Running Out of Space

For those of you who know me, you know I like to have things in order and be neat. After my baby shower I had a ton of baby stuff all throughout our small two bedroom apartment and could not figure out what to do with it. Finally after a couple days of living with a changing pad on the kitchen table and bags and boxes everywhere I decided the guest bathtub was the best solution. I have piled all that I can in there (minus the stroller and the pack n' play). I can't wait to move into the three bedroom apartment so that we can actually put the babies stuff in his room versus the bath. Good news we should be able to move a couple weeks early so we will be getting into the three bedroom in the next couple weeks! Yah Hoo!

Here is a snapshot of what is hiding behind our shower curtain...look closely.

Higgins has decided that one of his favorite places to sleep is in with the baby stuff. He climbs into this white bag that is full of tissue paper (covering towels and blankets) that resides in the carseat. It took awhile to find him the first time but now when we don't see him it is a good bet he is in his spot. I sure hope the baby likes cats and that the cats like the baby.

Baby Shower

I had a fantastic baby shower on Saturday June 13th in Alger. I was so impressed with my friends traveling so far to make it that I felt truly honored. It was great weather, great food and great company. Thank you all for making the day so much better than I had even anticipated. I was bad in the picture arena but luckily Auntie Lorie snapped a couple.

Opening a portable baby swing and cute little stuffed teddy bear/blanket that reminds me of my childhood bunny that I couldn't part with. Grandma and Graham new what they were doing when they picked this out.

Sorry, one of the few photos of others...Jen, Grandma, Kristen and Gabriel. Note the cute decorations and wonderful garden setting.

Mama Lainie and Papa John know I like hunting for all kinds of things so they set up a great scavenger hunt with orienteering. I didn't show off my skills with the compass as well as I would have liked but found the wonderful gift at the end eventually.

Thanks Wendy for planning and everyone for attending - it was great.

Joys of Pregnancy...#2

Trying to get comfortable by building a castle of pillows so I could finally lie on my stomach. This worked for a short amount of time.

I was not going to post this picture for anyone to see - ever. But after going through all this work to even figure out how to get my photos saved so that I can use them I changed my mind. At some point I may actually enjoy seeing this picture, not yet. I am glad my CNM (nurse/midwife) gave me a suggestion of using a towel or small blanket under my belly when lying down. It has helped so that the past couple of nights I have actually been able to stay in bed and only wake up 2-3 times instead of getting up contstantly and finally just moving to the couch. Oh and for those who are curious, I am cheating and editing the date of the post to more acurately reflect the day of the picture or event since I have not been great about keeping up.

Practicing...

Higgins and Dad trying out the baby sling.

Higgins was really quite content for a long time. And yes, I plan to wash the sling again before the baby actually arrives.

State Golf Championships!

Well congrats to the BHS Red Raiders. I just spent a wonderful four days with our golf team at the state tournament. We took third last year as a team (after having won the previous six years) and so the team was really looking to bring that title back home. We qualified five girls to the first day of the tourney and while three moved on to the second day, we had one girl miss the cut by one stroke (for those golfers out there...one stroke, think of all the shots you wish you could get back in a round for just one lousy stroke). Another of our golfers struggled day one and amazing enough if it wasn't for one terrible hole would have been able to qualify for day 2.

The second day of state brought a bit more tension as day 2 is where the team title is determined. Our number one golfer had an excellent round being focused and poised from the get go to shoot even par and win the state title for the second year in a row, not an easy accomplishment. Our number 2 girl continued to struggle a bit and managed to shoot an 82 even with 7 three putts to end up in 7th place for the tourney and our third golfer came back from two tough holes on the front nine to shoot a 96 for 24th place.

It ended up being enough and while the head coach and I were pretty confident the team had won another title it was fun watching our girls squirm and sweat it out during the awards. Sure enough when they heard they were not the second place team they put two and two together and figured out they were in fact the state champions.

What a great week for the team!

The joys of pregnancy...#1

Some people mention how pregnancy is just amazing and they love every moment of it. I am beginning to think these people are crazy, or just forgot what it was really like. Between the trouble sleeping (getting comfortable), the leg cramps, the bloody gums - welcome pregnancy granuloma, and having most everyone look at me with questioning eyes asking again "when are you due," and implying that I am going to pop anyday has left me ready for this child to be born.

The good news, I enjoy feeling little Aloysius kick and move around, I am also thankful that for the most part the baby weight has gone straight to the belly versus just smooshing around every other part of my body. The bad news, I still am a week away from officially entering the third trimester! Yes, I know I get to be pregnnat through the entire hot summer (as many, many people have reminded me of). I am looking at investing a kiddie pool for the patio and signing up to be at the pool as much as possible - that is if I can get even a pregnancy swim suit to fit. I would imagine there may be a few more posts in the coming months with more about my joys of pregnancy.

Senior Prom

Well, not every married couple gets to experience the joy that is senior prom :-). I have been a class advisor at BHS for three years and have gotten to help coordinate and chaperone prom for three years in a row. Jeremy has been a great sport about it and gives up an evening every spring to help. The photographers finally encouraged us last year to take advantage of the free chaperone pictures so here is the latest photo! We thought it fitting that the theme was "The Best is Yet to Come" with a protruding belly, we certainly do feel that the best is awaiting us.