34.5 weeks and getting HUGE!

34 weeks, 3 days


34 weeks, 3 days

Definitely getting huge and can tell my little boy is doing some serious growing in there! By now he weighs around 5 pounds. Poor Bella, he's already outgrown her by a pound! I'm still feeling good, just large! It gets a little tiring carrying this extra weight. I have my last shower in my hometown this Saturday, and I'm really excited to see my side of the family.

2nd Baby Shower!

Tiffany hosted my 2nd baby shower for friends and coworkers. We were blessed with a gorgeous sunny day! The shower was so much fun! Tiffany did a fantastic job. It was our first reveal of the name we chose for our little dude....Owen Joseph White. Patrick and I decided on the name recently, and had only told a few people and our parents. Tiffany put it on the cake, so it was fun telling people that way. The little saying was so cute! Tiffany also made me an adorable cake of another nature, a diaper cake! Very crafty! I told her that her first gift (the diaper cake) would ultimately end up in her second gift (the diaper genie)!


Me and Tiffany

Games we played included the belly measuring game, a baby shower mad lib, a name the candy baby shower poem, and baby shower bingo. My coworker Emily was pretty much dead on with the measuring game. Most other people measured too big once again. The baby shower mad lib was absolutely hilarious. For those not familiar with mad libs, you get one sheet first that tells you to come up with various parts of speech like a noun, verb, adjective, number, etc. Then after you choose your words, you get a story where you fill in the blanks with the words you chose. They were all so funny, I had to randomly pick a winner. The poem was really cute too. Linda ended up winning that one. Here is a link for some of the games that we played. http://www.diva-girl-parties-and-stuff.com/baby-shower-games.html


Kristy and Miranda

I once again got some amazing gifts. Everyone was so generous, and I really am thankful that I have such awesome people in my life. The first thing I opened was from Casey and it was a little onesie that she had designed. It had the silhouette of a chihuahua and said "My older sister is a Chihuahua." So perfect! Now all I need is a shirt for Bella that says "Big Sister." I know, I'm a nerd. I got more great adorable clothes as well as extremely useful items such as our high chair, Diaper Genie, electronic nasal aspirator, teethers, toys, and so much more. Not to mention a baby tuxedo from Andrea! So cute! We have a wedding to go to in August, so he will look like such a little man! The best shower gift may have to go to Miranda though. Not only did she get things for the baby, she included the DVD of New Moon with her gift! Leave it to Miranda! My college friends who are now in Illinois, Nebraska, and Michigan could not make it to the shower, but they did send me the awesome swing we registered for at Target! So excited to try it out! Megan also got the baby his first Miami gear, shown in the prior post.


Bella posing by the onesie made by Casey


Me and Miranda

Just want to say thanks again to all my friends, family, and coworkers. I've gotten so much and been so lucky. Much thanks to Tiffany for being an awesome friend and making everything perfect. I had so much fun!


UMR work crew

Miami Man!!

I got home today to a wonderful present! My good college friend Megan had to make sure that our little guy had some Miami gear. The onesies and the blanket are soooo cute! So excited for him to show some school spirit to the school where his parents met. I didn't have anything Miami related for the little guy yet, and I love what she picked out! He's going to be such a stud! Thanks again Megan!

Childbirth Class and 33 weeks!

32 weeks, 4 days

This past Saturday we had our childbirth class at the hospital. We ended up doing the one day condensed class that took up a good chunk of the day. It also happened to be one of the first really nice Saturdays, but oh well. It was actually very interesting and beneficial I think. The first part talked a little about nutrition, both prenatal and for the first year of the baby's life. I'm sure the pediatrician will talk about it more too, but I felt slightly clueless on when you fed babies what. Like what age you introduced rice cereal, when they got baby food, etc. So that was good. Then the rest of the class was the fun labor stuff. We practiced breathing and went over different positions for when you are in labor, and they even had the guys practice back massages! That was my favorite part. The video wasn't that bad. The only part that was pretty gross was when they showed the placenta being delivered. You don't really think about that having to come out too, or at least I didn't. I mean I knew it didn't stay in there, but I just didn't think about it much. I think most people are distracted because the baby is already out anyways. Patrick was such a good sport about spending his Saturday at a childbirth class. I know he wasn't thrilled about spending his Saturday doing that, but nonetheless he was a great husband and father. I think he was slightly entertained watching my stomach and feeling my stomach since our little dude was quite active that day! I am taking another class the beginning of April on breastfeeding.

