Nursery Furniture and 13th Week Appointment

So, bad news. The furniture we ordered online for the baby never came so we checked the status online and it had been cancelled. Then we called the company and asked why it was cancelled and they said it was to heavy to ship and no company would ship an item that big or heavy to an APO address (so nice of them to email us and give us a heads up -input heavy sarcasm-). So we only had three options to get nursery furniture for our sweet Baby J.
Get it at the PX (post exchange store on base), which we had already went and looked and they had TERRIBLE quality stuff.
Or... Get it off a website called BooKoo.com (which is like an Army craigslist type site where people around our area post things for sale), which we looked at and there was NOTHING. The few things they did have looked like they were about 20 years old and the sellers wanted a ridiculous amount of money for them.
OR... we could venture out and go to a German baby store which is what we did and WHAT an experience.
It was a long, LONG day but we FINALLY got the baby's furniture. We got it for 700 euro which is about 910 US dollars. With that we got a changing table/dresser combo, an armoire, a matching shelf and a crib that also turns into a toddler bed. And the best part is that it's WHITE. Which is what we originally wanted but shopping online made it hard to get since we couldn't find anything we liked so we had gone with the dark wood. There were a few catches to get this furniture for that good of a price (all of their other nursery furniture sets were about 2,000 euro. Yikes.)... There were a few digs and scratches on some of the furniture, only one person in the whole store spoke English (and it was still a struggle because she didn't speak it fluently) and we had to break down the parts ourselves right there in the middle of the store and had to haul it away ourselves in our moderately sized SUV. Not too easy considering one of us is a pregnant lady who isn't supposed to lift over 15 pounds BUT we got it home (after a fun ride being smashed up in the car like a bunch of hicks who just found gold at a garage sale).

Daniel was having a really good time.

Later that night after working for about 3 to 4 hours straight we got everything put together in the baby's room. We can't really arrange the room yet because there is some spare army issued furniture in the room as well but we should be getting that picked up sometime next week. Once we get everything set up we will be sure to post a picture. But for now here's a picture of Daniel and I after we put the crib together.

And now for the most exciting news! We got to see our wonderful baby today. It was A LOT different than the last time. Instead of trying to figure out what was the head and what was the bum we could see everything. We saw the baby's head and brain, we saw two hands, two feet, two arms and two legs, a bladder, a stomach and a heart. It was wonderful. The little guy or gal was moving all around having a little party. The doctor showed us how the baby was moving it's mouth open and closed and said that the baby is already practicing swallowing even though he or she won't be using it until they are out. It's really amazing to see how much the baby has grown since our last visit. Today I am 13 weeks and 1 day and our little sweetheart is the size of a lemon. According to our downloaded apps the baby is constantly on the move (no longer just twitches) but I still can't feel anything yet. The baby's neck is getting longer and helping the baby's head to stand more erect. Also, according to our apps, the baby is starting to grow hair and eyebrows. Every day our little sweetheart is growing more and more and we are so excited to be this kid's parents.

Thanks for reading and here are a few new pictures of the baby

The baby's chest and stomach, you can see the rib cage.

One of baby's legs, an arm and the hand.

Not completely sure of everything but you can definitely see the baby's hand up above.

Baby's head and little body. The doctor kept trying to get a profile of the baby but he or she kept looking at the camera probably wondering why the heck their home was being invaded. Haha.

 

 

We love you, baby J!