Before I tell you all about the baby shower, I want to send a very special congratulations to my dear friend Lindsay who welcomed her adorable baby boy, Graham Matthew, into the world on Friday night. I got word of his arrival following the shower and the whole family is doing well. Those of you who read this regularly have seen Lindsay and I taking our bump pics together for the past couple of months and now Lindsay is officially a mommy! I have to say that this news has seriously rocked my world because it makes this whole process that much more real. I'm starting to really freak out about labor and delivery now, but since there isn't much that I can do about it (this little boy has to come out, so worrying isn't going to help anything, right?) I'm trying to remain calm. For some reason, Lindsay having her baby home with her has made it really hit me that we are going to have a real, live baby of our own really soon. Craziness!
So the shower this weekend was absolutely beautiful! My friends Jennifer and Tracy hosted the shower and I felt so special and loved. There were almost 20 guests in attendance, and it was so nice to have so many of the people from the different aspects of my life (family, friends from bible study, friends from my BDO days, friends from First Research and neighbors) together in one room. I'll try to post some pictures here shortly.
The food was delicious! The shower started at 11:00 so there was a yummy breakfast casserole, several different small sandwiches, assorted fruit, BLT dip, a sweet dip with graham crackers, lemonade iced tea, orange juice, and even mimosas. It was a fabulous spread! The cake was elephant themed and it matched the invitations exactly. These girls know how to put together a well coordinated event!
I was once again overwhelmed by the kindness and generosity of everybody. We got so many wonderful things for Ethan - a bathtub and bath books from Allie, a food themed goodie bag (bowls, bibs, spoons and bottles) from Rebecca, an elephant quilt from Carolyn, a bag of necessities from Carrie (including onesies, a rubber duckie, butt paste, diapers, wipes, soap and lotion), a beautiful picture frame and footprint stamp frame from Dawn, a basket of goodies from Angie (including a personalized Ethan bib, board book, toys, bibs, adorable bath robe and stroller toys), a crib aquarium from Maria, gingham towel and washcloths and nursing pads from Amy, some sleepers from my mom, a stuffed bunny rabbit (Lindsay would be so proud!) and board books and a scrapbook from Laura, personalized fun from Alli - an Ethan monkey lovie, an Ethan dot blanket and a Daddy's caddy golf striped bib, Renae gave us some useful items including snack cups, wipes, a portable placemat, pacifiers and clip, car kick mats and some cute items including Janie & Jack (my favorite store!) overalls and quilted pajamas, a polo onesie and matching hat from Erin, fun toys including wrist wrattles, take along tunes, Lamaze peacock toy and dinosour onesies and Guns N Roses rockabye CD from Claire, baby monitors from Chris, diaper cake full of goodies and diaper bag from Tracy & Jennifer, and personalized Ethan sports taggies and elephant diaper cake from Melissa. Whew - it was so much and we so appreciate everybody helping us to welcome this little guy in style!
I'll try to post some pictures here in a few minutes. It was such a special weekend and I'm so sad that it's over now. I was really emotional when my mom and sister left to drive back to Raleigh because I realized that the next time I see them I might be a mommy myself. Hopefully we'll get another visit before Ethan comes, but there's a good chance I won't see them again until he's here. Yikes!!!!!!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Mid-Week Update
Since my family is going to be in town this weekend and I have a baby shower coming up (so excited!) I'm not exactly sure when I'll get the 33 week update posted so I thought I would go ahead and post a mid-week update. Last night Patrick and I had our final childbirth preparation class. This one was much more informative than previous sessions as we went through all the different medical interventions that might be necessary during the birth process. We watched a video about an epidural (I'm pretty sure I'll be having one of those unless something happens that prevents me from being able to get one) and learned all about a myriad of things that can go wrong and what procedures the doctors perform to address the different situtations. We also learned a lot about c-sections. Hopefully I won't have to go that route, but if I do at least I feel a lot more informed about the process. The funniest part of class was when the guys had to get into delivery position and practice the technique to effectively push out the baby while the girls served as their coaches. The best part was when the instructor told the guys they had to grunt and make noise through their pushes - I could not stop laughing. Just picture my husband in this scenario and you might crack up too! I'm not sure that there is a graceful way to do all of this, so I'm hoping that Patrick will be overcome by the miracle of our little boy and not remember me in this most compromising position!
