33 Weeks - Shower Time!!

Hi Everyone!

     Another week down!! I can't believe it!  This past weekend, we had our baby shower, and anyone reading this who is not already in my family ... I will take this moment to apologize to you.  We've been lucky enough to have been granted the best families in the world ... so ... sorry ... someone has to have the best family, and it's us :)

In all seriousness, Dave and I are so overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and generosity that we have experienced this entire pregnancy ... but this shower really threw us over the edge! 

My mom made homemade limoncello as a favor to the guests.  The bottles had little poems on them that read:

                               "This limoncello is great, for sure,
                                But as Baby Rodger, it must endure,
                                A baking -- per se, in order to cure,
                                Don't taste until the birth, be sure!"

Hopefully, everyone can have a celebratory drink on us when the baby is born!

A HUGE thank you goes out to my Aunt Julie and Uncle Bo who opened their beautiful home to us for the shower.  Everyone was comfortable, and the setting was gorgeous.  Also, to my sister in law, Nicole, who arranged the flowers and carved an AWESOME fruit bowl ... picture below!


But to me, the funniest thing, was that we got a number of cards made out to "Lisa, Dave, and BOB!"

Here are some pictures from our great day:

The Beautiful Tables:

The Homemade Limoncello Favors and an Example of the Flowers:

The Before Shot:

The Aftermath!:

Look at all of the adorable clothes!!!!

Me and Mom ... she did so much to pull this together!!!  xoxo

                                                  The Awesome Fruit Bowl:

Before the shower, I felt like I couldn't quite invest in baby preparations.  We weren't sure what we needed (and arguably as important, what we DIDN'T need!), and with the house recently going on the market, our main focus was getting things out of the house, not purchasing new things!  Our plan was to wait until after the shower to begin our baby shopping. Well ... LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!!

I am so excited to buy little outfits, and things for Bob's nursery.  Right now, the nursery looks very staged, but little by little we intend to warm it up.  We are waiting on our changing table to come in, and we are going to go with a blue/white/red theme!  I even found this adorable Red Sox storage box that I've become obsessed with:

Once the room is done, I will be sure to share pictures.  I think you'll all like them, or at least, I hope you do!

In other news, we had our 33 week doctors appointment this week.  We had a lot of questions for our doctor now that we've had our birthing class about the labor process, medications, etc.  She was able to answer everything for us, and at this point I'm feeling pretty good about the next 6+ weeks!

This week, Bob is the size of a durian!  Ok, everyone together now .... "What the 'bleep' is a durian?" ... I have no idea.  Here's what it looks like:

 

I have NO clue why they would pick this out of everything to compare my unborn child to ...  The best thing about this, is that the blog editor program doesn't even know what a durian is.  It keeps underlining it in an angry, squiggly RED LINE indicating that I have a misspelling.  I have confirmed with Google (who knows everything), that the spelling is correct.  Apparently, a durian is grown in Southeast Asia, where it is referred to as the "king of fruits"! It is "distinctive for its large size, unique odor, and formidable thorn covered husk". God good, let's hope Bob doesn't come out measuring, smelling, and LOOKING like that thing!  

Bob could be up to 20 inches long now, and could weigh in at approximately 5lbs already!

How far along? 33 Weeks, 5 Days

Countdown: 6 Weeks, 2 Days (or, 44 days!!!)

Total weight gain: 36lbs as of our last appointment.  I gained 5lbs in a week!  I hate seeing the scale go up, but the doctor said it is normal, and that our little guy is only going to keep gaining in these next 6 weeks ... oye!
Maternity clothes? yup!  still managing to find a few non-maternity outfits here and there in my closet, but mostly in maternity clothes.
Stretch marks? No, thank god.

Sleep: Sleeping pretty well.
Best moment this week: S.H.O.W.E.R. and seeing all of our close family and friends. I loved hearing about how so many of you are reading this blog and following our journey!
Miss Anything? yes ... my old clothes. Also, being able to have a conversation without losing my breath.

Movement: Yes!!! lots!
Food Cravings: hmmm ... nothing really in the last couple of weeks.
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope!
Gender: BOY!

Labor Signs: Nope!

Symptoms: swollen feet! But only on my right foot!  And my fingers have started to swell, too.  Other than that, I am continuing to lose my breath.
Isabelly Button, In or Out? She's definitely not in anymore ... but I can't say that she is completely out yet, either.  Sometimes she looks like she's out, but then I give her a little poke and she goes back in ;)
Wedding rings on or off? welp ... I've taken my rings off officially.  I made dinner the other night and took them off to cook, and had so much trouble getting them off, that I was afraid to put them back on.  I am still working on that replacement diamond ring with Dave, but he keeps telling me I need to focus on buying diapers ... sheeshh!!!! what's his problem ;)

Happy or Moody most of the time: happy!

Looking forward to: meeting BOB!  Also, this is our last free weekend before we have back-to-back weddings of Lisa Lu and Andrew, and then Daniela and Mark!!! We can't wait to see our wonderful friends get married!!!