Virginia Baby Shower

 

Marc's mom, Fery, threw me a shower on Sunday afternoon at her friend Soodie's home in Virginia. The house was decorated beautifully, there was a ton of Persian food and the cake was so delish. There were about 50 people there to help celebrate, and it was great to have a couple of my friends there as well. My cousin, Jody, came down from Baltimore and Michelle came from New York City. Also, two of my girlfriends who live in Virginia, and also happen to be pregnant, came as well. I wish we all lived closer but I do have to admit it's so great to have friends on the east coast to visit when I come back.

Me and Marc's mom, Fery.

Cousin Jody, me and Michelle

Jill, me and Jehan, all due within 3 weeks of each other!

Thank you Soodie for opening your home to us once again!

Delish cake with Godiva chocolate favors in the background

Marc came at the end to help "clean-up"

It's hard to believe we have such a huge network of support on the east coast. Fery has so many wonderful friends and family that it feels like every time we come back we meet new people. Thank you so much to everyone who came and helped with the food and preparations, it means so much to us and we love you all dearly.

Now that we're back home and done travelling I feel like I actually need to start buckling down with getting baby boy's room together. Only 7 more weeks until my due date!

32 Weeks

32 weeks...exactly!

How far along? 32 Weeks
Total weight gain: 24 pounds
Maternity clothes? A little bit of both regular and maternity stuff. I’m still able to wear my pants and jeans (with the belly band of course) but all of my tops have to be maternity or really long regular shirts.
Stretch marks? Nothing new
Sleep:  Good! Again, just getting up every couple of hours to pee but it could be worse.
Best moment of the week: We finished painting the nursery and we LOVE it! I snagged a picture while we were unveiling the stripes we did on one wall. Once we get it complete I’ll be sure to post more pictures.
Miss anything: painting my own toes and bending over without feeling like there’s a bowling ball pushing on my diaphragm.
Movement: Oh yes, and really high up, right under my ribs. As much as I’d like him to move down, then I’m afraid he’ll be resting on my bladder and I’ll really have to pee all the time. I guess I’ll take high up movements than the down low movements.
Food cravings: Not really, just the usual...sweets ;)
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope
Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: No
Symptoms: We did the Coronado Bay Bridge Run/Walk over the weekend and I’m definitely getting out of breath a lot quicker than I used to. It was only 4 miles but going up the bridge I was sweating and that night my legs were pretty tired. I’m also experiencing heartburn more and more each day. It’s weird the things that will trigger it. A strawberry cupcake but not a vanilla cupcake?!?
Belly Button in or out? Still in’ish/flat’ish/weird’ish
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Look forward to: Another shower!!!  Going to Virginia for the shower that Marc’s mom is hosting. She invited over 80 people and I think about 60 are coming! Holy moly, this one is going to be huge! And I can’t wait!



A sneak peak...the Great Unveiling

31 Weeks

31 weeks, 3 days

How far along? 31 Weeks

Total weight gain: 23 pounds

Maternity clothes? I pretty much spent the week in a bikini and dresses at night. Still wearing my old bikinis but I feel like they will be put to rest here soon.
Stretch marks? Nothing new

Sleep:  Pretty good. Except for waking up every 2-3 hours having to pee. I try to walk like a zombie so I don't wake myself up too much so I can fall right back asleep.

Best moment of the week: The entire week was a “best moment”. We spent it in Cabo on our last relaxing vacation as a family of two. We ate great food and Marc drank all day at the pool while I watched. I did get loads of attention though due to my expanding belly and everyone was so super nice.

Miss anything: Drinking fun, fruity drinks at the pool.

Movement: I’ve had a few kicks and jabs that have made me yelp out loud because I wasn’t ready for them and it startled me. I don’t feel like he’s super duper active though, pretty chill most of the time.
Food cravings: I made sure and ate dessert every night we were on vacation. Oh and they left andes mints on the pillows every night for turn down service which I made sure to snag both mine and Marc’s before he could get to his ;)

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: I’m definitely starting to feel the heartburn/acid reflux if I lay down too soon after eating. I’m also starting to feel the kicks really high up, right under my ribs; it feels like he could shove a foot right out of my mouth at any moment.