Earlier today I went to the dentist to have my filling repaired. Having dental work done while 32 weeks pregnant is not an ideal situation, let me tell you. It started off okay when they began to numb my mouth, but while I was laying back waiting for the numbing to take effect I could feel my blood pressure dropping and I started sweating profusely. When the dental assistant returned I quickly asked for directions to the restroom to splash some water on my face. After that I felt completely fine, so I think it happened simply because I was laying on my back for so long (and evidently that is not an ideal position during pregnancy because it cuts off blood supply or air flow or something like that - if only I could actually remember the real reason!) While my dentist was drilling Ethan decided to respond with swift kicks in my abdomen and rib cage. Every time there was a loud noise he responded. I'm not sure if he was scared of the noise or thought that it was time to party! It was not fun, but I'm glad to have it over with. My dentist did say that it was smart to come in now because leaving that hole for the next two months would have more than likely caused me to need a root canal and a crown on the tooth down the road instead of the much more manageable filling repair. It's all fixed up now and Ethan has calmed down considerably. Fingers crossed I won't need any additional dental work between now and the time Ethan arrives!
Our little Rocky turned 2 this week as well. I'll have to post some pictures of his birthday festivities. He is definitely still a baby and loves to be carried around and cuddled all the time. I'm not sure if it's because we've always babied him or if this is his natural disposition, but he is an absolute sweetheart and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. Caddy loves having this playful guy around and they are best buds. (Spot and Holly are best friends and generally steer clear of this crazy pair.) He's been terrified of all the thunderstorms that have been rolling through here the past couple of days, so I've been doing my best to take excellent care of the "baby man."
Well, that's about it from here so far this week. I'll do my best to keep updating in a timely manner, and hopefully the rest of this week will be fairly uneventful.
Earlier today I went to the dentist to have my filling repaired. Having dental work done while 32 weeks pregnant is not an ideal situation, let me tell you. It started off okay when they began to numb my mouth, but while I was laying back waiting for the numbing to take effect I could feel my blood pressure dropping and I started sweating profusely. When the dental assistant returned I quickly asked for directions to the restroom to splash some water on my face. After that I felt completely fine, so I think it happened simply because I was laying on my back for so long (and evidently that is not an ideal position during pregnancy because it cuts off blood supply or air flow or something like that - if only I could actually remember the real reason!) While my dentist was drilling Ethan decided to respond with swift kicks in my abdomen and rib cage. Every time there was a loud noise he responded. I'm not sure if he was scared of the noise or thought that it was time to party! It was not fun, but I'm glad to have it over with. My dentist did say that it was smart to come in now because leaving that hole for the next two months would have more than likely caused me to need a root canal and a crown on the tooth down the road instead of the much more manageable filling repair. It's all fixed up now and Ethan has calmed down considerably. Fingers crossed I won't need any additional dental work between now and the time Ethan arrives!
Our little Rocky turned 2 this week as well. I'll have to post some pictures of his birthday festivities. He is definitely still a baby and loves to be carried around and cuddled all the time. I'm not sure if it's because we've always babied him or if this is his natural disposition, but he is an absolute sweetheart and we are so lucky to have him in our lives. Caddy loves having this playful guy around and they are best buds. (Spot and Holly are best friends and generally steer clear of this crazy pair.) He's been terrified of all the thunderstorms that have been rolling through here the past couple of days, so I've been doing my best to take excellent care of the "baby man."
Well, that's about it from here so far this week. I'll do my best to keep updating in a timely manner, and hopefully the rest of this week will be fairly uneventful.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Week 32
Less than two months to go - can you believe it?! We had a doctor's appointment this past Friday and everything went well. All measurements and his heartbeat are normal, which is always a relief to hear. I am having a fairly uneventful pregnancy thus far, which is definitely a good thing.
Patrick and I started our childbirth classes this week as well. We didn't get a ton out of the first class, but I think that I would definitely be stressed out thinking about what we were missing if we didn't attend classes. The best part of the class (although I'm not sure how helpful this will actually be when the real time comes) was laying down on our blankets and pillows while the instructor went through a relaxation exercise. We had to envision ourselves on the beach while some soothing music played. I almost fell asleep! Of course, on the way home Patrick told me that instead of telling me to visualize myself on the beach he is going to talk about memorable Panthers plays, discuss the draft, and perhaps throw in some Duke basketball talk for good measure. While I am a huge sports fan, I'm not sure that is exactly what I'll need when the time comes. I'm a little nervous now... :) We also got to watch two birth videos. They weren't quite as gross as I thought they would be, but I'm glad to have them over with. In talking to a lot of the other expectant moms, I realized just how fortunate I've been to not have to deal with so many of the yucky pregnancy side effects that exist. One girl has had horrific heartburn and another has been dealing with a lot of swelling. I hope my good luck continues because they both sounded pretty miserable!
