Preparing for Fatherhood...

First of all, we had a great Easter weekend and I will post about that later. I forgot my camera card adapter but hopefully tomorrow we will have some good Easter pics:)

Right now I just wanted to share a cute thing that happened yesterday. As I was working on a custom order for this my husband came out into the living room with a twinkle in his eye and smiling, waiting for me to notice.

"What is it?" I asked.

He replied in a super excited voice, "Can we please take out all the baby clothes and look at them?!"

I think he's a little bit excited for the baby, how about you?

The Best Baby Shower Ever!

Guess who had the best baby shower ever:

Me!

Seriously, it was so much fun and there was so much work put in to it. A HUGE thank you to all who made it possible and all who attended. I loved it!

The food was so fun! There was chocolate mousse, fish-shaped cucumber sandwiches, delicious crusty french bread with artichoke dip, and beautiful chocolate shells and candy pearls. There was also a beautiful fruit salad and a sublime pasta salad. Also included were lime water, fish bowls with fishy crackers, otter pops and more! My family is amazing!


The "shower" of gifts! I am so grateful because I felt like I didn't have anything for my baby and now I have so much! I received a two beautiful blankets, handmade by cousins, plenty of nautical/beachy onesies and outfits, a "mommy survival kit," lots of diapers, some cute stuffed animals and much much more.

The much celebrated balloon fish. My cousin is so clever:)

The games were a lot of fun too. There was a door prize and a fill-in-the-blank of children book titles and authors. There was also a matching the sea animal with the name of its baby game (ie, a baby crab is called a megalops. Who knew?). There was also a name suggestion box and a wall of "advice fish."


I just had to share these cute pics of some peeps!

Fail...

I failed the initial glucose test for gestational diabetes. Now I have to go in for the 3-hour test in which they draw blood 4 times. Vampires.

I'm really really hoping that I don't have it :(

Doubts....

Over the weekend, I held an infant in my arms.
He was fussy. He was tired. He was hungry but didn't want to eat.
After a few minutes of this my brother-in-law came in and took the baby telling me to go away. The poor little guy calmed down instantly and starting taking the bottle. I left the room and cried. Am I going to be a good parent? What am I going to do when my own baby comes? Is my family going to judge me and my parenting skills? My husband was a huge comfort as he told me that things would be different with our own baby - that no one would have more right and ability to take care of him than me. I know I'm pregnant and emotional but that whole experience has scared me out of my mind. How am I going to get through this? Surely this is something every new mother experiences right before birth right?