We've reached yet another milestone. Not only are we well into our double digit countdown to LP's arrival, but we're into the final trimester! Woohoo! LP will be here before we know it---maybe even in less than 12 weeks. Any time after 37 weeks would be just fine with me :-)
So, along with the final trimester of pregnancy, comes all the craziness. Good, fun and exciting craziness, but craziness nonetheless. This is the trimester when all of the cajillion things that need to happen before LP arrives have all combined into one overwhelming task that seems to hang over my head every minute of every day. Well, at least that's the way it seems to me---the uber planner/researcher. Everything seems like it's the biggest deal in the world and requires the utmost care and research. And, even though I know that LP will be just fine if the wall letters for his nursery arrive after he is born, I just can't bear the thought of having a single detail that isn't perfect. I know--fully irrational. But, since it's all for my first born child, it must all be perfect :-)
Let's see. We need to: prepare the nursery, take maternity photos (and find something flattering to wear), learn to use our new camera (more on that below), pick a pediatrician, review our daycare options and decide what the plan will be after I go back to work, attend two baby showers, attend a wedding, attend a work conference, take a birthing, CPR, breastfeeding class (which will pretty much absorb our Saturdays and a few evenings in June), scrub down our house, open and set up all of our baby gear (and read the manuals, of course), wash LP's clothes, sheets, etc., and the list could go on forever. Now do you see why I'm so crazy right now?! Tons to do!!! But, I'm looking forward to every single second of it, especially the baby showers. I just love all that cute baby stuff :-)
Speaking of showers, some friends from work threw me and two other friends a triple baby shower this past weekend! All three of us are due within 7 weeks of each other, and we're all having little boys! So fun, right? The shower was a ton of fun---wonderful brunch foods (including a to-die-for tres leches cake . . . thanks Jennie), mommy mimosas (aka virgin), hilarious games, generous and awesome gifts, and most importantly, great company! We got some of the things we need the most: our Pack N Play and linens, our Rock N Play newborn napper, our bathtub, our Moby wrap, and some adorable clothes! I'm so grateful to work with such amazing people. I'm sure the moms in the group will be a wealth of knowledge as to how to do the lawyer/mom thing :-)
I came home from the shower feeling super lucky (and super full :-) ), and was expecting to just show Vikas everything that we received and relax for the rest of the day. Well, little did I know that Vikas would have one more gift for me when I got back. After he brought all of our gifts in, he said "you have one more gift that arrived today." And, since we've just been putting our packages in our empty living room (yep, the decorating of the house has definitely taken a back seat for a while), I expected that it was a gift from someone from out of town that wouldn't be able to make it to the showers. When I didn't see anything new in there, he told me to look in the dining room. And there it was! Our new Nikon D3100 with the 18-55mm and 55-200mm lenses! I had mentioned to Vikas that we really needed to get a real camera to capture all of our memories with LP and so that I could take an amateur photography class. But, I hadn't really done any research at all. Well, he did, and he bought this great camera for us! I can't wait to take pictures of our family with it for years to come :-) That is, after I read the manual and watch the instruction videos (yes, plural). Lol!
Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from the shower, but I do have some updated belly pics. As you can see, LP is definitely getting all the nourishment he needs (and maybe even a little more, at times . . . see reference to tres leches cake above . . .lol).
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