I did manage to do something pretty stupid this week. When I went in for my last regularly scheduled dental exam a few months ago, my dentist mentioned that I had an existing filling that was in need of repair but it was not an emergency or anything and it would be fine to wait until after the baby was born to have the filling repaired. Leave it to me to manage to break the filling this week and chip a hole in the top left corner of one of my molars! Fortunately it was only part of the filling that broke off and therefore I'm not in any real pain (aside from the cut in my tongue that has developed from hitting the now jagged edge of my tooth) since no nerves were exposed or anything. I got clearance from my doctor at Friday's appointment to go ahead and have the filling repaired now (it would be a long two months if I had to wait!) and so I'll go in on Wednesday to have this thing fixed. What a pain!
I have a baby shower this coming Saturday here in Charlotte and I am so excited to get to see everybody! My mom and sister are going to spend the weekend here with me so I'm really looking forward to having some quality time together too. I'll definitely post some pictures next week.
Here's the official word on week 32: "By now your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to a half of his birth weight during the next seven weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb."
Patrick and I started our childbirth classes this week as well. We didn't get a ton out of the first class, but I think that I would definitely be stressed out thinking about what we were missing if we didn't attend classes. The best part of the class (although I'm not sure how helpful this will actually be when the real time comes) was laying down on our blankets and pillows while the instructor went through a relaxation exercise. We had to envision ourselves on the beach while some soothing music played. I almost fell asleep! Of course, on the way home Patrick told me that instead of telling me to visualize myself on the beach he is going to talk about memorable Panthers plays, discuss the draft, and perhaps throw in some Duke basketball talk for good measure. While I am a huge sports fan, I'm not sure that is exactly what I'll need when the time comes. I'm a little nervous now... :) We also got to watch two birth videos. They weren't quite as gross as I thought they would be, but I'm glad to have them over with. In talking to a lot of the other expectant moms, I realized just how fortunate I've been to not have to deal with so many of the yucky pregnancy side effects that exist. One girl has had horrific heartburn and another has been dealing with a lot of swelling. I hope my good luck continues because they both sounded pretty miserable!
I did manage to do something pretty stupid this week. When I went in for my last regularly scheduled dental exam a few months ago, my dentist mentioned that I had an existing filling that was in need of repair but it was not an emergency or anything and it would be fine to wait until after the baby was born to have the filling repaired. Leave it to me to manage to break the filling this week and chip a hole in the top left corner of one of my molars! Fortunately it was only part of the filling that broke off and therefore I'm not in any real pain (aside from the cut in my tongue that has developed from hitting the now jagged edge of my tooth) since no nerves were exposed or anything. I got clearance from my doctor at Friday's appointment to go ahead and have the filling repaired now (it would be a long two months if I had to wait!) and so I'll go in on Wednesday to have this thing fixed. What a pain!
I have a baby shower this coming Saturday here in Charlotte and I am so excited to get to see everybody! My mom and sister are going to spend the weekend here with me so I'm really looking forward to having some quality time together too. I'll definitely post some pictures next week.
Here's the official word on week 32: "By now your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to a half of his birth weight during the next seven weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb."
Friday, May 28, 2010
Breakfast Event
Okay, so I know that I promised to use this blog to keep the outside world updated on all things baby, but I need to take a break today and vent about a most unpleasant experience from this morning that really bugged me. Let me preface this by saying that mean people really do suck!
Following our uneventful doctor's appointment this morning, Patrick and I drove across the street to have a quick breakfast together at Chick-fil-A. We've made this kind of a tradition following each appointment, and have even gotten to know a few of the very kind and friendly people working there. (I truly heart Chick-fil-A - I could probably write an entire blog post about just how much I love this place, its people, its food, its corporate culture, etc.) But I digress...
