shower at the silvers

I'm having trouble uploading photos of the present un-wrapping...they're coming in at a huge size, so here are some tiny tiny thumbnails. Sorry.

I had a truly terrific time seeing family friends, my mom's family and both sides of Dennis' family.

Special special thanks to Ellorie, Cheryl (Ell's mother-in-law) and my mom for hosting the shower - Cheryl especially for making so many delectable treats.

Dennis and I had a great time hanging out for the weekend. We got to play a  little Rock Band with Jane and Morgan, had breakfast with Cheryl and Lew and stopped by Ikea to get the baby's dresser (seen earlier in the blog).

recap, baby shower #1

Some images from the first baby shower, held in Michigan for my dad's side of the family. Hosted by my Aunt Nancy.

weekend escapades

We went to Michigan last weekend for baby shower #2, for my mom's family, both sides of Dennis' family, and family friends that all live in Michigan.

I did an abysmal job of taking photos. Really. 

Here we are on the way up.

I took no pictures at the shower...so I'll post some when I get them from others.

We bought a dresser for the baby's room while we were up there. I love Ikea!

Assembly went well. We only dinged the dresser in one place - it was my fault, and, unfortunately, it was right on the front. Oh well. I'm sure the dresser will see much more action to come.

We also got drawer organizers at Ikea and another Spoka light. Here they are together.

The lights turn on and off when you push on their head. And they're portable like a flashlight, but they recharge when you plug them into the wall. Amazing! 

AND - they match the curtains!

Dandy decided that the dresser was just a stair for him to get onto a new windowsill.

That's all for now!

AHHHH!

My stomach itches! It just gets worse and worse and worse.

ARGH!

more nursery photos

New photos of the baby's room are here! I finished hanging the owl prints tonight.

the cats had a visitor

A friend came to see the cats the other morning. We've seen this one around the neighborhood. Once, I actually called Dennis after leaving for work to make sure that Mister Bungle hadn't gotten out after seeing this cat.

The neighbor cat was sitting about 4 inches away from our sliding glass door (outside). Dandy was chatting away, and Mister Bungle came into the bedroom to see what was going on. He went crazy and kept pawing at the glass.

weekly visits begin soon

We had another doctor appointment today. The baby is measuring right on date, and the heartbeat was a steady, and very strong, 130.

Next appointment is Monday, October 20 - the beginning of the weekly appointments. That will probably make it seem like the baby is REALLY coming. Right now I think we're still in the "sometime soon" state of mind...not really comprehending just how soon "soon" is.

We also had the tour of the hospital yesterday. There were 5 other couples with us. We started the tour on the labor/delivery/recovery floor (floor 6 for those who are counting). That floor also houses the NICU. The whole floor very much had a hospital smell to it. I'm going to see about bringing in some sort of non-offensive, not-too-strong, good-smelling thing. I just can't imagine smelling like that, and having all of my things smell like that...yuck!

We then moved up a floor (floor 7) to the postpartum area. I thought that we would be staying in the same room the whole time, so I was caught off guard and bummed when the nurse said that we would be moved to this other area 1-2 hours after delivering. However, the rooms were equally nice and less clinical. Also, floor 7 doesn't smell hospital-y. There are larger rooms that are first delivered-first served. I'm hoping for one of those as they have a larger pull-out bed and additional chairs, a table and generally more room to have visitors during visiting hours (10-10).

More on baby's room and applesauce soon!