My 30 week picture! Sweet Mary, Joseph and Jesus -- I NEVER thought I would make it here! We have definitely been blessed. In this picture, taken just 30 minutes ago, I've made a smirk. Why? you ask ... I think there is something wrong with the auto-focus on my camera and I wasn't sure this one was going to come out clear. Luckily it did. It's the only one out of ten pictures that i just took. BTW, I'm feeling fine, I'm just not wearing any make up and my Bridges-inherited dark circles are very apparent. Also, I'm fighting the "mask of pregnancy". Try as I might to wear waterproof sunscreen when I'm swimming, it doesn't really do the trick all that well. Oh, well! C'est la vie!Skeletor is getting a new name ... I'm calling him "T-Bob" for now since we aren't going to name him until we meet him. Robert hates being called Bob, but holding to his cajun roots, I can't
pass it up, calling our lil 'un "T-Bob". God, I hope it doesn't stick!
My big family shower is coming up a week from today. I don't want to speculate, but I probably won't be that far off if close to 100 guests show up. I'm really looking forward to it. I love seeing all of my aunts, uncles and cousins. Most of them are aware of the troubles we have had trying to get pregnant and stay that way. I think it will be a very joyous occasion. I'm lucky to have a family like I do and I hope they know how much I appreciate all that they have done for me.
The highlight of this week, so far, is that my bestest friend Tiffany is back in town to attend this shower. She's the one from Chicago. I've been very fortunate that she has been showing lots of support and excitement for me. I don't have many girlfriends and especially being almost 37 years old, I don't have much else in common with other couples that we know around here. So, via email, Tiffany and I have been cyber-shopping like crazy for the past few weeks.
I've been doing a lot of diaper-obsessing and I've read that it is a common thing among moms-to-be that want to cloth diaper. Whew! What a relief! I was beginning to think that I would need some sort of 12-step program to stop. Since this is stuff that I almost definately will not receive as shower gifts, I went ahead and bought a few things that I will need. I found on ebay some inexpensive wool soakers. I won them for $17 each, so I got a small and a medium and the brand is Babyology. I bought two dozen infant prefolds from Green Mountain diapers, some Charlie's soap for doing the laundry (which turns out to be three times cheaper than what I'm using now), some wool wash and conditioner (which I think I've already mentioned) from Blue House Soaps .... YIKES! IBS JUST KICKED IN --- WILL BE BACK WHEN THIS SUBSIDES.
Ok --- where was I? Oh yes, shopping! I also ordered some other wool soakers and I think they were a small and a medium, but for the life of my I can't remember from where. Now, THAT will be a surprise when the UPS/Fedex guy comes! Like Sara, I LOVE my delivery guys!!!! They are SO AWESOME! This week will be great ... expecting 3 packages and preparing for the shower on Saturday. I also need to buy a pair of shoes to go with my dress. I'm hoping Tiffany can help me out there because she is the shopping queen. I could easily live my life out barefoot or in tennis shoes. I have NO fashion sense. Another great thing going on this week is that JCPenney called yesterday and said that our crib is in and ready for pickup! Yay! It's early.
Hopefully, Monday night Robert and I can go there and pick it up. The nearest JCP is about 30 miles away, otherwise I would run over there myself right now. Speaking of Robert, he is
diligently working on the shower, finding some more short-cuts and having to fix them.
Man, this post is turning into a long one. I didn't think I had much to say.
Anyway, this week I made the Black and White pound cake and it was very good! I think I over mixed the butter part with the eggs because it was just the slightest bit dry, but cake is cake and look at how awesome it looks! ( I have to laugh, because only I can make a cake with 10 eggs and a pound of butter dry!) Thanks Frank and Kym for the recipe! I like how the chocolate part swirled into the white part all on it's own. I'm definitely going to have to do this one again!
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This was such a fun post to read! You have a busy week going on...and I absolutely love your crib! It's so cool that it came in early for you guys. I hope you have a really good time at your shower - it is so cool that you will be surrounding by so many family and friends. What a great feeling! I love the fact that you and I share the love of the delivery man and we watched the same movie this weekend, LOL :-) Mackinaw Island is a place in up north michigan that is a popular vacation spot - and they make a lot of fudge. So they make ice cream with the fudge in it too :-) Basically vanilla ice cream with big hunks of chocolate fudge...yum. But your cake has me drooling as well. It turned out very pretty! Congrats on the 30 weeks...lookin good!
Hi Susan!
I work in Customer Service at Select Comfort [creator of the Sleep Number bed]. Part of my job is to peek into the blogosphere and offer help [if needed] to bed owners that are blogging about their Sleep Number beds.
Pregnancy can definitely bring a whole new basket of sleep issues to the forefront. The feedback we've received from other bed owners is that the Sleep Number bed is uniquely positioned to help expecting mothers because it allows you to change the firmness of your bed as your body changes throughout your pregnancy. Our recommendation when changing your Sleep Number is to make the smallest possible change [5 pts] and give it 3-4 nights before changing again. This gives your body time to adjust to the new number. Usually, as your weight increases, so do your pressure points, which means a softer setting (lower number) could help alleviate your morning hip pain. I’ve also heard increasing the number to 100 can aid in getting out of bed in the morning too.
We have a website, www.beds.com, developed to encourage an expanded discourse on sleep related topics and to allow the public to take part in the conversation. In fact, my colleague Catherine posted a blog on the Sleep Number bed and pregnancy back in February http://www.beds.com/blog/?p=57. We'd love to hear your feeback on the blog as well-- especially as it pertains to the changes in number you've made and what feels best.
Please don't hesitate to give us a call at 1-800-472-7185 if we can be of further assistance.
James Freund
Select Comfort Customer Service
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