Birth Class, Belly, and Baby Shower

After my last post, I am glad to be out of my funk! Being off of work makes me weird. It's not like I wake up every day thrilled to go to work. I want to sleep in and lay around just like everyone else. I have noticed though, that whenever I am not working I am so icky. I think I am just really lazy, and then I beat myself up about being lazy. But all is well now!



Lots of exciting news happening! Roman moves like crazy. You can see my stomach move on the outside and it totally looks like I have an alien in my belly. My fascination with this wears off when he does it every night right when I am trying to fall asleep! That's about all there is to report, but as always, no news is good news! I keep getting bigger and bigger and can now only wear maternity clothes. I have been wearing maternity pants for quite some time, but I could still wear a lot of my shirts. I made it 31 weeks before my wardrobe went extinct, so I don't think that's too bad.


This past weekend I had my second baby shower. It was with Warren's family in Murray. It was so nice! Everyone got the cutest gifts and we are especially grateful for the car seat everyone chipped in for! Joy got us our entire set of cloth diapers and we also got a cute embroidered blankie and a beautiful handmade quilt from Warren's aunt. My adorable niece Bella aided in the opening of the gifts, which of course I loved because then it helps with the "everyone staring at you" discomfort!!! We don't get to see Warren's extended family much, so most of all it was just really nice to visit with everyone. They are so sweet and generous and I wish we saw them more. What is really crazy, is the next time we do, it will be with a baby in tow! Hopefully I can get some pictures up from the shower, but my camera was dead, so this will mean relying on my horrible at photo sharing mother in law ;)

When we came home from Murray on Sunday, we went to our first birthing class. I love the teacher, Nicole, who is the doula not taking March clients I previously wrote about. I think the class is going to be fun and helpful. However, I did notice that Warren and I seem to be the only ones with a sense of humor, as we leaned over making puns and smart aleck remarks to one another. Everyone is is very, very serious. We don't do serious too well! So it only seems fitting that when each couple was assigned an exercise to explain and demonstrate to the class, Warren and I draw our card, turn it over, and see KEGELS. Bawhahahaha!!! So hilarity ensued as Warren and I tried to figure out how to explain kegels, while maintaining our composure. When we finally get it together (and I am finished hissing at Warren not to be weird!) its our turn and the teacher does most of the talking for us. Pretty painless, and it makes a great memory!

8 weeks from today!!!