The Baby Shower!!

After months of preparing..it finally arrived and it was WONDERFUL!  The theme was yellow ducks with splashes of teal and white and was held in a local hotel banquet room, which was decorated accordingly, with ducks (of course), balloons, confetti, round tables draped in white linen, floating candles, favors, gifts, games, lots of delicious food and more!  It really was my daydreams come true.

I'd gathered and ordered online all that I could and waited til the weekend of, when my mom would be in town, to load up on the rest of my needed materials and goods.  The boys and I picked her up from the airport on Thursday, and after a yummy Olive Garden lunch, wasted no time in hitting the stores!  The first stop was Macy's to pick out the outfit for the big day, then on to many more stops, including: Target, Party City, Michaels, JC Penney's, and lastly a much needed trip to Sunny's for a Snoball!  Day One quickly concluded with some very exhausted people.  Friday was a day of more fun and shopping.  We started at Cafe Dumond for beingets and cafe au laits, then on to the spa for a pedicure for me and manicure for mom, next we each got a spray tan to give ourselves some fresh color and bronzy glow.  After dropping the boys off at home, off we went again for more shopping and a visit to the hotel to make sure everything was being set up properly.  We did have to do a little rearranging, but not much.  Later on that evening my sister arrived and my sister-in-law and niece.  We ordered pizza, ate, then headed back to the hotel to begin set up.  Thankfully, we had a very obliging maintenance man, named Dave, who was able to help us hang our pretty little "fluffy balls" from the ceiling, above each table. :-)  Then we headed on to WalMart for food/drink supplies.  Friday was a long night, I don't think anyone got much sleep.  Saturday (the Big Day), was filled with food prep, and still, more shopping!  My mom purchased me a lovely wrist corsage, blue and white ribbon with little white roses (wish they could've lasted forever).  We picked up my adorable ducky cupcakes from the bakery (see above pic), I was so happy with the way they came out...so CUTE!  We had a little trouble finding the right color balloons, but ended up finding what we needed.  Finally, the shopping was complete and  it was time to get ourselves ready.  We arrived at the hotel around 3:30pm and quickly went to work setting up the remaining items and food tables, by 5pm (Party Time), we were ready to greet our guests.  I was able to take some great shots of all our hard work before the guests arrived...

My floating ducky/candle centerpieces

My sweet (and salty :-) party favors

The room all decorated and ready...simple and elegant

Our beautiful buffet of goodies....

 ...which included a blue punch with floating ducks...

 ...and two gorgeous arrangements of fruit and veggies-supplied by my sister....

 

I had a wonderful turn out, about 25 guests, which was the best part of my shower...seeing and visiting with everyone while we celebrated my lil peanut. We actually had 4 preggos there (myself included) and two babies!!  Everyone enjoyed the food and made lots of sweet comments about how cute everything looked, especially the cupcakes, and how beautiful I looked.  I did feel beautiful, exhausted, but overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness.  I couldn't have pulled it all off without so many who stepped up to help.  I was so thrilled to have all of my dearest family and friends around me. 

Me with my dear hubby, sitting in my special chair my mom created for me.

Preggo posing

Me with my two biggest helpers, my sister and my mom

My beautiful babies and niece

I received lots of great gifts, most from my Registry, which will be a great help, and also some gifts cards, so I can go and grab whatever else I need.

One of my fave gifts!

We ate, we visited, we played games: A guess how much the baby items cost game, A guess how many diaper are in the container game, and a Thank You card envelope drawing. 

After waiting for so long for this day, those two fun-filled hours passed by way too quickly.  But, all the preparation and anticipation was well worth it!  I'll hold the memories of this special event in my heart forever.  Now I can't wait to use all my great gifts when I welcome Jett into the world...very soon! :-)



32 weeks = 8 months!!

