Oh boy!!!

I have no excuse for not posting earlier except that this first month of school has been crazy. Weak excuse I know...with just 3 1/2 months to go before we meet the baby (can you believe it?!!) my goal is to get a little better about my blog posts...Marc's working on another belly shot and will post it soon!
Since only our family and close friends check out this blog I will most likely be repeating myself as I try to re-cap the last month and a 1/2 but for posterity sake I will go ahead and repeat anyway... I had been feeling little flutters and movements for a few weeks but on August 25th Marc felt the first "big kick" and the next night I felt one. It made me pull my hand back a little...wow!!! When I came home from school that day, Marc said he actually thought my belly had grown since that morning :) ...I think I have officially "popped"! On August 27th Marc and I got to see some amazing ultra sound pictures (I wish we could have one done every doctor's visit!) and found out that our little one is...a boy!!!! Instantly, things become "more real" as we started to get ready for our baby boy's arrival (so fun to say!)...Marc and I went to dinner to celebrate at the same Italian restaurant we had gone to the night we first found out we were expecting. Afterwards we went and bought our crib, changing table, and dresser thanks to Great Grandma Dorothy :) . We had been looking for a few weeks but were waiting to find out the baby's sex before we made the big purchase. On August 31st we got our first little boy gift from Aunt Megan...she sent 2 board books and lots of adorable boy clothes from the Polo outlet :) . September 7th Marc and I decided it was time to take the plunge and register...we went to Babies R' Us and Pottery Barn Kids...overwhelming but very fun! We ordered a glider and ottoman for the nursery at a boutique in Ralegh thanks for Grandma Sarah & Grandpa Bruce and Great Grandma Dorothy. We also got a beautiful baby stroller thanks to Grandma Debbie. Uncle Jeff went to a Yankee game and came home with a Mets sweatsuit for his little nephew. We can tell he loves his nephew to buy him something Mets :) . September 12-13- Flicker and I went up to CT for Jaime's surprise baby shower. We stayed with Aunt Anni, Uncle Paul, and Emily and also got to see Aunt Becca and Molly while were there. A quick but wonderful trip! September 24th I had another doctor's appointment...got to hear the baby's heartbeat. The doctor said the baby's still on track to arrive the second week in January. Everything looked good with the baby and me :) . September 26th we picked up the dresser. Marc, Uncle Jeff, and I did lots of moving of furniture (of course I was more the "oversee-er :) ) as we're moving "stuff" to our spare room on the first floor to make room for the nursery furniture on the third floor. It's really starting to come together! Thanks to Grandpa Duane and Linda we got a beautiful crib set from the boutique in Raleigh (it has quickly become our favorite store :) ) . We feel so thankful to have our wonderful family and friends to share this exciting time in our lives with!!!
Hope this re-cap brought everyone "up-to-speed" :) .