Creating a Baby in less than 9 Months!!

How funny Is This?!?!?

I was looking through some olds posts from my friend's blog and found this website (www.makemebabies.com). You download two pictures and the computer merges them together to create what your future baby will (supposedly) look like... check out that hair!!!

Celebrity Baby Bumps... Just for Fun!

DUE MAY 2010

Tiffani Theissen - actress (Kelly from Saved by the Bell)

Kerri Walsh - beach volleyball two-time Olympic gold medalist

Lauren Cassel - (husband is KC Chief's quarterback Matt Cassel)

...the only reason I know that Matt Cassel and his wife are expecting a baby is because Tyler and I ran into them at Pottery Barn Kids last weekend!

I would have never recognized him, but Tyler knew as soon as they walked in the door. Tyler quickly & quietly informed me that they met at USC and she was the captain of the volleyball team there - not to mention he knows many facts/stats of Matt's football career. Wouldn't it be weird if strangers knew crazy details about your life and you had no idea who they were?

Well, we ended up in line together and it was obvious we were both there for baby items. We started talking while waiting to check out - nothing football... all baby stuff and found out that our due dates are just a few days apart!

They were both SO incredibly nice. Needless to say (regardless of the Chief's record last season) I am now a huge Matt Cassel fan!!

FuzziBunz

First things first - disposable diapers take up to 15% of space in our landfills, use 37% more water to make than cloth diapers require to wash, and consume 70% more energy in production and disposal than cloth diapers. The environmental impacts are significant.

Secondly, disposable diapers cost you $1200- $3000 more for the same amount of use vs. cloth - and if you reuse cloth diapers for a second child, the savings increases even more.

While cloth diapers don’t necessarily work for every parent’s situation (note: a lot of daycares will not agree to use cloth diapers) in our case, we have the ideal situation to give them a go.

After reading more on home-wash cloth diapers and watching youtube tutorials on just how easy they are to utilize, I was convinced that this was the right choice for us too.

After reading reviews, we still may need to use throw-away diapers at night or on-the-go, but FuzziBunz seem like a great place to start. I love the bright colors, the adjustable sizes, and the positive effects on babies (no more diaper rash!) and on the environment - These diapers are very different from the cloth diapers my mom used when I was born!

I welcome ANY thoughts and experiences with cloth diapers - have you tried them? What worked? What didn’t?

Already Doing Some Shopping

Once I found out that we are having a girl (and even more so now that she has a name) everything seems so much more real... There is a little girl growing inside of me that will be cuddled up in my arms in FOUR MONTHS!!! Not to mention the fluttery little kicks & jabs that are now constant reminders from Aliyah that she is in fact really there.

Since I knew I was pregnant the baby isles in every store have seemed so much more interesting to me. Last week I finally gave in... I just couldn't help myself! I limited my shopping to three knit hats that I felt pretty confident would fit any size newborn. I guess my mom (who was shopping with me at the time) couldn't help herself either and ending up getting Aliyah these cute outfits and matching bibs.

I have also been looking around a little on ebay and picked up this beautiful silk scarf to tie to the outside of my black diaper bag - Since my bag is gender friendly I thought that adding this pink scarf may help strangers identify my bald baby as a 'she' and limit misidentifications ;)

I can't even put the right words down to express how thrilled, excited, and happy we are to have you with us Ali J...

Sock Monkey

ADORABLE...

I found this sock monkey on Etsy.com

Naming Our Baby

Naming a baby is serious business. It’s gotta be something that they won’t hate you for when they’re 17 (Sorry to my mom who suggested the family names Alma or Gladys).

It can’t rhyme with something horrible that mean kids at school will use against her, it should sound nice in your ears, and look nice when written out in cursive.

We’ve had this little girl’s name in our back pocket for awhile... we just didn't know how we wanted to spell it. We each had our own name we wanted, but I am really glad that we were able to pick a name together and that it is a name we both really like.

The Story Behind The Name:

Her first name just happened to be the ONLY one we both loved

Her middle name was the name of Tyler's grandmother...

She was such a beautiful woman with an even more beautiful heart. We had plans to go and visit her this past November and to share the news that we are expecting a baby. About a week before our visit she pasted away unexpectedly. Even though we didn't get to tell her face-to-face we know she is celebrating with us in heaven. We miss her dearly and will think of her always when we look into our daughter's sweet face.

We’re not sure if we’re going to call her Ali or use her full name - but we LOVE her name.

Aliyah Jacquelyn Inzer

You are ours, and we are yours little girl!

Bump @ 22 Weeks

22 Weeks!!!

Continuing with the bump picture every 2 weeks... still trying to fit into my pre-pregnancy pajamas!!