Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Poll Results

After stalling for a few days at an even 13 - 13, the final results are in!  You think we're having a......GIRL!  The final results were 15 to 13, so not a very convincing margin, but it was fun to watch the results come in. 

My cousin Jen suggested trying some old wives' tales to clear up the matter, so here's the list I compiled:

  • Chinese Birth Chart                                             girl
  • Carrying High                                                      girl
  • Dry Skin                                                               boy
  • Hair
    • Thin & Dull = boy
    • Full & Glossy = girl                                   My hair is full & dull so...tie
  • Extra Weight on Front Only                                 boy (hooray for no extra weight on my butt & hips!)
  • Sum of Age at Conception and Month Conceived
    • 29 + 6 = 35 an Odd Number                       girl
  •  Wedding Ring on a String Over Belly Swings in a Pendulum            girl
  • Fabri has NO Sympathy Weight                           boy
 So the old wives' tales say girl by another narrow margin.  We're definitely going to stick with the yellow & green theme for now.  I will be writing Nesting Part 2 as soon as I get the chance so you can see the finished nursery, so be on the look out for that!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Your Opinion

Here's me and the belly last weekend at Ruffia.  I'm so big that my maternity clothes are too tight!  Boo!!!

We're in the home stretch (any day is good) and it's your last chance to tell us what you think is causing this big ever-growing bump.  So, vote and tell us if you think it's a boy or a girl!

Friday, February 10, 2012

Nesting 1

I wasn't going to write this blog until I had a final result to present, but I have some time this morning and some photos that aren't getting any younger, so here is "nesting part 1!" Fabri was really cute when I explained the concept of nesting to him.  If you follow him on Twitter, you've seen his updates with photos of the progress.  If you don't follow him on Twitter, you should and there's a link to the right of this blog!

The baby's getting the room with a view!
From Saluzzo House
So our guest room/office is becoming the baby's room.  That means that we no longer have room for guests here in the apartment, but fret not, the Motta's have space at their home and the B&B in Ruffia (don't book through the site, I just wanted to include it for the photos and English description), so we still have room for off-site visitors!  We painted the room yellow when we first moved in 3.5 years ago with the "baby possibility" in mind, so no painting necessary.  We started by getting rid of the desk and reorganizing the armoir.

From Nesting
Then we added a new dresser to hold all that cute baby stuff our generous friends & family gave us at the shower.  Shout out to Joey for helping to carry that heavy thing upstairs for us!  Olney was of course integral in putting the thing together.  He's quite a handy pup.

From Nesting
The next project was putting together the Inglesina travel system.  This includes the bassinet which is in our bedroom, the car seat and the stroller.  It's all very modular so everything can attach to the wheeled stroller base with relative ease.  We still need to put the base of the car seat in my car.  I think that's a week 38 project (this is week 36).  We're waiting for all this snow to go away; we'll be waiting a while as there is snow in the forecast for this weekend; so we can practice walking Olney with the stroller.  Meanwhile he's been getting a lot of practice in the house and it doesn't bother him at all.

Look at all those boxes for a stroller!  Well, a travel system.
From Nesting
This was fun to construct because everything snaps together easily.  We'll have to keep the manuals close by to remember how to do all the changes when you attach different pieces.  This is a prime example of Italian fashion and the preferred brand of the most fashionable Italian mothers.  What I'm doing with it, who knows, but after I saw the one handed closure, we didn't seriously consider any other brands.  Also I like that the car seat can snap out of the base in the car and into the stroller to avoid waking a sleeping baby when we arrive at our destination.

From Nesting
Last weekend, we put together the crib, the final piece of furniture for the nursery.  When we were finished we realized we put the very first piece on upside down.  After a quick redo, we had the future baby bed.  Now with all the furniture constructed, we've been moving things around trying to figure out the best configuration.  We think we have it figured out and we'll probably put up the paintings and decorations this weekend if we decide we still like where all the furniture is.

From Nesting
Speaking of paintings, after over 3 years of searching, we have artwork up above the couch in the living room!!  That was part of the nesting process too.  That and a new piece of furniture in the bathroom, a humidifier in the bedroom and a third stool at our bar!  Check out the rest of the photos in my Picasa web albums (link to the right).
From Nesting