Yesterday marked 21 weeks along, so I guess we’re officially PAST halfway there. Pretty exciting! I guess I’ll blink, and it’ll be February. That’s about how fast it seems like this has gone so far.
Other than sleeping and shopping a lot this week, so far I’ve felt pretty normal. Note: I am normally NOT a big shopper, but apparently having a baby changes that quickly. Since Monday, we’ve bought a glider off Craigslist, made plans to buy a travel system (car seat, 2 bases, and a stroller) off Craigslist next week, and I’ve gone BACK to Kids Market for the 50% off sale. This is a terrible time to be shopping so much because I have NOT been working much lately. I know Travis just shakes his head at me :) I’m lucky to be married to a pretty understanding guy! I really am trying to be frugal about all of this stuff…there’s just so much to buy! I knew I did not want to pay full price for a glider, and this one was pretty much in brand new condition. I don’t think it’s ever been sat in..seriously. Hopefully it’ll hold up good once we’re using it every day! This week, it’s been hanging out in our room, but I’m hoping to make room for it in the nursery once we do some furniture rearranging…
The travel system I found on Craigslist is the Chicco Cortina KeyFit 30. According to Consumer Reports, it’s one of the safest and most user-friendly car seats out there. Brand new, the system costs around $300-$350, and buying an extra base for Travis’s car would be an additional $85. Yikes! So, Craigslist to the rescue again. I know you have to be careful buying things off CL, but hopefully this will be a good decision. It’s $100 for the whole system plus an extra base. Now, we won’t be able to use the car seat as long because it will expire sooner than a brand new seat would, but I think we’ll still be getting a great deal. Here’s to hoping at least! We’re going to look at it next Friday, so wish us luck :)
And, much to Travis’s dismay, I went back to Kids Market today for their 50% off sale. But get this…smart husband of mine decided I should meet him at 11 AM to drop my car off at Firestone for an oil change/tire rotation, etc. Then, he would take me back home on his way to Meridianville for work for the afternoon. He’s so sneaky…he knew I would spend all morning and afternoon shopping if I hadn’t had somewhere I HAD to be! So….I really didn’t have as long as I would have liked to spend looking at everything, but that’s probably a good thing. I got MORE baby clothes (oops) and a maternity dress, khaki pants, and lounge pants for me. Baby’s closet is filling up quickly, especially since Travis’s stuff is still in there! :) We’ll fix that eventually…
Speaking of Baby Grant, no (Mom and everyone else who keeps asking) we still haven’t decided on a name…haha. Y’all should all know by now how slowly we get things done around here! :) She’ll have a name before February though, so as soon as we know, you can all know. She apparently weighs around 0.75 lbs and is about 10.5 inches long. No wonder I’ve been feeling some pretty good kicks this week! I’m sure she’s going to have big feet thanks to her mom and dad, so there must not be much room for them in there anymore :) Our next doctor’s appointment is a week from today, so I’m looking forward to that. After that, I think we’ll start going every 2 weeks instead of every 4.
Between this weekend and next weekend, Travis and I have been invited to one wedding, and I’ve been invited to three bridal showers. Whew! I thought wedding season was in the spring/summer, but apparently not this year. We also just went to Andrew and Stephanie’s wedding in Pigeon Forge this past weekend. Yep, we drove there and back in a day. It was fun but tiring!
Next weekend is also the Liz Hurley Ribbon Run, my birthday, and the Tennessee game. I guess our weekends won’t ever slow down before February, and definitely not after that! :) I’ve been “running” (if you can call it that) a few times a week lately, so I’m going to attempt to “run” part of the 5K at least. Running = a slow jog for me these days, but that’s ok. Maybe it’s at least offsetting some of this Halloween candy I’ve been sneaking…
Speaking of running, Travis has officially signed up to run a FULL marathon in April! That’s 26.2 miles!!! He’s going to run the one in Nashville…the same race we ran this year when we did the half marathon. I’m excited for him….I know he can do it!
We’ve also officially decided on going to Orlando for our 5 year anniversary trip/one last “just the two of us” trip. We knew we wanted to go somewhere relatively warm, so that eliminated a lot of places right away. We were looking at San Diego at first, but it got scratched once we realized how much the plane tickets would cost. Phoenix was also on the list, but according to our *spreadsheet*, driving to Orlando would still be cheaper than flying to Phoenix (even though the price wasn’t bad at all to fly there). We’ll just have to save Phoenix for another time. We’re actually going to go on our anniversary trip a few weeks before 12/22 just to be practical about the holidays and family time. We’re going the week after Thanksgiving because it turned out to be the cheapest time to get a hotel room. We may do Disney for one day while we’re there, but we’re also planning to do a lot of non-Disney stuff that we’ve never done before. We’re looking forward to it! :)
I didn’t realize I had that much to say! Maybe some of you made it to the end :)
Hope your week is going wonderfully!
