Showers in the Forecast

We are so spoiled! I was lucky enough to have two baby showers for our little girl. I am so grateful to have such great friends and family. I feel so loved. The first shower I had was a few weeks ago and was put together by my friend Lyndsey. She put so much time and effort into it and it turned out so great. We received lots of goodies too.
Hopefully these diapers will last us a few days.
So many fun things! Like I said, we are spoiled.
The gals I work with gave us this awesome high chair. I LOVE it! Thanks everyone for coming and your sweet gifts. It meant so much to me!

The second shower was put together by my mom and sister in law, AmyLyn. I can't believe the work these two did! Good grief! I definitely owe AmyLyn big time for when she decides to jump on the band wagon and have a baby.

This is the cute Diaper Cake they made for me. It is so darling, I don't want to take it apart.

These cute things are made from tissue paper. I know, what a cute idea! Thank you Martha Stewart.

This is the Clothes Line of Goodies. I am so excited for all the cute outfits.
What baby shower wouldn't be complete without the chocolate and diaper game? Yummy...
I wasn't nearly as good this shower as I was at the last one taking a picture of all the gifts after they were unwrapped. So here is the picture of them wrapped and I will tell you what we got.

We were given lots of clothes which I desperately needed. I have been on a buying freeze and I was hoping to get some more cute outfits. We also got two swings for our little angel which will be so nice! We loved the Bumbo, bathtub, receiving blankets and burp clothes, adorable tutu, hair accessories, stuffed animals, baby wipes (YAY), gift card, and baby booties. I can honestly say that I do not have to buy another thing before she is born. It is the best feeling in the world. Thank you Thank you Thank you everyone who has helped prepare us for this little girl. We aare so excited and hopefully she will be here soon!

Not too much longer

And I will finally be able to tie my shoes.
And shave my legs.
And paint my toenails.
And pick up a dropped object without almost throwing up.
And not cross my fingers every time I sneeze.
And sleep flat on my back.
And go running and move any speed that is faster than a waddle.
And FINALLY meet the little one responsible for everything I have been through the past nine months.

Oh little one, get here quick and get here safe. Mommy and Daddy are ready to hold you.

We Love Spring!

Someone is happy it's getting warmer!

Someone is a little anxious in there

Last night Brian and I were a little bit reality slapped at how close I am to having this little girl. I started out my day like normal, got ready, went to work etc. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Well around 8 that morning I started getting some serious pain in my back. I didn't think too much of it, except it was getting worse and worse as the day went on. I found myself completely snapping at my coworkers. I couldn't focus on what they needed when all I could think about was this stupid pain in my back. Well I finally decided that I couldn't take it any more around 3:30 and headed home. I decided on my way home that I needed to stop at the doctor's just to make sure everything was ok. Well of course my doctor wasn't in that day, and so I didn't think anyone would tell me anything. One of the other doctor's nurses talked to me and decided that I needed to be seen. They hooked me up to a fetal stress monitor and discovered the reason for my pain.
Yup I was contracting...
Every two minutes...
Great...
I called Brian and told him that he better come and meet me because I needed to go to the hospital to have them stop the contractions. We checked into Labor and Delivery and spent the next 5 hours waiting for my contractions to stop. I was STARVING. I hadn't eaten since lunch and they wouldn't let me eat in case something happened. Well needless to say, we didn't have our little girl. But not without a good fight from her. It took a couple of doses of the terbutiline (however you spell it), to stop the contractions. Luckily, I am only dilated to a one so I don't think she is going to be coming anytime really soon..I hope! Here are some pictures of her from an ultrasound. You can't tell by the pictures, but she is such a little cutie! Brian thinks she looks like a koala bear and a carp...not very nice Daddy!
This is the 3d picture that they got. It was very hard to get a picture of her because she doesn't hold still long enough to capture anything. You can't really tell from the picture, but she is sucking her thumb.
This is the ONLY profile picture of her that we have. It is not great, but you can see those beautiful lips that she inherited from her daddy. I think she got Mommy's nose.Here you can see her eye is open. It was so crazy to watch her look around. I guess I just always thought their eyes were closed all the time. You can kind of see the pouty bottom lip. She is going to win over a lot of people with that look. It was amazing to see her in the Ultra Sound now compared to the last one we had 16 weeks ago. She actually looks like a baby and not an alien. I can't wait to meet her, but hopefully she doesn't try to come out again too soon. We still have our childbirth class to go to!

