Surprise Baby Shower

My office had a surprise baby shower today for me and Bonan, one of my co workers who is expecting a little girl in July. I was completely surprised - I had no idea what was coming. We were supposed to have a team lunch at Longhorn. When I got there, I saw my mom and Haley. Mom told me last night she was having lunch with her friends, and I assumed that we just happened to be at the same place. Mom had to tell me she was there for a shower before I realized what was going on ;) We had a very nice lunch. We played a few games, ate, open gifts, and ate cake! I got lots of great gifts, including much needed diapers, wipes, and bath supplies, some new outfits for baby Kendall, and some sweet engraved silver Gerber spoons from Elizabeth.

Haley was so excited. She kept telling me that she had a present for her baby sister. She was also excited about the present that she brought for Miss Bonan - she couldn't wait to give it to her.

Miss Michele made diaper cakes for me and Bonan.



As we usually do at our team lunches, the team socialized middle school style - the men were all at one end of the table and the ladies were all at the other end of the table.



Click here to see the shower invitation

Grandmama Wooten's 84th Birthday Party

We celebrated Grandmama Wooten's 84th birthday party this evening!

Here are Grandmama and Haley blowing out Grandmama's candles.



Haley also helped Grandmama open her presents.



Haley got two servings of cake and ice cream - the first was her own. The second came when she convinced O to share his with her.



Haley loves her great grandmama Wooten!

Grandmama Jenkins 90th Birthday Party!

We celebrated Grandmama Jenkins 90th birthday party last night at Cicely and Dickie's house. It was a beautiful evening. The kids got to play outside, and we spent alot of time on Cicely's screened in porch. All of Grandmama's great grandchildren were there - I can't remember the last time we had all the kids in one place.

Here is Grandmama with 4 of her great grandbabies.



Great grandbaby #5 - baby Cicely Marie! Marie was awake for much of the evening, and she was very alert.



Haley's going to be a great big sister. She was very concerned when baby Marie cried, and she enjoyed singing to her with Marynell.



Gage, as always, was quite the little ham.



We all helped sing happy birthday to Grandmama, and we had two rounds of blowing out the candles - the first time, Gage blew them out. The second time, Grandmama blew them out!



Here is Grandmama with her grandaughters and 6 great grandbabies (can you find #6?;)



After the kids helped Grandmama open her presents, Grandmama had presents for us. She gave us some of her beautiful jewelry - I was given my great grandmother's ring.



The kids had a blast playing together.



We didn't get home until around 10:00. For the first time in a long time, Haley actually fell asleep in the car! We wore her out, and she had a great time.

How'd you get so cute?

At the dinner table tonight at Marynell's house, Haley looked at me across the table and smiled. She said 'Mommy, how'd you get so cute?'

I just love all the sweet things she hears grown ups say and then repeats to us.

Monkeys have 5 fingers

When I picked Haley up tonight, I asked her what she did today. She told me she went to the zoo and learned about some animals. I asked her what animals, and she said monkeys and apes. She told me 'Mommy, monkeys have 5 fingers, just like we do! Except for the spider monkey - he only has 4 fingers.' I was very impressed that she remembered this.

The treat in today's class was a banana treat! Haley got a frozen banana and chose peanut butter (over chocolate) to go on her banana. She got to roll it up in all sorts of toppings, including fruit loops. Of course, she ate the whole thing.

Strawberry Patch

Marynell took Haley to the strawberry patch this week. They had a great time.

Haley enjoyed picking strawerries...




And eating them!

Prenatal Appointment #7

All went well at my prenatal appointment this morning. The doctor said the baby's heartbeat was great, her placenta looked good, and that she had plenty of amniotic fluid. Baby was relatively still, which BTW was not the case at 7:30 this morning, when she seemed to be jumping and flipping all over the place. However, we did get to watch her move her little hand up to her mouth - that was neat. She is measuring right at about 33 weeks, which is where I should be (I'll be 33 weeks tomorrow).

The second half of this pregnancy is very different from the second half of my last pregnancy - with Haley, I felt fabulous from week 20 on. I didn't have trouble sleeping until the week before she was due, and even then, I still slept OK. I even took the stairs at work (in heels, no less) until the very last week. I was actually more comfortable in heels than I was in tennis shoes, flip flops, or flats.

With baby K, I'm not quite 33 weeks yet, and I quit taking the stairs at work a LONG time ago;) Mom and I painted the kitchen this weekend, and my back is still recovering. I must turn from one side to another in bed at least 20 times a night now. Tennis shoes and flats are more comfortable for my back than heels are. Luckily, I can usually fall back asleep pretty quickly, but I don't sleep for long without waking back up. Baby K seems to move alot more than Haley did, and it is actually uncomfortable and sometimes hurts - it never hurt with Haley. Dr. Hutchinson confirmed that this is due (at least in part) to the fact that my uterus is more stretched out this time around.

None of these are meant to be complaints, but it is interesting (and very surprising) to me that just 3 years ago, my body dealt with pregnancy in such a different way.