32 weeks - family and baby shower fun (and lots and lots of pictures!)

What a crazy, fun weekend. Last Thursday (12/9) all of the "grandparents" (weird to say) arrived from the airport. Somehow their flights came in 5 minutes apart, and were both on time. We spent the first night chatting and catching up...it was all hands on little T, too! Luckily, she performed for everyone and moved like a crazy woman all weekend. Since I knew the baby shower would be all about pink, I decided to get Paul a more manly gift...though it was painful for me to order...



Yes, a Steelers diaper bag, filled with many things a dad would need, butt paste, wipes, diapers, boogie wipes, surgical masks and gloves, ear plugs, etc. Besides, there needs to be somewhere for all of the dirty diapers to go :)



Of course it needs to include a change of clothes! There were also some Bronco pacifiers :)



A "how to" baby manual is a must have!



Changing pad!



We had a fun day on Friday hanging out in Boulder, as well as our usual eating and drinking (mmmmm, Sprite for me, again!) These were some happy grandma's!



Saturday brought the baby shower fun! Beth and Stacey did an amazing job with the shower. It was fabulous. And Megan drove through a Vail blizzard and back to come down with the cake! I am very grateful for such great friends. I wish all my out of town friends and family could have been there as well. Here are some pictures...

Mom and Lynne


PT gals - Jess, Jaimy & Megan








Abby, my little present helper :)


Yummy cake!


Diaper cake from Jaimy


Sweet, stylish Stella (Stacey's baby) who is so nicely handing down her wardrobe to baby Ellie!


Priceless picture - good catch mom!


Mark found a way to get her into camo.


Joycie made this cute baby poncho and sent it from Pittsburgh.


Ellie's blanket from grandma Kathy!


This is a sweater made by our PT director at Children's, Carol. She is retiring in a month, and over her 20+ years at Children's, has made a sweater for each baby born to the therapists. I just made it under the wire to get a famous sweater!!


Paul's aunt Kathy, from PA, made this bag and EVERYONE was jealous. It is soooo cute!


Paul, Beth and the grandmas surprised me with my Pandora bracelet! They had each picked out a special charm to put on it.


Some great friends!


Thanks ladies for such a great day! Love ya :)


Whew...worn out!!


This is what a lot of the weekend looked like :)


Boehler-Mikolaj family fun!


The fun had to end sometime I suppose, and Monday morning, the parents flew back :( After we dropped everyone off at the airport shuttle, Paul and I were off to our 32 week appointment. All went well, except I was a little dehydrated, and little T is measuring right at 32 weeks. She had a good strong heartbeat. The doctor was happy with everything. We go back at 36 weeks and will have a quick ultrasound to see how she is positioned...hopefully head down! Then again at 38 weeks. Hopefully we won't have to go to our 40 week visit and instead just have the baby! I am trying to convince little T to come on time. Otherwise, they will induce me at 41 weeks. Then the family comes in all over again! We can't wait!!

30 weeks - T minus 10 weeks

No, really, only 10 more weeks! I told Paul she could even come in 8 weeks, and I would be happy. He has chosen to stick with 10! I am sure that this month with fly by, as the holidays always do...and then I am afraid that January with DRAG on and on. For now, we are just counting down the days until our parents get here (a week from tomorrow...yay!!!). Work is getting very exhausting. Today was the first day that I actually felt a little out of breath after working with (or chasing around, rather) a very cute 3 year old, a 2 year old, a 5 and a 7 year old...and that was just the morning! I do find that the belly is coming in handy when treating my babies, as it gives them a little shelf to rest on. Little T does her best to kick and wiggle back. We'll see how the next 8-10 week work out. But, all of my other PT co-workers have worked right up until they went into labor, so expectations are high. Plus all 12 babies born to the PT's at my clinic have all been post-due...these are not good odds for me! I plan to deliver right on time :)

Here is the cute chair that I could not resist buying online. It is for babies as early as 3 months (has a little harness) and then up to age 8. Seemed like a practical purchase!



Porter found the chair just right!



Here is my other little splurge. Knowing that little T has a very high probability of being bald (and staying bald for awhile), I figured I would start her hair accessories now! These are from a great (and inexpensive) website I found where you can mix and match hats, headbands and flowers. The flowers are on little clips, so you just interchange them. I may have gone a little crazy, but now she will have colors to match everything :)







And we HAD to get matching headbands for football outfits, although we will see just how long I will allow her to wear that ugly black and gold one :)



Here is the belly at 30.5 weeks...




I am sure we will have a lot to report after next weekend. Our parents will be here, we will have had our baby shower, and our 32 week follow up with my doctor. Should be fun!!