A shower for our precious little girl. *picture overload.

Our shower was this past Saturday, March 23rd. Family flew in from Florida to help and celebrate as well as all of our out of town CA loved ones!

The weather could not have been anymore gorgeous! My sweet friends were so kind, Courtney for opening up her home, Tania for decorating, setting up and preparing so many different types of food and Auntie Christina for putting together her FAMOUS 7 layer dip, organizing party games as well as prizes and gathering up the CUTEST favors I could have ever dreamed of!

*the following pictures are not mine, but are from various guests.

Nick and I had a great time and the love for this new little bundle was overwhelming beautiful. We are so blessed that so many people came out to share in her upcoming arrival!

34 Week Update

Pregnancy: 34 Weeks!! Our Shower is this coming Saturday and I feel like it's my birthday! So fun to be able to see my loved ones and catch up!

Weight Gain: 12lb

Sleep: Somehow waking up 2 hours after falling asleep and feeling completely refreshed is NOT the business!

Gender: Baby Girl

Name: ;)

Feelings: Like this is my last week of WORK!!! Which I will miss but I am so exhausted by the end of the day that the extra rest will be such a treat. Currently it takes from Thursday night until Saturday evening for my ankles to go back to normal just from work.

Health: At my 34 week visit my BP was 117/70 and it was decided between  my Dr's that we would no longer be needing NST's. 

Movement: She rolls all over! But no distinct arm and kicking type movements.

Belly: I did not get a measurement at my last check-up but it wasn't brought up either. I'll try to look into that on my next visit.

Nursery: Practically complete. I have washed all of her clothes 3mns and under. Framed her prints and purchased new curtains. I need to get on making her crib skirt and valance now that I have that fabric too!

Next Appt: April 1st

Family News: Basketball season is well under way for big brother who is currently enjoying a relaxing 2 week Spring Break!

32 week update *super late

Pregnancy: 32 Weeks, NST's were started and so was our Childbirth class every Tuesday night for the month of March!

Weight Gain: 10lbs 4oz

Sleep: Still waking up so terribly early :( And of course falling back to sleep moments from my alarm going off.

Gender: Baby Girl

Name: ;)

Feelings: Her room is coming together and it is such a blessing.

Health: Watching my BP and trying to remember to take prenatals.

Movement: This little one is so gentle. She rarely jabs and constantly seems to battle with the hiccups. I find them to be so apparent but poor Daddy swears he can't feel them.

Belly: Currently measuring two weeks behind per Dr. Who also feels that she will be around 6lbs at birth.

Nursery: Prints were ordered and sheets were sewn this week!

Family News: Shane has taken up Saxophone lessons... I'm fairly certain this is the LOUDEST instrument out there. 

Weekly Menu Planning

Sunday - Meatloaf, baked potato and veggies

Monday - Jerk chicken (using slow cooker jerk pork recipe) over rice

Tuesday - Chicken tacos with jerk chicken

Wednesday - Leftovers

Thursday - Ground beef, mac n cheese and broccoli 

Friday - Pizza

Saturday - Surprise!!

Pit & Peak

Pit(s)

Daylight Savings Time is not rough... I LOVE coming home from work in the evening and opening up the house and listening as the birds chirp while I kick back and (try to) de-swell my ankles before the dinner routine takes effect.

Speaking of these ankles... And now somehow my feet as well (my tattoo's of never looked plumper) have been ridic since Wednesday. I found myself at the end of Wednesday at work cringing as I bent over to pick something up because it felt like my skin was going to rip where my ankles should be. Holy. Cow. And I have been swollen ever since.

I am grateful it has just stuck to my lower regions and not anything that would concern my Dr's, but the Lord made me a little too vain for this!! All I want to do is wear skirts and ankle pants with flippy flops. If only my belly was bigger and blocked the downward view!

I spent +$200 at baby gap somehow...

Peak(s)

Well big bro's report card came in and he lives to see another trimester!! Let's not dwell on the amount of candy wrappers Nick found when he was rearranging his room while we were at Basketball practice. The look on his face alone was priceless... (insert evil Mommy laugh)

I ordered/received the fabric for Baby B's valance and crib skirt!! Trying to explain to Nick what a valance was and why we NEEDED it involved a lot air drawing and facial gestures though. Yay for yellow chevron!!!!

I am on a mission for homecoming/baby born outfits... See pit above ^.

And finally... We got our (Daddy's) beloved glider!! Good Lord I would have never imagined this being the item that I had no say in what so ever lol. Which I am fine with. We could not customize the fabric because someone... couldn't decide on what he wanted until it was to late to do so. +3 months for custom fabric wha???? Might it be noted that we NEVER even thought about measuring the room, hallway, door, front door or chair. The chair had to be removed from the container in the front yard (9pm) and the front room rearranged to get it through that door. The wall heater thingy removed to get it to the bedroom and the door of her room removed BUT it is in!!!

Weekly Menu Planning 03/10/13

Sunday - Pizza

Monday - Pancakes, sausage and eggs

Tuesday - Leftover buffet!! 

Wednesday - Fish, rice and broccoli 

Thursday - Fried Chicken (co-workers recipe never tried before), potato salad and fruit

Friday - Leftovers ^

Saturday - Surprise!!

Weekly Menu Planning

This starts a busy month for us here at our house. Basketball practices on Monday evenings and Childbirth Classes on Tuesday evenings. This week in particular we have Basketball bootcamp with four practices this week before their first game on Saturday.

Sunday - Tacos

Monday - Breakfast Burritos (bacon, eggs, cheese and tater tots)

Tuesday - leftovers/fast food run - Childbirth Classes at 6

Wednesday - Lasagna (meat, cheese, spinach) w/ garlic bread

Thursday - leftovers

Friday - Pork Chops w/ apples and mac n cheese

Saturday - SURPRISE