Nursery photos

The flowers we placed around the edge of the room

The comfy glider - I have a feeling we're going to be spending a lot of time here!

The dresser/changing table

Crib with mobile

Books and stuffed animals!

We love our "Lullaby Birds" decor

The nursery is almost complete! Here are some photos from the room...

Visitors

Dillon having fun with Aunt Karen and Uncle Billy

The "C." boys! Any resemblance here??

We enjoyed a visit from Todd, Kelly and Dillon this afternoon, possibly our last time getting together with just the 5 of us before the baby arrives. Dillon is talking so much and couldn't run enough laps around the house!

Preggo photos - Week 39

These are a few of the final preggo pictures we'll be taking from this prgnancy... Hopefully this is as big as I will be getting!

Valentine's Day

Reverse order - Bill cleans up after dinner

Karen cooking (don't be so surprised!)

Bill pouring the non-alcoholic sparkling pear juice

Our spectacular rack of lamb main course

The full V-Day dinner spread

My favorite holiday! Bill and I enjoyed a wonderful V-Day, and maybe best of all, evated my fear of the baby having to share a birthday with a(nother) holiday. I've always loved Valentine's Day (thanks, Mom!) and dreaded that our little girl would have to eventually share the V-Day parties at school with her birthday celebration. Whew, crisis averted!

With our cooking in high-gear these days, Bill and I decided to undertake a "challenging" new recipe for our Valentine's dinner. After a little research, we went with the following menu: tomato/mozzarella appetizer, main course of rack of lamb (can you believe it?!?!), asparagus, and new potatoes, french bread, and sparkling pear juice.

On a scale of 1-10 (our new chefs' rating system), we ranked this one up there at the top of the list with a 9.0 (the highest score of anything we've made thus far). Everything turned out amazing - the topping that we coated the lamb with was delicious, Bill's recipe for asparagus with parma cheese made it the best asparagus I've ever eaten, and mom's suggestion on cooking the new potatoes seasoned with herbs and spices gave them such wonderful flavor. And of course, you can't go wrong with bread from Whole Foods.

We were so full, satisfied and proud of ourselves for creating this delicious meal from scratch, and we didn't even have a desire for dessert (a definite rarity around here!).

What a great way to enjoy our first Valentine's Day together in the same location (not sure why the NBA enjoys tying the All-Star Game to V-Day each year...), and our last one with just the two of us!

Last Day of "School"

As Bill phrased it this morning when I woke up, today is my official "last day of school". In actuality, it is really my final day of work before heading out on maternity leave. No baby yet, but we figured that working up to my due date was a good date to shoot for, and if the baby doesn't come for a few days, I'll have some time to rest, relax, and take care of some last minute preparations.

My fabulous colleagues took me to lunch today to "celebrate" my final day in the office (a new local salad spot, "dressed"). I will definitely miss these great ladies while I'm out of the office!

Nothing is guaranteed at this point, but it looks like the baby won't be born on Friday the 13th, a day on which I'd been dreading delivering. However, Valentine's Day is still a possibility at this point, although I'd prefer to make it past this holiday, too.

Welcome Tommy

Welcome to Scotter and Beth on the arrival of Albert Thomas V. IV, aka “Tommy”. Tommy was born on February 11, 2009, weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces, and measuring 21” long. Two Turner babies down, with a few more to go...

No news...

I just returned home from my weekly Dr's appt. Apparently, nothing has changed since last week's visit - still 2cm dilated and no effacement. However, my stomach grew about 2cm in the last week or so, so the baby seems to be growing in there, which is a very good thing (I don't think we are worried about the baby getting TOO big at this point!).

Dr. B is taking her daughter and 39 friends to the circus next Friday (2/2) so she put in a request for it not to happen that day. When I told her that was my kind of activity, she jokingly invited me to come along as another chaperone and if I go into labor there, we can go together to the hospital (although I'm not sure what would happen to all of the kids!). I don't think she realizes how seriously I actually considered this invitation, and we know that the baby LOVED Cirque a few weeks ago!

I've decided that Friday will be my last day or work, so next week I'll either be at home, or at the hospital.

Anyways, we're halfway through Week 39 now, and just waiting for a sign...