Will will??

So it has been driving me NUTS that the blog survey about whether or not this baby will be a boy or a girl says "Will Will...." instead of "WHAT Will..." However, it won't let me update the question since people have already voted!! Please know that I am aware, actually brought to my attention by my sister in law, but I just can't fix it!! :)

Updates!

Here are some nursery updates...still lots more to do, but you get to see the new bedding! :)

Everything's Looking Great!

Today was the 32nd week check up and after my last visit, I was a little nervous! It's funny though because when I would go the first few months, I would be so anxious to hear the heartbeat. That would let me know that everything was going well. While I still LOVE to hear that sound, I don't get as nervous because this little baby is always moving around in my belly, letting me know everything is a-okay!

I FINALLY got to see the doctor that I love today, the doctor that was my reasoning for staying with this practice that is 45 minutes away! It was great to see him and he told me that "everything looks great," even my weight! :) Yahoo! He felt my ankles today and said, oh yeah, we have some swelling. That's not new news to me considering I have NO ankles by the end of the day!

I will be going back in two more weeks...after that I'm pretty sure it will be every week! T-minus 50 couple days until Baby Kepplinger arrives!

CONGRATS TO KEITH!!!

Baby K and I are THRILLED to report that Keith got accepted into the Leadership Development Program with BB&T bank that he has been crossing his fingers about for the past 2 1/2 years!!!!! ( I wrote this awhile ago, but we were waiting on everything to go through 100% and it did TODAY, 4/16/09!!!!)

Two Fridays ago he had his interview in Winston-Salem and felt really good about it when he left. He was told that my the next week he would find something out. GREAT news would be coming in a UPS package and not so good news would come in a letter or email. Every day that I came home from school is was a search for a package! Last Friday afternoon Keith had an email from BB&T and obviously he thought it was bad news....HOWEVER it was the tracking information for his UPS package that they were sending!!

I am sooo proud of Keith and he is SOOO excited! He has worked so hard in school and did everything he could to land this job! It is a great opportunity for all of us and something that I know Keith is going to be SO happy doing!!

We love you babe!!! :)

Nursery Changes!

Leave it to me to not stop with the nursery until it is JUST the way I like it! The other pictures I posted showed the solid white with green trim bedskirt, green gingham bumper, and polka dot sheets...WELL...I do believe I have changed my mind! I was looking for some curtains one day and was on the Babies R Us website, my new fav!, and saw some cute ones, so I clicked on them and saw a whole matching bedding set! It was a green, brown, blue, and white paisley, with a matching stripe, and brown and white polka dots. Well, I fell in love! I had to see it...only problem, it only available online! I can't believe I am going to admit this, but I think most will understand my logic here...I wanted free shipping! I called the store to see if they could order it for me and get me the free shipping, since it would be about $45 to ship everything. I think that is kind of ridiculous considering I'm not even given the OPTION to look in the store to see if it would match. So after a few transfers and speaking to a couple different employees, I got my free shipping! YAHOO! I ordered the bedding set, the hamper, and the valances.

THANKFULLY, on Friday, before we left for PA, everything had arrived! I LOVED it! When we got home this afternoon, I just couldn't wait to try it on the crib...I love it even more!!! I am pretty excited! I even convinced Keith to play around with the furniture for me ONE LAST TIME just to see if there wasn't a better way to organize it all and I am THRILLED with the results!

I am posting the picture of the bedding from the Babies R Us website...my goal during my "3 day spring break" this week is to get curtains hung and get everything a little more situated in the room, but I promise pictures will be coming!! :) Let me know what you think!

32 Weeks!

I feel terrible that I have been a slack blogger, I promise I will do better for this last EIGHT WEEKS! Yes, that's it...8!

It is so hard to believe that only 8 weeks are left! We are getting so excited for this baby to arrive and wondering more and more each day if this is a little boy or a little girl in my tummy. It is so funny to hear how so many people tell me different...one day it will seem heavy on the "it's a boy" side and the next day it will be "it's a girl." My dad even has a poll going at work with his customer service ladies...haha! (Ladies, if you are reading...you'll have to report the results to me!) My dad tells me it is very heavy on the girl side, so we shall see!

This week the baby continues to grow! I read on my update tonight that the baby is now starting to gain about a 1/2 pound for every pound I gain. I am going to ask at my doctor's appointment on Wednesday if they have any idea how big this baby is right now! I'm just SOOO curious!!

Next week, when I am writing I only have 7 weeks left to go, I will certainly be thinking about how the baby was already 7 weeks old when we FOUND OUT that I was pregnant! This month is just going to FLY by!!! We can't wait and are getting more and more ready everyday!!

Big Weekend in PA!

This weekend we were in PA for a fun filled, action packed weekend!! We left after work on Friday and got in at about 12:30am! Traffic was terrible, from what Keith said anyway! (I was snoozing!)

Saturday morning Jamie and I were up and at 'em ready to go get our hair done with Yvonne. Yvonne has been doing my hair since I was in high school, did my hair for proms, my wedding, you name it! I made my appointment with her the minute I found out that I was going to have a shower at home that afternoon! Jamie and I did that, which was great and I feel like a new person, then headed to my mom's for the shower!

Everything was so nice and it was great to see family and friends! We ate great food, chatted, laughed, and opened more gifts for our spoiled little peanut!! We had a great time :) Mom, Gran, Jamie, and Heather did a WONDERFUL job planning everything...I really appreciate all of your hard work! Thank you soooo much for everthing!!

Heath and I!

3 generations, with #4 in the belly!

The peanut continuing to be spoiled!

The precious cake!


After the shower, I had asked Heath if I could use her photography skills to take some "clothed maternity" pictures of Keith and I. I tell you what, just about EVERY website I went to to get some ideas for pictures had naked women with cloth draped over them showing off their belly. That is just NOT the look I was going for! We took some inside shots and then headed down to the covered bridge, right down the street, the same one where she did our engagement shots! We had a lot of fun and Heather is AMAZING! She got some great shots and I am so thankful for her creativity!

Finally, to wrap up our Saturday, we met the "Kearns Klan" at, none other than, Outback! Grandpa, Judy, Uncle Gus, Aunt Linda, Em (who came in from NYC for the shower!), dad, J, Keith and I had a delicious dinner and, as always, had a good time!

When we got home, oh after a Rita's pit stop!, we were set to watch the Carolina game and I think I remember watching about a MINUTE of it! We were OUT! It was a long day after all!!

We left this morning at around 9 and made good timing home! It was a SUPER quick trip to the PA state, but it was a GREAT one!!! Keith and I were thinking that this was one of our last trips to PA without a little peanut in the car with us. Momma is going to need to learn to be a lighter packer so that there is room in the backseat for the munchkin!! :)