1/2 way done!

well...I have reached the 1/2 way point in my pregnancy. I have been feeling better this last week, only mild reflux, and only a small amount of nausea with that. I have been going to see Dr. Jordan (the retina doc) almost every week. This Monday, he said that my eye looked "different" the membrane where the bleed came from is getting bigger, but it seems to be heading north (and my macula is south east). So that is somewhat acceptable, and we won't be heading into surgery this week at least.

I have an appointment with a "perinatologist" next Friday. I asked my doctor if she thought that I was high risk, and she said...no, I am just more 'special needs.' HA! Well...I think she is just getting a second opinion from a specialist, and I guess that makes me feel good about things. I do get to have another ultrasound prior to my appointment with the specialist. I think this will be much more of a bonding experience. So for that I am grateful.

As far as the whole boy issue...I have been talking to people, and reading online, and evidently this is not an uncommon thing to be sad about not having a girl. I am just being honest. I had so many ideas about how parenting would be, and I realized that most of those revolved around the baby being a girl. So it is taking some time, and some realignment of my thinking. I went shopping today, just to look at the boy stuff out there. I am sorry, but boy stuff just isn't as cute. I love hair bows, and flowers, and pretty much most girly stuff (with the exception of lace...yuk!) But I have managed to find some cute stuff. I can tell that I am going to be far pickier about boy clothes than I ever would have been for girl clothes (and for those that know me, know that was already pretty picky.) I guess we will just have to spend more time browsing.

As far as the nursery goes, we got our rocking chair, but I think we may put it in the living room. It is a chocolate brown velvet fully upholstered chair with matching ottoman. I LOVE it. It is so comfortable.

We also ordered the carseat and stroller...after much research and time spent on ebay searching here is what we came up with...


these are not the exact ones, ours are new, not used but you get the idea. I am really excited about them! Now to move on to cribs/bedding/furniture for the baby's room.