Our first sonogram, and the baby has a healthy heartbeat of 170 beats per minute! That is wonderful. Last time we did the ultrasound the baby was at 120 beats per minute and now it's picked up pace. A healthy heartbeat is between 120-180 bpm so it seems we've hit about every combination in that range.
In four weeks we'll have another ultrasound and hopefully be able to tell the sex of the baby. You're probably wondering if we want to know the sex of the baby? The answer is heck yea! Why wouldn't we? I keep telling everyone that at least we can get the color of the baby's room right. It's a good start.
Speaking of the baby's room, we've decided to use Tiffany's dresser as the baby changing station, but only after some wood stripping and a new coat of paint. Have I ever stripped a dresser before? Nope. Have I ever had a baby? Nope. I guess we'll find out how it goes. I'll try to post pictures of the process if I can. Hopefully it will turn out all right. If it doesn't, the dresser will probably take a quick stroll from the garage where it's currently located, to the Tuesday Morning curb where any furniture we've ever put out there (broken old desk, uninstalled glass bath shower door) has magically disappeared before the garbage truck ever arrives. Something about trash fairies? Sure if that's what you want to call them.
Well short of the occasional flying chair at school, Tiff is doing well. I'm just trying to take it all in and enjoy myself during this time. One book I read suggested sleeping in, or just leaving the house on a whim with no schedule. I'm trying to take those suggestions up because once baby arrives, our lives will be turned upside down. A little over 6 months to go!
