36 Weeks

Today we went in for our 36 week appointment and all is looking good. The highlights are

• I am 1/2 a centimeter dialated (which is perfect because I don't want him coming this weekend while Carter's not around).
• Mason is "sunny side up" or techinically in the "posterior position" so I am supposed to stay on my hands and knees for 30-40 minutes every day to help him turn as well as not being able to elevate my feet and a few other things. It's not bad if he doesn't turn, it will just mean a longer, harder labor for me...and who wants that??
• I am going to start drinking 2-3 cups of Red Rasberry Leaf Tea to help my body prepare for the "big" day.
• My midwife is going on vacation 2 days before my due date (YIKES) which is all the more reason why he should come a week or so early!

North Bend Church Baby Shower

On Saturday 8/20 was my church shower put on by DeAnn Russell and Tammy Bishop and it was so lovely! They also went with the Mickey theme and had it at Tammy's home on the back deck and the weather was gourgeous for an outdoor baby shower. The women of the church and a few of my co-workers joined us for the shower and it was fun chatting and visiting with everyone. We received so many cute clothes and the talent of the ladies in quilting and crocheting is amazing! Thanks to all who joined us for a wonderful lovely baby shower, Mason sure will be one well dressed baby!

 JoAnne is very gifted at cake making!

 Carter got to enjoy the cake too!

 My Mother-in-law Paula was able to join us!

My sister-in-law Sarah and nephew Grayson got to come too!

Sneak Peek

I've been working hard with Carter's help at getting Mason's room put together. Here is a sneak peek at one of the decorations I made, but I am not yet ready for the big room reveal!!

California Baby Shower

We drove down to Yuba City on Thursday the 28th and it was a pretty smooth ride despite Baby M hating the car and kicking me for over half of it. It was great getting to see my family as this is the first time that they had seen me pregnant in person and luckily Mason cooperated and they were all able to feel him move!

The baby shower was on Saturday, July 30th and my mom and sister did a STUPENDOUS job!! Everything was adorable, the games were fun, and there was a wonderful turnout of people from all parts of my life. The turnout included women who were the parents of my friends from elementary school, women who had seen me grow up at church, my kindergarten teacher, my old babysitter, and many close family friends, all who I haven't seen in years. It was also fun having everyone together because it was like a big reunion for those who hadn't seen each other in a long time! People were more than generous and we were definitely blessed with many things for Mason and our list of what we still need is much shorter now. One thing that I love was that my mom and sister asked for a book to be brought in lieu of a card so people brought all of their favorite books and now Mason's library is over 25 books larger with many classics!!

 My clever talented sister making the cake!

 Doesn't it look awesome!!!

 My lovely hostesses and mom and sister.

 A fun matching game!!!

 There was this game where people would guess whos attribute we would want the baby to have.

 My Aunt and 2nd cousin

 Gotta love family!!!

My sister, me, mom, Nanny, Aunt, 2nd cousin, cousin all on the same family side.