My Baby Shower

A couple of weeks ago my mom and mother-in-law threw me the most wonderful baby shower. The games were fun, the food was delicious and the decor was divine. I didn't expect any less from those wonderful women. And, not to mention, glowing Grandmas-to-be. All my closest friends and family were there to share the special day with me. They came from all corners of the Northwest. Seattle, Portland, Medford, the Oregon Coast and Spokane! All to share in the excitement of our little bun in the oven:) And I have to say, I made out pretty well. If I had the baby right now, I think I'd be pretty set. Enjoy the pictures!

The Meltdown

I've told this story to a few people, but thought it was so funny that I had to post it. About two weeks ago, when my "nesting" officially started to kick in, I was so pumped to start cleaning the house to prepare for the baby. And when I say clean, I mean deep clean. Literally scrubbing ever inch of my house floor to ceiling, vaccuming, shampooing, sanitizing, etc... You get the picture. So, on this particular Sunday, I was planning on busting out our carpet shampooer that I admittedly haven't even looked about in probably a year, and going to town on the bedrooms. I did one cycle and then had to reload the hot water. If you don't know, when you're shampooing carpets, the hotter the water is, the better. So this time I decided to heat the water in the tea kettle to ensure the water was as hot as possible. So I heated it till it was nearly boiling, started to pour into that rubber bladder thing, and as soon as I started pouring, the rubber started melting and fusing together! It was destroyed, along with my big plans for the day. I was DEVASTATED! I completely broke down and started crying like I had just found out a loved one died. SOBBING. Poor Chris had no idea what to do. He attempted to comfort me and every time he tried to tell me everything was alright I'd get pissed and start yelling that everything was NOT alright. He had no idea how to handle this. I don't think he's ever seen me like this, especially over something seemed so petty. It might have seemed petty to him, but to me, this totally ruined my plans for the day. So, after about 10 minutes of him trying his best to comfort me, I stared to calm down. Chris called the rental place in town and got me a commercial grade carpet cleaner that I used instead, which in retrospect, was probably what I should have done in the first place. It works so much better than the one I have. So, long story short, I eventually got to shampoo my carpets. I just can't believe how strong hormones actually are!

6 Months Down, 3 To Go

I'm officially in my third trimester! My how time flies. It really seems like it was just the other day that we found out we were expecting. As I've said, this pregnancy so far has been a breeze. Although, I have to say, I'm starting to feel the added stress and, dare I say, weight!?!? It's a little harder to get out of bed in the morning or just off the couch for that matter. But, I'm still wearing my heals:) I have bets going with people at work on how long I can wear them. I say until the day I give birth! At least that's my goal.

Chris and I started going to prenatal classes. Last week was all about breastfeeding! It also happened to be the same night as the first game of the World Series and Chris was such a trooper and gave up watching the game to come to class with me. I'm married to the most wonderful man. The fact that he would give up watching this huge game between his two FAVORITE teams to listen to a woman talk about lactation and engorgement meant the world to me. Don't be fooled though. He had his MLB app on his iPhone tuned into the game the entire class to keep up on the score.

The next three weeks will be childbirth classes where we'll learn about labor, delivery, epidurals, breathing techniques, etc... And then we'll take a newborn childcare class, which we all know we need since we don't know what the hell we're doing!! :)

Here are some belly bump pictures at 6 months. Enjoy!!