Scott's Strawberry

We were eating strawberries the other day and Scott pulled this one out of the package - its like 4 strawberries in one...and apparently it was very tasty...I wouldn't know...he didn't let me have any of it....

K-State Quilt

Mom and I have been talking a lot about the baby quilt that she is making, and it came to me that I never put up pictures of the K-State quilt. Its really awesome - so I thought I would show it off. It even comes with a matching pillow! Completely hand-quilted...she must really like me!

Crib and Bedding

Scott and I have already picked out our crib and bedding for the kiddo's room. (Actually I had it picked out months before we found out we were actually preggo - but that's another story.) The Internet didn't cooperate and give me just one picture with both the right crib and bedding - so you will just have to imagine them together.

Here is the crib. Its one of those 4-in-1 convertible cribs. It starts as a crib and then switches to a toddler bed or a day bed, and then into a full sized head and foot board. What is really great is that it is a nice quality and should match the dresser I am currently using - so it will make a great spare room set after the kids are done with it.

This design is called "papaguyo." Its really cute and unisex. I love all of the little animals on it and Scott loves that there isn't much white one it - he is very anti white...which I suppose is a good thing. We are probably only going to get the actual bedding part - it seems silly to get a lot of the other stuff.

Scott's Job Offer

Scott interviewed at a pace called iJet yesterday. Its a consulting firm located in Annapolis, MD. After about 20 minutes into the interview - they told him that he was their top choice and wanted to hire him. He's waiting to hear back from a couple of other places - but iJet is sounding like a good deal. They said that they tend to hire their interns, and while their salary is a little lower then what he was hoping for with a full time job - they do let their consultants work from home, which could save us bunches in child care cost. Additionally, if we moved outside of the city (closer to Annapolis) we might actually be able to afford a house! So good news all around.

Nursery Decorations

Scott and I are lucky enough to have a very artistic person in our family. Scott's sister Andrea is amazing! Not only is she a painter (see below) but a writer, an actress, a dancer, and many many other things. She has been awesome enough to agree to do a series of paintings for our nursery. She created this character named Milton, who draws himself and then draws the world around him. Along with the ones below she is in the process of creating more Miltons, after she finishes them I will also add them to the blog. Its going to be a hard decision deciding which ones we want for the nursery, because they are all so good!

The Milton series is just one of the many types of paintings that she has done. If you would like to see more of her work please see http://dreswainart.mosaicglobe.com/ As well as being an awesome Aunt and doing these for our future kiddo she also sells them and other pieces of art. If anyone is interested in commissioning any art work please let me know and I will put you in contact with her.

Milton's Self Portrait

Milton and the Moon

Milton's high up

Milton's rainy day

Milton's bubbles

Milton learns love

Milton's daisy day

Milton's got butterflies

Milton's tree swing
Milton's red balloon

NC Trip last weekend

So this is a little out of order but I was really excited to write the last couple of post! Last weekend Scott and I made it down to North Carolina for our friend Mike's b-day party - he is getting really old...lol. Not really hes only 26. It was great to get to see Mike and Aubri, I wish that we got to see them a bit more often. Aubri make awesome taco chicken meat and we all have huge plates of nachos - yummy!!!

Here Mike is being well....Mike.

Here is Aubri and the puppy Molly relaxing - you can see the Guitar hero drums in the back ground - that's right we were all rockstars that night!

Yummy Cake! - and Mike being Mike....

I apparently wanted Scott's cake as well as my own - its just that since I have to share with the baby my piece should have been bigger....yeah that's it...

First Doctors Appointment

Baby Swain (sometimes known as Hector) had his first doctor's appointment today! After waiting forever in the waiting room and then another long time while sitting in a gown we were finally seen by Dr. Bathgate. She seems very nice and very informed. She also had a med student with her so they got to do all the fun test (like a pelvic exam etc.) twice....ok so maybe it wasn't so much fun... and I don't think the med student had ever done it before or really knew what he was doing...uncomfortable - oh well its all over now, and the best part is they said that everything looks good and that my uterus feels just the size that its supposed to. So maybe we will get that Halloween baby yet. Our Dr. said that her little girl has an Oct. 31 b-day and loves it - so I am taking that as a good sign.
Another good note - the Dr. so far approves of our long journey to KS and TX this summer! Woohoo so I'm going to get to see everybody while I am good and huge, which will be lots of good fun. Little bitty bikini here I come....lol
Other then that - our next appointment is May 7th and she assured us we would get to hear the heartbeat then. However before that we are going in for a first trimester screening which involves an ultrasound - so I guess we will get to see Hector very very soon.