In the past week, we had two baby showers! We are quite overwhelmed by the love & affection & outpouring of gifts & time & energy & creativity. Baby O. is being well provided for by our friends, co-workers, and families!
The first shower was thrown jointly by Academic Programs (my office) & Field Ed. (Patrick's office) from Fuller, and they were very creative with a Winnie the Pooh theme (since we're fans!).
Biscuits with honey butter - so good!!
Donut holes especially for Patrick - and delicious buttermilk mini-cupcakes with chocolate cream cheese frosting!
They gave us so many fun gifts - including an Ergo carrier (which has come highly recommended from many parents) and cute outfits, socks, hats and Pooh toys!
My supervisor's mother-in-law (who helped me with
this project awhile back) surprised us with beautiful crocheted blankets and hats, which we had to try on :-).
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The second shower was a ladies event - and thrown by some dear gals that I'm so privileged to call friends from church - a polka dot extravaganza! Much like the Oregon shower, I didn't get as many photos as I'd like - but here are at least a few snapshots of all the cuteness.
This cake was amazing!
Cookies to take home
The gift opening begins - we got so many wonderful things!! Our friend Rachelle, at the left.
L to R: Sharon (Melissa's mom), friends Carey and Andrea, cousin Sarah, and friend & hostess Jayme
Love Sandra Boynton!
The adorable sheep blanket from Aunt Diane, with Mom Oden, Kaizlee, Rachelle, and Melissa
Love this diaper cake from my creative friend Jaimie. On top is a super cute dress she made!
A January 3rd wedding date was great for Patrick's school schedule three years ago, but as an anniversary date, it proves a little complicated to squeeze in, coming off a full week of holiday festivities already, then getting back into school & work. So I think we've resigned ourselves to the fact that we'll celebrate our anniversary late every year - and that's entirely okay with us.
This past weekend was our belated getaway-for-the-day to our beloved city of San Diego, specifically to the San Diego Zoo. We enjoyed a gorgeous sunny-but-not-hot day (a great advantage of celebrating in February in Southern California) visiting the animals & getting some much needed fresh air and exercise. We had a wonderful lunch at Albert's Restaurant (to counteract the exercise ;) ) with a shared duck confit macaroni & cheese appetizer to start, pork loin in mushroom sauce for the lady, and sea bass in lemon sauce for the gentleman.
All in all, a delightful day!
Lovebirds :-)
Duck Confit Macaroni & Cheese
Sea Bass
Pork Loin
The polar bear was definitely a highlight - very entertaining!
Well, folks, I'm crossing the threshold into the third trimester. At 27 weeks, they tell me Baby O.'s now the size of an eggplant! The second trimester has been so great, I'm a little nervous about the changes my body is about to endure in this next phase. But since the end result is our darling (for assuredly she will be darling) baby girl, I say, Bring on the weirdness! At the moment, physically, all is well. At my last Dr.'s visit a couple of weeks ago, I got the good news that I don't have gestational diabetes (although the Valentine's & Easter candy displays at the grocery stores may overturn that :/), her heartbeat was still sounding great, and I was measuring normal for 25 weeks.
My belly is enlarging, but it isn't huge - especially when compared with other ladies I know due in March & April. I'm told that's where being 5'8" is an advantage but I confess I'm hoping for a little more obviously pregnant belly and a little less like I've just got a spare tire in the coming months. As for other externals, after last weekend's shower, the number of baby items around our home has grown exponentially and that makes this all both more real and more surreal.
Baby O.'s still kicking and squirming on a regular basis and making me feel kinda funny on the inside, which I love because it reassures me that she's okay in there (as weird as it is that she's in there). Makes a desk job a bit more interesting with a baby dancing in my belly as I make spreadsheets & type emails :-D.
