38 weeks

Yay for the Burger Barge and good ice cream!  Joe and I joined his parents and aunt and uncle for some great food tonight.  Baby and I can't get enough hamburgers and fries. :)

We had a wonderful weekend!  Friday, Joe hosted some guys for a grill out and I got to go hang out in a pool with some great girls.  Saturday we had chocolate chip pancakes and ran around town a bit.  We got a camcorder at Best Buy and some curtains for the nursery.  We had a movie date that night to see Despicable Me which I thought was very entertaining and funny.  Sunday we went to Mass, did some little things around the house, went to dinner and now here we sit.  Well, sit and lay... we're watching the Goonies- I've never seen it before... I know... I know, how was I born in the 80's and have never experienced it.  Better late than never right :)

I'm trying not to get ahead of myself waiting for Tiguester to come, after all, due date's still a week and a half away.  It's just hard not to anticipate meeting him or her and finding out who it is I've been carrying around with me for the last 8.5 months!

Waiting Game

Well, we're almost there... 13 days til the due date.  I had an appointment on Tues where I learned that all systems were go- Tiguester is head down, healthy and approx. 7lbs 1oz. 

Today was a nesting day, or at least one of the few days I've felt any type of "get up and go."  I'll update with more pics and stuff tomorrow, I gotta get off of Joe's computer.  (mine is taking a LONG nap until I get a new power cord)

This is my first mobile post. Getting things set up so i can give updates from the hospital.

Family Fun

What an amazing week!  Last weekend was the last weekend I was able to travel.  Being 36 weeks now, I'm to stay in an hour radius of the hospital, just in case.  A part of me is so ready to give birth and meet this little one finally and a part of me is really fine with waiting a little longer :)  I guess it's good I've got about 3.5 weeks left. 

Last weekend Joe and I travelled to my aunt and uncle's in Michigan.  They are always blessing our family with their hospitality.  To stay there means great food, swimming, games, fireworks and lots of family catching up.  I was able to swim a little bit which was a blast.  I felt more like my more svelte self when you have lots of water to hold up this ever-growing belly of mine.  I also was the recipient of much generosity as my sister-in-law Jill helped hold a baby shower with the women of that side of the family.  If you were there and are reading this... again- thanks!  Now I know how many toilet paper squares around I am. (answer: 12, which equals about 48 in, wow)

This week I've been able to have my sister stay here at the house with me.  I have LOVED having the company and to get to hang out with her.  It's so much fun to see the woman that she is growing up to be and I couldn't be more proud.  She's been so helpful and up for anything!  We made Lava cakes last night and they turned out! (you know the kind that has the chocolate sauce center.)  MMMmmmmm! 

Well, I should run, I've got a dishwasher to unload, thank yous to write, a house to clean up, etc.  More later :)

Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch changes...

We have a crib!  Because of the generosity of so many family and friends in the form of gift cards we were able to go to Target and purchase the future bed of our little one!  We're looking forward to using this crib for each of the future Tiguesters so we're sticking with the green and white theme in the room. 

Preliminary picture of the nursery: 

Is it odd that the nursery green matches the blog color :) I promise more nursery pics as it gets closer to finished with better curtains and pictures on the walls.  It's nice to have all the big pieces in place though.  Also the pack 'n play that we received from my mom's family will go to good use as a bassinet in our bedroom for the first couple of months so I won't have the walk so far for midnight feedings.  Cool fact- the medium colored wooden bureau was used for Joe's grandfather's clothes when he was a baby.  How fun is that!

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See the difference between this sunny photo from last year and this sunset pic from last night?  We're very excited about our outside upgrade.  Trying to slowly bring our home from 1957 to today :)

The awning on the living room window comes down tomorrow and we're hoping to get some simple landscaping in next week.  It looks a bit bare at the moment but we're just so excited to be able to see the house now instead of it hiding behind the yews.  I think the front door looks so much better this way. 

Eventually a porch may be in the works, but that would be years away.