I had a really nice shower thrown by my old church friends. I had an ok shower last week from my extended family, but the work shower today- thrown by M and D blew them all away! The morning was a little stressful, as I was trying to get the house ready while S was trying to remove paint and sand the woodwork in the upstairs hallway and the baby room. The two activities were not necessarily cohesive and both of us could see the others point of view. It just didn't change the work on our plates.
M and D showed up around 10 and brought a feast with them. I really had no idea what the menu or list of events were- and only a rough idea of what the numbers would be. Part of my reason for having the last two showers at my house was to A: keep the house at a high level of clean despite exhaustion and demo, and B: to help get over my severe avoidance of having people in the house. Well, both were accomplished today as 24 people were in the house for the shower. GOOD NIGHT! And the food, wow the food was fantastic!
Beyond lovely, lovely gifts we were showered with compliments on the woodwork, the paint, the bathroom, my husbands looks and talent, as well as the manners of our cat. It was such a wild group of women that there was a constant hum of noise and everyone had someone to talk to. Even opening gifts wasn't so horrendous because there was a constant stream of dialogue which spread out the focus from just me to the group as a whole.
At the end of today I am glad about a number of things:
1. my husband
2. the generosity of the people in our lives
3. how amazing D and M are
4. how awesome it feels to get through all 3 showers
5. all of our hard work on the house
6. the upcoming birth of Anyara!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
notice of eviction.
Today was the first day of my entire pregnancy that I have thought, hey, it might be time to get this baby out of my belly. She is huge, and making my life the most uncomfortable I have been in 36 weeks. The thought of her being out is terrifying, but is seeming like a better bargain- at moments- rather than having her in. Sleep is trickier now, and the best part of my day is getting out of my work clothes and into my yoga pants and sweatshirt. However, since we still have a lot left to do, I need her to stick to schedule.
I was a little depressed about the amount of stuff left on our registry. Don't get me wrong, we have been so blessed with the endless amounts of gifts that we have been given. However, there are a number of large priced key items (crib, monitor, stroller, etc) that were still needing to be purchased. Some of them quite essential to the birth- such as the car seat- which the hospital will not let us leave the hospital without. Out of the blue, my parents gave us a large check that we can use where we need it. WHEW! Such relief!!! So tonight, we took the car up to get the alignment checked, and hopefully next week we will install the car seat!
I have my last shower this weekend, and it is the most nerve-wracking of all three as this is the mix of odd coworkers. I am so nervous about having people over to my house, but it will soon be over. Last week's shower was not the best as I had people in my house from 11 until 9:30- and I was exhausted. But no one beat up each other so it was ok. The shower was really laid back, but it made it hard to keep everyone happy and occupied for that time frame. In retrospect, I would prefer to have a little more structure than we had- but at the end of the day people willing to give our daughter stuff, is people willing to give our daughter stuff. So inconvience aside, we are good.
On a side note, every one looks at me like I am a time bomb. Every time I call my parents, they are worried that I am in labor, my principal keeps asking how dilated I am, and every wince makes S want to vomit. Literally. He told me the thought of me going into labor makes him want to vomit. (I think that is hilarious!) I guess its anyone's guess as to when I am going to pop!
I was a little depressed about the amount of stuff left on our registry. Don't get me wrong, we have been so blessed with the endless amounts of gifts that we have been given. However, there are a number of large priced key items (crib, monitor, stroller, etc) that were still needing to be purchased. Some of them quite essential to the birth- such as the car seat- which the hospital will not let us leave the hospital without. Out of the blue, my parents gave us a large check that we can use where we need it. WHEW! Such relief!!! So tonight, we took the car up to get the alignment checked, and hopefully next week we will install the car seat!
I have my last shower this weekend, and it is the most nerve-wracking of all three as this is the mix of odd coworkers. I am so nervous about having people over to my house, but it will soon be over. Last week's shower was not the best as I had people in my house from 11 until 9:30- and I was exhausted. But no one beat up each other so it was ok. The shower was really laid back, but it made it hard to keep everyone happy and occupied for that time frame. In retrospect, I would prefer to have a little more structure than we had- but at the end of the day people willing to give our daughter stuff, is people willing to give our daughter stuff. So inconvience aside, we are good.
On a side note, every one looks at me like I am a time bomb. Every time I call my parents, they are worried that I am in labor, my principal keeps asking how dilated I am, and every wince makes S want to vomit. Literally. He told me the thought of me going into labor makes him want to vomit. (I think that is hilarious!) I guess its anyone's guess as to when I am going to pop!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
long time coming.
I can't remember the last time I have had a spot of time to blog. I meant to keep more of a running record of my pregnancy, but the last month has been so crazy that I fell behind. So what has happend?
Well most of late December featured S sicker than a dog. All of Winter Break he looked/felt as if he would die. We barely made it through without a trip to the emergency room. What also made this time interesting was the fact that in about 3 days we got 16 inches of snow. The first batch being light and fluffy, the second batch being wet slush that froze and made our attempts to exit the house and drive cars tricky for a pregnant woman and her ill-ass man. (We were eventually saved by a visit from D, who came down and with brute strength busted out some of the ice blocks.) I stayed completely healthy throughout the whole ordeal, even started and ran both snow blowers- until I returned to school. Once I encountered the 4th graders something in my immune system snapped and I got a version of S's illness. Wasn't very fun, but we got through it.