Life has been CrAzY!! Which is why I am already 32w5d and running late on updating my Blog...AHH!! :-) So, I will break up all the crazy happenings into 3 different posts...starting off with how I'm doing in week 32.
Like I said, week 32 has been crazy exhausting, just because there has been so much going on....because of this, I must say the back, legs, feet have been hurting more than normal.  Baby is doing wonderful and my body is doing an excellent job incubating lil man.  I had my reg OB appt yesterday.  Don't you just love waiting to see the doctor for almost an hour then actually spending a total of 5 mins with the doctor?! Um, NO!  But, that's how the cookie crumbles right now.  There's not too much to be done at my appts, besides the usual urine, weight & bp check, heartbeat and fundal measurement, which takes all of a few minutes.  Once any questions have been asked and answered, it's "Well, see you in two weeks".  I did hand in my final copy of my Birth Plan with a couple of changes: I added my Pediatricians names and said I DID want the Vitamin K (only because Jett will be getting his circumcision before we leave the hospital and he'll need that to help his blood coagulate).
But, I'm not complaining, I'm relived this pregnancy has been uneventful and I pray it stays that way til D-Day... just 43 days away now!  I have another u/s coming up in 4 days, I'm curious to see how big he is now, he feels humongous in there!  His pushes and rolls and pokes are getting ever stronger as he quickly is running out of space.  I love my big belly though and feeling him move around in it!  I'm going to miss my belly and am already mourning the idea that this may be the last time I ever get to experience it.  I do so look forward to meeting this little boy, can't wait to see who he looks like and what kind of little personality he has.  I haven't had very many Braxton Hicks contractions at all this pregnancy, which is fine by me.  I'm still dealing with horrible heartburn and hubby has been complaining about my snoring keeping him up at night...whoops..haha.  It's hard to keep my nasal passages open at night, thus the snoring.  I keep telling him, it's almost over, he only has to deal with it a little while longer.  Whereas I have to deal with his snoring for the rest of my life, so yeah, I think he can handle it! ;-) 
Now that my shower is over (yay), I've been enjoying being able to pick things up for baby here and there and getting everything organized.  I purchased a really cute wooden shelf at Target yesterday and set it up with all his stuff.  All of his clothes, blankets, towels, etc. (so far)  have been washed and put away.  I have a few more things I want to buy and I'm thinking I'll pack our bags around 36wks. THEN, I should be READY!  More later....

How your baby's growing:

By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

31 weeks...

Oh my! The weeks are rolling by so fast, I'm falling behind on my blogging. I had a feeling that was going to happen now that I'm getting so close to delivery...only 8 more weeks!  I don't feel like my belly has gotten a whole lot bigger the past few weeks, but I'm sure it has.  I do feel like my skin is really tight, I'm all baby! 

My shower is only 6 days away and we're all looking forward to picking up DD from the airport in just 4 days!  I have no idea who to expect to show up, only a few RSVP's have rolled in, so it will be a surprise I guess.

I've finally planned a long awaited for vacation getaway for me and my boys, so excited!  Unfortunately Scott can't come because of work.  It will be nice to spend some time on the beach and in the pools with my boys before their brother is added to the mix...one last little babymoon :-). I can't wait!  Only 2 weeks til VACAY!

The pregnancy is quickly coming to it's grand finale. I'm so thankful that this pregnancy has been so wonderful and complication free, I pray it will continue to be like that, all the way through delivery til Jett is safely in my arms.

Here's what's going on with lil man this week:

How your baby's growing:

This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He's probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby's kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

Week 30 :-)



Week 30 finds me and Jett getting bigger and bigger.  I was able to get a great peek at him yesterday at my Specialist appt, he's already measuring at 4lbs!  Looks like I'm going to have another little chunky monkey on my hands :-).  I'm expecting him to be my biggest baby yet, pending he stays nice and nestled in the womb til his arrival date, which is only 59 days away now!  Life is beginning to get a little more uncomfortable symptom wise.  The 30th week brought along with it a feeling of fainting every time I stand, walk, or try to get anything done.  My doc says this is normal and more than likely my blood pressure dropping due to the increased blood volume in late pregnancy.  In that case, there is nothing that can be done, besides me taking it easy and just resting when I feel faint.  She did draw my blood today at my appt. to check my iron levels, to make sure my slight anemia hasn't gotten worse, which could also be a cause of my feeling faint so often.  I'm guessing if that's the case she'll want to prescribe me some extra iron...but we'll see. Baby is looking excellent, thanks be to YHWH!  And my body is doing perfectly with the pregnancy.

Unfortunately, the cyst on my ovary has grown even bigger in an even shorter amount of time, it's gone from 6cm to 10cm in a months time.  Not good.  But, there is nothing that can be done about it at the moment.  My prayer is that Dr. Allison will be able to efficiently remove it during delivery with no further harm being done to my body or ovary.  I'm pretty sure this is what the plan will be, which will be good to go ahead and get it done then while I'm already on the operating table.  I'm giving much praise to my Heavenly Father that I have not had any pain from it, which is very surprising, given it's size.  Only 8 more weeks to go and hopefully it won't get any bigger.  No one is concerned that it will/could cause any harm to the pregnancy or my ovary, that's good.  My doc seems to think it's just being induced by the elevated hormones in my body and still may even go down after pregnancy, but I'd rather not wait and see, I'd rather it just be taken and done with.

My little man has been very active, even hurting me with his strong pushes and rolls, but I still love feeling him move around, it's a comforting/reassuring feeling.  He's still head down and such a doll, looks kinda like my youngest, Jared.  I can't wait to kiss his little lips!
I'm scheduled with the hospital on June 7th at 9am to go in and get all my Registration and Paperwork done for the delivery the following day.  I just know that day will be here before I know it!  I'm enjoying the last moments of this gift called pregnancy.

My shower is only 11 days away now!  Everything is getting accomplished one thing at a time and working out just like I knew it would.  I'm looking forward to seeing my mom next week!  Stay tuned for all the shower details...coming soon!