Also, this past week we finished up our baby care and CPR classes at the hospital. They were pretty thorough and I think we both took some new information from them. I think by taking the classes it will help us both have more confidence when Ryan arrives. Obviously once he is here will be the greatest learning experience since every baby is different, but at least we have ideas and tools to use to care for him properly.
Last night we went and ordered our nursery furniture. We purchased the crib, toddler railings, and converter kit (since it is a lifetime crib) and Mom and Dad bought the dresser/changer combo as a gift to us. The crib was actually in stock, but was so big we had no way of getting it home so we will wait until the other stuff comes in the week after Thanksgiving and find some one's truck to borrow and haul it all home. :) I had been impatiently waiting for some great deal to come along so that we could purchase our furniture before the holidays and was getting very worried that they might not have a deal as good as the one that we missed in September. However, Wednesday I discovered that Babies R Us was having a Member Rewards weekend Fri-Sun and had some great 20% off coupons for furniture as well as many of the larger (more expensive items). We decided to wait on that stuff since we still have two or three showers ahead of us. I'm sure each month there will be new deals and coupons. The key is to make sure you never buy anything there at full price because they always seem to have SOMETHING on sale (and I like to get the best deal possible). We have just started week 29 and really no changes for me other than the growing, moving, squirming baby. He is particularly active these days which has allowed more people to get to feel him during the day, which is fun.
On the football front- You might notice that the majority of my posts from November seem to have purple pictures... hmmm... shows what our weekends currently consist of. :) TCU Frogs had another amazing win last weekend and I have uploaded a few photos from the longest day EVER. It began by waking up at 6am on a Saturday to get ready and head to ESPN College Gameday. We got there about 7:45am and stayed on campus until 11:30am. We then went to Fuzzy's tacos to grab a bite for lunch, followed by hanging out at Matt and Vivian's home to watch the DVR'd replay of College Gameday. I had a hair appointment at 2pm that afternoon and got 4 inches cut off my hair and re-layered all around. I felt my hair was simply getting too long and was in my way pretty often. I think it needed the nice new "do". It came out a little shorter than I had anticipated, but I know it grows fast and this was the last time I was probably going to get to cut it before Ryan's arrival. It is hopefully just out of reach for his cute little fingers to grab. At 4pm we headed over to the tailgates and then we were in the stadium a little before 5pm for a 6:30pm game time. The game ended around 10:30pm and we visited with a few friends then started the drive home and stopped at Whataburger in Arlington around midnight for a late dinner. Therefore, we didn't actually get to bed until around 1:30am Sunday morning- thus making it the LONGEST DAY EVER! (especially for me!) Today TCU plays at Wyoming at 1pm and we anticipate another big win. GO FROGS! :)
Well, I suppose I should wrap it up. We hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving week. We are thankful for many blessings that God has provided, but especially our family and friends who we love so very much. Until next week...
~Emily
Mike and Emily at the end of the Victory!
Maggie, Phil, Emily & Mike enjoying the game
Mike, James, Paul, & John at Gameday
Vivian and Emily at Gameday (pre-haircut)
Mike & Emily with some of the signs (the one I'm holding got confiscated)
James and Mike with their signs (James' sign also got taken up by ESPN)
2 comments:
Why did the signs get confiscated?!
I'm so glad you got Ryan's furniture. I can't wait to see it. It's also a good thing you got a haircut. I found it quite difficult to get away to get a haircut once Cade was born. I ended up having Collin go with me to watch him while I got a haircut.
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