I've been showering...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Hi everyone! Sorry I've been gone so long. I appreciate your concern - It's so sweet to know I was missed! I can't wait to catch up on all of your blogs. I went North to visit my family and to attend the baby shower my mom and sis put together for me. I was planning on updating my blog via BlogMailr, but I could never get it to work for me. Dang it! I wanted to steer clear of visiting my blog or any other url's that I wish to remain private while I was using my mom's computer, so I've been patiently awaiting my return to the blogosphere. Whew! I missed this place!
Hey, guess what I got??????
Yippee!!!!!! My precious grandma spent a big wad of cash on my dream car seat. I wanted so badly to bring it home with me. (My mom is going to bring all the gifts I received when she drives down in a few months)
I was blessed with a HUGE abundance of gifts. I could hardly believe it! One of my favorite items is this high chair my dad gave me. He painted an antique wooden high chair and placed art from old magazine ads all over it, then coated it with shelac. I LOVE IT! It is so special and there is not another one like it in the universe. He even sawed off the bottoms of the legs so it can be pushed up to a kitchen table without the tray if we want to. He's in the process of installing a safety strap on it now.
Another one of my favorite gifts is this crib quilt my mom made. She designed the aplique to match the nursery decor we already have. She is super talented! It will look so great with the crib bumper and crib skirt she made to go with it.
Here's me opening (yet ANOTHER fantastic gift!) the Medela electric breast pump my aunt got me. My sis is on the left. My mom is on the right.
Here is a close-up of the little party favors we put together for the shower:
The gift table. (And this pic was taken BEFORE all the guests had arrived. Wow!)
I had a great time last week. It was wonderful to be able to spend so much time with my sis and her 3 beautiful kids. They had me laughing the entire time. Being around them made me realize how fun it will be to have our own little one running around here doing and saying silly things. Kids are a blast.
I missed my husband. A LOT! It's really nice to finally be home. I was supposed to come home on Sunday, but there were some weather issues and I was never able to get on a flight. They put me on a flight yesterday afternoon.....which was delayed and caused me to miss my connecting flight, so I got home 3 hours later than expected. Whew! Flying when pregnant is not a whole lot of fun and I'm glad it's over with.
I had an appointment w/ the midwife today. Everything's looking good. My iron is teetering on the low side, so I'm back on my $25 a bottle iron syrup. Dang.
Hey, guess what I got??????
Yippee!!!!!! My precious grandma spent a big wad of cash on my dream car seat. I wanted so badly to bring it home with me. (My mom is going to bring all the gifts I received when she drives down in a few months)
I was blessed with a HUGE abundance of gifts. I could hardly believe it! One of my favorite items is this high chair my dad gave me. He painted an antique wooden high chair and placed art from old magazine ads all over it, then coated it with shelac. I LOVE IT! It is so special and there is not another one like it in the universe. He even sawed off the bottoms of the legs so it can be pushed up to a kitchen table without the tray if we want to. He's in the process of installing a safety strap on it now.
Another one of my favorite gifts is this crib quilt my mom made. She designed the aplique to match the nursery decor we already have. She is super talented! It will look so great with the crib bumper and crib skirt she made to go with it.
Here's me opening (yet ANOTHER fantastic gift!) the Medela electric breast pump my aunt got me. My sis is on the left. My mom is on the right.
Here is a close-up of the little party favors we put together for the shower:
The gift table. (And this pic was taken BEFORE all the guests had arrived. Wow!)
I had a great time last week. It was wonderful to be able to spend so much time with my sis and her 3 beautiful kids. They had me laughing the entire time. Being around them made me realize how fun it will be to have our own little one running around here doing and saying silly things. Kids are a blast.
I missed my husband. A LOT! It's really nice to finally be home. I was supposed to come home on Sunday, but there were some weather issues and I was never able to get on a flight. They put me on a flight yesterday afternoon.....which was delayed and caused me to miss my connecting flight, so I got home 3 hours later than expected. Whew! Flying when pregnant is not a whole lot of fun and I'm glad it's over with.
I had an appointment w/ the midwife today. Everything's looking good. My iron is teetering on the low side, so I'm back on my $25 a bottle iron syrup. Dang.
posted by Unkempt Mommy at 4:40 PM
10 Comments:
So glad everything is okay. I can't wait for my showers- Still both at least a month away, I think, but after seeing your stuff I am even more excited! By the way, my iron is low too, according to the blood taken at my GD test, so now I have to take iron supplements as well.
Woweeeee! You made out like a bandit and it looks like there were 50 more things you didn't even share with us yet! Yeah for the electric breastpump. You'll have to let me know how it works for ya! You got the britax! Awesome! You may want to get a pumpkin seat for when baby is small (I think you may already have one but I can't remember) so you can just pop the seat in and out while baby is sleeping and not wake them. The pumpkin seats go for like $50 or so.
Your mom did a great job on the blanket! And your high chair is so special! Whew...what a hall!!! Exciting!
P.S. the party favors are so sweet, you guys did a great job on them! So fun!~
Oh, what fun! You really got a great haul!
I love the high chair your dad is refashioning for you. And the quilt your mom made. And cow print car seat. It almost makes me want to have another baby. HA!
Glad you are home safe and sound.
WOWSERS!!! Talk about incredible gifts and LOTS of them. I loved your shower photos. Looks and sounds like you had a delightfully amazing time!! :)
So glad you are back!!! We were all really missing you...
And one last question--- while traveling did the airline staff say or look at your belly and make you uncomforatable because you were travleing??? I'm flying next month and even though I know it's within the rules and regs I'm wondering how they actually treated you!?
Blessings!!! Katherine
Wow I love the carseat!! Im so jealous :) We dont really have serious baby showers here in the UK shame... :( pah!
Wow. I am really digging your carseat and and highchair. Im also glad you enjoyed a little trip to see some family! You look really happy in picture you posted.
looks like you had a great time, and so many pressies! Your gifts are lovely, glad you're home safe, I don't like flying at the best of times but esp not when I was preggers!
Wowzers!! Congrats on the bounty of baby booty!! I'm glad you had a wonderful trip, however a "be back after my trip" notification would have been nice! ha ha You have, hands down, the coolest highchair in the world. Kudos to that cool papa of yours. LOVE the cow Britax, too.
I read the other post, and I'll say that I was quite the huge preggo woman at 5' carrying what ended up being a 9 lb baby, and when I flew at 7 months I had to show my doctor's letter. Just throwing that out there. That was 6 years ago, though....
It's good to have you home!
ooooo, such cool gifts! I love the high chair. So many interesting things for your little one to look at!
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