A Crib... Finally

Babies R Us called the other day and told us that our crib had finally arrived. This was very much a relief as we had the nursery almost complete except we were missing that very important part.

We went to pick it up last night only to find out that the box was too big to fit into the back of our Xterra. Luckily a gentleman and his friends were picking up some baby furniture and they suggested we tie the box to the roof rack. They helped me lift it onto the top of our SUV and then they used some rope from their truck to help us secure it. I was a little nervous but luckily everything turned out great.

Last night we assembled the crib and today, while I was on a fishing trip, Leslie went back and purchased the mattress so we could make it up. Here are the pictures.

Here are some close ups of the bedding.

Lastly, here are some pictures of the mobile, one of our lamps, and a close up of the border around the room.

On a side note it was my 25th birthday this past Thursday. I can now rent a car without paying a higher rental fee and my insurance goes down. That is officially awesome.

Happy Fathers Day to Me!

So this is my first fathers day... Awesome. We actually had a nice Fathers Day weekend. Friday night Leslie, Sterling Jr. and myself drove up to London, Kentucky to visit Leslie's dad Harmon and his wife Connie. This was only our second trip up there, but London is a fun place to visit. We ended up just hanging out around the house most of the weekend, but we played a lot of cornhole with her dad. For those of you who don't know what cornhole is, it's basically just a bean bag game.

I decided to finally take some pictures of the nursery. It's almost finished. For the most party all we are missing is the crib. The crib has been paid for and we are just waiting for the crib to arrive. Here is where we are at so far.

The crib should arrive either this week or early next week. Once we get the crib in all we have to do is install some shelves on the wall and the nursery will be finished. Leslie is 30 and a half weeks and only has 10 weeks to go. I will post more pictures when we get the crib in.

Houston We Have a Nursery.... Well Kinda

This weekend Leslie and I finally were able to work on the nursery. We have been out of town the previous two weekends so it was nice to finally get some work done. Before I go too much into detail on the nursery I will explain where we have been. Two weekends ago two very nice friends of ours Harrison and Beth were married in Knoxville. It was great going back to Knoxville and meeting up with friends that we have not seen in a very long time. While at the wedding we made sure to grab a picture of Leslie and Ashley Moneyhun. Ashley and I went to high school together and her and her husband are having a baby boy in August as well. Here is a picture.

Here is a picture of me and a few old friends from the wedding. Ashley's husband Jay is on the far left.

Last weekend Leslie and I drove to my parents house in St. Simon's Island, Georgia. I was surprised at how well Leslie did in the car. We didn't leave until after work on Friday afternoon and did not arrive until 3 in the morning. Leslie was able to sleep for a few hours in the car which helped the trip go by faster for her. We had a great weekend of walking on the beach and just relaxing. That will be our last big trip until the baby is born.

OK, onto the nursery. Here is what the room looked like before we began.

It's an ugly yellow, we know! That was the color of the room when we moved in and we never painted it.

The theme to our nursery is helicopters and airplanes. The bedding is blue and green so we took the bedding to Home Depot so they could match the paint for us to paint the walls. We have a border that separates the two colors, the blue being the sky and the green being the ground.

We painted the blue on Saturday and decided to call it a day and go to the pool so Leslie could cool down a bit. Sunday we finished painting the green.

The border is going to go right where the two colors meet and obviously we have to wait for the paint to dry before we put it up. Once we put the border up it will really tie the room together.

As far as furniture goes we still only have one piece. We have apparently picked a popular design and the crib and armoire are still on back order. We do have the dresser though and here is what it looks like.

Hopefully the rest of the furniture will come in soon or else my baby could be cribless!

And finally here is a picture of Leslie's belly at 27 weeks 2 days.

It's still really tiny! She is still running a 2-3 miles per day.

I will post more pictures of the nursery once we put the border up and then once we finally get the furniture.

Baby Update!

So I know I am terrible at this blog thingy. I know that I will get much better at it once I can post pictures of the baby. A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks so here is a random run down of what I have failed to update.

Leslie and I did agree on a name, I don't think I have shared that yet. We have finally compromised on allowing me to name him Thomas Sterling Greene Mills, Junior. We will call him Sterling. Leslie finally agreed to do this with the following compromise; the next child we have she gets to 100% with no input from me decide on the name. It doesn't matter if she wants to name him/her Aardvark Mills, I have to love it. My response, I got my baby boy named after me, that can be her kid!

Today Leslie and I went to the Dr. and after consulting the 2 ultra-sounds that we have had the Dr. has decided to push our due date back from August 14th to August 27th. Leslie is absolutely thrilled the baby gets to stay inside of her an extra two weeks during the hottest part of the summer.

