Baby Shower #2

We had so much fun at Dave's workplace, Stiles Machinery, shower. Yes, Dave was actually at a baby shower! The outpouring of generosity of his co-workers was wonderful. The group gift even included our play pen and baby gate! We received so many adorable clothes including her first bathing suit :) The food was spectacular! It was a great time!

nursery #4

I have one of the most talented mothers in the whole world :) She made me the cutest valence for the nursery. She found the most adorable material! Look at the detail of the animals with little birdies hanging out with them...

Baby Shower #1

Yesterday was my first baby shower! I saw a bunch of friends that I hadn't seen in a while and we had sooooo much fun. We played a game where you placed a paper plate on top of your head and had to draw a baby and a scrambled baby word game. There was Noah's Ark everywhere and plenty of pink and purple. Holly Jacobson hosted this delightful shower at her gorgeous log cabin home and we had a comfy time together. This is baby is so loved already :)

benign contractions

Today I awoke at 4 a.m. (nothing too new for bathroom trips) with a strange feeling. My abdomen was very rigid. I couldn't fall back to sleep and I got up and went to the couch and decided to rest there. I started to realize that the rigid pain was coming every 10-15 min. but the baby was moving around just fine. I just felt very wiped out. I waited until about 2 p.m. and the pain still wasn't disappearing so I gave in and called my doctor. The doctor on call told me that I should come into the hospital to be check out to make sure I really wasn't in labor. So, off to Metro we went. As the nurse was hooking me up to the monitor she asked if I was having that pain right then and I was so she pointed out to us on the monitor that indeed it was a contraction! The baby's heart beat remained at 150 the entire time we were at the hospital and after the exam we were told that there was no labor going on.... thank God!! I have an infection that can be treated and the contractions should subside as the infection goes away. It was such a relief to know that our little girl is just fine and that mommy will be soon too :) What an exciting day! I'm hoping we don't have any more of these but I am thankful that there are very helpful health care providers to take good care of us when we need them.

grandparents care package

I absolutely hate being so far away from grandma and grandpa La Barge but today had a nice surprise! What a fun care package from Florida. All sorts of cute clothes in all different sizes :) There is the adorable little cherry summer onesie and the cute little cow print (including little ears on the hood) in pink, and the fabulous pink coat with matching beret. It's so nice to see and feel the adoration from the grandparents to our little girl :)