Are we there yet?!?

After a lengthy absence online (yet again) we've decided to post an update, oh internet faithful! Since our last post, we've had two baby showers, an ultrasound, and an enjoyable day of painting the baby's room!

On July 21'st, Tonya's mother threw us a baby shower out at her house. Many gifts were given, and good time was had by all who attended. Instead of doing the traditional party games (because, really, who likes those games anyhow?) Tonya got a bunch of plain white onesies and some tie dye ink and some paint markers and had everyone who attended design their own little onesie for baby Lily! They all turned out absolutely fabulous! Last Thursday we had another baby shower at work. Again we were showered by magnificent gifts, and we had an awesome cake, to boot!

Last Wednesday (August 8th) we went in for our weekly baby doctor appointment and a growth ultrasound. The ultrasound showed that the baby is currently sitting with her head up near Tonya's ribs, and her feet right up next to them, with her butt towards the pelvic region. In other words, full on Frank Breech! When we talked to the doctor about this at the appointment, she said that if the baby hasn't changed positions by this Wednesday's appointment, they are more than likely going to have to do an external version, where they physically turn the baby to the appropriate position. Since this is the golden age of the "internet", Tonya did what any good mother of this day and age does, SEARCH GOOGLE!!! :) So in the evening times, it's not unusual to walk into the bedroom to see her either propped up with her butt against the wall, or walk into the living room to see her butt sticking in the air. We've tried putting the iPod ear phones at the lower part of her stomach (who'd a thunk it...babies can actually hear pretty well at this stage of the game...huh...) and tried talking to her to get her to move. Tonya has also tried the homeopathic remedy Pulsatilla which is supposed to help relax the uterus and encourage the baby to move. Tomorrow she's going in to see the Chiropractor and have the chiropractor try the "Webster Technique" which is a chiropractic technique to help get the body in a proper alignment to help the baby get in proper position. All of this to no avail. The baby is definitely ours...stubborn to a fault! We'll keep you all updated on the goings on. Here's a photo from the ultrasound.

(psst...it's her head!)

This past weekend, we finally got off our butts and got the baby's room together. For anybody who has seen the "spare bedroom" at our house knows that it was no small feat to get this task done. We rented a storage unit and moved a large chunk of the crap that we had no clue where to put into that on Saturday. Then I put together the stroller. While there were only about 7 pieces to actually attach to the body of the stroller, it still took me almost an hour to get the darn thing assembled. Whoever thought that one word instructions would make life easier (with words such as "Snap!" and "Pull!") needs to find a different profession. Sunday morning we pulled the few remaining items out of the baby's room and put them in the dining room, and cleaned off the baseboards and wiped down the walls.

Dennis and Betty came over and we all dove in to painting the bedroom. The walls and ceiling are a light pink with one of the walls a dark chocolate brown. After the painting was done and the clean up was ...well, cleaned up, we went and picked up some lamps for the room. I put those together and then jumped into tackle putting the crib together.
After the debacle with the stroller, I expected to be in for the long haul. I was pleasantly surprised when the instructions were extremely clearly written, everything was labeled very nicely, and everything went together very smoothly!
So at this point, the only thing left to do is move in a dresser that is in the shop, and put all the baby stuff into the room. A big thanks goes out to Betty and Dennis for all their help. Thanks you guys! With more going on now, I think I might actually be a bit more motivated to keep this thing updated more, so hopefully I can do that without having to do a month long recap! Til next time, internet friends!