Baby Shower #1

First off, I just want to say thank you so much to my cousins, Denise, Diane and Megan for putting together a great family filled baby shower!

My first shower was in Bright, IN where my mom’s family is from. My grandma, aunts and cousin where there (minus a few). There was some delicious food and I took home some really fun decorated oneies for Sophie!

My three favorite things about this shower:

1.Four layer, different shades of Pink Cake

The cake was super cool! I don’t get too excited about cake, but this one, defiantly got the excitement going.




2.All the purple & pink decorations and the Lia Sophia Jewelry

When I said I wanted my shower girly, this is defiantly what I meant! And what a great touch for the tables, a little goodie bag with jewelry in it – now that’s girly!




3.The Team Edward onesie that my Cousin Anna made!

This was a great shower idea. Every one picked out an image that they could either color or just iron on a onesie. Then I got to pick my favorite one. There were A LOT of super cute onesie to choose from, but my heart couldn’t choose anything other than the Team Edward. (Yes, I do plan on reading Twilight to little Sophie on nights she doesn’t want to sleep – and because she is my daughter, she will love it and be team Edward too!)

Maternity Photos!

One thing that I was super excited about being pregnant was that I was going to get maternity photos. I knew the perfect photographers for the job too... my sister and father. They are both amazing photographers. I was lucky enough to have both of them in the same place so we had both of their specialties available to us!

My Dad is great with portraits, as you can see....



And my sister is the best get getting those candid shots....



I couldn't be happier with the results!
Enjoy!

Blog Update

So I'm excited, I just submitted Our Little Bun for a candidate for a baby/mommy blog directory with a very popular blog, Spearmint Baby.



Also, I am in the process of submitting Our Little Bun in the Top Baby Blogs site where you can vote for your favorite baby blog! I just need to create a banner, not sure how yet, for my blog and then I can add this blog! Whooowho!



Once i'm added, you will see a button on the home page of this blog where you can vote (like every day hehe) for Our Little Bun.

Until then...stay tuned for a 29 week belly photo!

I'm also getting some maternity photos taken this weekend by my dear ol Dad! I can't wait, I've picked out my outfits, and im ready to smile!

Baby Belly Over the Last 3 Months!

Now that I am 7 months pregnant, I wanted to compare my belly shots up until now. Check it out below...

3D/4D Ultrasounds

At my last doctor appointment, the doc told us that we could get a 3d/4d ultrasound. He told us that there were some places in the area that we could get the ultrasounds and that they where really neat and well worth the money.

I did a search today, and found 2 facilities in Indy. After looking through the websites, I really want to do this! When I asked my doc if I was going to get anymore ultrasounds, he said as long as everything stays healthy, no. So now we don't get to see her until she's born. So a 3D Ultrasound would be perfect! But...they arn't cheap. But...I would love to see what little Sophie looks like.

If your not sure what a 3D sonagram looks like heres an example I found on the internet....


Robby doesn't want to spend the money, and I see his point since we are saving for my maternity leave. But isn't it so tempting?

Check out Precious Peak, it's a facility in Avon, IN that does 3D ultrasounds. http://preciouspeek.net/

So would you get a 3D Ultrasound?

MyRegistry.com

Found a pretty nifty website called MyRegistry.com the other day. It lets you combine all your registry at different stores into one convenient place. The other cool feature is that you can be surfing the web and find a product you want and hit the "Add To My Registry" button (that you add to your bookmark when you sign up) and BAM! that item is added to your registry. How cool is that!?




I'm pretty excited about it. You can use it for Wedding, Baby, Graduations, Birthday and Housewarming registry's.

You can find our Baby Registry here: www.myregistry.com/public/BabyHelms-

Buying Our 1st Pack of Diapers

I know I posted a couple months ago about what diapers we were going to use. Robby was strongly for disposable. I figured that if all the other important decisions we need to make before baby Sophia was born, that I would just make a quick decision and chose disposables.

So the other night we decided to start our diaper pile. We want to get stocked up! Who wants to run to WalMart at midnight for a diaper run. Robby doesn't (haha see how I use his name because I know I will never have to do it?)

Anyways, I did some quick research and found that the average newborn goes through 80 diapers a week! For $20 you can get anywhere from 60-95 diapers in a box. (We chose the box with 92 so that's - pretty darn good.)