The house, and all of our plans for improvement, fell by the wayside for a bit. So we were a little stressed to keep looking at the disaster that was our house and the progress that still needed to be done on the baby room. He was sick, I was pregnant, he was still sick, I was sick and pregnant- it made for some interesting times. Once we regained our health we faced the fact that January marked 35 weeks pregnant for us, and 3 baby showers (two of which were at our house), and the great changes that still needed to be done to the baby room. As we didn't know when Anyara may show, it was kind of a gamble as to how we scheduled our work.
So far, so good. We have made some good progress on the house, we had our first baby shower, and have another today at our place. The room is close, doable if the baby was to make her appearance. As for the baby, I have been doing my best to keep her in- at least till the end of January! As for my pregnancy, I have continued to feel great. The belly has definitely grown in size and does make my life tricky when I try to do things- which has been frustrating at times with the amount we have to do. The only real down-side to my pregnancy has been this blood blister that has developed on my forehead. I used to have a small red spot on my forehead, but the increased blood flow has turned that small spot into a red blob the size of a large pea. I have tried lancing it several times, but it simply bleeds like crazy and then regains it size. It is so enormous that I know part my hair on the other side of my face to hide it. I have an appointment to see if it can be removed before birth- and I am hoping so.
My first baby shower was hosted by L and contained all of the ladies who still had connections to my family from church. It was a little awkward because I am having a friends shower, a family shower from S's side, and the church shower. There wasn't any real place to invite family from my family's side. I wasn't surprised that my mom didn't volunteer to throw a shower, but I was surprised to find that she was trying to get L to host them at her church shower. Pretty embarrassing for me, but that is just mom- all about her comfort. sigh. Her constant offers to help, but refusing to do anything that would be uncomfortable for her is driving me INSANE. I am trying to be rational about it, and am winning most of the time. I went into the shower feeling that it would be a complete dissaster- I mean who would still remember me? But I was proven wrong. It was a lovely shower, great people- lots of people actually. Nice to see everyone and catch up, and my goodnesss the pink that came out of that shower! GIRLY!
Today's shower scares me a little more as the number and happiness of people is a little up in the air. Also irritating me is the fact that several people need to show up 3 HOURS EARLY!! Seems outrageously inconvienent to me, but I am trying to be decent about it. We'll see how it goes. Speaking of early, I should probably go shower, who knows what today will bring.
Well most of late December featured S sicker than a dog. All of Winter Break he looked/felt as if he would die. We barely made it through without a trip to the emergency room. What also made this time interesting was the fact that in about 3 days we got 16 inches of snow. The first batch being light and fluffy, the second batch being wet slush that froze and made our attempts to exit the house and drive cars tricky for a pregnant woman and her ill-ass man. (We were eventually saved by a visit from D, who came down and with brute strength busted out some of the ice blocks.) I stayed completely healthy throughout the whole ordeal, even started and ran both snow blowers- until I returned to school. Once I encountered the 4th graders something in my immune system snapped and I got a version of S's illness. Wasn't very fun, but we got through it.
The house, and all of our plans for improvement, fell by the wayside for a bit. So we were a little stressed to keep looking at the disaster that was our house and the progress that still needed to be done on the baby room. He was sick, I was pregnant, he was still sick, I was sick and pregnant- it made for some interesting times. Once we regained our health we faced the fact that January marked 35 weeks pregnant for us, and 3 baby showers (two of which were at our house), and the great changes that still needed to be done to the baby room. As we didn't know when Anyara may show, it was kind of a gamble as to how we scheduled our work.
So far, so good. We have made some good progress on the house, we had our first baby shower, and have another today at our place. The room is close, doable if the baby was to make her appearance. As for the baby, I have been doing my best to keep her in- at least till the end of January! As for my pregnancy, I have continued to feel great. The belly has definitely grown in size and does make my life tricky when I try to do things- which has been frustrating at times with the amount we have to do. The only real down-side to my pregnancy has been this blood blister that has developed on my forehead. I used to have a small red spot on my forehead, but the increased blood flow has turned that small spot into a red blob the size of a large pea. I have tried lancing it several times, but it simply bleeds like crazy and then regains it size. It is so enormous that I know part my hair on the other side of my face to hide it. I have an appointment to see if it can be removed before birth- and I am hoping so.
My first baby shower was hosted by L and contained all of the ladies who still had connections to my family from church. It was a little awkward because I am having a friends shower, a family shower from S's side, and the church shower. There wasn't any real place to invite family from my family's side. I wasn't surprised that my mom didn't volunteer to throw a shower, but I was surprised to find that she was trying to get L to host them at her church shower. Pretty embarrassing for me, but that is just mom- all about her comfort. sigh. Her constant offers to help, but refusing to do anything that would be uncomfortable for her is driving me INSANE. I am trying to be rational about it, and am winning most of the time. I went into the shower feeling that it would be a complete dissaster- I mean who would still remember me? But I was proven wrong. It was a lovely shower, great people- lots of people actually. Nice to see everyone and catch up, and my goodnesss the pink that came out of that shower! GIRLY!
Today's shower scares me a little more as the number and happiness of people is a little up in the air. Also irritating me is the fact that several people need to show up 3 HOURS EARLY!! Seems outrageously inconvienent to me, but I am trying to be decent about it. We'll see how it goes. Speaking of early, I should probably go shower, who knows what today will bring.
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