In other news, the nursery is almost finished! The curtains are up, pictures are up, and the memory board is up. I also got little letters for his name and covered them with fabric that matches the curtains. Yes...we do have a name!! A few people know, but we are sorta keeping it a secret for now. I have a shower for friends and coworkers next Saturday, and his name will be on the cake so a lot of people will find out then. I'm so excited to finally have a name and get used to him as something other than little man! The only other thing new that I am excited about is that my good friend from my hometown, Valerie (Pease) Hayes, just found out that she too is having a boy. Our boys will be about 9 weeks apart! Wish we lived closer, but we're not too far and we'll have to make more visits!

1st Baby Shower!

Me with the hostess Cherette!

31 weeks today! I had my first baby shower yesterday thrown by my awesome sister in law Cherette for Patrick's side of the family. She held it at her house, and everything was just perfect. She had everything decorated so well, and was quite crafty! The diaper wreaths were sooo awesome! I hadn't seen them before, and think they are just as cute or cuter than diaper cakes. The favors were little baby food jars (saved from Kara) that she painted and put jelly beans in and attached with an "It's a Boy!" ribbon. The finishing touch was a picture of the little monkey face that is on our bedding put on the top of the jars. The same little monkey was on the cake, as well as the saying that she put on our invitations. I don't think I've seen a cuter cake! I took about 15 pictures of it, and hated cutting it! I could go on and on about how cute everything looked! I took pictures with our DSLR camera that is fairly new, and that I haven't had reason to use very much yet. The pictures turned out great! Such a difference with the other point and shoot camera I have. I uploaded a small amount, but more are on facebook, and I had sooo many more! Between both cameras, I had around 275 pictures! Yikes, just think about how many there will be when the baby is actually here!


Favors


Diaper wreath #1


Diaper wreath #2


The amazing cake!

The games were a lot of fun too. My favorite was where teams had to cut out pictures from magazines of different baby parts and glue them onto a piece of paper to create what they thought baby White would look like. They were all very creative and so different! Cherette knew I would appreciate having the pictures for my scrapbook. I got to hold up the finished products and announce my favorite. The winner ended up being a little boy with an interesting mismatched outfit, a guitar in hand, hat on, complete with a little dog by the feet. They got an extra point for the little dog, but I thought the outfit was great too. The runner up was one that had a little face that actually did look a lot like Patrick when he was little. They however lost points by putting legs on him that had pink pants and pink shoes on the feet. Another one of the games was tasting or smelling baby food and trying to guess the ingredients. The first one was alright, but the rest were seriously soooo gross. Made me really want to make the baby's food even more! We also did the belly measuring game, and Patrick's cousin Olivia was almost dead on!


What will baby White look like?


Yum! Baby food!

I got some really great things for our little man! He got a lot of adorable clothes, onesies, sleepers, hats, etc. He's going to be such a stud! We also got quite a few cute toys for him. I was very excited to get my Boppy pillow, my Bumbo seat, the Bundle Me for the carseat when it's cold, bath tub, and tons of hooded towels! I'm so thankful for all the family, because we could never afford to get all this great stuff on our own for the baby.




Presents!

Patrick was in Columbus for the night for the Arnold classic, so my mom stayed the night with me after the shower. It was really nice to have her here. We got home pretty tired, but still got out all the stuff and looked at it all again. It was fun to put it away and try and figure out where I wanted everything to go. I still have to wash everything, but I wanted to get it somewhat arranged. Such a great day!

30 weeks....10 to go!

30 weeks, 1 day


30 weeks, 1 day


Kate and sweet baby James!


Bella, enjoying my preggo pillow the Snoogle

Almost down to single digit weeks! As you can see, I am huge now! I don't have many complaints except I have to pee almost constantly! I think his favorite spot in there must be right on my bladder. I go see my doctor again next Tuesday, but nothing eventful at that appointment. I'm glad February has come and gone, and am so excited for upcoming things in March and April (and of course May!). My first shower is next Saturday, and I know it will be fantastic. We have our childbirth class on March 20th, and then another shower for friends and coworkers on the 27th. No name yet....still calling him little man for the time being.

This past Saturday I got to go visit my college roommate Kate who came in town to see her sister's new baby James. He was just born on the 18th of Feb, so a little over a week old. He was so precious! He was a very content little guy. It was great to see Kate and the baby, and it did make me really excited for our little man to get here!

Had to throw in a little picture of Bella too. After all, she is my first baby! I think I said in a previous post, she seems to enjoy the Snoogle too. She always sleeps either curled up in the bottom part or somewhat on top of it, or between me and the pillow. Don't worry, the human baby will not be sleeping in this manner. Bella is pretty good at moving or letting us know where she is.

Things going on this week with little man:

• He's about 3 pounds now and around 15.5-16 inches
• The lanugo hair that covered his body as protection is starting to fall off
• He can open and close his eyes and even respond to light shined on him
• Amniotic fluid around him will start to decrease as he gets bigger to make more room