29 weeks: Spoiled!

My sister came out to visit and entertain me while in my lame state. During her time here, she, my mom and Nicole threw a baby shower for us and all of our little ones - and wow our little ones are spoiled. Using a webcam we were able to include Seattle folks - my mom, Kim (and Rob who was roped in semi-willingly). Everything was coordinated between the two locations, they had the same plates and game supplies - it was rather impressive. My poor sister dragged an entire large suitcase out here full of goodies. Those of us in Chicago also had a great time just being able to be together. Since I am not allowed to travel, people travelled from Kentucky, Indiana and Chicago to help us celebrate - it was wonderful. It is beginning to feel like these babies might actually arrive someday (but not before June) and when they do - they will be well dressed and spoiled!

Just after the shower ended while Brant, Kelly and I were all recuperating, we starting smelling some sort of chemical. Turns out that the apartment downstairs was having their floors re-stained. Due to the fine construction of our home (insert sarcasm here) the smell got to be too much even for Brant let alone me. Once we learned they planned to do another coat Sunday morning, we knew we had to vacate the apartment. I have been trying hard to stay away from chemicals during my pregnancy and I wasn't about to pass out from them now. When evacuating the house, Kelly grabbed a bunch of food left over from the shower to bring to the hotel. I woke up in the morning for one of my many restroom visits and was starving. I spotted some donuts in our pile of food and knew that I must have them...but how with Brant and Kelly still sleeping in the dark room? I grabbed the donut box and my water and rushed into the restroom to begin my first breakfast of the day. I burst out laughing at myself several times while enjoying the donuts sitting in the bathroom alone - definitely glad there wasn't a camera for that pregnancy moment. We ended up staying at a hotel Saturday night and were able to return to our smell free home late Sunday afternoon.

After all the goodies that we were spoiled with during the shower, the next most obvious thing seemed to be to get a crib. I had insisted that I wasn't ready for this in previous weeks when Brant attempted to tell me it was time. Even though our kids won't be home for a while (regardless of when they are born) neither of us would want to be out tracking down a crib after they arrive. Somehow, Brant and my sister teamed up to convince me this was a good idea to get now and they went out Sunday night and got the crib Brant and I had been spying and assembled it in our bedroom.

Just as I was coming to terms with the crib in the bedroom, the next day they teamed up again to convince me that we needed to make sure we had all key items on hand since we really had no idea when everyone will be born. I was sure that I wasn't ready for this, but I was outnumbered and trapped at home. Brant and Kelly went out to Babiesrus to pick up a couple of the remaining items that we wanted to be prepared (including a crib mattress). So I guess now we are really ready - or as ready as we can be knowing that we have hopefully 7 more weeks to get to our goal of 36 weeks.