April Showers Bring May Babies

I have good friends. I am sometimes overwhelmed at the generosity of others. This last Saturday, a bunch of my friends threw me a baby shower (Front Row L-R: Julie Hunt, Kyra Herbst, the gray whale, Stephanie Johnson, Annie Aitken. Back Row L-R: Laura Law, Auntie Kathy, Brianne Stewart, Abbie Powell, Tara Marshall, and Julie Galloway). I am so appreciative of them especially since 6 out of those pictured are pregnant and not feeling well. Matt and I are starting to feel a little more prepared for the arrival of our May baby...thanks to them!!! When I got home, Matt exclaimed, "Let's see what we got!". He dug threw all the bags and with each bag his smile got bigger and bigger. He insisted that we set the Pack and Play up immediately. This last little while, I'll catch him looking at me with a big grin on his face and I'll say, "What are you doing?" and he'll say, "Oh, just being happy!! We're having a baby!". It makes me so happy that he's so happy. I have to admit, I'm a little petrified of labor and delivery. Maybe so much so, that I can't really get that excited about having a baby. Once I get past that milestone, I think I'll be able to be much more excited.

Here's the cake that Laura Law made for the shower. Too cute!!!

Here's a little picture of what's happened to me over the last few months. Yikes!!! The baby is taking over!!!

Oh, last but not least: Matt and I had our birthing class as well this last Saturday. I was glad that we did it cause I really didn't think that Matt knew much about anything. We watched a few videos of live births. I loved watching Matt's lip curl in disgust. The ultimate moment was when the placenta was delivered. Matt about maxed out. He admitted after the class that he really didn't know anything. He also has been much more sympathetic and attentive after learning about the anatomy and how my pelvis really is kinda splitting in two. Lot's of fun!