The Only Slightly Awkward Baby Shower

Well, I made it through the baby shower yesterday, which turned out to be only slightly awkward. As it turned out, I knew way more people than I thought I would or did. There were probably about 15-20 women there, including my fabulous BFF and her sister. I was amazed that I actually knew so many of the women. There were probably about eight or so that I didn't know, and they were all fantastic people. I couldn't believe how many people came!

J did an awesome job with the refreshments. She actually made this large cherry chip cake that was too big for the refreshment plates. The best was this berry punch she made that she sprinkled with fresh strawberries, blue berries, and black berries.

The only "game" we played was everyone got a 3x5 card and wrote down a question they wanted to ask me to get to know me better, then write down a piece of advice, and then I got to open their gift. Baby Bean got some new clothes, dishes for when she gets a bit older, a few toys, and some bath items.

One lady who is a month behind me in her pregnancy brought this fantastic cake made out of diapers. lol! It turns out she went through infertility with her first two babies and has endo that also prevented her from getting pg the first couple of times. She even has gestational diabetes. As you can imagine, we became fast friends.

This was another one of my favorite items, given to me by the lady throwing the shower. I had another favorite outfit, but I put it away before I brought the camera upstairs and was too tired and lazy to pull it back out. It was the cutest little outfit from The Chil.drens Pla.ce with a pink, blue, and white striped sweater and little pair of blue jeans.

I realized this week that the baby could technically come any day, and that I don't want my house to be a mess when she does. I don't think I am technically nesting, so much as I realize I will be having a c-section and cleaning my house after getting home from the hospital in anticipation of my mom coming is probably not going to be in the cards. I also realized that I only do laundry every two weeks and what if Baby Bean decides to make her appearance toward the end of the second week? I won't have any clean clothes! I decided I had probably better be a bit more on the ball about getting and keeping the house clean and doing laundry at least once a week. So yesterday I tried to go nuts cleaning before the baby shower, knowing full well it would knock me on my butt and I would end up spending all day Sunday sleeping, which is exactly what happened. At least my house is clean if the baby comes this week. Sadie even got a deshedding brush out today, much to her dismay.

I have been so exhausted lately I can barely keep my eyes open. Hubs and I have been getting in some extra cuddle time because I have been craving contact with him, but I can never manage to stay awake for long after we sit down to watch a show. Mags has been really snuggly too, which I just love. I can't count the number of times the dogs and I have sacked out on the couch together over the past couple weeks. I guess I'm just trying to get the good sleeping in while I can before the big day.

Now if I could just get my allergies to lighten up a bit...