30 Weeks

I'm now in my 30th week and it seems like time is flying by. My belly is so round now it seems to get noticably bigger by the day.

I fear that now I am going to quickly start to run out of clothes that fit me. At least I can still wear my comfy sweatshirts. Now that it is starting to get cold, I am sure I will be in those a lot anyway. I can't believe that my stomach even has the ability to get any bigger. Sometimes it seems like it should be bursting.

The other day I was floored to have Pete tell me that he wanted to go to Babies R Us with me to see what that place was all about. Of course, he was probably bored within ten seconds of being there, but at least he cared enough to want to go. We did a bit of a shopping spree with the gift cards and baby cash we got from the showers. Now the soon to be nursery is overflowing!

I'm still not totally sure where I am going to put it all, but it will eventually find its place once we get the nursery set up as a nursery and not a guest room. It is amazing the amount of crap that one tiny human "needs", and this isn't even all of it.

Baby Showers

I had two amazing showers, both of which were so completely different from each other, and both of which were so much fun!

First I flew back to Vancouver to see all my family and friends up that way. My brother hosted more of what you would call a party as opposed to a shower and his house was just perfect for the occasion. There were a ton of people and the food was so unbelievably delicious!

I was definitely a happy girl!

Everyone was so sweet and Baby got a bunch of great gifts from the small to the giant.

It was such a great time and so good to see everyone that I miss so very much living down in California. Thanks to Nikki, Shawnee, Judy, Shelby, Matthew and Mom for making everything so perfect!

Last weekend two of my amazing friends, Megan and Amy threw a slightly more traditional baby shower with a group of some of my favorite girls and of course, Josh as well. I'm definitely not your traditional shower kind of girl, however, it turned out so perfect. Everything was so beautiful and I had such a great time. It is really hard not to with that group, though. Megan did an amazing job with all the decorating and little details.

We played a couple games, which was great for me, since I was the judge and just got to watch other people making a fool of themselves all in the name of fun.

Baby is such a lucky girl. She made out with another mass of generous gifts from everyone! I had so much fun and probably ate way too much of the yummy tapas Megan prepared, as well as the chocolate cupcakes and cookies Amy baked. But whatever, it was a party and I'm eating for two, right?! =)

Thanks again to two of my favorite ladies!

New Stuff

Mom and I did some baby shopping while she was in town. I know, big surprise. We found some good deals. We went to Kohl's and I got three maternity shirts for $6.71! My receipt said that I saved $89.80 on my purchase. That kind of thing never happens to me. I usually find the one item on the clearance rack that wasn't supposed to be there. Then we went to Burlington and I found some adorable bibs and outfits for baby. I just love the little Donna Karan outfit. I had to splurge on it.

The craziest thing about my purchases is that most of the baby clothes were pink. But they are such sweet pink shades, not those nauseating shades. Though I may be more accepting of the pink stuff, there are two things that I will not be purchasing ever, and I don't believe that anyone in their right mind should be either.

What is the world coming to that we stick our dogs in strollers and put leashes on our children? Dogs have four legs, thus they are meant to walk. As if Americans aren't obese enough that we have to make our dogs fat and lazy too. And children need to learn that they have to stay close to mommy and daddy, not that if you run too fast you will bungee back and fall on your ass. It is just ridiculous. If anyone ever sees me with either of these items, just shoot me.

I did get a couple baby gifts from the grandma's. Grandma (my mom) got her the little outfit, and Mimi (Pete's mom) got her the little hat. They are just adorable and I absolutely love the colors. I am sure they will both look so sweet on our little girl.

We also did some closet reconfiguring in the nursery while my mom was here. It is amazing what a difference they make. We have shelves and drawers and way more hanging space now. We also were finally able to pick up the crib!!! I can't wait to get it all put together so we can start on decorating the nursery.

So Cute!!!

I went to the Camarillo outlets yesterday and found just about the cutest outfit ever! She is going to be so adorable in this. I got it in the 6 - 12 month size so hopefully it will fit her in the summer. I just love it.

She is still moving and kicking up a storm, which is so cool. I have graduated away from my apricot craving and am now onto Orville Redenbacher Natural Simply Salt popcorn. I get the low fat one cause it is less salty than the others. It is so good. I killed an entire bag in one sitting yesterday. Is that bad? I wish popcorn was considered more nutritious, but there is, like, 8 grams of protein in the bag, so that is at least something. I do still enjoy a good dried apricot now and again, but I would pass that up for a bowl of popcorn in a second!

20 Weeks! Half Way There!!!

I can't believe I'm already half way there! Baby must have had a growth spurt this week! My belly is definitely bigger and I can feel her moving all the time! It is so cool. It is cute when I watch tv at night with Pete he will sit there with his hand on my belly and if she isn't moving he will shake my stomach, or poke it or cup his hands and talk to her to try and get her to move. Doesn't always work though, probably because she is stubborn like her mom and dad, but it is too cute watching him try.

I have started on the whole registering process too, which can be overwhelming. Which bottles to get, which breast pump is best, what kind of swing will work, does she really need all this stuff... It is all so difficult. And the worst part is I find that I am liking the "boy" type stuff way better. This could be because pink is the color of a medicine you take when you are vomiting, thus, it isn't so much my favorite and everything girl is saturated in pink. Lavender is pretty too, you know!!!! Everyone says that we will have so much fun because there is so much more cute stuff for girls. I beg to differ. Have you seen the adorable boys outfits out there. They are unbelievably cute. Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of cute girl stuff, but it all has to be so freakin' pink! It is killing me!!!

Some New Stuff For Baby!

Baby got some more spoiling this week! Pete's mom was in town this week and we did some shopping. "Mimi" wants to make her granddaughter a baby quilt so we went around to a million fabric stores looking for the perfect fabrics for it. We found some really cute ones. I think it is going to look so beautiful when it is finished. She also got baby her car seat!

It goes quite well with the stroller we have too. Graco has a really high safety rating, so our little bean will be very protected. We also picked out some cute little girl outfits now that we can buy gender specific clothes. Sheryl got the little one in the center that says "Daddy's Girl" and when I saw it it made me misty eyed. It is just so adorable.

We had a BBQ over the weekend with Pete's aunt and uncle and their little girl Natalia. She is so adorable. (Those are her sleepy little eyes on the top of my blog.) They surprised us and brought over a whole basket full of baby clothes, receiving blankets, and a Bumbo seat and tray. I can't believe how many adorable outfits there were. I didn't count them, but there are at least 20 to 30 of them! It is a good thing that you usually have to change a babies clothes more than once a day, cause I want her to get use out of all of them.

Their little one was in love with Audrey and Jack too. I have been a little worried about how the animals were going to react to a little one being around, but they were both so good with Natalia. Audrey was so sweet and gentle with her, and amazingly so was Jack. I was so impressed. Made me feel so much better about having animals around a baby. Audrey's tail is really the only issue, because you can't really teach her not to wag it and that thing is weapon. Some heavy duty duct tape might be needed so we can just fasten the tail to her leg.