The Merry, Merry Month of May

Wow, is it just me or does time move exponentially faster when you are pregnant?  Of course I didn't feel that way the first half when I was bargaining with all food intake to stay put!  But, really, here we are at the end of the month with 5 1/2 weeks left to go.  It has been a pretty great month all in all.  After my lovely visit to IL I came home and was accompanied by my Mom who spent another glorious 2 weeks with me.  She was really a God-send, and helped reign in my pregnancy brain and got things situated in our house so, if our little one decides to make an early entrance, we are ready with the essentials!  First things first though. 

At the beginning of the month I hit the big 3-0.  If you would have asked me a couple years ago I would have admitted that I was dreading this milestone, but now, I had not a single problem with it.  I realized that I definitely wouldn't want to go be 20 again and that my life is pretty great.  I am more confident in who I am, I have a career that I love, an amazing husband and life partner, and an expanding waistline that is actually not from too much pizza and beer!  I really couldn't ask for anything more!  We celebrated the event with a Mexican-themed dinner with a few friends.

Make your own Quesadilla or Fajitas!

Nothing like having your Mom in your kitchen to make you feel like all is right with the world

 We, funnily enough, all ended up watching the Movie Titanic through to the end for some odd reason, but it was kind of fun to see again.  Then of course, there was dessert.  I'm drooling just remembering!  Mom made a cheesecake and a friend of mine is a cupcake connoisseur and always brings delicious treats!

 I have the greatest friends, since we usually get each other nice bottles of wine or specialty beers and that was obviously off the table, they found  a creative replacement in pints of all different chocolate varieties from the best local ice cream shop.  Best gift for a pregnant person EVER!

 It really was a special birthday, even if I didn't get the crazy 30th birthday bash, priorities they are a-changin'. 

The best thing my Mom did for me during her visit was to help rearrange some things and get our spare bedroom ready to double as nursery.  She painted two of the walls a lovely lavender to cover the aweful blue sponge painting that was there before and made adorable curtains for the windows and the closet to replace doors that were less than functional.  Now I really like the room!

Of course pictures don't do the color justice, but this gives an idea.  We also kept Eric busy during this visit putting together furniture and baby accessories.  He is getting to be quite the pro, good practice for the many years of "some assembly required" ahead of us

Although we have had to keep all baby things shut away in her room since the cat thinks they are all very special beds for her!

We wrapped up Mom's time here with a special Mother's Day painting class.  Guided painting and wine studios are popping up all over the place here and they are a really good time (same principle as the owl paintings we did  a few months ago) and suitable for all abilities.  Since my Mom is kind of awesome when it comes to art projects she did her own thing as I followed the directions.

But she also helped me out along the way, which is why mine turned out so good!  Here are the finished masterpieces!

It was a special day indeed!  We were sad to see Mom leave, but I'm sure she was ready to get back home to retired life so she could relax after all the hard work she did for us, we love and appreciate you!!

The rest of the month we have just been truckin' along.  I am getting more and more uncomfortable and am actually going to see a PT for some back pain next week.  Work is busy and getting more difficult but I am determined to work as long as possible so I can save my leave for when the baby is actually on the outside.  My doctor gave me the "well we'll see how that goes for you" response, but I have a tendency towards stubbornness so we will just have to see!  Everything is progressing without complications at this point and, really, 5 1/2 weeks is not long at all!  It is also reassuring that if she does decide to make an early appearance she will, most likely, be perfectly fine.  I would prefer her to stay put though until  she is properly "cooked", even though she is making daily activities like standing up from a seated position more a more difficult!  Take your time, little one, we've got a lifetime of loving you ahead of us!