The Nicest Thing

This has been one crazy week and before I hunt down batteries for my camera to download pictures, I wanted to tell everyone about one of the nicest things anyone has done for me.

My sister on D's side decided to surprise me and throw me a diaper party/baby shower! I was not expecting anything like this at all - especially since I just had P 2 years ago and she has a little boy and we share things. (Which is amazing by the way.)

She really went way out of her way. She booked us at the Rose Gate Cottage Inn which is a cute little b&b that I've been in love with forever. It's very Victorian and lush and the china they had for us to eat on was beyond beautiful. Anyway, if just the location wasn't enough, she bought a ton of decorations and planned all these games and activities and made the most awesome food. No kidding, it was incredible. She just put a special little touch in everything- like she put her own cloves and spices in the apple cider and it smelled and tasted great.

We didn't play any of the games because literally nearly every person I know has either the flu or had to work or both. The games she had planned were cool though. She put different baby foods in diapers and we were going to guess what they were. And of course it looked really realistic. So we decorated little onesies for my baby and chatted and watched her son eat cake (which was hilarious). He had cake everywhere and was so SO excited. Of course his mommy got food all over her jacket, but that is the mark of motherhood. Speaking of cake, she said she knew that I'd want a hottie picture and she had this one of me that I had airbrushed and playd with every touch up tool in picnik with put in the middle of it. I could only dream of being that tan (sigh) It was really a funny touch:

Everyone brought me diapers and little odds and ends that just saved me a fortune at the store. I was just thinking about all of that too. We have the big stuff already, but this baby is due in 5 weeks and I didn't have diapers or baby soap.

Mostly, I just felt so honored that someone would do this for me. I've never had a surprise party before. I really felt like it was about me and that this was a special day for me. And for her to go to such great lengths and spend so much money on making me feel that is literally one of the nicest things that anyone has ever done for me. I am so grateful to have her as a friend and so blessed to have her as family. What a wonderful day!

What-Matters-Most

This is a good little video:

What-Matters-Most

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Nice to have a reminder because I feel like I really take advantage of my husband, especially lately. I always count on him to be the one who is calm and level headed. He's the one who is supposed to make ME feel better when I'm in a bad mood (which has been happening a lot lately).

If you have a minute and a half, watch that video. I always like to have a little perspective.

Holy cow I'm 8 months pregnant!

Happy 32 weeks to me and C! We had our doctor's appointment and his heart beat is super strong and super fast which probably means he's no where near ready to come since the heart usually slows down the closer they are to coming. That's good since we have 8 weeks left. My fundal height is 29 cm which seems low, but my doctor said no need to worry about anything yet. I've gained 4lbs making my grand total 21 since starting my doctor's visits.

Eight months seems like I'm so far along, but having 8 weeks left seems so far away. I still feel really good and really healthy although I'm starting to feel big. That could be because I'm tired since P has gotten up really early the last couple of days.

C is not much of a kicker at all. P used to kick at the doctors all the time and he'd wake both my husband and myself up at nights with all his movement. C just rolls and rolls. Last night we were watching 30 Rock (love that show) and I got a weird bump off to the side of my stomach. I felt it and figured it must be a knee. Then C must have gotten uncomfortable because I could see his knee go up and roll all the way to the other side. Now that I'm over that whole Aliens vs Predators scene, I love watching him move around. I guess pregnancy isn't that bad.

Finished Nursery!

So we finally finished C's Nursery (except for a futon). Here are some pics:

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