Surprise! It's a THIRD Shower!

Last week I hosted the managers' meeting in my office.  My boss told me to plan it and even though I'm the northern-most county, I didn't think anything of the fact that we were having the meeting in my office.  My boss said he'd like to keep me close to home instead of traveling an hour or more away since I'm so far along.  Made perfect sense to me.  All the while my employees were busy making other plans. 

All the managers met in the morning and then went to lunch.  When we got back from lunch, I walked into my office to find this.

A shower! I was completely taken aback! What a great surprise! I have no idea how they kept it from me. Little devils!

 The cake was so cute and wonderfully delicious.  It says, "Waiting on Baby 'T'".  Aww.

This picture is funny because it's of me opening the infamous Pack N Play.  I had been talking to my employees for weeks about this dang Pack N Play.  We saw that it had been purchased off the registry but we never got it.  So we assumed it was a mistake (we even checked with the store but they couldn't tell us who bought it) and we just bought one for ourselves.  Well my employees couldn't say anything because this whole shower was a surprise.  So they listened to me go on and on about this mysterious Pack N Play.  Boy, did I feel like an idiot when I opened that gift.  I guess it just never occurred to me that my employees bought it for me.  Whoops.

Since it was my shower, all the pictures are pretty much of me so I won't post that many.  Just the funny ones.  

This one looks like I'm saying, "Is there still cake left?" I think I actually was saying that.

This one is more like "Whoa, whoa, whoa, that last piece is MINE."

I had to post this one because this blanket was home-made by someone who retired from the agency last year.  She somehow put together all these super cute fabrics and it matches the nursery spot-on.  It's kind of amazing how that happened because I'm pretty sure she only knew the nursery was blue and brown.  It's just perfect! 

One of the only other pictures was of the other managers at the meeting (because the women were busy actually throwing the shower).

So yeah, my district of managers is ME and all these dudes.  I fit in well, huh?

The shower was marvelous.  I couldn't have been more surprised.  I can't believe I didn't catch on! Sometimes I forget how much of a family my workplace really is.

37 Weeks: FULL TERM, BABY!

 37 weeks = FULL TERM!  That also means "HAHAHA you still have 3+ more weeks, FOOL! Love getting your hopes up!"  But truly what that means is I can go into labor at any time and if I do, they will say FULL STEAM AHEAD!

HOORAY!!! Preggo's got mad ups! Funny thing is I knew I only had one take because I was sure I could only jump once and I was right. :) But I got it!

Brian was pretty sad to not be featured on the blog in awhile so I made sure he made it this week.  Dance, doggy, dance!
Dog has to earn his keep.

So let's see what Mr. T is up to this week...
Babycenter.com: 
Your baby is now considered "full term," even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. (Some babies need a bit more time, though. So if you're planning to have a repeat c-section, for example, your practitioner will schedule it for no earlier than 39 weeks unless there's a medical reason to intervene earlier.)
Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel (like a stalk of Swiss chard). Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don't be surprised if your baby's hair isn't the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.

Alphamom.com: 

Your baby weighs about six and a half pounds, and is 21 inches long — quite possibly the same length he or she will be at birth. He is packing on close to a half-pound of pure, unadulterated baby chub every week. You are probably dismayed to realize you are STILL outgrowing your maternity clothes. Your shirts ride up to reveal a couple inches of belly (or elastic waistbands), your pants might bulge and pucker weirdly as your uterus drops lower, and some tops might feel especially tight as your ribcage expands to handle all your pushed-up organs. You might be having serious trouble getting a good night’s sleep thanks to your size (my limbs keep falling asleep under my body’s crushing weight), your baby’s jolt-you-awake-caliber kicks, bladder calls, Braxton-Hicks contractions, and your brain’s constant buzz of excitement and anxiety and massive to-do lists.

Me: 
Things are still going well.  Feeling okay.  I believe I've had some Braxton-Hicks contractions but nothing too exciting.  Mostly just trying to get over these nervous/anxious feelings and the fear of the unknown.  Very excited though. WHEN IS HE GOING TO GET HERE????? It's like I'm waiting for Santa to come.  But I'm trying to be patient.

We got our carseat, stroller and pack 'n play today.  I had to go pick it up.  I walk in and tell the nice man that I'm there for pickup.  He is foreign and has a thick accent.  He asks for my last name and I tell him.  He says, "You marry to Andy Thornburg?"  I said, "Why yes, I am." He said he went to high school with him.  I say, "Oh yeah? You went to Wawasee?"  He said, "No..... no...... I didn't go... THAT high school. I went to Riley."  I thought that was an extremely weird coincidence.  Then he gets the two huge boxes and said, "I help you because you look like you have someone coming out."  HAHA!!!!
I nominate that as the funniest comment I've gotten so far.  I don't think I'll hear a comment like that again.
"You look like you have someone coming out."  Sounds uncomfortable! :)

Family:
Waaaay back during the summer, my bro Adam said that he was going to send me daily pregnancy nicknames.  Well, he started out sending a few and then he forgot until just the other day.  But I'll fill you in on his creative genius.  Or dorktasticness.  Whichever you prefer.