So Patrick and I park our car in a space directly opposite from the entrance, and there is a line of cars for the drive thru wrapped around the building. (This fact will become important in just a minute.) We cross over the regular lane for traffic when this van comes careening towards us in the drive thru lane. No, she does not stop for pedestrians who I thought should get the right of way, nor does she seem to care that there is a car directly in front of her so she's not really going to get much past the entrance door anyway. (Plus, we were actually proceeding before her approach, but I'll let that point pass for now.) I look up in shock, and Patrick and I then proceed to continue our trek in front of her van and into the restaurant. At this point I hear a loud "I'm sorry" and turn around because I thought she was talking to us for almost running us down. Oh no, that would require a little class. What I see is a morbidly obese woman (which ordinarily I wouldn't pass judgement on, but this woman does not deserve such an exemption) with her cell phone in one hand and a large cigarette dangling between her fingers in the other hand with all her windows rolled down. She then proceeds to LOUDLY tell the person on the other end of the phone conversation, "I'm sorry, these idiots think they are too good to walk behind my car!" Ummm, excuse me??? She was at this point parked directly in front of the entrance to the restaurant so we had to either divert ourselves in front of her or redirect ourselves behind her car and never in a million years have I seen someone behave like this. What an absolute loser! What really gets me about this, is that I make a point to be friendly to everybody around, and even engaged the cashier in a conversation about his upcoming vacation. There's a sweet older man who we see all the time too, who recognized us and usually asks how the appointment went. I am not used to being disliked by strangers, so this definitely rattled me.
So, that was my vent for today. I could have engaged this woman with a really mean retort about how nasty I think smoking is, or how in her morbidly obese state she probably shouldn't be opting for fast food for breakfast (and I do realize that in my large pregnant state that would be the pot calling the kettle black) but instead I just shook my head and went inside hoping against hope that one day she sees the error of her extremely rude ways. Oh, and maybe hoping just a little that somebody rear ended her on the way home :)
Following our uneventful doctor's appointment this morning, Patrick and I drove across the street to have a quick breakfast together at Chick-fil-A. We've made this kind of a tradition following each appointment, and have even gotten to know a few of the very kind and friendly people working there. (I truly heart Chick-fil-A - I could probably write an entire blog post about just how much I love this place, its people, its food, its corporate culture, etc.) But I digress...
So Patrick and I park our car in a space directly opposite from the entrance, and there is a line of cars for the drive thru wrapped around the building. (This fact will become important in just a minute.) We cross over the regular lane for traffic when this van comes careening towards us in the drive thru lane. No, she does not stop for pedestrians who I thought should get the right of way, nor does she seem to care that there is a car directly in front of her so she's not really going to get much past the entrance door anyway. (Plus, we were actually proceeding before her approach, but I'll let that point pass for now.) I look up in shock, and Patrick and I then proceed to continue our trek in front of her van and into the restaurant. At this point I hear a loud "I'm sorry" and turn around because I thought she was talking to us for almost running us down. Oh no, that would require a little class. What I see is a morbidly obese woman (which ordinarily I wouldn't pass judgement on, but this woman does not deserve such an exemption) with her cell phone in one hand and a large cigarette dangling between her fingers in the other hand with all her windows rolled down. She then proceeds to LOUDLY tell the person on the other end of the phone conversation, "I'm sorry, these idiots think they are too good to walk behind my car!" Ummm, excuse me??? She was at this point parked directly in front of the entrance to the restaurant so we had to either divert ourselves in front of her or redirect ourselves behind her car and never in a million years have I seen someone behave like this. What an absolute loser! What really gets me about this, is that I make a point to be friendly to everybody around, and even engaged the cashier in a conversation about his upcoming vacation. There's a sweet older man who we see all the time too, who recognized us and usually asks how the appointment went. I am not used to being disliked by strangers, so this definitely rattled me.
So, that was my vent for today. I could have engaged this woman with a really mean retort about how nasty I think smoking is, or how in her morbidly obese state she probably shouldn't be opting for fast food for breakfast (and I do realize that in my large pregnant state that would be the pot calling the kettle black) but instead I just shook my head and went inside hoping against hope that one day she sees the error of her extremely rude ways. Oh, and maybe hoping just a little that somebody rear ended her on the way home :)
Monday, May 24, 2010
Week 31
This has been a fairly uneventful week compared to last week. We've been working some in the nursery to get everything organized and I am proud to announce that everything is put away in its place and the chaos that you saw in last week's post is no more. We also got the curtains and wooden letters up on the wall (pictures below.) There's still a lot to do to get it all ready, but it is definite progress. We've also been working on assembling a few baby related items. Below are some pictures of Patrick putting together the stroller. What a project! He did have some tiny little helpers, but I think they only slowed everything down. Poor kitties! They were really involved at first though. We also got the high chair assembled, but alas I didn't take any pictures of that endeavor. Aside from starting to get these kinds of things ready for Ethan's arrival, it has been a pretty quiet week.
