Stef,
Yes, I do see those big little lips. How adorable!!
Can't wait to see next month's pics!
I'm checking with dh to see if he wants to do a scan tomorrow. There's a local place that has a "Tuesday" special for $50. All along I've said I dont want to do those scans because I want it to be a surprise when he's bornm but now that I've seen yours....well now I kinda want to do it. He'll prob tell me "make up your mind!"
Your niece sounds so cute!!!
Angel,
Carter has grown so much! He is so cute!!
Those cheeks! I like that idea of taking pictures at different intervals, at the same place. I do that with ds every Memorial Day weekend. It started when he was 6 y/o. I am going to do the same thing with my baby!
Vegas,
I think you described it perfectly: Ill think I want to do it, but I dont have the energy. Thats me!!
Ha ha where in the world did Charlotte get the name Kenyan from? Thats unique for sure! There must be a character named that, either in books or tv or something.
My energy level goes up and down. Its weird. Whats even weirder is what I found lurking in my belly button this weekend. Im almost afraid to tell you guys
dont wanna gross yall out. Its
not dirt or lint.
Anyone wanna take a guess?? 
Afm,
My frizzhead hair and I thank yall for the compliments on the pic. I love looking at it, takes me back to happy times
dss band performance was nice. You know how bands will sometimes dance in unison, like move their knees and legs? Well, they did that as part of the routine, and all I have to say is: poor thing has no rhythm
! He is just like me. I cant claim him biologically, but I can certainly say he takes after me in that way. Afterwards he asked us if we noticed when we were dancing out there? It took all in me to not say Oh, is
that what that was? ha ha
jk! I mentioned it to my mom and she said dont worry, with practice he will loosen up and get better.
I drove a total of 6.5 hours on Saturday. 4 hours to get there (HORRENDOUS TRAFFIC, thanks legendary LA freeways!
). It only took me 2.5 hours to get home because there was no traffic at that time. I got home at 10pm and just collapsed. I did not get a chance to take a bump pic or of the babys new swimtrunks cache, I literally did almost nothing on Sunday except lounge at home. I did get a few things done towards the evening, but not nearly what I had planned/needed to do. Oh well. I will definitely try to take and post a bump pic within the next week or so. Promise!
The baby shower was nice, but kinda overdone. Let me explain why, and in advance
let me say that I hope I dont offend anyone!!
So it was held in the backyard of my cousins home. The decorations were beautiful, BUT it kinda felt like a wedding, or a sweet 16 party or something. There was a candy table (you know, where they have all kinds of candies in the color theme for people to help themselves to, the presentation was very nice). There was a fancy beautiful fondant 3 layer round cake (looked like it could have been a wedding cake or something). There were fresh flowers on every table (I get that, I think Id like something like that) but they also had 2 glass containers with water and floating candles on each table also (kinda like you would at a wedding). She had those pretty homemade paper flower balls (like from pinterest) hanging from the patio ceiling (this looked nice, I would like something like this).
She had lots of friends and family helping her with the party. Each table had their own platter of desserts (Mexican sweet sour spicy sliced candy apples, huge chocolate dipped strawberries). I liked how each table had their own platter because this way, nothing went to waste. Because how many people go up to the tables to serve themselves this type of stuff, but if its placed at your table, you cant help yourself, right? I noticed all the tables had finished the goodies that were placed there.
She also gave each guest a gift. It was a little box, kinda like the Chinese take out food boxes, it was nicely personalized with a pink ribbon and baby carriage sticker. It contained a typed note from the mother to be, and also made sure to state I would love to meet you when Im born, but please wait at least a couple of months for mommy to look pretty ?? It also contained a body scrub in a nice little mason jar type of thingie, and some more candies in a pretty chiffon baggie.
I mean,
really. Who of us has ever kept a party favor theyve been given?? I know that I chuck them when I get home. The only people I imagine would want a party favor in this instance would be the mother to be and her mom.
Idk, I know that I am pretty pragmatic and low maintenance, but this party really seemed over the top. If it were up to me, I would totally prefer a meet the baby party after my baby is born, for many reasons. First, because the timing is so close to the holidays. I dont want to add more expenses to peoples budgets around the holiday season, not just to the guests, but to my mom and my cousins who will be hosting the shower. Secondly, luckily for us, we really dont need people to buy us stuff. I thank God that we can afford all the items needed. Again, I plan on purchasing the majority of items gently used (first of all, because I need 2 of everything since my mom will be watching him for me, secondly the whole reduce, reuse, recycle concept). One of the big ticket items that I plan on purchasing brand new are 3 car seats. I've heard that car seats should never be purchased 'used'. Of course, any gifts would be very appreciated, but we really dont need them, per se.
On the other hand, I dont want to take away from my mom. Shes so excited and I am her only daughter, and I know that chances are, this will be my only baby, so this is her only chance to co-host a baby shower for her daughter. I guess I should have a conversation with her and my cousin who is the main co-host, and tell them that I dont want anything over the top and just simple stuff. I dont even want to give away favors to the guests
The only thing I can see of reason to give to the guests would be like, a grab bag of candies for the kids that attend the shower (because Im not going to say no children allowed like my cousin did for her shower
!). A bag of candies for the kid attendees (kinda like you do when you have a kiddie bday party) is reasonable, I think.
Again, I hope I dont offend any of you, especially if you are planning a luxurious baby shower!!!!
Funny thing! A few weeks ago I decided on the theme for the nursery. Its called Jungle Baby. I didnt share it with my mom, just with dh to make sure he liked it (and he did)!. Anyways, I stopped at Walmart on Saturday before I went to my moms house for some household items and found some wall decals that are a pretty darn close match. I actually was looking for bathtub treads and they were right next to them so I thought that was a sign! They were $10 each and I bought 3 boxes (planning to use 1 box on the dresser I will buy). When I got there, my mom gave me a blanket that she bought for me to see if I liked it. Its so ironic, its the jungle baby theme, albeit with the colors slightly darker. Isnt that crazy?
Its funny, because she also had a dream that I was carrying a baby boy. She says she had it 2 weeks before I found out and told her I was pg. She shared that dream with me when I told her I was pg.
Speaking of dreams, Im going to start another post (because this one is so dang long, sorry!) about the dreams Ive had while pg. I think I might have shared the first with you, but I dont think I shared the second, and I know I havent shared the 3rd because I just had that dream.
And how awesome about DS! What a smart young man. Love the pic! You are soooo gorgeous! 
