Baby Update

I had my 36 week appointment yesterday. I lost weight (again) but since the baby is definatly growing- the Dr. is not concerned... In fact I measure at 37 weeks. Another big baby like C & K, or a small (6 lb. 10 oz.) shrimp like B??? Guess we'll just have to wait and see. I had my strep B test yesterday, and an internal exam. I have dialated to 1 cm. Which basically means nothing, but its nice to know that progress is being made. Sunday is a full moon, I wonder if that will kick start anything? The big buzz on the I am Pregnant website is the upcoming full moon. I found a website that will tell you the moon phase for any given date. I checked the phase for Katherine and Brianna's births (Chris was induced- so that doesn't count) They were both born within 2-4 days of a full moon. Probably just coincidence... K. was 8 days late, and B. was a day early. As long as the baby waits until after the baby shower on Sat. I am ready anytime. I wouldn't mind an early arrival. I saw my friend Buffy at Target the other day, and she was really surprised how much bigger I had gotten in the week or so since I had last seen her.

I am furiously preparing for the baby shower. I'm very happy that we decided to go ahead and have it here (both of my g/f's who are hosting live in other towns). This gives me a reason to get everything "perfect". I have pulled out all of my serving pieces, washed them up. Laid out and organized all the decorations, cleaned the carpets and the furniture in the living room and dining room. Tracy and Mary are coming tomorrow evening to help with the decorating and do ahead food prep. and they'll be here early on Sat. I'm a little nervous about the watermelon baby carriage carving, but I saw it in a magazine years ago, loved it, cut out the picture and saved it. Although I have hosted several baby showers, I have yet to actually attempt it. Since this is my shower, I want everything to be perfect, and don't mind the extra hassle! ;0) LOL! Katherine and I made a diaper cake (something else I've never wanted to attempt! ) I'm VERY pleased with how it turned out! They sell for at least $100 on the internet. It wasn't as hard as I expected it to be, and much more cost effective to do it yourself. There is maybe $10-$12 worth of diapers, and some toys, and baby supplies (pacifiers, brush and comb set etc.) It is all stuff that would have been purchased anyway- so the only "extra" cost is the curling ribbon, which was maybe $2! ;0) and it is SOOOOO cute. I will definatly keep it in mind when deciding on future baby shower gifts. It makes quite the statement, and everyone who has seen it loves it. We made a diaper wreath for the front door. I already had the grapevine wreath and the diapers, and used the same curling ribbon from the diaper cake. Cost = Free! I didn't put any decorations on it, I think its fine the way it is... It's going on the front door and there will be other decorations around...

I bought some ferns for the front porch, and some flowers for my window boxes. The azaleas are so pretty, quite confident they will still look good Sat. Scrubbed all the winter ick and pollen off of the patio furniture. The weather is supposed to be in the high 70's and partly cloudy. Hopefully we'll get a couple hours of sunshine! Since we have so much seating on the back porch it will be nice to have that option.

Loving this gorgeous spring weather! Doris (MIL) got out of the hospital yesterday. The girls and I went to Greenville to go pick her up. Chris had an orthodontist appt. in Raleigh at the same time, so Elton took him there. I don't drive in Raleigh... I don't know where I'm going... Maybe if I had GPS??? She seems to be doing really good, on oral meds for kidneys. She came over to our house, and sat on the front porch while we visited. I watered the plants, and K. and I trimmed up some Ivy. It grows like crazy this time of year! Elton got home, we moved to the back deck, and when Chris got home (he was mowing Dad and Janet's yard) we went out to eat at Mayflower. I had never eaten there. I hate seafood, but I got the popcorn chicken platter, it came with hushpuppies (the kids love them- not my thing) a baked potato (yum!) and coleslaw. The portion sizes were huge- the girls kids meals were normal adult size portions. We have tons of leftover chicken and hushpuppies to eat for lunch today.

Today I need to get upstairs, vacuum, clean the bathroom etc. I rarely ever even go up there- I just get annoyed...