"Gees her room is nicer than ours!"-Brian

After much deliberation, I finally decided to buy the bedding that I really wanted which meant painting the room. I am so glad that I did! I love how the room turned out. I think our little bugga boo is going to love it too. Here is the room before:Would have been cute for a boy, but the blue had to go. Bring on the PINK!
After several days of hard work, (thanks Mom, Dad and Brian) the paint was on the walls and the bedding was in the crib.
Don't you just love it? I think the room turned out better than I pictured. I love my recliner. Brian bought me this for Valentine's Day and it is so comfy.
I have spent a lot of time in this chair already. I am sure there will be a lot of nights spent in this chair. That is why we decided to go with the recliner instead of a rocker. I just wanted something I could realistically sleep in if I had to.

Check out the beautiful afghan Brian's mom made me.
Cathi is so talented. I cannot believe the things she makes. As a side note I think it's worth mentioning that she is blind. It just amazes me what she can do! Thanks Cathi! I absolutely love this blanket.

Hand prints and Foot prints will go here. These are the curtains that I made:
This is the other wall that will have pictures and her blessing dress hanging next to the blanket (also compliments of Cathi).Well that is pretty much it. I can't wait until this little girl is born so we can finish decorating the room with portraits of her. Plus her name will appear somewhere above the crib, which by the way we finally decided on. Of course we are keeping it a secret until she is born!

Well I might as well post a picture of the stroller we got too!
I'm not obsessed at all with Damask print... It's a good thing that Brian likes it too or we might be in trouble since my bathroom and bedroom share this theme. Well I hope you all like the room. I for one, am glad that it is done!

Could it be?

Yup I made it to 32 weeks. It feels great to say that I am EIGHT months pregnant. I think you can get away with a lot more if people know you are in your eighth month. We'll see I guess. I have been feeling really good all things considered. I still throw up a few times a week, but I am just used to it by now. I have been very surprised at how my back has held up. (knock on wood). For those of you that don't know, I have had the pleasure of experiencing 2 back surgeries. The latest was done about 2 years ago and I had to have two vertebrae fused. I was really concerned about getting pregnant because I didn't know how much pain I was going to go through. Well either I have been really lucky or my doctor did his job right because back pain has been among the lowest of my pregnancy complaints! I know I still have 8 weeks, but I am trying to stay positive. One thing that I can't get enough of is:
Give it to me mashed, baked, in a salad or soup and I will be one happy girl! I liked potatoes before I got pregnant, but I have to say it is one of the things I crave a lot lately. I made Brian take me to Paradise Cafe last night because I ate there a couple of days ago and they had this AMAZING Potato Soup. I was so disappointed because they weren't selling it last night! I guess I just need to get a recipe so that I can satisfy this little craving. Funny story about my love for potatoes while I am on the subject... We were eating dinner at my parents' house a few months back and they had mashed potatoes and gravy. Well I was in heaven obviously and had about 3 servings during dinner. Well after everyone was done eating there was still one very large serving of potatoes left. I decided to go against all reason and engulfed the last of the potatoes. Well I guess it was too much for my belly to handle because shortly after I was in the bathroom experiencing potatoes like I never wanted to experience. I will just say they have an interesting texture coming back up... Well you would think that after that, my love for potatoes would at least dwindle to a "like". Nope, I still crave them more than ever! Well only 2 more months of this crazy ride.

Practice makes perfect?

I have really had my eye on some of these lately: One of my friends recently had a baby and has started crocheting little flowers to put on her headbands. I absolutely fell in love with the idea. There is one problem though. I SUCK at crocheting. I don't know what the deal is, but I just can't seem to grasp the technique. It is VERY frustrating for me. I have spent the last 2 hours reading a beginners manual and watching You tube videos and I end up with something like this: Although I must say, I am able to do a basic chain pretty well now. But seriously how can you learn from the videos and books? The videos are too hard to see what they are doing and the books say things like, "Ch 5 work 7 times in ring, join with a slip st to third ch..." I am sure for those of you that crochet, that is very easy to understand, but I just don't get it. I am determined to figure this out though. You'll see...