BUMPDATE- 32 Weeks!

What I'm wearing:
Sweater: Hopes Collection, last year, non maternity
Top: Motherhood Maternity
Jeans: Although not shown are Old Navy, non maternity with a belly band

How Far Along: 32 weeks and 4 days.

Baby is the size of: Baby G is the size of a

Total Weight Gain: Ugh, I'm up 30.

Sleep: Is still not good. I'm basically on the couch every night. I tried the bed for the first time in 2 weeks and it was a disaster. I hurt a lot in the bed and my snoring kept my husband awake. It is back to couch sleeping. It has it's upside. I get to watch Hallmark Christmas movies at 3am when I can't sleep.

Best Moment of the week:

* We found a girls name.If you missed it yesterday here it is. 

* The girls at work surprised me with a baby shower on Friday! They did such a lovely job! They got all the children to color favors and  write me little messages on diapers! 

* We finished putting the cradle together.It's the cradle Brian's mom got when she had his older sister. All of Brian's cousins and even our nephews slept in it. Lots of generations of babies have slept here. 

* Baby moves so much. I'm loving every minute of it. It wakes me up at night and most nights I sit up and talk to baby as he or she moves! It's our special time together. 

* My best friend and I had a great girl's day on Saturday. We took time for ourselves and got a pedi. My feet feel so much better than they did. 

Worst Moment of the Week:
* I really can't complain. The sleep stinks and I'm tired a lot but I'm realizing there isn't much time left in this pregnancy and I need to savor it.

Miss Anything:

* I have had a strong craving for a dirty martini with blue cheese olives lately. That has been my go to drink for years and I'm missing the salty, yummy vodka this week.

Food Cravings:

*I'm craving food in general. Last week I ate so much at lunch. A personal pizza, english muffin and 3 cookies. I was a beast! It was ridiculous! 
*Oh and I can't get enough chocolate almond milk.

Anything make you queasy:

I have woken up several times this last week with a horrible reflux. I feel like I'm vomitting in my mouth. So gross. So sorry for the overshare. At first it was only when I would eat ice cream. It happens all the time now.

Have you started to show? Oh yes!

Gender: Surprise baby!!!

Symptoms: 
*Swelling has come back with a vengence!!! My feet were actually swollen around the tops of my socks the other night. It was pretty funny to look at! The nurse at work thinks I'm not drinking enough water in combination with wearing the belly band or jeans that cut into my tummy. (Baby is so low I can't find pants that fit low enough with out falling off my butt and showing off crack)
*NESTING like a nut case! 

Workouts: Just walking and moving. The more I move the less stiff I get and the less I hurt.

Mood: I'm still really hormonal. I have noticed it's less crying and a little more yelling. Oops!  

Looking forward to:
* Meeting baby! We are getting so close!
* Thanksgiving with family, turkey and all the fixings! 

Maternity Clothes: A good mix of maternity pants. I've been really lucky to still wear non maternity shirts and not have to invest in a lot of new pieces. I'm actually wearing my belly band with non maternity jeans as well.

Stretchmarks: Nothing yet. Thank goodness!

Rings on or off? Depends on the day.

Bellybutton in or out? Still holding strong as an in!

This week I:
* Went to a charity event with my husband. It was nice getting out.
* Treated myself to a pedi!
* Finished our thank you cards.
* Finished our Christmas cards. We won't be sending them out till after Thanksgiving.

Baby Update:

* Baby's head is still very low but we are monitoring closely. I have an appointment on Thursday to see if anything has changed.  

* Baby has fingernails, toenails, and hair is forming on his or her head.

* Baby moves around all the time and especially late at night while I sleep. It usually wakes me up because my tummy shakes so much! 
* I've noticed baby moves more when music plays or when I lay on my left side. We have played lots Pandora Lullaby station for baby. Baby loves it!!! So does mommy. I fell asleep singing "Rainbow Connection" the other night.  

Baby Shower- Part 2

Last week I shared some shots of our baby shower. Click HERE if you'd like to see the decor and games. It was such a great day. I feel so lucky that so many great people love us and Baby G so very much. So many people worked so hard to make this day perfect of us. We feel so very blessed in so many ways. 

