Hello 3rd Trimester! 28 weeks!

Nursery Sneak Peek #4: Name

The boy's name we picked out hasn't really been a secret, but I haven't announced it on here or facebook yet. So I figured I'd do that with a picture of his initials that my sister Elizabeth also made. So here it is: KDB -- Kevin Donald Burch!

Nursery Sneak Peek #3: Pillows

Before my friend Kim left for CA, she helped me do one of my favorite things -- make pillows!! I wanted to make a fun one for Baby Burch and 2 others to use with the glider. Finding fabric was actually the hardest part, but totally worth it!

Nursery Sneak Peek #2: Art

My sister Elizabeth wanted to make some art for the nursery. She is a great artist and very creative. So after the reveal, I told her what I wanted and she went to work. I just got the 4 canvases last week and they are great!!

Stalking Craigslist

To try to alleviate some of the costs of all the baby gear, I've been checking out Craigslist daily for some good deals. I've been using something called Craigs Easy which makes looking at it tolerable. Here's the link if you are interested: http://craigseasy.com/.

I've also spent 2 Saturday mornings (so far) going to garage sales for some hand me down clothes but haven't found much on the gear side.

I do admit that I am a little picky because there are a lot of things I don't want to get second hand since I'll plan on having more than one child, but there are somethings I don't mind -- especially if they are in really good condition.

So far, I got my Baby Trend Snap and Go stroller for $25 (retails for $55) and a Summer Infant Bather for $12 (retails for $25). The stroller was used only a handful of times and the bather was unused and still in the packaging!

I'm always looking for a good deal!

Nursery Sneak Peek #1: Theme

The nursery is in no way ready for it's reveal quite yet, so I figured I'd start a series of sneak peeks till it is ready!

So for our little guy, I thought Jeff would want to do a plane theme like most pilots insist on. But I was surprised when he said I didn't have to! Well -- then what did I want to do for a boys room?? I hadn't even thought about it because I assumed we'd be doing planes. I started looking through website after website of boy's bedding. A lot of boy's stuff is blue and brown and I just wanted something different. I narrowed it down to a top 10 and showed Jeff. To my surprise he picked the same one I liked.

So here is a sneak peek of the bedding!

BOY!

Well, the news is out! We are expecting a boy! It was so hard keeping that a secret from my family and friends, but it was worth it to see the expressions on my sisters' faces when they cut into the cake! Both were convinced my mom slipped last week and told them it was a girl, so they were so shocked!

Gender Question Game that we played - Boy won by 1!

Team Blue

Team Pink

Getting ready to cut the cake!

My sisters in total shock! (the icing in the middle of the cake was blue!)

They just couldn't believe it!

So much fun!

Me and my sisters

Me and the Grandmas (Granda and Grandma)