We are standing in the diapers isle, trying to figure out what diapers to buy. Pampers? Huggies? Luvs? I went straight to the Pampers. Robby wanted to compare prices. They were both about the same price, but he wanted to buy Huggies for some reason. And I wanted to buy Pampers. So I turn around to see a man looking for baby wipes. So I decided to ask!

Me: "Excuse me, do you have a baby at home?"
Guy: "Yes I do"
Me: "Could you tell me what diapers you use?"
Guy: "Pampers all the way! Huggies feel like trash, we won't buy them!"
Me: "Thank you very much!"



I won!!! As we walked away with our 1st box of diapers, Pampers diapers, Robby said "you think your so smart don't ya?" haha - you know it! A mommy knows best!

What a Preggo Eats

Soo...Every morning before I head into work, I pack my bag of food. As I realize this morning, man that's a lot of food!

To date, I have only gained 9lbs. I personally think thats pretty darn good. I might eat some junk, but I do eat healthy too.

This morning I decided to snap a pic of my "food bag".



What you will see:

Breakfast - Strawberries N Cream Oatmeal and Whole Wheat bread for Toast(by the way I HATE Whole Wheat - but it's healthy for the Baby) and a SunnyD.

Snack - A Banana

Lunch - A Lean Pocket(Ham&Cheese), Small bowl of Steak N Shake Chili, Peaches fruit cup and 3 Chips Ahoy! Cookies.

Snack - Special K Blueberry Cereal Bar

Yup - that doesn't include the bowl of cereal I will have when I get home, the handful of grapes I have while making dinner and then the ice cream I have sometime after dinner before bed.

Oh and I also drink about 3 of these a day at work...gotta love h2o!




Yummm.....foooodddd.

1st Baby Buy

We have made our first baby purchase, and it was a doozy. We bought little Sophia a crib! Saturday we traveled to Babies R Us to take part in their biggest nursery sale ever (or so they say)! All cribs and nursery stuff were all 20% off.

We ran into a small problem when we couldn’t find the crib we really wanted. We ended up looking at some others we liked. Then bargain shopper Robby found a crib that we would have ended up getting for free after the discount, then our $150 worth of gift cards. That was a hard offer to beat, but I just didn’t like the crib.

So after a lot…A LOT of contemplating we decided against buying the cheaper crib. Then there, all of a sudden, Robby calls me over and says “what about this one?” and low and behold it’s the crib we originally wanted! “Ha! We’ll take it I said!” We went and picked out a mattress and called it a day.



As soon as we got home it we put it together. It was supper easy and fun. Secret helped, and Link didn’t care too much to stick around and watch. And Robby didn’t even read the directions...haha. That’s all I shall say about that.



Wanna see more pics? Head over to the Random Pics page!

So Big Baby Buy #1 – check! What’s next?!

Nursery painting

The nursery has been painted! Amanda (one of my favorite BFFs) painted nearly all of it herself. Of course, I got the first run at the wall, but she did the rest. Thank you so much Amanda! Last weekend, Robby finished the room by putting on a second coat of paint on two of the walls.

The next step is the mural that Aunt Carolynn will be paining this summer. Which, we are really excited about. We are saving up for the crib, and the changing stating Robby is going to make will be started soon as well. But more on that to come!

I’m having a Libra Baby…

Ok so I’m not big on checking my horoscope, but one of the baby sites I visit had this fun tool where you could read about your baby and their sign. So since Baby Helms is due in October, we are having a Libra Baby.

Just for enjoy reading about the Libra Baby:




The Libra baby will revel in the attention of others from the get-go. That baby whom everyone is cooing over at the doctor's office? Yes, it's a Libra. Passive yet charming, people can't help fawning all over this sun-kissed child. Perhaps it's the way a Libra baby smiles when others swoon. Whatever the case may be, this child is possessed of the most endearing qualities. Even-tempered and sweet in disposition, the Libra baby loves to have others around and would much rather be with company than alone. In a group, this child will mix quite well with others, displaying the very Libran qualities of sociability and diplomacy. The Libra tot is a born mediator, perhaps prepping early on for a career as a lawyer or judge. Loving fancy touches, the Libra child is not likely to take well to hand-me-downs, especially girls! These are kids who love to feel pretty, and the best clothes are a big step in that direction. Comfort is also important to this child, so clean, pressed clothes and a snappy room are an added plus. Sense a bit of control here? Well, the Libra child does know how to be manipulative, although they manage to do it in the nicest way. To sum up, the Libra baby likes to talk, loves to socialize, and is a splendid (and even-handed) addition to any play group. Let the games begin!

