Before and After

At the baby shower my mother-n-law had for us, Gt's cousin Hilary organized the games. One of the games was a questionarre to see who could guess my answers. I think it is pretty funny to see how my answers have changed and what it is really like! So I thought everyone out there would enjoy a laugh!

Pre-Baby Answers in Red / Post Baby Answers in Purple

1. What is the first thing you will do when you hear the baby up at night?

• Look at the video monitor to see what she is doing
  
• I roll over, pick her up and put her in bed next to me

2. What will be the first thing you'll do if your water breaks?

• Cry-- because I do not want my water to break before I go into labor!
  
• Actually, this was the first thing that happened. My doctor broke my water to start my labor. I didnt cry. I was like HOLY CRAP I am having a baby today! 

3. What brand of diapers do you plan to use?

• Pampers Swaddlers, because all my friends say they are the best
  
• I have used swaddlers the most. They are my favorite still.

4. What will be the first foods you plan to introduce?

• Rice cereal
  
• Rice cereal is still the plan...In like a month! AH! Not ready for it!

5. What will be the number one place you plan to use your stroller?

• Around the neighborhood on walks
  
• I use it the most when Lynzie and I go on walks. Usually it is at the trail on 4th street, but when it rains we walk at the mall

6. What will you feed your newborn? Nurse, formula. etc.

•  nurse until she is one, introduce solids at 4-6 months, hopefully we wont ever have to use formula!
• well, she was on formula her second day of life. i breast fed while supplementing for 2 weeks then went to all formula

7. Who have you taken the most baby advice from so far?

• Books---GT and I attended classes on Preparing for Parenthood (Babywise) and other various books on breast feeding, natural birth, etc...
• Now, I read alot on the internet and ask my mom, friends and sister-n-laws lots of questions

8. Do you foresee chewing GT's head off while you are in labor? ;)

• Hopefully not, he has been the best most supportive husband through all I have made him learn and all the classes I have drug him too! I think he will know what I need and will be there for my every need during labor so hopefully I wont feel the urge to chew his head off, but it is possible. He is prepared that it might happen and not to take it personally! :)
• I did not chew his head off in labor. When I was pushing, he was sooooo supportive and telling me things to help me. Sometimes I wanted to chew him out but I didnt. But he was trying to help me, and he did!

 9. Where do you plan for the baby to sleep when you bring her home?

•  Basinet/Playpen in our room for the first week then off to her crib! 
• HAHA! This is the funniest! Audrie is almost 3 months old and still sleeps in the basinet next to me! I am not ready for her to go to the nursery! 

10. Do you plan to stock your car with baby cd's after she's born?

• Probably not, GT and I have been getting used to listening to the Christian radio stations more then we normally do
• Last week we got some veggie tale and kids hymn cds! She loves the veggie tales! 

11. Where will you bathe your baby? 

• Bath tub
• Sometimes we put her in the bathtub with me and other times we put her in her bathtub that has a sling on the top of it. She likes it best in the bathtub with me. 

12. Do you plan to use a pacifier?

• Not for the first 6 weeks if possible, want her to get good and used to breast feeding! After 6 weeks, if she likes it, then sure...
  
• She really didnt take a paci in the hospital, but when we got home, I got those soothie pacifers and THANK YOU JESUS FOR PACIFIERS! We have like 10 scattered throughout the house! Cant go an hour without it!  6 weeks...haha, what was I thinking??????