Ethan has become much more active during the days and he moves around a lot. It's really kind of gross, but my stomach is visibly moving a lot in the afternoons now. Fortunately only Patrick has seen it do that (that I'm aware of anyway!) but it still kind of freaks me out. I'm glad to know that he's doing well in there, but watching your stomach move all on its own is a strange, strange thing. Patrick called me "Jiffy Pop" the other day!
Notice all of the kitty "helpers" that got involved in the assembly of the stroller 
Patrick was really serious...I couldn't get him to pose! 
Now only Holly is left to help her daddy 
The wheels are still on the floor! 
Finally...a fully functioning stroller 
The curtains and curtain rod are up in the nursery 
Ethan has become much more active during the days and he moves around a lot. It's really kind of gross, but my stomach is visibly moving a lot in the afternoons now. Fortunately only Patrick has seen it do that (that I'm aware of anyway!) but it still kind of freaks me out. I'm glad to know that he's doing well in there, but watching your stomach move all on its own is a strange, strange thing. Patrick called me "Jiffy Pop" the other day!
We start our childbirth classes this week. I'm not sure how I feel about attending though. I know in theory it is much better to be prepared and know what to expect, but I think I'm only going to stress out about everything that we learn. When the time comes for Ethan to arrive I'll have no choice but to power through it, so I think ignorance may be bliss in this case. I'll let you know how it all goes!
Notice all of the kitty "helpers" that got involved in the assembly of the stroller
Patrick was really serious...I couldn't get him to pose!
Now only Holly is left to help her daddy
The wheels are still on the floor!
Finally...a fully functioning stroller
The curtains and curtain rod are up in the nursery
The wooden letters for one wall of the nursery (his crib will eventually go in the space underneath, but since we don't have it home yet the pack n play is serving as a place holder for the time being)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Baby Shower in Cary - Some Pictures
The cake - it matches our nursery theme!
The presents - everybody was so generous and it was definitely overwhelming
The flowers and party favors (Lindsay made the chocolate covered pretzels herself...she should start a business because they were beautiful and everybody kept asking her where she bought them!)
My sister Carolyn, my cousin Suzanne and me posing
Family pic - Carolyn, mom, me and Aunt Susie looking on
Sigma Kappa girls - me, Tracey, Meredith, Sarah
Cookie jar toy from Bethany - the toys kept us entertained for hours later that night
Boppy from Jennifer (I had tried explaining what this was to my mom before so it was nice to be able to show her what this actually is!)
Ethan's original nickname "Peanut" on a personalized onesie from Carolyn
Personalized taggie from Sarah
Sorority family pic - Tracey, me, Sarah and introducing Mary Grace (how cute are her socks?!)
The bump pic - me (30 weeks) and Lindsay (36 weeks)
The nursery is officially a disaster - how will we ever organize all of this?!Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Baby Shower in Cary
What an absolutely wonderful weekend! The baby shower was held this past weekend and I'm going to do my best to describe everything that was there. I gave my camera to my cousin Suzanne to capture different moments during the shower, and I'll try to post some of the pictures here shortly as well.
The baby shower was so much more than I ever could have imagined, and Carolyn, Lindsay and Sarah really went out of their way to make this the most perfect event. The shower was held at Biaggi's restaurant in Cary, which is the same place Patrick and I had our rehearsal dinner before our wedding four years ago. The room was beautiful and the girls decorated it with flowers and balloons. Lindsay made the party favors which were chocolate covered pretzel sticks and she could really start a side business selling them because everybody wanted to know where she got them. We were treated to Biaggi's always exceptional food and then the cake came from Blue Moon Bakery. It was so cute - it matched our nursery theme with an elephant on top and the colors matched exactly as well.
