Thank You Mystery Person....and Mystery Solved!

This afternoon this super cool high chair arrived on our front porch. It matches the pack and play and swing we registered for and it goes well with our current decor. We love it. What we don't love is that it came without a packing slip!! So we don't know who was kind enough to send it for Monkey!

So whoever you are: THANK YOU! And please drop me an email or call me and let me know so I can send the proper thank you!

Update: This morning Karl decided to unpack the high chair so we could take the box to the cardboard dumpster. Upon opening the box, he discovered the babies r us folks had opened the box and placed the packing slip inside before carefully resealing it! So the mystery has been solved...the super cool high chair came from the Homburg Grandparents!

You're invited....

There's been some more progress on Monkey's room this week so we thought we'd invite you in to see how things are shaping up!

This is the view from the doorway. Next time I take quick pics of the room someone should remind me it's very very bright in the morning thanks to that east facing window. I have a feeling Monkey is going to be an early riser!

That big comfy chair has been with me since my Knoxville days. I plan to spend lots of time snuggling a certain Monkey there! You can also see the super cool valance Karl made out of fabric we bought at Joann's. Just one of many monkey touches in Monkey's room.

Looking back towards the door now. The bookshelf already houses some really cool gifts Monkey has received in the past few months. S/he has monkeys of all shapes and sizes, and even a Sock Monkey Jack in the Box from Em and Spud! The bottom shelves will house books for us to read together as well as Monkey's first scrapbook!

You just knew Walker was going to squeeze into at least one picture, right? The dresser will also serve as Monkey's changing table. It's hard to see here, but the right side of the dresser is a cabinet for storage of diapers, etc.
The view from the corner of the closet. Can't wait for there to be a baby in that crib!!

So, we've still got more work to do, finding homes for everything and getting stuff up on the walls. It's hard to believe we're less than three months away from Monkey's arrival!

Well it's about time...

I've said it before. There is something insanely funny to me about the child of two photographers being camera shy inside the womb. But that's the way Monkey has been from the very beginning: hiding his/her face behind arms and legs or flat out rolling over so there's no way to get a clear look!

Today's appointment started off the very same way. It didn't take long for the tech to tell us she was clearly going to be "earning her paycheck" with this baby! Monkey was quite comfy with his/her head down and tucked in towards my back. Attempts to move Monkey resulted in nothing more than me getting some very forceful kicks and punches!

But we were patient, and when Dr. L, our perinatologist, came in to continue the ultrasound, we tried a couple of different positions. We were rewarded with a couple of neat profile shots and the thing we've been waiting months for: a nice 3d face picture!

Look! Our kid has a face!!! It's a little shadowy because of how nicely tucked in Monkey was, but at least there there no limbs obscuring our view!

The first thing I thought of when I saw this one... I think he/she is going to have the Anderson mouth. That means if Monkey is boy flavored, he's going to need to grow a mustache to make up for the absence of an upper lip.

Apparently this ultrasound thing is boring. Here's Monkey yawning in profile.


One more profile shot. You can see his/her little hand coming up near the chin!

Other important info from today's appointment:

• heartrate: 145 beats for minute. Still on the "girl" side of the old wives tale.
• Approximate weight: 2lbs9oz
• Measuring about 28weeks5days ( one week ahead of my due date)
• Head measuring about 28weeks (the first time she checked it measured 30weeks2days. Cue panic on my part. Thankfully she got a better view the second time she measured!)

Since we're still keeping a close watch on growth because of my gestational diabetes, we'll get to see Monkey again in 4 weeks! The cool thing is that the next visit coincides with a visit from "Grandpa Anderson" so Monkey gets to show off in the womb!

Monkey's Future Home...

When we last visited Monkey's room, we had paint and not much else in there. But yesterday three huge boxes arrived on the porch of Chez Homburg and just a few hours later....Monkey has FURNITURE!

Here's a look at the process:

The assembled crib with bedding! Karl wouldn't let me take pictures of the crib assembly. It was supposed to be a surprise.

I did sneak in for dresser/changing table assembly. Walker was also on hand to supervise.

Walker goes from supervising to looking concerned. What does all this new furniture mean?

Dresser is starting to look like a dresser, and the pile of foam packing pieces is growing!

The finished product this morning!

We spent much of last night measuring walls and furniture to figure out how to make the room work. It kind of felt like we were playing Tetris! This weekend Karl will be moving each piece into position, including the chair that's currently living downstairs. Next week we'll pick up a bookshelf to house Monkey's library and monkey related gear.

So now that we've covered Monkey's future home...how about an update on Monkey's current home, a.k.a. the belly. Here's a flashback to the last time we checked in on Monkey in the womb..

The bump at 23 weeks

Three weeks later, same sweater, the bump at 26 weeks.

This weekend the bump and I are hitting the road to honor another new mama to be, my friend Emily. Her baby, known as Spud and Monkey's future BFF, is due next month!

A week of getting ready for Monkey

This year, I signed up to participate in a little thing called Project 365. Basically, it involves people all around the world who are documenting 2009 by taking a photo of something in their life every day. Neat idea right? And 2009 seems the perfect year to participate since so many big things are changing for us.

Sometimes I'll find that my weeks have unintentional themes. As I looked back at the first week of March I realized most of my pictures are Monkey related. So, without further ado...here's a look at the Homburg household's week preparing for baby!

3.1.09: Packing up my scrap stuff from what is likely to be my final girls weekend before Monkey's arrival

3.2.o9: Karl is off to Minneapolis for work, but left behind signs that he's been hard at work in Monkey's room. This, my friends, is Whisper Yellow.

3.3.09: Walker hates the Fedex man, but I'm a big fan, especially when he brings Monkey's new bedding. Yes, its different than the original selection. But I love it, and it was on sale. Score!

3.4.09: Another great mail day! My super cool lime green shower invitation arrived. Do those girls know me or what?
3.5.09: Dr appt in the AM, pharmacy trip in the PM. The doctors have added a new type of insulin into my routine. Let's hear it for 4 more injections in my day. It's a good thing I'm not afraid of needles anymore.

3.6.09: Because my body likes to play tricks on me, my blood sugar actually went UP with the addition of more insulin. I was tempted to go drown my sorrows in ice cream just to see what my numbers would do. I took a long hot shower instead.
3.07.09: Weekend is here, Karl is home, and touchups are underway in Monkey's room. Totally digging the Whisper Yellow...and Karl wearing a Gator tee shirt!
3.08.09: I think Karl might be nesting. Here he is installing my Christmas present: a sink fit for washing a baby in! This was taken after he took Murphy's Oil soap to the cabinets. The kitchen is sparkling!

So there you go, we're just chugging right along here. Hard to believe that we'll be welcoming Monkey in 3 months!