Baby Shower!

What a fun weekend! Mikee hosted a fantastic baby shower for me at her house. Thanks Mikee! We ate yummy food and played silly games and opened lots of gifts! Everyone was so generous - this is one lucky baby girl! When I got home with my car full of baby gifts, Eric was shocked by the generosity. Thanks everyone! All we need now is the baby! Here are a few pictures.

Hopefully those in attendance will share some more pictures with me soon...Mikee's beautiful table

Mikee and me

Mom, Mamie, Mique (and her twin babies!), Me, Ann, Jana

Thanks again Mikee - it was a wonderful shower! If anyone has more pictures, please share - I'd like to get some of the other ladies in Miss Elizabeth's life too!

Sunday I did 5 loads of baby laundry - that's right I had 5 loads of clothes, blankets, sheets, towels, washcloths and burb cloths. But now it's all in her dresser and bathroom - I'm telling you we are ready for her to show up!

Last week we had Elizabeth's room painted (along with some other rooms we had been planning to paint since we bought the house - for those of you who have been here, the jungle-themed study is now a mocha color instead of lime green and the ceiling is white instead of bright blue with clouds!). All of the rooms look great - especially Elizabeth's lavender room. I'll post pictures when it gets closer to being complete. But we're getting there!

We were scheduled to go to a 2-evening BabyCare and CPR class next Monday and Tuesday. We have both had it on our calendars for a couple of months, but I realized yesterday that next Tuesday is election night. Sure enough, when I mentioned this to Eric he was pretty devestated - he's got to be sitting on the couch watching the results come in. Luckily we were able to reschedule the class for 2 weeks later. But the lady I was talking to told me that given that I would be a month away from my due date, I needed to be aware that I would not get a refund if I have the baby early - eek! She can't come before we know how to give her a bath and swaddle her! So, while I'm hoping she comes some early, she can't come until after November 18! Eric assures me this is Ok because he had a dream that she is coming on December 3rd. We'll see! I've got a doctor's appointment tomorrow where I'm sure she'll tell me I'm still measuring 4 weeks ahead!

She's Robust!

Well, the last time we had a sonogram, the doctor told us our baby girl was "robust" - she was measuring a couple weeks ahead of schedule. Here's what we learned today - the average baby at 31 weeks is 3 1/2 pounds. Our baby girl is currently estimated to weigh 5 1/4 pounds - that's what a normal 35 week baby weighs! Everything looks great - and she still has a head full of hair! She was sucking on her lower lip during the sonogram and wiggling all about. She's pretty darn cute. Here are a few pictures.


Given that at this point babies grow on average 1/2 pound a week, she's on track to be over 9 1/2 pounds. We'll have another sonogram at 36 weeks to see if that's where we're headed and then talk about the best way to get her out! But she's doing great in there!

Here's a picture of me and the robust baby girl at 31 weeks.

And here is Desi enjoying the new Pack N Play. She doesn't have a clue about what's about to happen...

A Baby-Filled Weekend

Whew! We have had a super busy baby-filled weekend. And it's been great!

Saturday mom and I did some shopping (and came home with several new outfits for Miss Elizabeth, as well as socks and headbands - I want people to know she's a girl when she shows up!) And I had a prenatal massage - I highly recommend it.

Saturday night we attended a baby shower with the lawyers in my office hosted by my bud Jennifer and her husband Chad. Thanks Jennifer and Chad, for a fantastic party! We ate Macaroni Grill (yum!), socialized and came home with some fabulous gifts. Of course when we got home we spent the next two hours playing with all our new baby stuff! It's all so much fun! The cats were very interested in all the stuff too. Especially the pack n play - both Desi and Jack got up in it to check it out. Hopefully if we let them explore all this stuff now, when Elizabeth shows up and is actually using the stuff, they'll be bored with it. That's my hope anyway!

Today we attended a "Preparation for Child Birth" class from 9-4 at the hospital. Not only did it answer all the questions we've had (I think the instructor may have started to get slightly annoyed by all of my questions - but hey, that's why we were there), but it also gave us tons of information that we hadn't even thought to be wondering about. There were 11 other pregnant ladies and their people (mostly spouses, one mother, and one lesbian couple who is adopting the teenage mama's baby) and all of them were as clueless about this process as we are. So that made me feel better. We also got a tour of the hospital and saw exactly where we'll be checking in, where we'll go for labor and delivery, where we'll be post-partum and the nursery (although apparently now its standard for the baby to "room in" with us, so except for the a few hours she'll be in the nursery getting checked out, she'll be in our room).

After the class we went to Barnes and Noble and Borders looking for a baby book (not a book about babies, but a baby "memory" book to record all about the baby.) I had spent half an hour looking at all the ones at Babies R Us on Saturday and none of them felt just right. But at Borders Eric found one with a yellow bunny on the cover. Both Eric and I had yellow bunnies as babies (mine was "Bun-Bun" and his was "Whitney" (Whitney is a boy, he's always quick to point out)). So that seemed to be a sign and sure enough it had everything I wanted in it. So now we have a baby book to record everything about her.

Whew! I'm exhausted! It's been such a fun weekend and has really made it feel like we're getting close. Can't wait to go get a look at Elizabeth on the ultrasound on Tuesday. Hopefully we'll have some pictures of her to post!

30 Weeks

We had our 30 week appointment today. At the last appointment Miss Elizabeth was measuring 2 weeks ahead - today she's measuring 4 weeks ahead! Looks like I'm growing a big baby girl! We're going to go have a sonogram next week just to make sure she's got enough fluid in there, but my doctor doesn't think there's anything to worry about - some babies are just big! Everything else looks great! (I just reread the post so far and noticed all the exclamation points. Guess I'm pretty excited about all this).

Today at work I had a first. One of my good buddies pulled me into the bathroom to tell me my pants had split all the way down the back! But, 14 safety pins later, I was good to go for another 6 hours. Thanks Amanda! Guess that's what happens when you're growing a big baby! And look at this picture - hard to believe we've got 10 more weeks to go!

A of Couple Pictures of Us to Get Things Started...

Our wedding on March 12, 2005 and my favorite picture of us ever taken - from New Year's Eve 2004.

We're Blogging!

Hello!

I've been saying since we first found out that we were pregnant that I would start a blog - well here we are at almost 30 weeks and I finally am! Hopefully this will be a good place to catalog this last trimester and our new life with Miss Elizabeth Ann.

Here are some pictures to catch you up to speed:




15 weeks - I was so proud of my little bump! Ha!


17 Weeks



19 Weeks



22 Weeks