My baby shower...and, we picked a name! :)

My baby shower was about 2 weeks ago, and we got some amazing gifts from all of our family and friends.  It really is crazy how much stuff a baby needs!  I don't know what we would have done if it wasn't for everyone at my shower.  I'm so grateful for everything we/Baby B received!

Here are some pictures from the day: 

Gifts!!

 Dessert table...with the awesome cupcakes that Hubs surprised me with!

 

 Yummy cake

Cupcake close-up

Opening gifts

Me and my SIL's

Me and my sister

That's all for the decent pictures.  haha  Most of the gift-opening pictures were taken candidly, so I don't think anyone wants to see my crazy faces/double chins in each one.  ;-)  

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

PS - Check out my new ticker!  :-)

36 weeks!

I know I'm almost at 37 weeks (full term!!) at this point, but, I figured I'll do the survey now, and just share 37 week pictures this weekend.  I doubt there will be much change in my answers, anyways. 

Um, seriously...where have the past 36 weeks gone???

•  How far along?  36 weeks

• Total weight gain:  At my appointment last Thursday, I was up 31 lbs. total.

• Maternity clothes?  Always...and they're getting smaller and smaller as the weeks go by!

• Stretch marks?  Just a few more on my boob.  *Fingers crossed* it stays that way!

• Sleep:  Surprisingly, it's gotten better.  I pee twice a night now, but, I usually fall right back to sleep, and I don't wake up in so much pain anymore.  Yay!

• Best moment this week?  Knowing I have less than 30 days (23 days, exactly!) to go until we meet our little princess!!  

• Movement?  All the time!  She gets the hiccups all the time, too....she actually has them right now.  ;)

• Food cravings?  Still love candy/sweets

• Labor signs?  Not really.  My back has been a little crampy, but, nothing exciting.

• Belly button:  At this point, I don't think it's going to pop out...just stay flat. 

• What I miss?  Not having swollen feet/ankles/calves/knees 

• What I'm looking forward to: Meeting our baby girl in 3 weeks!!

• Milestones?  This Friday I'll be considered full term!!  I can't believe it.  :)

Here are a few pics from the past couple of weeks:

32 weeks

35 weeks 2 days (the day of my shower)

 36 weeks

So much to blog about!

There's been a lot going on around here these days, and I'm definitely going to blog about it all over the next week or so.  I can't wait to share everything with you all!  :)  Here's what's coming up:

• 36 week survey/bump pic
• Nursery sneak peek!  Mostly everything is set up and ready to go...I just need to decorate the walls, dresser, etc.
• We finally picked a name!!  :D
• Pictures from my baby shower

So, those are the few big things going on.  Of course, I'm sure I'll throw in lots of random-ness/rambling on top of all of that.  And, as a new mom, I have about 3094 questions for all you veteran moms out there that know what you're doing.  ;-)  I actually plan on packing my hospital bag today (again, where has the time gone?!  I'm packing my bag already??  Craziness!), and I want to make sure I have everything I need/want in there.  I'm definitely the type-A personality, so I know I'll probably pack WAY too much...but, I'd rather be prepared than not.  

Any suggestions for things I should definitely bring to the hospital??  Anything that I don't need to bother bringing?  Any help/suggestions would be great! 

I hope everyone's having a great weekend!  :-)

35/35! And, my baby shower is TOMORROW!!

I'm alive!  And, I can't believe how time has flown by these past 2 weeks or so.  I know, I know...I really feel like I say this in every blog post now, but, it's SO true.   I mean, my freaking baby shower is tomorrow!!  Ahhhh, I'm sooo excited!!

I honestly think that this baby has sucked all the life out of me, though, because I've had absolutely NO energy lately.  Hence, no blog posts.  I've even been so tired that I can't even read everyone else's blogs.  It's been that bad...so, I apologize for being lazy and for my lack of posting/commenting.  I've been thinking about you all, though, and I hope everyone is doing well!  I miss you ladies!

Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of time right now.  My sister is here from California for my shower, and I'm about to get ready so we can go out and run the million and one errands we have to do for tomorrow.  But, I just wanted to post really quick and say hello, and let you know that I'll definitely be posting about my shower soon, and the fact that I'm 35 weeks (with only 35 days left until my due date!  Holy crap!)  And, hopefully I'll have lots of shower pics to share with you all, too.  :-)

I hope everyone's doing well and having a great weekend so far! 

It's here, it's here!!

My fabulous new camera arrived this afternoon, and I couldn't be more excited!! 

I obviously don't really know what I'm doing with this thing, but, I've been practicing a little today.  I can't wait to learn everything that this baby can do, and start taking some awesome pictures.  Hopefully it won't be too difficult to learn...we'll see! 

Does anyone know of any online photo/camera tutorials I can read up on??  I could definitely use all the help I can get.  ;-)

Here are a few of my random practice pics I took today....and, like I said, I don't know what I'm doing (ha!):

Why hello there, Mr. Fozzie Bear  ;-)

And, I had to throw in Baby B's closet...which is getting SO full already, and I haven't even had my baby shower yet!  I think I'm in trouble...

Oh, and, we're in the process of painting the nursery right now (literally as I type, Hubs is in the other room painting), so I'll have some pics up this weekend...hopefully with the crib all set up, too!  Yay...finally!!  :D

Merry Belated Christmas!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with family/friends yesterday!  I can't believe it's all over and done with already.  It always goes by SO quickly...it makes me a little sad.  I don't want to take down the decorations yet, or see all the Christmas lights go away.  I'm one of those crazies that wishes we could keep everything up all year round.  :P

Sooo, what did Santa bring everyone this year?!  I hope you all got everything you wished for.  I'm SO excited to say that I definitely did!!  Hubs and I didn't do a big Christmas this year...but, my family was very generous and gave me $$ and giftcards to put towards my 'really nice camera' fund.  And, I was so excited last night (around 12:30am) that I got enough to be able to buy my camera, that I bought this baby at Walmart.com:

I paid for 2-3 day shipping, too, so I should be receiving it in the mail by the end of this week!!  I cannot wait!  :D

So, other than that excitement, our Christmas was pretty low-key and relaxing.  It was perfect, and  we couldn't have asked for a better last Christmas as a family of 2.  I honestly cannot believe that next Christmas we will have a 10 month old!  It just seems so surreal to me. 

Oh yeah, and another little thing that happened yesterday....it was the first anniversary of my 29th birthday.  Yep...*whispers* I'm 30.  *sigh*  I feel so old now.  I took down my 'member of 20-something blogger' link on the side of my page and everything.  It was a sad, sad moment.  ;)

Anyways, enough of this age talk!  You're only as old as you feel, right??  (well, I guess I shouldn't base this on how I feel now, since I'm almost 8 months pregnant...but, you know what I mean  ;) )  Here's my latest belly pic, taken on Christmas Eve, exactly 32 weeks:

I officially have cankles...and, a little TMI

For the first time in my life, I have me some cankles...and also, some seriously swollen tootsies.  They look really purty.  *can you sense my sarcasm here?*  Thankfully it's not summertime, though...so, I've been hiding my feets in boots and slippers.  If I can't see them, there's nothing wrong...right??  :P

Oh, and guess what else I have?!  My very first 'roid.  Nope, not a steroid, my friends....a hemorrhoid.  Waaaaah!! 

Ohhhh, the joys of pregnancy!  ;-)

But, it could be SO much worse, right?!  If a little cankle and some 'roids are all I have to deal with, then I'll take it!  Only 2 more months to go!

Speaking of that....tomorrow it will be exactly 9 weeks until my due date.  9 weeks!!  I'm in the single digit countdown now!  I can't believe it.

That is all.  Tomorrow is Friday...yaaay!