Where are my manners?? re: baby shower #2

sometimes i can be a real douche! yes, i admit, as perfect as i think i am, i occasionally drop the ball. and that's just what i did....

i mentioned in my last post that D's coworkers took D and I to lunch and threw us a shower. but i only briefly mentioned it, which may have given *some* people the impression that i didn't care ;). so i'm going to dedicate an entire post to it, which i should have done in the 1st place.

it was a wonderful lunch - at one of my fav Asian restaurants (they let me pick), and the conversation was wonderful (it usually revolves around poking fun of D - one of my fav past times). and talk about generous people!! we left with a trunk full of goodies for Baby T. i was really hoping that someone would get us a monitor and the co-sleeper that was on my registry. and they did!

i wish i had pictures from the actual lunch! i made D sit in the chair and open presents while *i* passed them to him. i thought it was only fair since i was the one opening presents at our other shower. i was able to take a pic of most of what we got when we got back home...


so to all of D's coworkers that are reading (*cough* Joel, Lindy *cough*), thank you SO SO much for the shower and for the wonderful gifts, and i'm sorry i didn't post earlier. pls forgive this preggo chick! :) O, and Lindy, if you have any pics of the shower, pls send them my way!

36 week status and belly bump pic

35 wks 3 da

How Big is Baby: still the size of a honeydew.

Total Weight Gain: still up 33 lbs
Maternity Clothes: yep

Stretch Marks: still no sign of them...

Sleep: i have good nights and bad (really bad) nights. i wake up now about every 2-2.5 hrs to use the bathroom. i've been having really bad heartburn episodes, but the last couple of nights i think i've been able to avoid the heartburn by eating less (and less of the trigger foods), and eating earlier.

Best Moment this Week: my very sweet friends ended up throwing me a surprise shower over dinner last fri.

Food Cravings: nothing really

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: yesterday i think i had some slight contrax. i had to sit down for a couple of mins and wait until they subsided.

Belly Button: barely there.

What I miss: not having heartburn!!! heartburn is from the devil!

What I'm looking forward to: my next massage appt on the 12th.

Weekly Wisdom: i have no control over what's about to happen (or when), so i need to just relax and take it day by day!

Milestones: i now have weekly appointments until Baby T makes his arrival!

35 week belly pic

35 week status

since i'll be in training this week, and away from a computer i'm going to go ahead and post my status for this week now, and then update with a pic tomorrow morning from my phone...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How Big is Baby: the size of a honeydew.

Total Weight Gain: as of 4/10 i was up 33lbs. wow!
Maternity Clothes: yep

Stretch Marks: still no sign of them. i hoping that i can escape them all together.

Sleep: terrible again! heartburn from hell and getting up multiple times a night to pee make for a very cranky tiffany

Best Moment this Week: i had lunch with some friends, and they surprised me with a wonderful basket full of stuff for baby t (and a gift card to a spa for momma - woot!); and then later in the week D's coworkers were kind enough to take us D and i to lunch and shower us with more wonderful gifts for baby t. we are surrounded by such generous people!! :) o, and i had a wonderful massage on wed, and my massage therapist was kind enough to give me a gift as well (a sweater and blanket she knitted especially for baby)

Food Cravings: nothing really

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: none this week

Belly Button: barely there.

What I miss: not having heartburn!!!

What I'm looking forward to: i have another appt on the 26th, and i'm hoping to do better than i did last appt

Weekly Wisdom: i have no control over what's about to happen (or when), so i need to just relax and take it day by day!

Milestones: we finished our Bradley course! i can't believe that 10 wks went by so quickly!

Awesome week last week!

*sigh* i hate that i've been neglecting my blog recently, but last week i ran into a little obstacle otherwise known as a sinus infection! it was absolutely terrible and almost ruined my entire week. luckily with the help of my awesome m/w i was able to get it under control, and now feel much better. surprisingly i had not been sick all pregnancy up until that point. so i guess my time was up.

even though i had that minor setback, i was able to finish out the week with a bang!

on fri i had a photo session with a local photographer turned friend (i've had her take pics of several life events of mine already). here's one of the awesome pics from the session, but she has several more on her blog

and on sunday a close friend of mine hosted a baby shower for us. now, truth be told, i was not on board with having a baby shower from the beginning. i'm not good with being the center of attention (though if you got to know me you would probably think the opposite), and i hate when people have to go out of their way for me. but the shower was awesome! D and i had so much fun. my friend had several games for everyone there to play, which appealed to my *very* competitive side. and i think everyone had a good time. so i'm really glad i was talked into it. here's D and i at the shower.

34 week status and pic

33 wk 3 da

How Big is Baby: the size of a honeydew.

Total Weight Gain: as of 4/10 i was up 34lbs. wow!
Maternity Clothes: yep

Stretch Marks: still no sign of them. i hoping that i can escape them all together.

Sleep: i've been sleeping a bit better on the whole, but i do now have to get up multiple times a night to use the bathroom

Best Moment this Week: had an amazing baby shower, and took some awesome maternity pics last week (pics/post soon to come)

Food Cravings: nothing really

Gender: boy

Labor Signs: none this week

Belly Button: barely there.

What I miss: my body!

What I'm looking forward to: my massage tomorrow

Weekly Wisdom: i have no control over what's about to happen (or when), so i need to just relax and take it day by day!

Milestones: 6 more weeks before Baby T is due to make his arrival

33 week status and pic

32 wk 3 da

How Big is Baby: he has graduated to the size of a honeydew. i can vouch for that!

Total Weight Gain: as of 4/3 i was still up 30lbs.
Maternity Clothes: yep

Stretch Marks: still no sign of them

Sleep: i've been sleeping a bit better on the whole, but i do have those nights when i'll wake up either b/c of bad dreams or to use the bathroom

Best Moment this Week: D read my tummy a book! :) o, and i received a few goodies (a couple of gifts from friends, my outfit for my baby shower that a dear friend was kind enough to host for me, and a brand new camera!!)

Food Cravings: i was craving some bbq so D and i grilled, what i dubbed as "ultrafeast" (the office, anyone?), yesterday. however, while eating dinner last night, i promptly threw it all up. :(

Gender: still a boy! (as far as we know)

Labor Signs: none this week

Belly Button: barely there.

What I miss: my body!

What I'm looking forward to: so much going on this week! D and i are going to a BF-ing class on thurs, i'm getting some pics taken on fri, and then on Sun my friend is hosting a baby shower for us (so i'll get to see my sis and harrass (er, i mean meet) her new bf)!

Weekly Wisdom: i have no control over what's about to happen (or when), so i need to just relax and take it day by day!

Milestones: we're under the 60 day mark to meet our little Baby T (and still no name, but that's a whole separate issue)!

Book Review: Belly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy

mccarthy has a really funny/blunt way of expressing all the joys and hardships of pregnancy. it's definitely not a book to read if you want hard medical facts, and mccarthy doesn't claim to be giving any or claim to be a doctor. but it is a really quick read guaranteed ...to make you laugh and feel better that you are not the only woman out there that has experienced the things you are going to experience throughout your pregnancy.

i read this after i had read a few serious pregnancy/childbirth books, and i'm glad i did. it gave my brain a much needed break, and gave me a good laugh (though she did make me blush much more than she made me laugh).