To Dispose or Not to Dispose?

Isn’t that the ultimate question? As new parents, we read that we should try everything when it comes to diapers to figure out what works best for us. But is that really affordable? For some new parents the decision is easy, they knew before conceiving whether or not they were going to use disposable diapers or cloth diapers.

Well, let me tell you, Robby and I have no clue what we are going to use. Where do we even start?

I know how about I make a list of all the diaper brands I know of. Alright, get ready, get set go:


Disposable:
Huggies
Pampers
Luvs







Cloth:
gDiapers (www.gdiapers.com)
FuzziBunz (www.fuzzibunz.com/fuzzi_details.php)
bumGenius (www.bumgenius.com/one-size.php)
Bummies (www.bummis.com)





Ok, so there’s my list. Now what?

Are cloth diapers better for the baby?
Are disposables easier to deal with?
Aren’t cloth diapers more affordable in the long run?
There would be less cleaning with disposables.
But the cloth ones are just so cute.

Ahhh!! More to come on our quest to figure out - To Dispose or Not to Dispose?

A Story Before Bed

Today I stumbled upon this awesome website, A Story Before Bed. This site allows you to record yourself (using a webcam) reading a book so your child or grandchild can then watch and listen to anytime, as many times as wanted.

The site is great for grandparents that don’t live close to their grandchildren as well as parents that may be on a business trip and unable to read a bedtime story to their child.

You can record for free, but the book/recording only cost $6.99 to be able to save as a link and allow the child to watch over and over again.

Right now, there are about 60 books available to choose from.

Head over to the website: www.astorybeforebed.com to watch a demo as well as see all the available books.

Pretty neat uh?

Registering for Baby Helms

When you’re pregnant, you read and you ask lot of questions. I knew that when came to registering for Baby Helms that it was going to be overwhelming. If you look at a standard “What to Register For” list – it’s ridiculous! (Do we really need 4 different kinds of strollers?) I read what I could, I asked other young mommies about it and after all the advice I read and received, Robby and I made the decision that I would register with my mom and not Robby.

Now let me tell you WHY this was such a great idea.

Anyone who knows Robby, well, knows that this was a smart decision. The process took my mom and me only 2 hours to complete. There were no tears; there were no arguments or fights and no impatient daddies-to-be getting tired of looking at the crib mattresses or sheet sets for more than 20 minutes trying to figure out which one to buy.

I had fun registering for Baby Helms with my mom (Grandma Fleetwood). She brought up a lot of great points on products and was very budget conscious, but still wanted what was best for baby.

And most importantly, there were no tears and Robby didn’t have to lose his mind in baby world. Plus, I got the gun all to myself! (Robby went a little crazy when registered for our wedding.)

By the way: We will be adding more stuff like cloths and more gender specific stuff once we find out what Baby Helms is. But if you would like to check out our registry here’s the link:

I’ll take the Pregger Pants Over Regular Pants Anyday!

Let me start off by saying, maternity pants, they get a bad rap! I have been wearing these pants for the last week or so and I LOVE them. They are stylish and comfy. Many preggers will tell you that they tend to get fatter the as the day goes by, with maternity pants, there are no buttons or zippers making things ridiculously uncomfortable.

Motherhood Maternity is my new favorite store. Seriously, I love it.
When you try on maternity clothes, and your baby bump is almost non-existent (as mine was and still seems to be) they give you a strap on bump to wear so you can see what you will look like when you try the clothes on. Umm…yeah pretty cool.

Check out this picture I sent to Aunt Care:



Text read something along the lines of – “You haven’t seen my baby bump yet!”

Absolutly Hilarious

I came across this video today, and I had to share. It is absolutely hysterical. If you don't think this little girl is Robby and my future child then your crazy! You must watch the whole thing!

Baby Pool

Well I didn't get very creative when it came to creating a baby pool, but I thought it would be fun to let every one have a chance to take a guess. I found a website that created a baby pool - so that's what we will use.

So head on over to Robert and Lauren's Baby Pool: http://bebepool.com/leh8110

Also, if you haven't noticed, there is a Gender Poll to your left!