More Baby!

Well we have been a bit delinquent in posting new updates. It's been a hectic time for Jeff and me. Jeff's been working hard and long hours again. I started my new job and traveled for nine days straight. All is well and we are both happy and healthy!

We found out the baby is a BOY! Hopefully word spreads fast and our immediate families have given you the scoop...Here are some new ultrasound pictures. The little stinker didn't want to show us his face and was playing peek-a-boo.



So the bottom line is the good news is he is healthy and the bad news is this is the last image we will have of him until he's born!

Ciao!

Well we found out what we are having.....It's a boy


cheers,
Jeff

The Nursery

Now that we know we are a little further into the pregnancy, it's time for us to make some more solid decisions about the nursery. We have decided to keep the color of the room as it is - it's a cross between avocado and pea green. (Yes, we like our vegetables in this house!) The floor will remain wood just as the rest of the house is. We are debating about rugs and have narrowed it down to three options.

Option #1
Option #2
Option #3

As of today we are leaning towards option #3, but of course with Jeff and I that could change tomorrow.

If we work our way up from the floor the next thing we need to consider are some storage options. We already have a dresser that we like picked out from IKEA. It's just waiting for us to come and purchase it. We will dual purpose this dresser as a a changing station with an accompanying contoured pad. This way the dresser can grow with Baby.

Dresser

We may end up with a matching dresser that's a high boy as well. I think it all depends on how empty the room looks with just a rug in it.

We are going to leave you hanging on the crib. Dad Reece has costumed designed it and has already begun to build it. I'm certain that it will be able to withstand Hell and High Water given his construction techniques. When the crib is completed we will devote a whole blog to that!

Knowing how most babies like to be rocked, we do plan on a rocker for the room. Most of you know how obsessed Jeff is with Eames design. So, of course that's what we picked out.

Rocker

As far as decor is concerned we are going to keep it simple. We have selected a line of peel and stick vinyl wall graphics that we think are fun. There's also matching flash cards that would be simple to create a mobile from. Check them out...

Wall Graphics
Flash Cards
plus
Mobile Kit

Equals lots of fun!

Thanks for taking a tour of our soon to be nursery for Baby Rohlfing.

New Ultrasound 7-30-07

Check out our little peanut. It now has a face, hands and feet that you can see. How very exciting. It's heartbeat was about 160 bpm and everything is healthy.

With the baby comes...

One of the first discussions Jeff and I had when we found out we our good news was child care. As we all know a large portion of infant care is managing their "bathroom" needs. Right away the question of disposable v. washable popped into our overwhelmed-with-excitement-brains. With a little research we have decided to go washable. Here are some of the products that convinced us why:

The Cotton Babies Try It Kit
Bum Genius

I mean who can resist the ease of disposable with the environmental friendliness of washable. Check it out! They are high tech and CUTE!


And of course every cloth diapered baby needs a few accessories. Check out these I think will work great in the nursery.

Diaper Pail Kit
Diaper Organizer

Now I think until the baby comes, I've had enough chatting about diapies!

Ciao!

First Posting

Well here goes nothing....

Coming soon (Feb 10th)......






The heartbeat was strong @ 171 BPM. This was taken on July 2nd 2007.

Cheers,
Jeff