Baby Showers!

This past week was baby shower central around here! I had a baby shower at work on Wednesday, then a shower here at home on Saturday (hosted by Will's mom & sister). Both were so much fun, and both Will and I are so grateful for everyone's generosity! This little boy is set, and he has SO MANY very cute, adorable clothes that we can't wait for him to wear!

This weekend was awesome for cake as well! We had cake last Sunday at my parent's house, a huge cake at work on Wednesday, cake Saturday here - and we are still eating leftover cake! Its pretty rad.

Cake from party last Sunday @ my parents:

These photos are from yesterday's shower:

Abby checking out the after-math from yesterday

She literally had to sniff everything!

For Wednesday shower at work, it was combined with another girl who is due in less than 2 weeks. We were both STUNNED by everyone's generosity. We are both having boys, and we got the cutest stuff! People were very generous to us. This is my cart of stuff that I had to haul to my car:

Again, once all the stuff from work was home - Abby had to go through it.

I feel so grateful to everyone who participated in my showers this week! We had lots of fun, and I'm probably good for cake for a while. :)

For an update - I had another specialist appointment on Friday (I go weekly to my OB and every 3 weeks to the specialist) - and this little guy is BIG! He is already measuring at 5 lbs 12 oz! This was only at 33.5 weeks! We talked about inductions, etc - but both doctors agree that we will not be inducing for size alone ... so unless I have to be induced due to low amniotic fluid as well (which is what they are expecting will happen with my mature placenta) I am going to have a LARGE baby! I hate all this uncertainty regarding when this baby will actually come - but I'm happy and relieved to know the doctors are watching him closely and everything is still perfect so far. The specialist thinks I'll make it to "term", meaning 37 weeks - but that is only 3 weeks away! Ah! Now we just wait and see.

Today after church @ 34 weeks pregnant:

Our last trip before little one arrives....

Last weekend we got to go to Washington for our last trip before this baby arrives. It was lots of fun (and relaxing) but I will add that I will NOT be traveling that late in pregnancy ever again. The plane ride SUCKED bad ... like real bad. My back pain is already an issue - and sitting in an uncomfortable plane seat did not help. The ride back was definitely better than the ride there, since we left Thursday night and I had already been sitting at my desk all day before the trip - that didn't exactly help. On the ride back, I hadn't been sitting all day already so it was a tad easier, but still not wonderful.

It rained pretty much all weekend - which was nice and expected. Saturday my mom, Will and I headed to the tulip farm in Woodburn, Oregon. It was the last weekend of the festival - but the colors were still pretty vibrant. We were able to see which tulips actually last and which ones don't. Surprisingly, it was still quite colorful. And I was worried considering I didn't have a coat with a hood, and I had just straightened my hair that morning! It rained hard the entire drive there - but wasn't raining at all once we got there and it wasn't muddy at all luckily! (Thank goodness for my hair).

The tulip festival was the only time all weekend I took any photos - and they were all iPhone photos. Friday night we got to go with my parents and 2 brothers/sister-in-laws and my aunt and uncle to dinner at the Skamania Lodge. It was seriously delish! They have a seafood buffet every Friday night - and we ate and ate. It was awesome.

The entire weekend pretty much consisted of sleep and food - which was amazing! Burgerville, Montage, Who Song & Larry's, Skamania Lodge, Carol's Corner, etc. Yum yum! Just what a preggo lady needs! :)

Sunday - Mother's Day - we went to church with my parents, then my mom hosted an extended family dinner at their house that night. It was nice to be able to see a good chunk of my extended family....again, with more delicious food.

We had a great trip and were grateful for my parents letting us come visit. Next time we see them they'll be coming here to see the little guy!

Happy Birthday Will!!

This is almost two weeks late - but on May 2nd, we celebrated Will's 26th birthday! The Friday before Will's parents treated us to dinner at Red Lobster (the usual pick by Will for his birthday) then on the actual Monday after work - he got to pick wherever he wanted for me to take him out ..... and he chose Red Robin. We usually go to Red Robin at least monthly, so this was quite a surprise that he chose RR for his special day. At least it was cheap! : )

We both had to work on Will's birthday - so it was a pretty low-key day in general. We went to work, then after went to dinner - then we came home to homemade cake shared with his mom and sister. I love Will - he is so easy to please. I asked him where he wanted his cake from, and he just wanted a simple homemade cake, topped with cherries (same as last year).

We were supposed to go see Fast Five after having cake - but we were too tired ... so the next day we went to see Fast Five to further celebrate his birthday. Good movie!

I kept reminding the lucky birthday boy to enjoy his day, because this will be his last childless birthday. Birthdays will probably be a bit different from here on out.

I was so happy to share in my hubby's special day. I love you, Will!