Ethan is on the move!

We're settled in at the hospital and Ethan is on the way! Katy is feeling great with the epidural in, finally going to get some rest...

Ethan's Adventures

Well, the little guy is not so little anymore. He's very entertaining already. He kicked Eric in the head twice the other day and also caused a scene in a meeting I was in. He just started to thrash around so much that my stomach was going visibly nuts and my coworkers could see it and started laughing. He did a great job with staying put this weekend though when we flew home which I greatly appreciated. We got to meet little Quinton, my new nephew, who is only 2 weeks old. That was a great way to make it all seem more real for us and get us excited to have our own little munchkin.

Connor, Ellie, Quinton and I. Owen wouldn't join in the picture because "he was busy getting naked" as he informed me. 

Little baby Quinton. 

Shortly after our above picture op we were treated to an impromptu superhero parade. Hilarious...

Two weeks ago we went to daddy's first Cyclocross race of the season. This race is one of only two in the year where they have a kids race. I couldn't believe how little some of these kids were that were not only riding their bikes without training wheels, but racing them through the grass! I can only imagine this is going to be Ethan's future.

This little guy had to only be about 3. No training wheels and about to race down a huge grass hill.

Signs of Baby Everywhere

We are continuing to work on finishing up the nursery. Our friend Dan is painting a mural on the wall above his crib that I designed. I built the rocking chair my mom got for us, and we've gotten all sorts of fun things for him that are just ready and waiting. (Including the monkey head blanket his cousin Connor picked out for him.)

 I put the pack n play together to see how it would look and just decided to leave it up in our room. It's so cute and I love the diaper changing extension pad.

 I also got his bouncy seat and put that together. I figure these are the things he'll need right away and I won't want to have to worry about putting them together first thing when we get home from the hospital. That makes it rational right? ;)

Little Ethan is getting big and he's a very active peanut. He loves to make big movements when I'm in meetings at work to make me jump. He also likes to push at my bellybutton (which doesn't feel nice). It's pretty much on the verge of popping out. Visits to the doctor continue to go well. Everything is good, healthy, and normal. We found somebody for day care and are taking a birth class in a few weekends to help prepare ourselves. Little buddy will be here before we know it!

Decorating the Nursery

Ethan's Gram and Pa Argotsinger came up over the 4th of July weekend to help us get the nursery ready. We had to do some work to the walls to get them looking a little more smooth, then we painted, put in a new light fixture, and built the crib and changing table. It was really nice to have some help doing all of this, especially since I'm a bit more useless than normal. We've still got some finishing touches to put in place and my mom ordered us a rocking chair which will arrive soon. I plan to do a little mural on the wall with the help of our friend Dan with some of the colorful Dr. Seuss fish. We have to know exactly where the crib will be in the room first though and we won't know that until the rocking chair arrives. We're feeling really good about having the nursery pretty much ready and it's absolutely adorable!

Pa and Daddy building the changing table. They built it in our bedroom while my mom and I painted.

Painting!

Hanging the curtain rod.

Building the crib. 

Crib's all done!

I love this changing table/dresser. I already have the clothes I've gotten him in the drawers!

Getting Ready

We have been having a lot of fun getting ready for Ethan now that we know he's a boy. We ordered the furniture for his room (after much deliberation) and picked out a theme. His room will be Dr. Seuss's One Fish Two Fish. My parents are coming out over the 4th to help us decorate so we've also cleaned the office completely out. It's amazing how much stuff we had piled in there over the years.

We also started registries at Target and Baby's R Us. That was a ton of fun! I couldn't resist and did a little shopping too last week. H&M had some cute TShirts on sale. I got one that says "The Beatles" on the front and has a big yellow submarine on it... He'll be stylish. That's a given.

Baby Fassnacht's First Pictures

We had our first ultrasound yesterday. I had no idea how much fun it would be. The baby was hiding in a corner under my left ribcage and the ultrasound technician thought it was pretty funny. Luckily because of that she had trouble getting some of the pictures she needed so she decided to turn the screen around and let us see all kinds of things in hopes that the baby would end up relocating eventually. 

First off, she showed us the proof of the baby’s gender. The picture we have shows us we can be 100% certain....it’s a boy! It looks like he’s sitting on the camera. It’s a great shot. He then proceeded to not only wave at us but to play peek-a-boo a little bit. He eventually rotated so she could get the shot she needed of his heart. It was amazing to watch his little heart beat. We ended up being there for about an hour so Eric got to see all kinds of things while I laid there and tried not to wet my pants.

He’s measuring a little ahead of schedule which means the due date might be more like October 6th than October 15th. He’s already 1.2 lbs! He also happens to be really cute.

Eric is pretty darn excited to be having a son (as am I). We’re already thinking of all the sports outfits we need to get....Newcastle, Cyclones, Browns.  He’ll be born right in the middle of football and soccer season so he’ll be a fan before you know it. 

Now that we know we’re having a boy we need to get cracking on all the preparations. We’ve already found a theme we like for the room. We found some really cute Dr. Seuss sheets that will be nice and colorful.

Enjoy the pictures!

You're looking at the bottom of his butt to the top right with his two legs coming out to the left, you can see his umbilical cord and....gender definer in the middle.

Eric believes the baby looks just like him. I sure hope so. He's on his side, so his forehead is all the way to the left.

Sayin hi.

Kicking mommy.