R Us with the little scanning gun thingy. I had a blast!!! So you can feel free to go to www.babiesrus.com and check out our wish list! Just go to the area on the right that says Baby Registry and put in my name (Kristin Bartholomew in case you forgot the spelling!)

Anyway, until I have some more fun pictures to put up here this is all I can leave you with for now. I'll be back soon with some more pics of me and the family asap.

"It looks like a girl to me, but I could be wrong..."

So... yesterday was supposed to be the big day when we found out if it would be a little K or a little T coming into this world soon (but not soon enough!) After an hour or so doing an ultrasound we found out that our little baby does have all of the necessary parts, however, we don't know for sure if it has that "extra" part or not. The technician said that it looks like a girl to her but that she could be wrong... how reassuring!!! So, don't go out and buy out all of the pink stuff you can get your hands on just yet! We are going in for another ultrasound on a week from Friday because the little stinker wasn't cooperating for another part of it either... I'm guessing that it MUST be a little T! Haha... It was fun anyway and I am getting REALLY excited right about now. I can feel the baby move a TON and it was so reassuring to see all of the movement even during the ultrasound. I can feel him/her bouncing around all the time now. I can't wait till Troy can feel it too.

Another big thing that has been going on is that we finally moved into our new apartment. Last weekend we got all of our furniture and boxes over to the new place and then the fun began of opening them all up and finding places for everything to go. Why does it seem like half of the boxes are full of the "misc" stuff that really has no home of its own? So frustrating! I am just ready to get completely into the new place and have all of our stuff up. Hopefully by the end of next week!

I hope everyone is doing well! Sorry I've been MIA for the last couple of weeks... it's been crazy with all of the moving and such. I will try to keep this more updated from now on and I promise I will put up some of the ultrasound pictures as soon as our computer set-ups are all put together back home! Until them, it could be a girl.... :)