Only 14 weeks to go...

Last Saturday, marked the 6 month period. Dustin and I can not believe how fast the pregnancy is going. Not that we are complaining, we can't wait to meet our son. Here are a couple of pictures from last weekend...and yes my belly button is sticking out and has been for about a month. Every once in awhile I catch my students staring at it! hahaha
We went to the doctor last Thursday (May 21st) and everything looks great I guess! I now weigh 136 pounds, that's a 4 pound gain since that last appointment. Aiden's heartbeat was 143. We made the rest of our appointments through the rest of the pregnancy and we only have 8 left! WOW that's it!

Mother's Day

Even though Baby Aiden is still growing inside, mother's day at a new meaning this year. I have a tiny life growing inside me, who will one day call me "Mom". My mom is wonderful and I hope that can be a strong mother and teach my son all the things she taught me about being independent and strong.
A few family members sent me Mother's Day cards and Dustin bought me a new Willow Tree figurine. He was so excited to give it to me, that he woke up early to surprise me with it. We went to Babies R' Us that morning to look at new cribs, since ours got recalled. We parked in the special expectant mother's space!Dustin and I each made a short video slide show for each of our moms this year, filled with pictures of us growing up. I watched it with my mom later that day and it brought tears to her eyes. I think seeing her little girl in those pictures and then realizing that I would soon be a mother myself toughed her heartstrings! :) I love you mom, and I am who I am today because of you (and Dad too- but his day is not for a few more weeks!).
I tried to upload the videos, but they were taking too long!

I can feel him!

On Friday, April 24th Dustin had class and I was at home watching TV, laying on the couch and I thought I felt Aiden move, but since I wasn't so sure what I was suppose to feel I brushed it off and thought nothing of it.

On Tuesday, April 28th Dustin and some friends were finishing up installed the recessed lighting in the nursery and I was cooking them dinner and I felt something, so I lifted my shirt up to look down at my belly and sure enough I saw a little movement. I was so excited and ran to the bottom of the attic opening and yelled up to Dustin that I was feeling the baby move! I was certain this time it was him! So that night, we were lying in bed and could seeing small tiny movement of my belly and I was feeling him like crazy. Dustin said, "I want to feel him." I told him that he proabably wasn't going to feel him for a little bit longer, I think he was kind of upset at my response and continued to put his hand on my belly.


Since that night, I feel him move, kick, punch, do flips, have a nice little party in my belly! It is such am amazing feeling that it is so hard to describe. I know that since feeling him, it has made us get that more excited to meet our son. And watching my belly move and be able to tell where he is nesting and wonderful!

One night over the weekend, Dustin was trying to feel Aiden and at that moment he kicked or punched kind of strong (it didn't hurt me any) and Dustin was able to feel it. Watching his face was priceless.

What a mircle, having a baby is!

Are you kidding me?

Last weekend, Dustin and I bought the mattress for Aiden's crib....how cute it looks, even though there is no bedding on it yet!

But then...... I talked to Dustin's mom Sunday and she mentioned that dad has been asking if our crib got recalled and I told her not that I am aware of, but I will be sure to look it up soon. So, Monday after school I finally went to look up if there was a recall, and there happen to be one on some of the same brand of crib as the one we bought. But the pictures they were showing were not of the one we had, so I didn't think anything of it! Then....I open my email and there is an email from Babies R' Us, letting me know there was a recall on the crib we had purchased with directions as to what to do. Are you kidding me? Seriously? Why are they recalling the crib that we love?

The recall stated:

ENTRAPMENT AND STRANGULATION HAZARD
Wooden crib slats can break, creating a gap, which can pose an entrapment and strangulation hazard to infants and toddlers.

So now....we have to send them some of the hardware as to ensure that it will not be used and then they will send us a voucher within 1-2 weeks of them receiving the package from us to purchase another crib. As much of a pain this is going to be it is defiantly better finding out now before he sleep in it. The huge pain now is hopefully finding another crib to match the dresser that we have. We love the dresser because it is not one of those smaller ones, it's a full size dresser and can fit lots of stuff.

What a pain! Now we are on the hunt to see if we can find another crib that we like, I am sure we will find one it's still annoying though!

Oh yea....you can see the wall is red now! I will post more on that later....