Great Weekend

We had a hectic but great weekend. James finished painting the nursery a color yellow he found at the hardware store called "You Are My Sunshine." See pic - it's not completed yet but almost. A bit weird to see a crib in place of our bed!

Saturday, Heather and her mom threw me a baby shower at her house, around the corner from where my mom lives in Jersey. It was such an amazing time and so nice to see all the moms, too. We caught up with each other, laughed til it hurt, ate lots and opened presents. The girls really hooked me up. I was a bit overwhelmed by their generosity and love. See link for pics.



After the shower, I went straight to Chieun's apartment because James was babysitting Luca. He had already gone to bed by the time I got there (it was 8pm) but at 2am, Luca started crying so I got up, fed him and played with him for about 1.5 hours. I didn't get much sleep that night, but that was expected. Sunday morning, James had to do some work so I hung out with Luca all by myself. I found out that babies need constant entertainment, but it wasn't as bad as I thought. (Then again, I only babysat for a few hours...) When Chieun and Brian came home, we borrowed their station wagon and headed to Ikea to find a crib and some other things. Everything was going very smoothly. We even hit the Babies 'R Us next to Ikea to pick up a mattress for the crib. We left the store, got on the turnpike, then got a flat tire. Ugh. I was pretty scared because cars were whipping by us at 70-80 mph. Though we were on the shoulder of the road, I've seen too many episodes of Cops when a traveling car would not see the car pulled over and ram right into them. Scary. But I was buckled in and we waited for help to arrive. It wasn't that bad of a wait, either. That night, we assembled some furniture. I was beat, but we got a lot accomplished so that felt really good.

The pic above is me at 33 weeks. I've got a bruise because I injected myself with Lovenox there since my legs were getting a bit bruised up. My doctor recommended to ice the area before I inject to prevent bruising, but sometimes I can't be bothered because it hurts to ice it, too. But, the icing does help lessen the bruising.

Tomorrow I see Dr. B and I'm also getting that non-stress test done. I'm hoping to pick a day that I'll be induced. I'd like to know when I'll go to the hospital so I can plan accordingly, though I know that a lot of times, plans don't go accordingly. Afterwards, I've booked a prenatal massage that my co-workers got me for my birthday. I'm REALLY looking forward to that. My back has been hurting me more and more these days. I've been resisting sneakers but I see myself caving in soon.