Belly Button in or out? It’s about as flat as a pancake.

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Look forward to:  We have started working on the nursery and have the walls painted. We are planning to do stripes on one of the walls this weekend which I’m looking forward to seeing how they turn out. I’ll be sure to post pics once we’re finished.

And a couple of other pictures that we took this weekend of some important people in my life.

30 Weeks

30 weeks, 2 days

How far along? 30 Weeks

Total weight gain: 21 pounds

Maternity clothes? Lots of stretchy work-out clothes with some maternity tops thrown in.

Stretch marks? Nothing new

Sleep:  Just okay.

Best moment of the week: My first baby shower! See below.

Miss anything: red wine and more red wine ;)

Movement: Loads! And he really likes to go at it RIGHT before I go to bed and very, very, early in the morning….hmmmm, what are we in for?!?! 

Food cravings: I ate a crap load of my baby shower cake. It was a vanilla cake with strawberry cream type layers in the middle…so good.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Definitely not.

Gender: Boy

Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: Bending over and sitting up in bed is getting more difficult. The belly is just in the way and I find myself absentmindedly trying to push it to one side to move it…but hmmm, that doesn’t work, haha.

Belly Button in or out? It’s pretty flat

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy

Look forward to: We're going to Cabo for our "babymoon"!

Nebraska Baby Shower

I had the perfect “mustache” themed baby shower in Nebraska on Sunday and it was so much fun! One of the many highlights was that everyone brought a book for babyboy which was just awesome; we have got a killer collection started. So many of them I had forgotten about and one that I was especially excited to see...Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed! Babyboy also received a beautiful quilt/baby blanket that my Aunt Sue hand-made, it was a definite highlight and everyone was "oohing" and "ahhing" over it. We also received loads of clothes, an activity gym, a jumper, another hand-made blanket and so much more.

The biggest thanks to everyone who came to celebrate, we are so thankful and blessed to have so many wonderful family and friends back in Nebraska. We love you all! And a special thanks to my Mom who went all out and did an amazing job hosting the shower.

29 Weeks

29 weeks, 2 days

How far along? 29 Weeks

Total weight gain: 19.5 pounds

Maternity clothes? Yep. But I’m still able to wear the belly band with all my jeans!
Stretch marks? Nothing new

Sleep:  Pretty good. I think I had two bad nights where I woke up a lot with some lower back pain, but the rest of the nights have been great.

Best moment of the week: I passed the 3-hour glucose test! You don’t know how happy this makes me. I was convinced I failed but my numbers all came back totally normal, so weird. Time to celebrate with some Yogurt Land!

Miss anything: laying on my back, wine, margaritas in celebration of upcoming Cinco de Mayo…I could go on and on.

Movement: Crazy movement. You can watch my belly and see him make sharp movements all around, it’s so cool!
Food cravings: I made these delish banana nut cupcakes with a butter, honey, cinnamon frosting. I can’t get enough of them.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope

Gender: Boy
Labor Signs: No

Symptoms: “Popped” is an understatement with how I feel and look this week. I’m definitely starting to feel the extra weight on my legs and feet. After a full day on them I am pooped by the end of the night. I haven’t felt the need to “kick my feet up” until now.

Belly Button in or out? In there, but it’s still weird looking

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy
Look forward to:  My shower in Nebraska this coming weekend! Can.not.wait!

Must share pregnancy story:

Marc was reviewing the registry for the first time a few weeks ago because I added everything without consulting him and he was starting to get curious. As he was scrolling through he asks, “So, why did you register for an airplane neck pillow?”

Me: “Huh??” (as I lean closer to see what he’s talking about)

Marc: “This thing here. Called a…Boppy?”

Me: (trying not to laugh my ass off too hard) “That’s not a neck pillow; it’s for breastfeeding, the baby rests on it instead of me holding him up.”

Marc: “OHHHHH, that makes way more sense.”

So maybe you had to be there, but it still makes me laugh out loud when I think about it. I guess there is no reason why he would have known what it was, and the picture of it online does look a lot smaller then when you see it in person.