October 15th, what a big day!

My baby shower was last night. I had such a wonderful time! We had a great turn out. I think there was around 20 people there. The cake was delicious. I wasn't able to have any till I got home. My stomach was in knots at the shower. I barely drank any punch. We played a word scramble game. I wasn't any good at it. Penny had to give me a few hints. Penny also had the women write on onesies. They were suppose to write messages to the baby or to the parents. They turned out cute. Cara wrote one saying, "Don't Shake Me" and Jamie's said "Don't mind the smell, I get it from my dad". We'll have to make sure we get a picture of Vance in his personalized onesies.

Julie Arnold told me she had never see so many gifts at one shower. I came home with a car full, literally. My trunk was completely full, my back seat was filled to the ceiling and the front passenger seat was full. It was kinda funny driving home, I had balloons blocking the back window. I had Chris help me unload the car. He couldn't believe how much stuff there was. After we got it all in the house, we put it all on the table and tried going through it. We just looked at what we got. I didn't even try to put anything in the nursery. I guess I'll be doing that tonight. :) We have a job ahead of us.

Yesterday I also had my doctors appt. Chris went with me this time. I knew they were going to draw blood and I also had to get a shot. I wanted to make I had someone to drive me home in case the blood and shots got to me. I was alright. They also did a sugar test on me. I passed. I'm not diabetic. Everything is measuring up right and I am gaining enough weight. Only 4 pounds in 1 month. They expect me to gain 1 pound per week. But if I keep this up, I'll end up weighing about 200lbs when the baby is born. AH! That's a scary number for me. :) Otherwise everything is still going well. The Dr. ask me about his movement and was glad to hear he is active. She thinks this is a good pregnancy. No complaints or concerns. They have me coming back in 3 weeks and then from then on I will be going every 2 weeks.

The Pumpkin Patch

Justin, Penny, Chris and I went to the Pumpkin Patch on Thursday. We all picked out our pumpkins. After leaving the orchard, we all went to our house for dinner and pumpkin carving. I have a few pictures of how they turned out. I cheated and used a stencil. Chris wanted more of a challenge but had a little bit of a problem with his. It ended up just being a big hole on one side and half a raccoon face on the other. We all had a great time.











Mine is the middle one, Chris's is on the right and Penny's is on the left. Justin wasn't done with his when the picture was taken.

I've also managed to get a new belly pic, for those of you watching me "grow". :)

It's about time!

I've been busy, I guess. I hadn't realized how long it's been since I've wrote. Work has kept me pretty busy. At least until this week. I've had a nice week so far. This last weekend was a blast. Chris and I took Saturday to go to the Northwest/Pitt State game at Arrowhead Stadium. Northwest won, but they went into overtime. It got pretty hot outside. I got quite a bit of sun on my face. I was worries that I may burn, but all is good and I'm looking pretty tan, lol. After the Northwest game, we went home and watched the Mizzou game on TV. Again, another win. Yay! Sunday came and we didn't do much. I was so tired from Saturday. I even fell asleep during the Chiefs game. They lost, so I guess it wasn't worth watching anyways.
Vance has been more and more active. Almost too active. There have been times I get crampy from him moving so much. I read that when I'm not active, the baby will be. And BOY! it's that right. Anytime I try to sit and relax, he gets going. I'm am still sleeping well. He seems to sleep when I do. Or at least he doesn't kick hard enough to wake me.
My next Dr. visit is Monday. It'll be a very long visit. They have a few tests they want to do. I am a bit nervous. No reason to be, I know. I just don't like sitting and doing nothing. I have a book I can take to read. Let's hope that passes the time. Monday evening is my baby shower. I'm excited about that! It's been a while since I've seen all my family in the same room together. It'll be a nice time. Yesterday I went shopping for my "shower outfit". I didn't find much. Everything makes my belly look huge. But I guess that could be because it's getting bigger by the day. Or at least I feel that way. Some of my clothes, mainly t-shirts, have gotten pretty tight. I'm gonna have to replace them soon.
So this week is my 27th week. Only 13 more weeks to go! That's only 90 days! I think I may miss being pregnant. I've had a good pregnancy so far. Chris said he's done waiting. He wants Vance to be here now. I think he is getting bored waiting. He doesn't have the daily changes like I do. Well I am going to stop boring you. I would leave you with a picture, but my camera doesn't have batteries. I will add one asap. I promise!