Baby Shower

My amazing friend Jenni threw me a baby shower.  She had help with the games from my friends, Phyllis and Jen.  

 Here is the food:

Pickle Roll ups by Jen

Fruit Salad by Gamma

Sausage, cheese, and crackers by my "sister"

Veggies by Phyllis

Salad by Jessica 

Salsa by Dana
Party sub and cake by Jenni and Randi

Here is Jen with her game-we had to come up with book titles or characters.

The first question was name 5 Seuss books :}

Here we are hard at work!

This was the teachers table! 

Some of my sorority sisters. 

My family :} 

 Here we are playing Phyllis' game.

Everyone got a card.  We wrote down a baby question on one side.

Then we passed our cards upside down to our neighbors. 

Then we wrote the answer to our own question.

Some were so very funny!!!

Here are some of the more comical ones:

Q:When does the cord fall off the belly button?  

A: Every time baby poops ands pees!!

Q: How often do you change diapers?

A: Wait for the belly button to fall off

Q: How do you burp a baby?

A:  At least every 2-3 hours.

Q: When do you put the baby to bed?

A: 2 months!!!

Q: How often should you bathe the baby?

A:  8 diapers!

An elephant sleeping bag, a sling, and an angel mom with a baby from my friend Carol.

 My cake:

The quilts my Gamma made for me and baby :}

My Godmother, Karen, folding my tissue paper, upon my request :} 

Frog towel and my presents helper Dana!  Thanks much!!

Even my card from Jenni was frog themed :} 

An Under Armor shirt to match with Randy. 

 Brooke made an "M" for a decoration :}

 My Godmother gave my mom a book:

Good Granny/ Bad Granny book.

It looked pretty funny :}

 Karen also got me this Packer book- my mom took it to her house... lol

 My mom, gamma, Godmother, and me:}

 Looks like mass chaos!!

Here is my gift from my sorority sister Brooke:
lots of clothes and books!

My gifts from my sorority sister and party planner, Jenni:

With the Under Armor Onesie :}

 A baby store threw up in my living room!

 Gifts from my friend Sarah:

Sheet, onesies, books, hats and mittens, and  frog rattles

Gifts from Randi: 

Gifts from my mom:

(the blue one on the end is a 

Babybook update a play on Facebook) 

Here is a closeup of the BabyBook (Facebook)

Gifts from my friend Jen- notice the Dallas Cowboys stuff???? 

From my Godmother, Karen

a swaddle blanket, a very soft monkey and a romper  

Two Swaddlers, a hat, and a book from Amy, the baby's babysitter.

From my sorority sister Dana:

Coupons, mesh teethers, snack holders, a baby tool basket, and a Mickey Mouse book. 

From Jane, another teacher,

matching clothes :} 

From my friend Shelley:

This was a HUGE matching set.

There are Onesies, sleepers, jammies,

pants, hats, and mittens! 

From my former neighbor Diana and her daughter Briana:

A frog diaper pad cover, a book of prayers...

oh and a nice big box of diapers, which I had already taken to the baby's room! 

My sorority sister Nicole:

a picture frame, one of the softest blankets I have ever felt, with frogs

and book. 

My sorority sister and college roommate Kathy:

a book, two bibs, diapers, two frog plates and a doggie sleeper.

 From my oldest friend Chrissy:

a book, a cute monkey outfit, and a frog towel:}

From Faith:

an elephant outfit, diapers & wipes, a Disney book, a carseat toy,

washcloths, and an adorable doggy outfit. 

From my Great Aunt Myrtle,

who's already starting sweets with my little one 

a cupcake, lollypop and chocolate dipped strawberry set of hanging toys

 My sorority sister Jessica:

sleepers, a lift the flap book, socks, and a fuzzy football sleep sack

From my friend Candice:

a remote control mirror!  (Wait what???)

a whole stack of books, 

a neck saver, and a cool carseat cover. 

 From my friend Wendy:

This adorable bunny outfit, complete with a cotton tail on the rear-end with a bunny rattle.

A car outfit complete with matchbox cars.

Some onesies and a pair of shorts.

A very cool Scooby Doo book :}

From my friend and co-host, Jen

Four awesome outfits :} 

From co-host and friend Phyllis:

 From my Gamma:

Two quilts and a record-able book.

She didn't realize that SHE would have to record her voice!

From my aunt Miriam, and cousins Suzanne and Angela:

A car mirror, frog towels, star sheet, 

frog rattles,

and two Eric Carle books.

A gift card from my sorority sister Laura:

Thanks to all my friends and family who were able to celebrate my wonderful baby shower either in person or in spirit :} Your generosity was overwhelming. I can't wait to post photos when McBaby arrives and uses your gifts! Much love from our house tonight :}

Week 35

How far along? 35 weeks

Maternity clothes? Sometimes :}  If I wear a regular shirt, I just look a little "chubby," but if I wear a maternity shirt, I look more pregnant!  
Stretch marks? Nope :}
Sleep: I get up once per night.  I think the baby thinks it playtime at night because sometimes I wake up for no apparent reason.
Best moment this week: Getting back into the groove of school :}
Miss Anything? Regular food- with this strict diet, I really have to watch what I eat.  It is very easy when I cook for myself, but when we aren't home, it is very difficult.
Movement: All of the time :}
Food cravings: nothing, just not wanting to have to watch what and when I eat.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Still not friends with food lol
Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: None thank goodness :} 
Symptoms: I can tell that he is running out of room, one day, I thought he was going to come out both my sides at once, apparently he needed to stretch!
Belly Button in or out? Still in :}
Wedding rings on or off?  Still on :}
Happy or Moody most of the time: Still pretty happy :}
Looking forward to:  Not following such a strict diet! lol

So here I am in my *new* Dallas Cowboys shirt.

