Hi Jon and Nikki,

Congragulations and welcome. Make yourselves at home, read the
posts, post your questions, and join the group.

Larry

Jon Stein writes:
: Well I can't believe we've made it this far 25.5 wks! Since our last
: update many interesting things have occurred.

: First about 1 month ago my 7 month old nephew came down with the
: chickenpox. And wouldn't you know it I've never had them. Thank God
: the wife has. I got a shot right after I was exposed which really
: helped as I only broke out with about 10 big pox all on my chest and
: back, and a few very small ones on my face which could have been
: mistaken for ache.

: Time seems to be flying. It's like I woke up one day and my wife went
: from not showing to carrying a beach ball in her tummy. She looks so
: cute walking around. Her belly now hangs over the kitchen counter when
: we are making dinner.

: We make a habit of lying down side by side and feeling our son kick.
: Funny the kicks are not what I expected them to feel like. They are
: quicker. Like bang bang.

: We are slowly accumulating things, most of which have been gifts. The
: only thing we bought was the crib (had to buy it as it was on sale for
: 50%). We are slowly putting a list together of things we will need,
: but we really have no idea.

: As for names we really are having a hard time, as we cannot agree.
: Even though we know it's a boy it seems more difficult as wife is a
: high school teacher and can always associate a boys name with a bad
: student she had. We have a backup girl name just in case, which we
: agreed on almost immediately. Why do people find it odd that we don't
: want to share our possible names? I mean we have already told people
: the sex, can we not keep something to ourselves?

: We have movers coming to move some furniture around. The sofa bed from
: the basement to the den, while the sofa and treadmill from the den go
: into the basement. I still have no idea what we are going to do with
: the computer room (our office), which is now the designated nursery.
: It will probably go in the den, or maybe in the basement.. Who knows..

: The wife just had her 25 wk appointment this past Tuesday and
: everything is perfect. We now have to fill out a bunch of forms for
: the hospital, core blood clinic, maternity leave etc... I think we are
: going to pay the extra money and get the private room at the hospital.
: Oh we also have to make an appointment to visit the hospital sometime
: next month and get the tour.

: Thanks for listening, now it's time to go move all the patio furniture
: inside to prepare for Isabel tonight and tomorrow.

: Jon & Nikki

: EDD Jan 1/04