Wednesday, October 28, 2009

One of the best days of my life!


I'm back! No excuses, just a terrible blogging slump. Life certainly has been eventful in the almost 2 months since I have graced you with my presence. Time continues to fly by and tomorrow I will be 32 weeks pregnant! Can you even believe it? This little one will be here sooner than later, but hopefully right on time.

One of the biggest events in my life in the past few months was my baby shower! I can honestly say it was of the best days of my life - right up there with our wedding day and the day we found out we were pregnant. Sunday could not have been more perfect. My mom, my aunt, my childhood best friend and my mother-in-law were our hostesses and they did an amazing job. Everything was just perfect. The colors were sage green and chocolate brown to match our bedding, which I changed since my last post. I ended up going with Carter's Elephant Stitch bedding and I love it! The food was yummy, the favors were adorable and the cake - oh my goodness - it was the talk of the town! The favors were baby food jars with green and brown M&Ms, wrapped in tulle with green and brown ribbon and a little elephant tag. The centerpieces were mums and everything coordinated beautifully!

We were so blessed by the generosity of our family and friends. Little Ralphie is already one spoiled little babe. It is crazy to look around and have all this baby stuff in my house!!! The nursery furniture will be here a week from Saturday and then we can really get down to business.

Some of the highlights from my shower were the cake, which I really cannot say enough about, and some really touching personal gifts. Sean's Aunt Kathleen in Ireland was famous for her gorgeous baby blankets and sweaters. She was sick with cancer for many years and passed away the day after our wedding almost 6 years ago. Little did we know she had already made us a sweater and blanket and set them aside. Imagine our surprise to open such a beautiful package at our shower. The tears were flowing...The sweater and blanket are just gorgeous. I do not have a good photo of them, but I will try to remember to take a photo and share it. Along those same lines, my Great Aunt Sara has been in failing health for some time, and shortly after our wedding she began making us a gorgeous blanket. She was able to attend the shower, but her health is poor. Her daughter said this blanket is her last. Finally, Amanda who is 29w pregnant and now living in Maine (sniff) was unable to make the trip but it didn't stop her from sending me an amazing package from Piecemeal People. She made me a pair of elephants which match the bedding to a T and an incredible piece which says
"hope". It is just amazing and captures perfectly this journey. Many of you may remember that we coined 2009 "The Year of Hope" and so it has been. The addition of "hope" to the nursery could not be more fitting. All in all, I could not have asked for a more special day.

A 32w update:

How am I feeling? Fantastic! An occasional bout of heartburn and some tingling in my hips at night is about all I have to report. BP is great. Feeling very fortunate in this department!

Milestones I am well into my 3rd tri and time is flying. If I were to go into labor now, the baby has a 95% of survival, which is incredibly reassuring. The baby weighs around 4lbs and is about 16in. long! The movement I can see and feel is unreal!

Cravings Milk - drinking a gallon per week. YUM

Aversions - None!!!

What do I miss? Being able to go more than 1 hour without a trip to the bathroom. I tallied my bathroom trips for 24 hrs and I went 17 times!!! Being able to put my socks and shoes on comfortably.

What am I looking forward to? Working on the nursery this weekend! Putting all the baby stuff in its place. Our couple's shower in 2 weeks. Of course, meeting this little one - but not quite yet!

Weight gain - 4lbs at my 30w midwife appt. I was told to start eating more calories so I am working on it. I definitely got my fair share at my shower :)

What do we think we are having? A boy and that seemed to be the general consensus at my shower. We even got a few boy specific gifts and I am not sure why...

Signs of labor? None!!

So, that it is my update. Thank you to those of you who checked in on me during my absence! Hope you are all well.

23 comments:

Maria (MKC101103) said...

That cake looks amazing and I love the saying. I'm so glad you shower was so perfect...you certainly deserve it!!!

And are you serious that you've only gained FOUR pounds so far?!?!??

Emily said...

Thanks Maria! Yes, I am serious. I had extra to start with though :)

Sprogblogger said...

I LOVE that picture of you two (three) at the beginning of your post. Beautiful. So glad all is well.

Amber said...

So glad to hear that things are going well! Love the bedding and that cake is incredible looking! I can't believe you only have 8 weeks left...how exciting!!

Barefoot said...

Glad to hear that things are going well!! Your shower cake made me tear up a little -- but in a good way, of course. :)

Mo said...

So nice to hear from you. Really glad you're doing so well. And I agree - that is a BEAUTIFUL cake! Can't believe you're 32 weeks already!

Mo

poppy.f.seed said...

your shower sounds absolutely lovely!!! Glad to hear you are doing well.Awesome.

jill said...

Wow that is one amazing cake! Glad to hear everything is going well for you!

sweetpeanme said...

HOORAY!!! What great pictures...what an amazing cake!!! I love the new bedding...super cute!

So glad you're feeling great and ready to welcome little Ralphie in the next couple of months!! Its getting so close!!

ME! said...

Cute cake! I am glad that you are doing well, and everything is uneventful. :) It is good hear from you.

Caroline said...

Your baby shower looked wonderful and what a gorgeous piece to put in the nursery. Good to hear from you.

caroline-frominfertilitytobaby.blogspot.com

Carrie1074 said...

I am glad all is well and that you had a great shower. What a beautiful cake!
As far as the heartburn....I had it bad when I was pregnant and the one thing that always seemed to help was chocolate milk!(I don't know if you have a Kroger store where you are, but I always got the Kroger brand 1%) YUM! I hope all continues to go well!

Anonymous said...

Great to hear from you! The sweater and blanket story almost made me cry my eyes out - how sweet and incredibly touching.

You look beautiful!

C said...

AM looking forward to following your blog again. I too was MIA giving birth he he....

Lauren Thorne said...

I'm not sure if I've posted a comment before, but I've been reading your blog for awhile. I'm glad to see a check-in from you and glad things are going so well! When I saw the picture of your cake, I realized you are on The Bump and I saw your post with your cake on there!

bella1021 said...

Glad to hear all is going well!!!!

Not too much longer!!!

Sue said...

You look great! And, I'm glad to hear you still feel great. I've bumped into your blog before but haven't been around in a while so it was nice to check in and see how great you are doing! Speaking of that, I saw your last post and was so excited to see a pick of Christy! I forgot to get in under her date for the blog going private and have been dying to see how she is doing! Thanks:-)

Maria (MKC101103) said...

I had to make my blog private so if you want to keep reading please send me your email - edandmaria at aol dot com.

Thanks!
Maria

Anonymous said...

It sounds like you are doing so well, and I'm so happy for you. Congratulations. :) I can't wait to meet your little sproglet. :)

Angie said...

That cake is so cute!!! Love it! So happy to hear that you are well. You look beautiful! Cannot believe how fast time has went...your little one will be here soon!

Thanks for the info on the embolization...we'll definitely ask if that is an option for him!

Mollie said...

I stumbled across your blog in my Google Reader as a suggested site, and I'm glad I read! I read a lot of IF and pregnancy blogs. I've only been able to read back a little bit, as I have discovered you late in the night. I was reading your profile on the side and noticed you're from Buffalo - ME TOO! I'm a transplant to Austin, TX, but get super excited when I randomly find someone from the B-lo. Anyways, congrats on the pregnancy! I look forward to catching up on your previous posts!
Mollie
PS - so how relieved are you that Jauron is OUT!?

Mollie said...

I forgot to mention - before we knew the sex of our baby, we called it "Ralph". Too weird...

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