Happy Halloween!

This is probably the most boring Halloween Alex and I have spent as a couple. We didn't decorate the house or carve pumpkins. We didn't even bring out the big cauldron that we put the candy in. I really just didn't feel like dragging all of that stuff down from the attic in the shed and putting it up, just to have to tear it all down and pack it away again. But we have candy! :D (As long as I don't eat it all before the kids come around.)



Puppy likes to bark at trick-or-treaters... so he's banned from the living room.



We do have a gate... but it's stored away in the shed, too. It's been a long time since he had to be sequestered.

Even though we haven't been spending time getting the place decked out for Halloween, we have been getting ready for the baby.

All of his laundry is washed, most of the diapers that we have are prepped, and Alex finally painted the nursery.
(I probably should've turned the lights on for these pictures. Meh..)



The nursery is kinda organized. I won't be able to really get organized until we get our furniture, which Alex's parents are getting us as a gift. I'm soo thankful that they're doing that for us, but it's highly likely that we won't have it until after he's born. I'm trying not to let myself get stressed, but it's hard because everything doesn't have it's "place" yet.

My coworkers threw me a surprise baby shower, which was nice... and last weekend we had our shower with Alex's family.

There was food...


and cake...

(Alex's mom made it!)

and gifts...


and people...



...But not too many people because EVERYONE was sick or had sick kids or didn't have a babysitter or forgot. We still had a wonderful time... but we had a lot of food left over.

I'm "off the schedule" at work after this scheduling period. (Which ends around my due date.) They're just going to have me come in and call pre-admits until I pop. If I go very far at all after my due date I'll either be really thankful that they have me scheduled like that or I might die of boredom. We'll see.

There have probably been a million other things going on around here that I could write about... or could've been writing about here and there... but I just haven't had the words. So I'll leave you with this:



Mini butterfingers! Nomnomnom...

Baby Shower #2

On Saturday I had my second baby shower. It was a joint shower with one of my favorite people and former coworkers, Stephanie, who is due three days before me. Boy, did it make me miss my VTU peeps. I cried almost the entire way home because it was just such a wonderful time and those people are truly amazing. Yeah, that old job was stressful... but I worked with a group of people who became more than just coworkers. Ugh... I'm such a big emotional baby. I'm going to stop myself now or I'll wind up bawling. I already cried once today on my way home from work over some cheesy country song. So I'll leave you with some photos of the festivities...



We played a game that was actually fun and quite hilarious. (I'm not a huge fan of baby shower games.) I'll tell you that it involves toilet paper rolls and plungers and leave the rest up to your imagination.


This picture is funny to me for several reasons but the first thing that jumped out at me is that I am the palest person to ever walk the earth.

The Joys Of Pregnancy

If you're still puking everyday this late in the game... you might pee on yourself. Hopefully you're in the shower if it happens.


...just sayin'.

Free Diapers

I can only think of one person who reads this blog that might be remotely interested in winning some free diapers... but I am shameless and posting about this gets me an extra entry in the contest.

Bebeology and the Eco-Friendly Family blog are giving away a few free BumGenius Onesize diapers. These are the diapers we plan to use past the newborn stage... and free is nice. :]

Prepared Childbirth Class

It was actually a pretty fun class. The instructor is laid back and funny and she had some good stories. I think the techniques will be helpful. A patient told me today that she still uses lamaze techniques to deal with everyday stress! haha!

Alex is going to be a great coach. He was so wonderful at coaching me through the fake contractions. I'm sure he'll be equally as great when the element of pain is introduced. I was surprised when the instructor asked how many dads planned on cutting the cord and he was the only one who raised his hand at first! The one conversation we had about it he didn't seem too interested... and I told him he didn't have to... but he wants to. :]

Aanyway, next class is in two weeks... we're watching videos. Eek.