Holding the diaper cake my sister in law made. 

The diaper cake is filled with health and wellness goodies for baby. 

My amazing little gift opener! 

My mother in law gave us a blanket she handmade along with a blanket (pictured above) from Baby Gargano's late, great grandma as well as Brian's baby blanket. 

So many goodies. 

Grandma's to be. 

Great Grandma to be. 

To top off a fantastic shower we had the most delicious desert bar. 

Sugar cookies made by my friend Jessica. 

Look how amazing they are! 

She just started doing this little side business. 

They not only looked good they tasted even better. 

My brother's fiancé picked up fresh cider donuts (my favorite) at a local farm. 

My sister in law knows I LOVE pumpkin spice lattes so she made the most delicious pumpkin, cappuccino cupcakes! 

The favor bags my future sister in law picked up for the shower. 

They were adorable and fit take home goodies. 

Mommy and Daddy!

Happies and Crappies

HAPPIES

- IT'S FRIDAYYYYYYY!!!!!

-I downloaded the new Maverick on my Mac and I'm loving how fast my computer is moving!

- I am still going through the lovely gift our baby was given at our shower last weekend. Bogart LOVES the baby's new carriage.

- We have been addicted to scary movies on AMC all week. We love this season for spooky movies. In just a few short weeks it will be Christmas movies!!!

- My little family of 3.5 makes me very happy. 

- This face. 

CRAPPIES

- Holy hormones! I am a mess lately. I cry at EVERYTHING! It's gotten really bad! 

- Hormones have been making me feel so guilty and sad for Bogart. I feel so bad that his life will change so much in a few short month. I want to spoil him so much and cuddle with him more than ever. 

- I'm working tomorrow. BOO! 

- I watched Blackfish on CNN last night. It was beyond heartbreaking. I have wanted to see it for a while. I am glad I did but also so sad at what I saw. 

Baby Shower-Part 1

Words can not express how incredibly blessed I feel after celebrating our baby shower last weekend. Everything was so wonderful. I couldn't have asked for anything more. My mom worked her behind off; planning for months, cooking up a storm and setting everything up.

My shower was not a surprise. I was so glad I was able to help and be a part of the planning. My parents and I spent the day before the shower cooking, decorating and spending some fun family time together.

We utilized our development's club house. It was the perfect location. It if just down the road from our house and it was a perfect blank canvas for decor. We went with a fall theme and decorated with some of our favorite fall decorations and threw in some pumpkins, gourds, and mums.

Our gift table before the gifts arrived. I created the "Thank You" banner from fall themed scrapbook paper, some white paint and ribbon. We decorated the table with pumpkins and some small indian corn. (On the corners of the table)

We used this table for our guest books. Each book had a fall theme. 

We also had a mason jar filled with candy corn and asked our company to guess how many were inside. I also made the "Baby" banner that hung above. 

We set up each table with beautiful Pelee Mums, gourds, and indian corn. 

Some of the decorations on the tables were taken right from momma's house! 

We hung leaf garland and indian corn garland from all of the windows. 

I'm so sad. I planted these beauties in my front yard and the deer ate every single petal! 

This is something I made and we hung it in the center of the room. 

I was afraid the entire shower would be a little to fall and not enough baby. 

We asked out guests to write little wishes for us and Baby G. 

I can't wait to make a little scrapbook with all the lovely notes. 

Our guests filled out our calendar with the day and sex of Baby G. 

I increased the size of the image so you can see lots of girls up there. 

We played Baby bingo and "Who knows Mommy and Daddy"

It's crazy but my best friend's little girl, 6 years old, WON!!! 

We had a a bunch of fall them gifts for all the winners. 

This amazing diaper cake from my sister in law. 

It looks a little messy because I couldn't wait to see all the goodies inside and I did not put it back correctly! It is filled with baby tylenol, gas relief, thermometer and lots of other goodies. 

Here is one of our favors. My mother in law creates pottery and she made an apple soap dish. 

My mom found these adorable Cute As a Button soap to add to the soap dish. 

Check back tomorrow for part 2