Mamacita guest blog!

:::sigh::: Finally! A moment to breathe and guest blog about our little poppy and our new life as expectant parents. Unfortunately, being a veterinary student doesn’t exactly offer ample free time. Nonetheless, here I am!

So, Kim is in her 10^th week now, which you would think is enough time for us to wrap our heads around this whole thing – and if that’s not enough, we’ve had an ultrasound and even heard the heart beat! Somehow, I think we still find ourselves looking at each other and saying, “holy moly, we’re having a baby!” We might be in public somewhere and see preggos galore and I feel Kim thinking, “aww, I want a … wait! I AM pregnant!”

Now, I have a little break from school until January, 

and my new task will be working on the nursery. 

I think once that is a little more put together, it will start to 

feel more “real”. Bring on the painting and crafting! 

Needless to say, we’ve been pinning like crazy for ideas 

(we love the new private board feature). Here’s one piece 

of the décor that I’m excited about: 

Notice that “G is for Golden Retriever” and “W is for West Highland Terrier” J

We’ve already had a trip to Ikea and Lowes to start rounding out paint supplies and a rug – I’ll be sure to document the before and after to share!

We’ve also sent out Christmas cards that doubled as baby announcements, thanks to Tiny Prints. (That means everyone knows and the news can FINALLY be spread all across the world wide web via Facebook – we thought we would burst before that actually happened)

In other baby news this week: we’ll have our first appointment at the Birth Center, we’ll visit our first daycare (I know, talk about having to plan ahead) and we’ll meet with a lawyer this week to talk about parenting agreements and such (thanks to one vengeful lesbian there’s no longer second parent adoption in NC). So – busy week, but very exciting!

-Jessica