My Aunt Sherrie, Cousin Stacy(from Washington state) and my Cousin Shelly threw me a baby shower. It was so nice of them! I had a lot of fun and they did a wonderful job! Baby girl got a lot of nice stuff, lots of clothes. It was great too because the sizes are quite spread out so i don't have to worry about trying to get her into every outfit she got! But i can't wait to dress her up!! I got some handmade stuff too! My Aunt Sherrie crocheted a baby blanket...it's so cute!! Little elephants and hearts!
Baby also got a hand knit hoodie from Great Grandma! It zips up the back, and i think it will fit once she's about 3 months, unless she's a little porker!! Here's the back and then the front!
Here are some more pictures from the festivities!
From the far left: Shelly(cousin and hostess), Great Aunt Barb, Marlene(my mom's cousin), Stephanie(My second Cousin), Jess is next but all you can see if her foot, Auntie Sandy.
Little giraffe from cousin Stacy in Washington.
Even though she's not here yet, this is definitely a spoiled and loved little girl! My family is so great! Thank you very much!!!
So Friday night we had a nice relaxing night in, we sat on the couch watching the Pittsburgh Vs. Detroit hockey game. It was a really really fun game to watch! Same teams that played last year in the finals, except this year, Pittsburgh won!!
The we got up on Saturday and droped Taquito off at the vet for his yearly exam. Then went to look at cars for Derek. There was nothing "wrong" with his car, we just figured it was time to replace his car with something a little newer. So we bought a 2008 Saturn Aura! They needed to fix the alignment on the car, so we drove off the lot wih a 2007 Impala...not as nice in my opinion! So hopefully on Monday Derek can go pick up his new car! Then while we waited on Taquito, we wandered around Hom Furniture looking at sectionals and dodging the sales reps. We capped our evening of with the Sorensens. Aaron and Erin came over for dinner, they brought steak and salmon. We had a nice time out on the patio, and pretty much went to bed after they left!
Sunday was a putzing around the house day. Derek cleaned the gutters and mowed, then we decided to plant. We went to Malmborg's, they had a 30% off sale on perennials and annuals. Never been there, but they were very helpful and had ALOT of selection! I will definitely be going back! The following are made possible by Leslie(my mother in-law, Thank you again Les!!!)
Our Vegetable
garden - We don't have enought sun in the back yard, so this is what we came up with!
Hostas - in front of the deck...the one plant has red in there, we call it our "Koi pla
The Back corner of the yard - We have a bleeding heart, hostas and Wax begonias
This is the flower box out front on the left side facing the house - We have White clips, wax begonias. The daylilies and creeping phlox we've had since last year.
The right flower bed - We have wax begonias, a few annuals, white clips.
So we have all the plants done that we're doing this year. We'll see hat all takes and if we have to replace any next year.
So here we are at 28 weeks! Into the third trimester we go! So weird to think we have about 84 days to go before the little miss is here!! Exciting, but kinda scary at the same time. She's very very active, constantly moving; bumping into me, kicking me,and her altime favorite...kciking mommy's bladder! Not the most comfortable thing.
Derek and I finally went to Star Trek at the theater today. I almost started bawling at the beginning. It was kinda sad! But Derek reassured me that he wasn't going to be in any type of infinite danger fighting off Romulans on his way into work. Very comfortng! :)
We went to Babies R Us again last night. About a week ago they had our stroller on sale for 40% off, and i had three $5 off coupons. So we got our $239.00 stroller for about $195. Well, they went and dropped the price again. So we took our receipt in and asked if we could get the new sale price including our $15 in baby rewards. The assistant manager did better than that!! He gave us the new price, minus the 40% and our $15...we got it for around $140. Hows that for watching the sales?! So then we went to JC Penneys for thier big sale, i got three nursing bras, a really cute outfit for my shower, Derek got a nice shirt and tie, three polos and a pair of shorts for a great price! We're on a roll!
Now we're just relaxing on a blah saturday, and Derek is playing his new video game on the Wii...Punch out. It's actually pretty fun to watch!
Here is our update courtesy of Baby Center.
Your pregnancy: 28 weeks
How your baby's growing:
By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She's also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.
