We had a great weekend in VA where we had two baby showers! My mom had one on Saturday with some of my childhood friends and women from church, hosted at Nicki Watson’s house. It was so fun to see everyone who I hadn’t seen in a while and I especially enjoyed hanging out at Nicki’s after the shower. Brian’s mom and Lindsay hosted a shower for his family at the Red Brick Church in Wytheville. After these two showers, plus the one we had in Columbia on February 23, we feel so much more prepared! Everyone was extremely generous and thoughtful! We definitely appreciate it! I think there's only a few things we really need before she's born and not much else that will need to be bought within the first few months. We're fortunate to have such good family and friends... and family friends.
I have a busy week. I'm volunteering tonight from 6-10 at Tot Trade, a big consignment/yard sale for infant and children’s stuff. Then I get to shop on Wednesday evening after work. Tomorrow we have an infant/child CPR class and then Thursday night I have something for work. On Friday we'll be shopping and getting Brian ready for his trip to Belgium. He was told today that he has to wear shirts and ties all week and he definitely doesn't have enough for a whole week.
Brian leaves on Saturday and is coming back on Friday, March 21. It makes me a little nervous to have him gone so close to d-day, but I have no reason to think I’ll go that early.
I seem to be retaining fluid in my hands and feet. Luckily I can prop my feet up under my desk. I think baby is much more uncomfortable than me though. She's poking and jabbing and pushing her butt into my ribs!
Here's Brian and I with our cake at the Wytheville shower -- all the yummy food at these showers is certainly contributing to the weight gain!
Brian's sister, Lindsay, is pregnant with her third child and is due a month after us. It's been fun being pregnant together. They aren't finding out the sex, but we're excited for our little girl to have a cousin her age! Here we are squishing Emma, who is Lindsay's oldest and the first grandchild on the Hudson side:
