the countdown continues

While most folks counted down the last days of 2003, we were counting the days until January 7. That's the big day when it all becomes a little clearer: the ultrasound! We'll know how far along the baby is and whether or not everything is proceeding as normal. Michelle thinks she's about 12 weeks along, though the doctor said it could be more like 8. So we shall see! And assuming all goes well, we'll break the news to the world in general after the test.

We thought Michelle was coming out of the nausea stage, but the respite lasted only about a day and a half. It has been hard for her to keep food down, and there are not many foods that she's interested in eating in the first place. Since she's hypoglycemic, it has been especially hard to get her body what it needs. We worry somewhat about how the baby is doing, but we know that the Lord will provide. She's been able to keep down her vitamins and the progesterone too, so I'm pretty confident that all will be well in good time.

We've delved just a little into the sea of baby products. We briefly stopped by babies-r-us as well as Target, and surfed around amazon too. It is indeed overwhelming. Too many cribs, changing tables, strollers, car seats, etc, etc, etc to choose from! And how the heck are we going to pay for all this stuff? So it's a lot of fun to window shop, but it's a tad stressful too. There's word of a baby shower up north this spring, so hopefully that will work out.

My first major preparation for the kid: buying a repectable digital camera. We didn't really have the money, but there is some on the way from various sources. Anyway, I got a Sony DSC-P72, which I've had my eye on (the good one) for quite a while. It seems as if they're about to discontinue this model because I found it on sale and with a rebate. If you've been paying attention you know that we love to use our digital camera. Well now that we've got a good one: watch out! We'll see how long it takes to fill our harddrive, and I'm sure we'll be keeping walmart busy with those 24 cent 4x6 prints.

And I've been nesting! The trim in the blue room was never painted last year when we moved in. So I took it on for my New Year's Day project. I got all the picture rail and baseboards done, as well as the doors, and a few other places around the house that needed it. The dining room trim is still undone. We'll see if I get to that any time soon. It's a lot of fun to sit in the kid's room and dream about how it's going to look as a nursury. One thing we do know: boy or girl, the walls are staying blue. We're not into pastels anyway.

So in 4.5 days we'll know a bit more. My folks and their best friends Herm and Judi are stopping by tomorrow, so that should be fun. And then we wait it out. One. Day. At. A. Time....