This past weekend I was lucky enough to be showered again with gifts and love! My aunt Sandy organized a “surprise” baby shower for me out in Pottstown. I knew about it but knew none of the details. Jon and I arrived at my parent’s house at noon on Saturday. I was blindfolded and put in the car and told not to ask any questions….I believe this was some sort of revenge for the way in which we told my parents I was pregnant (video to come soon of that, I promise). Needless to say, the ride from Wayne to Pottstown (about 45 minutes) was almost unbearable being blindfolded. I stuck it out though and lasted the whole way without being able to see. My mom led me into the restaurant and apparently it was the most hilarious spectacle. I wish I could have been an outsider looking in instead of being the idiot who was blindfolded!

Here are a bunch of shots. Visit Jon’s Flickr Page to see the originals!

Thanks again to everyone who helped to organize and keep me in the dark!

Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by BabyMama in Baby Shower, Events, Family, Friends | No Comments »

This past weekend Jon’s family (major props to Allison and Janet) threw us a fantastic pool side shower. There was tons of amazing food, incredible presents and fun had by all. Here are a few pics and videos of our time showering it up!

Here is what happens when Jon’s old band arrives and takes over the pool. It was such an impressive feat because it literally took them 50 tries to nail the final dunk–go Jon, Mr. Dunk himself!

Thanks again to all those that attended. Jon and I had a blast. Everyone was so generous with their gifting. Elzie is so set!

Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by BabyMama in Events, Family, Friends | 1 Comment »

On friday we had our 25 week appointment. Everything was fantastic. The midwives were quite pleased that I had gained 8 lbs this month and am now measuring right on target (last month I was a bit too small for their liking). It’s quite easy to gain 8 lbs when you have two servings of ice cream a day. Here are some videos from our Friday adventuring.

25 week heartbeat and some “neckfurters”

After our appointment we picked up Shelly and Rowan and went over to my parent’s house for a little bbq. To test our own parenting abilities, we found as many ways as possible to laugh uncontrollably at a toddler. Spinning turned out to work the best. Here are Jon and Shelly taking little nugget on a spinning adventure.

Here my dad got a little training of his own. Taking Rowan for a shoulder ride, he got a good taste of the next few summers. Rowan finally decides that the shoulder ride is no where near as exciting as spinning so he requests help on a dismount and spins again. This time I’m the spinner! Once Rowan realized how much we enjoyed a laugh at his expense he began to just walk and fall on his own. What a little ham.

On Saturday Jon’s oh so generous mom took me shopping for a whole new maternity wardrobe. I managed to get a whole bunch of items that will serve me well for the remainder of this pregnancy. Thanks Janet!!! Here you can see that Jon got a little taste of what it might be like to have a 6 month pregnant belly. I think he looks quite dashing…and lumpy!

Posted on July 14th, 2008 by BabyMama in Family, Friends, Pregnancy, Shopping, The Birth Center | No Comments »