Garage Sale

I got a cute frog sleeper

a bunch of onesies

a board book from Usborne

and an outfit with the tags still on!!

Under $10 dollars :}

Week 34

How far along? 34 weeks

Maternity clothes? Some, but not all- My friend Sarah says that perhaps my clothes were too big to start with!
Stretch marks? Nope :}
Sleep: Well it's still a toss up- if I don't get up during the middle of the night, then I have to get up way too early and then the dogs get up with me, which in turn means that I have to put them outside as well.
Best moment this week: The guys are working on our fence- thank goodness! I think if Tank sneezed, it would fall over.  Although when they did tear it down, it fell like dominoes!  I was hoping that they would do one section at a time, so I still could let the dogs out unsupervised- but alas, this is not the case.  I can let CJ out there no problem, no one is afraid of her lol
Tank on the other hand is a whole other story.  
Miss Anything? regular food- still on a strict diet  :(  DH asked what is the one thing I wanted after giving birth- I said a Mocha Chip Blizzard from Dairy Queen 
Movement: Good grief!  He is still moving all of the time.  I read that the baby can wake you up during the middle of the night, and I think this might have happened.  I wake up sometimes and do a check- why am I awake?  Do I have to go to the bathroom?  Well sometimes that's the case but other times, I have no idea- so that is what I am thinking that McBaby is moving :}
Food cravings: Fair food- this Labor Day weekend, I am working at our county fair in the Pampered Chef booth.  I always take photos of what we all eat- and here I am with my PB and J sandwich and milk.  I usually get corn on the cob, toasted cheese sandwich and rarely I get a cream puff. None of that this year.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Food still doesn't look good lol 
Gender: Boy
Labor Signs:  Nothing really- my back started hurting this morning, but oh well. lol
Belly Button in or out?  in
Wedding rings on or off? Still on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Pretty happy- although I was notified that one of my family photos was going to be on display at the fair- I didn't know which one it was going to be- the one with the dogs, DH and I or my mom, gramma, DH, and I- so I had to wait until I got there.  Well I did tear up a little when I got there.
Looking forward to: Eating regular food again :}

Books and bookshelf

Went to a garage sale and found a bunch of books-

hardcover books with library covers on them!!!

 Look closely- you can barely see the purple Christmas tree!!!!

Here's a close up of the bookshelf...

Total was $15.00!!!!!!!!!!!

Week 33

How far along? 33 weeks

Maternity clothes? Some, but not all.
Stretch marks?  nope :}
Sleep: Still 50/50 if I get up during the middle of the night, then I can sleep longer- well as long as CJ will let me sleep:}
Best moment this week: The baby made DH's hand move and he backed up a little freaked out!
Miss Anything? Eating normal food :{  I am not liking this new diet, although DH is :}
Movement: Yes all of the time, I gather that he is about 17inches. Food cravings: I guess banana bread- I have made it twice this week already!!
Anything making you queasy or sick:  thankfully no :}
Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: nope
Symptoms: ankle still swollen time for a pedicure :}
Belly Button in or out? still in
Wedding rings on or off? still on
Happy or Moody most of the time: still happy  
Looking forward to: putting the final touches on the nursery-  painting is done, most of the furniture is moved it.  I will still have to put the decals on the dresser and on the wall.    I did bring in the stuffed animals in :}  Yes all book character stuffed animals!  :}

Hospital Bag(s) and laundry

I have been reading a bunch of blogs lately about what to bring and what not to bring.

Labor Bag~

Camera
Candy/gum
Chart with names of people who need to sign the scrapbook page.
iPhone charger
toiletries-  they are in the frog bag :}
iPad
slippers

Post labor bag~
Scrapbook
Boppy
under clothes- I know you don't want to know about those lol
snacks (these are not pictured, because the dogs would eat them lol)
PJ's- bought several from a friend for such a steal! One is a two piece and the other is a three piece :}
several easy outfits for me ( I have no idea what this will be yet- my guess are my jammy tops and black yoga pants)
flip flops
pillow (well this is still on my bed lol)
no slip socks
Pink froggy robe

Candy Basket for the nurses who will have to put up with all of the photos being taken!


Diaper bag (Cat in the Hat) and going home~
I have picked out McBaby's outfit already- of course it has frogs on it :}
(I have now figured out that the outfit I was going to use, and is pictured, will NOT work for a go home outfit.  It is a sleeper and to go home, McBaby will have to have legs in his outfit to work around his car seat.  I have asked everyone to be on the lookout for one.  I am bummed that the outfit I picked was perfect- it included an outfit, a hat, and a blanket.  He will still get to wear it in the hospital, so that works for me!)
1-2 other outfits- I don't know how long we are going to stay.
hat- 2 (yes they both have frogs on them)
mittens-3
blankets-3
Socks- 2 with frogs too!
His car seat, thanks Dad, all set!  (Been in the truck for a while :})

I am not really packing anything for Randy as we live like 5 minutes from the hospital. If he needs something he will just go home and get it- no big deal.  Plus the dogs still need to be fed and let out.  Okay so CJ needs those things, Tank will not eat and hold it until I get home!  lol He is a momma's boy through and through :}



So this week, I have been doing laundry for the baby and I have started to sort it out.

This picture was taken only after the first load of laundry.  It is sorted by age.  I am still doing laundry as I type this the night before the post will be published.  As a side note~  the dresser drawers are from my grandpa's bathroom from our old house in Door County. :}





Oh and yes I know it is early :}  Anything else I should bring along? I'd love to hear it :}