19 Weeks - Daycare, Strollers, Nursery, & More

Hello Again :)

Hope everyone has had a great week. The weather sure has been awesome. Jon is out taking advantage of the weather and one of our weekends "pre-baby" golfing with our friend Jeff. Jeff is also a "soon to be dad". Jeff and his wife Taylor are due to have their first baby any day now..we have them in our thoughts & prayers and can't wait to meet Baby Baltzer when he arrives!

So..we're at week 19, almost 1/2 way to Baby Bach's due date! As promised here is my first baby bump picture.. I'm finally starting to have a bump..it's still small but there! This pic was taken yesterday afternoon.

The biggest items over the past couple weeks on Baby Bach's pre-birth checklist have been to 1) figure out daycare for when I go back to work 2) Determine what stroller/car seat we want to buy 3) Start on the Nursery...we've been able to accomplish all 3. The daycare situation was the biggest decision stressing me out. There are many options in this area, but there are also wait lists/registration fees, etc. for the good ones. We took a morning off from work and visited 5 of them.I also visited a few more after work..so I think we went to a total of 8 or 10. Walking into the first one was a bit difficult, I kept picturing the first day that I have to drop our baby off and was having quite a bit of anxiety about it.  As the visits progressed/weeks have gone by I've come to accept the situation for what it is. I also have decided on a facility that I feel really comfortable about..thanks to some feedback from great co-workers! It is very clean and seemed to be very well organized. Jon and I both got a really good feeling during our visit.

We also have purchased our stroller..man it's like shopping for a car! There are SO many models with different features. It was a bit overwhelming. We decided on the City Mini and a Chicco Car Seat. I fell in love with the city mini b/c it's so light and folds with just pulling a strap.  Jon loves the BOB stroller..but we wanted to start with something smaller and will probably purchase that in the future. Here is a pic of our baby cadillac :)

Finally..Jon has been hard at work on the nursery. He is putting lots of tender love & care into it. Here is an in-progress pic. We'll be sharing more pictures as it gets done.

This week is a BIG week in the Bach household..we have the ultrasound this Wednesday to make sure the baby is healthy and to find out the gender. I am very anxious about it b/c they will look at things like the heart, spine, etc. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers that everything goes as expected.  AND we are having a new roof put on the house..wasn't something we were expecting to have to do right now but it's something that just needs to be done prior to the baby arriving.

Hope everyone has a great week..can't believe Memorial Day is next weekend.

To health & happiness always,

Sara