What a lesson learned

After looking and looking and looking at baby furniture we decided to order Brogan’s furniture from JCPenney. I spoke with other moms who got their furniture there, I read a million reviews and even saw some in person, I felt very good about my decision. Well, the end of May came and I ordered the crib, changing tower and hutch. They told me when I ordered it that the crib was going to be on back order until June 22nd . The changing tower and hutch were going to arrive in Lubbock on June 7th. Okay…so June 7th arrives and we go to pick up the furniture. When we get there they have two boxes…a changing tower and a crib. I was soooo pumped ( I wanted the crib more than anything)!!! We get it home, unload it and begin the process of putting it together. The changing tower goes together perfectly. We unload the pieces for the crib and realize that it is not the right crib. So my thought is “let’s keep it and pay the difference” except the price difference is like $200. So we load it back up (out of the box, and in many pieces) and take it back to JCP. Then they have to refund the money for the hutch, that was not properly ordered, and reorder it. So, here we are June 14th and they call and say the hutch and crib are in. Again, so excited!!! We take the pieces of the hutch out of the box one at a time and make sure they are all correct and not damamged. We get step one complete of the instructions and realize that they left off some plugs so we could not complete step two or any of the others. So we had to take that one piece back and reorder the whole hutch. Did I mention we had a million pieces scattered all over Brogan’s floor? We get back home and Brogan’s sweet daddy offers to put the crib together. Again, we look over every piece as we pull it out of the box. And wouldn’t you know the last piece is busted. Again, we took that one piece and went back to JCP. They had to reorder the crib so we could have one piece. Did I mention that we now have hutch pieces and crib pieces laying everywhere? Now, it’s June 19th and the third batch of furniture as arrived. This time we look the pieces over at the store instead of at home. They are right!!!! So, daddy and I put all the furniture together on Friday night and it looks great! Let’s just say that when Brynnlee gets here I will pay more and make sure that it does not come from JCP!!!!!!!

Week 27

Well, here we are at week 27. I forgot to pick up a vegetable at United today but Brogan’s vegetable comparison is a cauliflower. I can’t believe we only have 13 weeks to go!!!!

The Beginning & The End

Here are some pictures of Brogan’s newly painted room. We (Brogan and I) love daddy and Gigi for all the painting that they did. I think it looks fabulous!!! Now we just need a bed to put him in.

Week 22 Spaghetti Squash

Remember, we are comparing length not actual size. I am reading that Brogan should be around 8 inches and he is measuring closer to 10 inches. He should also be weighing around 1 pound and he is weighing in at 1 pound 5 ounces. He doesn’t get any of this from his mother!

Week 21 Carrot

How great is my God?

Well, let me tell you! So I had a nervous break down last week about AFLAC not paying as much as we thought. When I got home yesterday from seeing my kids we had some mail from AFLAC. So of course my personality type jumps to the worse possible place. I start thinking about how the paperwork wasn’t filled out correctly or something wasn’t signed…you know where I’m going with this. I open the envelope and much to my surprise there is a check for the amount of $3,080.00!!!!! Are you kidding me?? I prayed that God would take care of us while the money was short. Well I guess He showed me!!! I know that if we give it to Him, He will take care of us but sometimes we forget that and want to handle it ourselves. What a reminder that He is in control!!!

New stuff

So daddy has been busy building a new fence and Gigi (my mom) has been busy painting the nursery. We are just waiting on the molding to be painted, order the furniture and put the room together. Only 19 more weeks until baby Brogan is suppose to be here!!!!!

Here is our old fence. How did that thing stay up?

Here is the new fence! Didn’t Brogan’s daddy do a great job?

The old faux painted wall in Brogan’s room.

Gigi adding some taupe paint to the bottom of the wall, fresh white on the top and then a icy blue in the middle.

The finished product. We are now waiting on the molding to be hung and painted.

Need to Vent!!!!!

Why have I been paying for AFLAC? We bought the short term disability policy about 9 years ago when we started trying for a baby. Well here we are ready to use it. So I call this morning to find out for sure how it is going to pay…here is when I get mad! We knew that it would pay for bed rest, NICU and then maturnity leave. What we didn’t know is that for the 3 months that I will not be getting a pay check from Cooper I will only receive $1000 from AFLAC. That’s right!!! I will only make $1000!!!! How do people who are off work longer get buy? I am starting to FREAK  OUT a little bit. I guess all the budget planning Kyle wanted to do will start today.  Did I mention we still need to buy baby furniture? baby basics? I do believe this is going to send me over the edge!!!! Any ideas for cutting cost? I thought our lives would officially change AFTER Brogan got here, not while he was still in the womb.

Good Help

So I’m not able to get up and help with things around the house…but I know people. Mom and dad are here and helping. Mom started painting Brogan’s nursery last night and has continued all day today. Dad showed up this afternoon and is helping with the fence. Austin Mac came over this morning to help Kyle finish the fence. So all three men are trying to build the gate for our new fence!!! Gotta love family and Austin!!!! I will post pics of the nursery later.

Quick News is Good News!!!!

So I had yet another doctor’s appointment this morning with Dr. Atkinson. They were only looking at my cervix to make sure it’s still long (that’s a good thing!!) Maybe TMI but too late. So it looks great and I now get to see him every two weeks instead of every Tuesday! WOO HOO!!!!!!! The bed rest is working so we are going to keep it up.