Baby Gifts Galore!

Happy Saturday! It's been a while again since the last posting. We have been very busy with showers and shopping and organizing (well, trying to at least!). First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who was involved in our showers and who sent gifts directly to us. We feel so extremely blessed to have such amazing family and friends who are helping us prepare for Baby Max's arrival.

Instead of including all of the pictures from the showers here, I created a link to our shutterfly album page so you can go through all of them at your leisure. The link is to the left of this posting. We'll use this site - mattjengreer.shutterfly.com - to post all of the pics from here on out, and still include a few of our favorites in this blog as well. If you see any pictures you'd like to have prints of, you can order them directly from the shutterfly site.

Here are a few of the nursery since we've started getting so much fun stuff:

Max's closet - I've tried to separate clothes into sections - newborn, 0-3 month, 3-6 month, etc.

Pile of bigger items - diapers, high chair, diaper genie, pack'n'play, bumbo seat, swing, and stroller. Can't wait to have all of this dispersed throughout the house!!

We're using the armoire to hold just about everything right now until we can find a place for it. These are the diaper shelf and toy shelf. Both are getting pretty full!

Books, wipes, more diapers, and all other sorts of baby hygiene needs.

Crib with a lot of the onsies, towels, sleepers, socks, hats, etc from the showers.

We're now down to 6 weeks and counting...can't wait for the big day - whenever that will be! Mom & baby are both doing great, according to the doctor. Blood pressure was a little high a week or so ago, but was perfect at this last week's appointment. Doc is very pleased with everything. I'll go back in 2 weeks (March 12) for my 36 week appointment, then go every week after that!

This weekend my goal is to get a bag packed, just in case. Everybody tells me not to get my hopes up that he will come early, but I have to be prepared!

Again, thanks to everyone for the gifts, thoughts, prayers, and wishes! We'll try to do better about posting in the next few weeks!

My Father, The Carpenter

Hi again! Just a quick post to show you all how extremely talented my dad is. He built the changing table/armoire/dresser for Max's room. It's amazing!

31 Weeks...

Hi all! Quick update...

Went to the dr this morning and all is well. She's very happy with my weight gain, blood pressure, and glucose levels. Seems I'm healthier in pregnancy than not. But no, that does not mean I plan to stay pregnant and have 12 kids or so. :)

Max is measuring about 2 weeks ahead, which is perfectly normal. Last dr appointment, he was measuring about 10 days ahead, so it seems like he's growing fast. The doc said as long as he's measuring within 3 weeks of actual that nothing will change with my due date.

So I have about 9 weeks to go, and we're really getting ready to meet him! This next few weeks is full of baby showers - one this Saturday, one on the 22nd, and one on the 28th. I'm so excited to see everyone and get all the new fun stuff for Max! Thanks in advance to everyone who attends the showers!

Hope you're all having a great week! More soon...