Leslie and I finally were able to sell her Civic. It took us about 2 months. As mentioned in a previous blog I sold my Civic and bought an Xterra. After selling Leslie's we bought a very nice Honda Accord from my mother. She was ready for a new car and decided to sell us the Accord so she could go buy a new one. It worked out perfectly! She drove it up to Nashville this past Friday and it is an amazing car and we are very thankful that this situation worked out so well. Leslie and I both had 2 door Civics and while the gas mileage was amazing, trying to put a baby in the backseat of a two door just was not practical at all!

Over the weekend one of the pieces of the furniture that we have registered for arrived. I am very happy to have an SUV now because luckily for me the unit came fully assembled! We received the combo unit. It is a dresser/changing table. The Armoire and the crib are on back order and we may not be able to receive it until the end of May.

I have been really terrible at trying to get the pictures of the ultra-sound to upload. I have them in PDF and apparently the blogger thingy doesn't like PDF's. I could hook up our scanner to the computer, but that would require a little bit more effort by my part. Also, my man room is where the scanner is, and pretty much half of my house is plugged into the electrical sockets in my man room and I am scared of fire. Just being honest.

So not only did I write this blog, I also posted a small blog of pictures from our London Weekend below, you get 2 for 1.

Also, I still have the Trans-AM... and I still love it.

Trip to London...Kentucky

The last weekend of April Leslie, her brother Wynn, his wife Lindsay, their two and a half year old Brody, and myself traveled to London, Kentucky to visit Leslie's dad. I called this trip Redneck Weekend. For the most part our weekend consisted of riding ATV's and shooting guns. Leslie did more of the pregnant woman approach and pretty much did none of the above... good call by her. Here are some pictures from that weekend.

Warning: Below Picture May Cause Extreme Intimidation, Viewer Discretion is Advised

The trick is to stick your booty out as far as you can before you shoot.

Brody and I locked in a giant birdcage, a.k.a, Jail.

We had a great weekend and we are hoping to go back to London sometime in June.

Little Man

The little man is doing well. I am trying to upload the ultra-sound pictures but I have them in a PDF format and the blog is not letting me upload them. I will have to re-scan them this weekend here at home and I will post them then. Leslie is doing well and the baby has a new found love of kicking her. I keep telling the baby that he is allowed to kick her because his daddy can't.

We have another ultra-sound appointment on Tuesday the 14th because there is a 2 week difference between when the Dr. thinks Little Turbo (his current nickname) and when the ultra-sound predicts he will be born.

Leslie and I are still not any closer to naming him. I just keep referring to him as Thomas Sterling Greene Mills, Jr and hopefully Leslie will get so tired of it she will finally just accept it.

Leslie created a gift registry at Babies R Us and at Target. I was not allowed to register at the Mercedes dealership, but if anybody would like to go buy me a new Mercedes, any make and model is fine.

We have already started to buy diapers now that we know what he is. Some of the best advice that we have received so far is to go ahead and buy diapers now. We are buying different sizes every time we go to the store.

Leslie and I have also started the process of looking for a day care. It really hadn't crossed my mind until somebody told us how ridiculously long the wait lists can be for a good day care. I had been planning on just getting one of those hamster bottles and filling it with milk each day and leaving him in the crib... apparently that is not a good idea.

I will try to post the pictures this weekend.

Still waiting on that x-box that Little Turbo asked for.........

It's A Boy!

Yesterday Leslie and I had our first ultrasound downtown at Vanderbilt Women's Imaging Center. I was really nervous because I was really wanting it to be a boy. The woman running the ultrasound kept us in suspense for about 5 minutes before letting us know that it was a boy. It was really amazing seeing the baby move around, he was constantly moving around. At one point he waved his hand in front of his face as if he was waving at us. We also had a 3D ultrasound done, but it wasn't as clear as the regular 2D one. The Dr. told us that usually the 3D works best after 30 weeks.

We aren't really sure when the due date is now. The due date originally given to us was August 14th, but the ultrasound predicted that Leslie would be due August 27th. Leslie and I go back to the Dr. on Tuesday and our Dr. will look at the results from the ultrasound and decide on whether or not to move the due date. Because there is a 2 week difference we are pretty certain that it will at least be pushed back a week.

Now, all Leslie and I have to do is decide on a name. I am really pushing for Thomas Sterling Greene Mills, Junior, and Leslie is really pushing for me not give our baby 5 names. I don't think this is something we are going to settle any time soon.

We did go to the grocery store this morning and bought diapers. Some of the best advice that we have received so far was to buy diapers every time we buy groceries. So even though we have no idea what to buy exactly we went and bought some. I will update again on Tuesday after our next appointment, for now it's off to Babies R Us.