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Week 20: Sick no more, Free Car Seat, and Crib is up!

We've finally, aside from the occasional morning episode, I'm no longer sick all of the time! And I can eat food again! Yay! :-)

I managed to magically get a brand new car seat for free from Target. I had seen they had the one I wanted AND it was on sale for 20% off for only one more day, so I ordered it with the option to pick it up at the store. It was late in the evening when I saw the sale, so I just figured I could pick it up the next day. Which I did. I even had one of the workers take it out to my car for me, which was super awesome. But a couple days later, I get an email saying my order had been cancelled. I was really confused, and a bit concerned, because I thought "Oh no, if something is wrong with it, I won't be able to return it because it will show up as a cancelled order!" So I called the customer service line and they said that since the order was cancelled, I wouldn't be charged for the item...and I wasn't. The pending charge fell off and I ended up with a FREE brand new car seat. BOOM. Score for us!

We closed on the house and are officially homeowners now! It's pretty great so far, I love having a place that feels like home that I can acutally call "home."

At my last appointment, we got to find out we are having a little boy!

Meet Valentine John Mertz. <3



We're at 20 weeks right now, and he's moving like crazy! He's also responsive to my nudges in there lol. I'll poke my belly a little bit and he will kick back! My little sister, who is 10 years old, got to feel him kicking this weekend when she and my mom came up for a visit. It was so neat, because she'd never felt a baby kicking in someone's belly before! Her eyes lit up! It was so cute to see her smile and feel her little nephew!


Oh yeah, and this awesomeness is happening. Pikachu themed nursery! The crib is actually quite special to me, as it was mine, my brother's, and my sister's crib that we all used as babies. It's really cool to see it out again and all set up. It's such a beautifully made crib and the dresser that goes with it is just as beautiful. It also happens to match the trim and closet doors in the bedroom! Didn't plan it that way, but it's pretty cool that it does!

That's all the updates for today! See you in a couple more weeks!

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