Baby Shower!

I went to GA last weekend for my baby shower, and the Johnson family's Thanksgiving dinner. It was such a great weekend! It's always so crazy how much my nephews have changed each time I visit. One was wearing an ACU, one got his braces off and has beautiful, perfect teeth, one now has a learner's license, one is now walking, and another is still one of the sweetest little guys ever, so cute!

That uniform almost made me cry!

Aunt Yaya & Baby Nate snuggle time

 My shower was great! Mom & Beth worked really hard on it, and everything was perfect! It was really nice seeing everyone, and an added bonus - baby girl got so much stuff!

centerpieces

sisters - Beth, me, Mendy, Pia, Jennifer, and sister-in-law Christie

26 weeks, 6 days

Full Speed Ahead!

Story of my life lately: meant to update this thing several times and never had time...

last few weeks at the Wood house:

-Halloween was a lot of fun for me. I made a cute shirt. It wasn't an original idea, but I saw a pic of someone else in one and had to have it.

-We've never really had trick-or-treeters before, and I had too much fun handing out candy to all the cute kids all dressed up. Ben thought it was funny and told me im going to be "the perfect little housewife," which pretty much made my week. :)

-My baby had surgery, too (the dog). I was a worried crying mess all day. I wore her home from the vet in the baby sling. Ben thought it was embarrassing and I didn't care. She was pitiful. It was a hard day.

-We finally got the baby furniture done. All of it. All of her stuff is organized and put away exactly the way I want it. Now I just need to decorate!

- I LOVE Ben's excitement about this little girl. Our new thing is everytime we go on a Target run we get something for her - just something little, just for fun. He's always so excited about it.
Recently:
-a stuffed monkey that plays music
-a pink pacifier
-a pink pig princess piggy bank - Ben is strategically planning out which rolls of change to get so that it has the perfect "jingle."  I love him.

-My 24 week appointment went well. My weight gain started slow and is now right on track, or "perfect" as the Dr said. I'm on track as far as where I want to be weight wise, but I've reached the stage of being uncomfortably big.

-Minor freak out of the week: I'm going to get a lot bigger.

- At first I wanted the top part of my wedding band as a "pushing present," but now I think I want p90x instead.

- I'm going to GA this weekend for my baby shower/Johnson family Thanksgiving. I'm so excited about both. My sister has gone crazy doing baby shower stuff, it's all going to be so cute! Turns out she is having a 3rd boy, so I think she is enjoying all the pink! I haven't been there for Thanksgiving since we moved, and I'm overly excited about having turkey with dressing. Ben's family is from Ohio and they eat stuffing instead and it's really just not for me.

- I'm so excited about seeing all my family!!

- Ben's surgery recovery was amazing and he went back to work yesterday. He is only allowed to work "restricted hours" for now....meaning he's only working 8 or 9 hour days instead of the usual 12 or 14. Something about that just doesn't sound right.

- When people say to me "why are you so tired, you're only supposed to be tired in the first trimester." I smile and say "well, everyone's different," but in my head I'm kicking them in the face. Only sleeping 1-2hrs a night would make anyone stay tired, pregnant or not. But, around week 24 something amazing happened and Baby Girl decided to finally let me sleep. I have slept more in the last 2 weeks than I have in 6 months. Amazing!

That said, I think it's naptime!
-LJ