Spring Fever = Baby Fever!!!!

Once Christmas is over, its time for Spring. I can't wait to see the flowers blooming, the trees filling with leaves and all the new babies that come about this time of year. And yes, I am suffering from extreme baby fever!! Tom and I have officially been trying to get pregnant for 18 months now. I think we might actually be getting close to success. We had a miscarriage back in October and it has just added fuel to the fire. During the holidays I took a much needed break from my baby fever but now that the warm weather is approaching and I see all of these pregnant bellies surrounding me it's back with a vengeance. Even my friends that don't want kids yet are getting baby fever.
All the cute little stuffed animals, the tiny clothes, the infinite choices of nursery bedding and furniture, the books filled with thousands of name choices for your new little one. The sweet pictures of moms with their new babies. I have an Anne Geddes calendar at my desk which totally doesn't help me any. The images she creates are so beautiful and awe inspiring or they are just completely adorable and tug at the heart strings.
So I am planning my nursery already and have changed my mind about 2 dozen times. See, Tom and I really want a girl but in the back of my mind I keep reminding myself that we could very possibly have a boy. So I am going to paint the room in a gender neutral color, probably a very pale green or yellow. Then as far as a theme, thats where I am still waivering. I have found several that I really like and some of them could be considered gender neutral. There is the froggy one, it is light greens and yellows with cute little froggies, fluffy yellow ducklings, and cute turtles. The next one is stronger colors of browns/blacks with greens and yellows mixed in with baby wild animals like hippos, zebras, giraffes, lions. It is definitely more masculine than feminine but can go for both and the final one that is my absolute favorite for a girl is called Secret Garden. It is red gingham with charcoal, pale green and yellow. It has dragonflies, butterflies, and flowers on it. It really is a neat set and I love the motif but I am afraid to go so boldly feminine before we know what we are having.
Then comes the discussion of whether we want to find out what sex we are having prior to delivery. Tom and I discussed this the other night. On one hand I think it would be really neat to be surprised but seeing as how I don't like surprises it would kill me to have to wait before I know what we are having...so we will probably try to find out beforehand.
It is really neat to have such a wonderful and supportive husband this time around too. I can't wait to share all the firsts with him. The first time we hear the heartbeat, the first ultrasound, the first time he feels the baby moving, and can you imagine Tom in the delivery room?! That will be interesting, good thing I will have my two best girlfriends and my mom too just in case he passes out! And what about the first time he holds the new baby, HIS baby, I tear up just imagining it. Are you thinking about it too Nicole??? All the wonderous and fantastic things that God has to give us on this earth.
So as we bundle up to go outside, remember what is just around the corner!!! Spring, sunshine, flowers, and BABIES!!!!!

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Nic said…
Oh my gosh! That blog was great! I really miss your writing, chic! I found myself smiling through the whole thing. I think you should go with a safari theme for sure! I would hold out on finding the gender until you can't stand it. Tom will be the most awesome dad ever!
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