The Final shower

Sunday, May 2nd

hostesses were: Stephanie Wright Williams, Jennifer Wright Scholes, Lauren Wright, Caylin Wright, Jole Talasek Holchak, and Lizzie Dresner Strain.This shower was my family shower.

I had such great family surrounding me including Kay Cole, Mary Lou Birkner (AKA Aunt Goober), Quitta Coleman, Marla & Quinn Menard, Karen and Claudia Wright, GranSam (of course), my mom, sister, mother-in-law, and a few friends as well. It was so much fun. Stephanie opened her house to us (she sent her husband and I sent mine to play golf) while us girls partied! I received my pack n play, our swing, LOTS of baby clothes, an activity play center for Baby E and other great things. We devoured some vanilla cupcakes, had some "fun" punch, and really had an enjoyable time.

Friends, Family, and fun!

Saturday, April 24th

hostesses were: Madalene McRae, ShaVonne Pustejovsky Tracy, Mimi Bailey, Tamera Ewing, Reata Knieriemen, and Melisa Childers.

Shower was thrown at the lovely home of ShaVonne Tracy. I had lots of friends and family in attendance, and the food and cake was incredible! The hostesses also gave me our car seat as a gift, so now we can actually leave the hospital when Baby E arrives! We got our diaper genie and clothes and pacifiers and tons of great useful baby things. I really appreciate my friends and thank them all for doing such a knock-out job! It was a beautiful shower!

Who wants to change some diapers????

Saturday, April 17th.
Tammy Wissing, Caroline Wissing, Kelly Hernandez, Emily Masterson, and Elizabeth Mueller

This shower was a "couples" diaper shower at the amazing home of Kelly & Luis Hernandez. We registered for G Diapers (http://www.gdiapers.com/) so we had tons of diapers to bring home! The games were also a hit! The hostesses made the boys drink out of a bottle (let's just say Wayne and Matt did NOT win). Then Matt had to hit a pinata blindfolded. Although, Matt has a terrific left-handed swing, it did take him a while! Then everyone had to guess about our birth places, our favorite foods as kids, and other fun questions. It really was a fun party!

So, as you can imagine, we are feeling slightly overwhelmed with love and happiness from all of my wonderful family and friends God has blessed us with . What a problem, huh?! We really were showered with great wishes and good luck and incredible gifts. Let's just hope all these wonderful people are up for 2 am feedings!

28 weeks along....

Hello all! Haven't written in quite some time as luckily nothing is going on. Baby is kicking more and more, which I love, and the dr. says that's just fine.

I had my 28 week appt today (my last monthly appt) and also had my sugar test done. I had to drink a mini water bottle full of glucose juice (orange flavored) within 5 minutes and then wait an hr until they take some blood. They check for gestational diabetes (which I really don't think I have), but it's a formality.

My next appointments are every two weeks now, so I will be back April 13 for just a check-up. After the 34 week mark, I will have to go weekly. The baby will really be here before we know it!

My blood pressure was 120/70 and baby's heartbeat today (he/she must have been snoozing) was 143. Baby definitely woke up after the sugar drink. I finally felt some hiccups as well. That was a really cool feeling.

Hope everyone is doing well. Pretty soon, we will all know what I have brewing in here...boy or girl. Happy Easter everyone!!!

Love, Lindsey + Baby E.

Crib

The changing table.

The twin bed for whoever wants to come help in the middle of the night!

Baby room pictures

We have in only 4 days, set up all the furniture for the nursery. Matt was so great to get everything up so quickly. I am so excited! Our crib and changing table were both in boxes for over a month and sat in the living room until we could get an old desk out and the carpet cleaned. Those were the first two things up. This past Sunday, we went to my parents' house to get a twin bed they are loaning us, which is just wonderful! That was up on Sunday. And today, an armoire was delivered, so everything looks great. It's all white furniture and really pops against the buttery yellow walls. The nursery does need some TLC with wall hangings, a rug, etc, but that will come with time.

Our bedding is being sewn as we speak, but we don't know if it's blue or pink. We had our ultrasound tech write down the sex of the baby and the dr's office mailed it in to Baby' First Furniture, who put in the order (I had already picked out fabric for a both and fabric for a girl). So, there will be pink or blue in that room eventually. It's just going to have to wait until the baby comes. I also hope to put his or her name above the crib, but again...we will have to be patient. It's a lot of fun not knowing, but it sure does make it hard to plan! It's definitely worth the wait, I think!

Halfway there!!!

So, we had a WONDERFUL 20 week appt. The dr. had mentioned it would be a great one to bring GranSam to, so I immediately asked her to join after one of my previous appointments. Among the "I wanna go too" clan, Matt (he is a given), Taryn, and my mom also joined in on the fun! We had a wonderful experience. I went into the room alone, thinking they were going to draw blood and do the regular things they usually do, but then was escorted into the ultrasound room. The lady got the wand ready and I didn't realize she was going to do this without my team who was sitting in the waiting room. I explained my need to have my supporters in there, but she seemed a bit irritated that I was going to have an audience. I persisted and finally the troops came in. I felt so relieved!

So, they all gathered round and watched the wand show them our banana. Baby is already one pound and has muscles like his or her daddy! The ultrasound tech couldn't get over the strength the baby has and how active he/she already is. We saw a nose, arms, legs, feet, hands, eyes, lips and chin. It was an amazing experience and I truly enjoyed each second. Matt got it all on video and I am happy that we are able to go back and see it all over again anytime we want. She printed out pictures, we passed them around, and of course, emailed them to family that was not in attendance.

So, now I think it's a boy and most seem to agree. Taryn, unfortunately, is saddened that she may not be getting the niece that she so badly wants. Maybe next one, T. We of course are only guessing, as we didn't see any "proof" but the suspense is too much fun.

My next appt is in a month, no pictures on this one, but probably just an exam to see my growth and maybe hear a heartbeat. Dad is the next one to go to an ultrasound. He seems excited and I am as well. Should be fun (the next ultrasound is around 34 weeks). Until next time all, thanks for all of your support. This has, thus far, been a very very fun and memorable experience.