I can't explain it...

I'm ready to have my baby. But I'm not ready to have him. Considering the fact that I can count on one hand the number of days that I've not been sick since the morning sickness started, I'm ready. But I'm not ready to to share him with the world yet. Right now I feel like we have this special bond. It's just me and him, you know.

Who knows, maybe in a week or so I'll be ready to give him an eviction notice. He'll come when it's time and I'll be glad... but right now I'm cherishing these moments... every kick and hiccup, and even the way he gets all crazy after I get sick in the morning.

Happy Halloween!

This is probably the most boring Halloween Alex and I have spent as a couple. We didn't decorate the house or carve pumpkins. We didn't even bring out the big cauldron that we put the candy in. I really just didn't feel like dragging all of that stuff down from the attic in the shed and putting it up, just to have to tear it all down and pack it away again. But we have candy! :D (As long as I don't eat it all before the kids come around.)



Puppy likes to bark at trick-or-treaters... so he's banned from the living room.



We do have a gate... but it's stored away in the shed, too. It's been a long time since he had to be sequestered.

Even though we haven't been spending time getting the place decked out for Halloween, we have been getting ready for the baby.

All of his laundry is washed, most of the diapers that we have are prepped, and Alex finally painted the nursery.
(I probably should've turned the lights on for these pictures. Meh..)



The nursery is kinda organized. I won't be able to really get organized until we get our furniture, which Alex's parents are getting us as a gift. I'm soo thankful that they're doing that for us, but it's highly likely that we won't have it until after he's born. I'm trying not to let myself get stressed, but it's hard because everything doesn't have it's "place" yet.

My coworkers threw me a surprise baby shower, which was nice... and last weekend we had our shower with Alex's family.

There was food...


and cake...

(Alex's mom made it!)

and gifts...


and people...



...But not too many people because EVERYONE was sick or had sick kids or didn't have a babysitter or forgot. We still had a wonderful time... but we had a lot of food left over.

I'm "off the schedule" at work after this scheduling period. (Which ends around my due date.) They're just going to have me come in and call pre-admits until I pop. If I go very far at all after my due date I'll either be really thankful that they have me scheduled like that or I might die of boredom. We'll see.

There have probably been a million other things going on around here that I could write about... or could've been writing about here and there... but I just haven't had the words. So I'll leave you with this:



Mini butterfingers! Nomnomnom...

Baby Shower #2

On Saturday I had my second baby shower. It was a joint shower with one of my favorite people and former coworkers, Stephanie, who is due three days before me. Boy, did it make me miss my VTU peeps. I cried almost the entire way home because it was just such a wonderful time and those people are truly amazing. Yeah, that old job was stressful... but I worked with a group of people who became more than just coworkers. Ugh... I'm such a big emotional baby. I'm going to stop myself now or I'll wind up bawling. I already cried once today on my way home from work over some cheesy country song. So I'll leave you with some photos of the festivities...



We played a game that was actually fun and quite hilarious. (I'm not a huge fan of baby shower games.) I'll tell you that it involves toilet paper rolls and plungers and leave the rest up to your imagination.


This picture is funny to me for several reasons but the first thing that jumped out at me is that I am the palest person to ever walk the earth.

The Joys Of Pregnancy

If you're still puking everyday this late in the game... you might pee on yourself. Hopefully you're in the shower if it happens.


...just sayin'.

Free Diapers

I can only think of one person who reads this blog that might be remotely interested in winning some free diapers... but I am shameless and posting about this gets me an extra entry in the contest.

Bebeology and the Eco-Friendly Family blog are giving away a few free BumGenius Onesize diapers. These are the diapers we plan to use past the newborn stage... and free is nice. :]

Prepared Childbirth Class

It was actually a pretty fun class. The instructor is laid back and funny and she had some good stories. I think the techniques will be helpful. A patient told me today that she still uses lamaze techniques to deal with everyday stress! haha!

Alex is going to be a great coach. He was so wonderful at coaching me through the fake contractions. I'm sure he'll be equally as great when the element of pain is introduced. I was surprised when the instructor asked how many dads planned on cutting the cord and he was the only one who raised his hand at first! The one conversation we had about it he didn't seem too interested... and I told him he didn't have to... but he wants to. :]

Aanyway, next class is in two weeks... we're watching videos. Eek.

Baby Shower Numero Uno - Check.

Yesterday my family threw us a baby shower. I wanted it to be casual... but some people took casual to mean "BYOB." I would be down if people knew how to hold their drink... but by the time we left a hand full of people were lit and loud people were getting louder. At least it was entertaining...

I sucked at corn hole.


There were two cakes, cupcakes, and a couple of pies. Seriously folks, it's a good thing I passed the three hour glucose.


Gwenith's gift was my favorite...


The "card" consisted of an invitation to the shower, a couple of invites to a benefit show my dad is playing next week and a note card that she "wrote" on. Oh... and a nickel. ♥
The gift was a happy meal toy, race car and a onesie that I'm sure my mom let her pick out. lol!

The other gifts consisted mainly of cute clothes and blankets. My mom and dad got us our travel system. It's the same as Rita's... we're copy cats... but in the words of Alex, "it's baller." (P.S. If you need a healthy dose of cuteness... click that link and scroll down to the Photo Update. You'll die.)

We also got some moola, which will be put toward the cloth diaper stash. My cousin walked up to me in his boots and said, "I'm not so good at knowin' what babies need... so ::whips out wallet:: here you go." ::hands over cash:: It was funny.

Soo... one shower down... two to go. I've got my fingers crossed that we get all of the essentials. So far we've gotten about 3 things that we registered for. (Travel system, a receiving blanket, a towel...) I'm ready to start getting things together and maybe actually paint the nursery. ::side eyes Alex::