Getting ready

How we've been getting ready for the baby:

1. ive been trying to exercise more. I go to the park on the weekends and walk around the trail. I love this. i can't wait until the weather gets warmer. I also purchased 2 DVD's. A denise austin one, and a prenatal yoga one. I did the Denise Austin one and its low impact but still fun. I dont think its much of a workout though, honestly. On days when I can manage the strength, I will get on my gazelle and do about 45 mins of low impact movement. Again, not much of a workout since I am not even sweating or breathing heavy after im done. have not even touched the yoga one yet.







2. thinking about paint colors for the nursery. We want it to be somewhat gender neutral. My choices are up top and jaes is below that. help!



me: you want that color? show me your mood board.
jae: whats a mood board?
me: your plan. how you want the room to look with that color on the walls.
jae: i figured we just put the color up on the walls and take it from there.
me: you don't know me at all =(

3. moving furniture out of the babys room. currently we have a desk, a twin bed and a huge dresser from our co-op. we plan to throw out the dresser and put the desk down in the basement. i think ill keep the twin bed in there. still want to get a glider, crib and new dresser in. i also want to add a closet system. but i love our babys room. its soooo warm in there, bc it gets so much sunlight. when i go downstairs in the mornings to leave for work, i peek in and the sun is just bright and beaming. can't wait for my baby to wake up to that.



4. Crib - we picked one! we had gone to a few baby stores, weren't really sure what we were looking for. every crib looked the same to us, but certainly quality was the main difference. we ended up going out of the box for this one. surprisingly, i came home, showed jae the info and he said "better buy it now before it gets sold out". wow, he never says that. he always wants to wait... but he told me to buy it now! anything for his baby. i never got that treatment! anyhow, im planning to purchase next month when i save more money. I will update more on this once we figure out the nursery

5. reading lots of books. i dont have that much spare time, but when i do i am constantly reading everything baby related. all very fascinating stuff. here's what i've managed to read already:

-What to Expect
-Mayo Clinic guide to a healthy pregnancy
-pregnancy week by week
-Supernanny, confident baby care
-breastfeeding made simple
-the complete book of breastfeeding
-healthy sleep habits, happy baby
-happiest baby on the block
-baby bargains

i still have tons of books to read thanks to my cousin and MeeJin's sister. yay! i love reading about this stuff.

as for Jae, on November 7th, he was reading this baby book:



this is also the last day he touched the book. he was all amped up at first but i think it wore off and he has not picked up a book since. haha.

just about 4 more months to go!