Baby Kicks!

Aaron and I recently traveled to Aspen to ski with his parents and then to Crested Butte for a ski trip with friends. It was a wonderful trip and we returned home Sunday, Feb. 14th. When we laid down that night, I felt the baby kick and put Aaron's had on my belly. He FINALLY felt the baby kick for the first time. It was so sweet. There are definitely moments in life that are truly valuable. Aaron will not EVER forget the Valentine's Day present his little baby boy gave him...and neither will I. I am getting pretty big and definitely showing now.


It's getting closer. I am now officially 25 weeks and 3 days. Only 102 days to go!

It has been a wonderful beginning of 2010 for Aaron and I. We have not only gotten to find out we are having a boy and register for baby items (more on that below), but I have been working from home and things are going great! I already have more work than I had expected and I seem to be picking up more all the time. I guess it is the time of year when everyone goes to their accountant with their tax info. I know I won't be busy like this through the year, but I DO hope that we add a nice pad to our savings for our little one! Hopefully my boss will give me a bonus after tax season!! I have to say that working from home is wonderful. I thank Aaron all the time for allowing me the financial stability to take this risk and pursue this dream! It's a dream come true and praise be to Aaron for being great enough that I can do this. Now I need to send out some invoices!! ;)

But first, to the registering for baby items! This was a true experience. Of course my hormones were being kind of funky, but I was a little stressed about registering. It is a little intimidating. There are so many things to think about. How will we know which bouncy seat our kid likes? Then the store is telling you about their 90 day return policy. Well, will I even have the baby within 90 days of them giving me a gift? SERIOUSLY?!?! How does that work if my baby absolutely hates the thing or it doesn't fit them? Like I said - stressful!

Then I took a deep breathe (and a phone call to a friend) and realized that you just register for the items you like and you hope! You hope your kid will like the same things you like. You just try the products over and over because what they don't like one day, they may decide to like another. There's a LOT of changes going on in the first three months. Surely, we'll find something that works.

So I took Aaron's hand - the one that wasn't glued to the scanner - and we did it. We are officially registered at Target (Target.com), Babies R Us (Babiesrus.com), and Amazon (Amazon.com)! Hopefully this will be easy for everyone. We really tried to pick a selection of items from each place. Babies R Us has the majority of things which we didn't have any special requirements on, while Target has a few things, and then Amazon has the things that I know I want but wasn't able to find in either of the other two (i.e., we want to use cloth diapers) or items where I had some specific-type things I was looking for.

So, Yeah! It's done and we survived and we realized that it was just another adventure and while we may not have done it "right" - we did it - and we did it our way! Check that one off the list.

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