Busy, Busy Weekend

Warning....long post ahead! It seems that the closer we get to baby girl's arrival, the more jam-packed our weekends become (but in a good way!). I was 35 weeks as of yesterday, so it means I have 34 days till the due date - yeah!!! Don't get me wrong, this pregnancy has not been very difficult on me (knock on wood...), but I am ready to have this baby to welcome her into the world. It will also be nice to enjoy a couple of glasses of good wine, too!

We had our second baby shower last night that was here in Louisville, hosted by Amy, Amanda and Natasha (who unfortunately could not make it because of her work schedule - we missed you Natasha!). We had a great time, and I even think most of the guys in attendance could say that, too!

Amanda, myself and Amy:


The very cute cake:


We played the "yarn" game where guests cut off a piece of yarn which they think represents how big I am around the stomach. (Uh...Andy, I think the goal is to measure around the pregnant woman's stomach, not the father-to-be's stomach!):



A few pictures of Ryan and I opening gifts. I wish I could remember what was being said or who we were looking at in the third picture - I look bemused and Ryan looks just confused! Also, note Ryan flashing the double thums up in the last picture:






Perhaps the funniest moment of the evening came when two little girls met for the first time. To set the scene, two babies were at the shower - the first is Hattie, daughter of Hayden and Catherine, who turns 1 next week, and the other is Charlotte, Amy and Nick's daughter who is about 1 1/2 years old. Upon meeting on the couch, Hattie promptly started leaning over to give Charlotte nose kisses. The look on Charlotte's face was priceless....she wanted nothing to do with these new signs of affection! Equally priceless are the expressions on Catherine's face, who had a front row seat to all of the action. We were all laughing so hard - I laughed to the point of crying, so it's a wonder I don't have mascara streaming down my cheeks in these pictures!:





We had a wonderful time at the shower, as you can tell from the photographs. Once again, our friends were entirely too generous - below is a picture of one of the gifts we got, which is the infamous swing (my parents are still amazed that this thing has an Ipod hook up, which actually is pretty wild!). We assembled it today and it is waiting to be used in the corner of the den:


We've also already assembled the stroller and its matching carseat, which were generously gifted to us by Ryan's mom and stepdad:


I think the only thing that remains to be assembled is the very cute pack and play that my Mom and Dad bought us to keep on the first floor.

In addition to the shower, some other excitement this weekend was that Ryan's dad and step-mom came in this weekend to see us and came with armloads of gifts for the baby....

A too cute child-sized chair with the first initial of baby girl's name monogrammed on the seat (Yes, we have selected a name, but for some reason I hesitate to announce it on the blog! Maybe you can figure it out from the pictures if you don't know it already!):



A huge stuffed Laborador Retriever (looks like Pearl has found a new friend):




And a cute pink and brown monogrammed bag for overnight trips when she is older:


Wow, this is a ridiculously long post with an overload of pictures! As you can see, though, we had a lot to share!