It was really nice to have a shower full of close family and friends. In attendance were my sister Carolyn, my mom, my mother-in-law Chris, my sister-in-law Stacy, my Aunt Susie, my cousin Suzanne, my big sister from the sorority Sarah, my grandbig sister from the sorority Tracey, my good friend from college Lindsay, my good friend from college Meredith, my former co-worker and friend Susan, my mom's best friend Jennie, my mom's oldest friend Nancy and me. We had a great time!
When we sat down the hostesses passed around a bottle full of M&Ms and we had to guess how many were actually in the bottle. I was feeling pretty confident about my guess, until the winner was announced...Susan guessed 310 and there were actually 305! She works a lot of trade shows and evidently that experience has paid off because she was so close to the actual number. Sarah then very casually (ha!) picked up a basket full of baby goodies that had been sitting next to the cake on the cake table and walked around the table where we were all seated with it in her arms. (She was super subtle - just kidding!) We then all had a piece of paper on which we had to jot down as many items from the basket as we could remember. Susan's trade show experience came in handy yet again because she won that game as well. I think Tracey was a close second in that game.
After we ate an amazing lunch, it was time for presents. All I can say is wow - everybody was so generous and I cannot believe all the things that were given to our little guy. He has a room full of goodies already, and he's not even here yet! I'll post pictures of some of the gifts when I post the pictures separately, but it was truly overwhelming. While I was opening gifts, every guest was given a bingo card with various baby items listed and if I opened a gift with the item they could mark the appropriate square. Stacy came up as the big winner in that game. After games it was time for cake (yummy - it was so good!) and then it was time to try to load all the gifts up into my car. Believe it or not, I was able to get everything home to Charlotte but seeing through my back window was a challenge throughout the drive.
It was so nice to be able to celebrate Ethan with this wonderful group and it meant so much to be able to spend such a wonderful afternoon together. It makes it seem that much more real that Ethan really is going to be here before I know it. Yikes!!
The baby shower was so much more than I ever could have imagined, and Carolyn, Lindsay and Sarah really went out of their way to make this the most perfect event. The shower was held at Biaggi's restaurant in Cary, which is the same place Patrick and I had our rehearsal dinner before our wedding four years ago. The room was beautiful and the girls decorated it with flowers and balloons. Lindsay made the party favors which were chocolate covered pretzel sticks and she could really start a side business selling them because everybody wanted to know where she got them. We were treated to Biaggi's always exceptional food and then the cake came from Blue Moon Bakery. It was so cute - it matched our nursery theme with an elephant on top and the colors matched exactly as well.
It was really nice to have a shower full of close family and friends. In attendance were my sister Carolyn, my mom, my mother-in-law Chris, my sister-in-law Stacy, my Aunt Susie, my cousin Suzanne, my big sister from the sorority Sarah, my grandbig sister from the sorority Tracey, my good friend from college Lindsay, my good friend from college Meredith, my former co-worker and friend Susan, my mom's best friend Jennie, my mom's oldest friend Nancy and me. We had a great time!
When we sat down the hostesses passed around a bottle full of M&Ms and we had to guess how many were actually in the bottle. I was feeling pretty confident about my guess, until the winner was announced...Susan guessed 310 and there were actually 305! She works a lot of trade shows and evidently that experience has paid off because she was so close to the actual number. Sarah then very casually (ha!) picked up a basket full of baby goodies that had been sitting next to the cake on the cake table and walked around the table where we were all seated with it in her arms. (She was super subtle - just kidding!) We then all had a piece of paper on which we had to jot down as many items from the basket as we could remember. Susan's trade show experience came in handy yet again because she won that game as well. I think Tracey was a close second in that game.
After we ate an amazing lunch, it was time for presents. All I can say is wow - everybody was so generous and I cannot believe all the things that were given to our little guy. He has a room full of goodies already, and he's not even here yet! I'll post pictures of some of the gifts when I post the pictures separately, but it was truly overwhelming. While I was opening gifts, every guest was given a bingo card with various baby items listed and if I opened a gift with the item they could mark the appropriate square. Stacy came up as the big winner in that game. After games it was time for cake (yummy - it was so good!) and then it was time to try to load all the gifts up into my car. Believe it or not, I was able to get everything home to Charlotte but seeing through my back window was a challenge throughout the drive.
It was so nice to be able to celebrate Ethan with this wonderful group and it meant so much to be able to spend such a wonderful afternoon together. It makes it seem that much more real that Ethan really is going to be here before I know it. Yikes!!
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