1. Pregs McGhee and the Pregtones Featuring Brian
2. Miss Pregs Stretchtastic McShowerpuss (I told him that one didn't even make sense.)
3. Preggs McEggs
Then months passed.  This week, he graced me with this one.
4. Arnold Schwartzapregger
I told him he made up for the missing names. :)

Let's move on and learn some lessons on Pregnancy and Childcare. 

 Have I told you about my cravings? No monkey brains, luckily.  But I am embarrassed to say.  I will tell anyway.
So far, I have had cravings for Taco Bell Double Deckers.  I had so many that I can't eat them anymore.  Then I started craving butter.  GROSS!! It wasn't like I wanted to eat it off a stick like a corndog.  I just wanted butter on everything.  Then just recently and this is soooo weird...  I had a random craving for church wine.  HAHA! What? For some reason, the taste of the wine they serve at church sounded just incredibly good all the sudden.  See? It's that alcohol thing again. WEIRD.  At least it's not dirt, right? That would be a little scary.

Well, crap, how's he going to watch the Purdue games???

Weekend Sports Wrap-Up

The Rensselaer Bombers won sectionals and headed to Bremen to play the Lions for regional championship on Friday night. Since it was so close, we decided to go.  Talk about a killer game! Wow.  Stress.

Ok this will be fun.
Morgan's recap of the game Friday night:
So they were tied, like, the entire game.  Bombers would run down and score and then the Lions would run down and score.  Back and forth, back and forth.  Then I had to empty my bladder so I extricated myself from the crowded shrieking bleachers and made my way for what seemed like miles to the school bathroom.  These screaming mimi high school girls were in the bathroom and when I walked in they all got quiet and kinda stared at my belly like, "Whoa, I hope that doesn't happen to me anytime soon."  Then I got some food and went back to the bleachers.  The score went up but they were still tied.  Andrew said the Bombers used a fleaflicker play and scored and then the Lions successfully completed a double fleaflicker shortly after that.  Sounded pretty cool.
Then in the final seconds of the game, the Bomber punter missed which sent them in to overtime.  In high school they take turns starting you on the 10 yard line.  Bombers went first.  It took only two plays (plus a penalty) to score.  My dad's friend's son scored the touchdown (which happened to be the winning touchdown) on his 18th birthday. Talk about a birthday present.
So what happened next after that touchdown?

Fourth down, four yards to go, ball was on the four (and that last 4 was a bonus from the 4th quarter).  Lucky number 4 for the Bombers.  They stopped 'em! The crowd erupted! The kids rushed the field (pausing to be respectful on the track until told they could go out and do the Bomber Jacks with the team).

Very very cool ending, indeed.

I switched to night mode on my camera which was dumb.  My pictures were all blurry.  But you get the idea.  Very exciting for the Rensselaer Bombers.  They travel to Fort Wayne on Saturday to play the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (Turns out, they're pretty good. That was the first link when you Googled them).  Bombers played them last year in semi-state and were beaten.  This year, the Bombers will be back and ready to fight.  Hopefully they can pull out a win and go to STATE!!! ONE CITY, ONE TEAM, ONE GOAL!

(I bet the Bombers were ticked when they found out the Bears stole their phrase.)

So yeah, that was MY version of what happened in the game.  If you want to read what sportswriters have to say, then check Renssy's paper or the Journal and Courier for their articles.  Waaay less entertaining, I say. 

Let's transition to hockey, shall we?

Andrew had a hockey game on Sunday night.  It was fairly early so I decided to go.  I haven't been to a game in awhile since all the games are at 9:30 or 10 pm.

He gets better and better every game! I didn't see him fall down once! (He might have but I missed it if he did!)

Something else exciting happened in this game....
HE SCORED HIS SECOND GOAL!! YEAH!! I did not capture this one on video though.  Bummer.  I missed it too! I looked down at my stupid phone for a second and looked up and everyone was cheering.  Dang it. He said this goal was just like his last but he didn't fall down.  He just, as the saying goes, slipped one past the goalie.  Way to go Andrew!!!
If you want to watch the clip of the old one to relive old memories, then go HERE. 

Great game, Drewfus! (No, they didn't win, but Andrew scored a third of the points!)

Congrats to the Renssy Bombers and to Andrew on your exciting sports accomplishments this weekend!

36 Weeks: Wait, did you say 9 Months Pregnant?

I still have 4 more weeks.  Oy.  I think if it keeps getting bigger, I'm eventually going to just topple over. 
But anyway, let's talk about fun stuff... liiiiiike... check out a teeny sneak peak of the nursery!! The carpet is done, the furniture has been put together... it's almost finished.  Not quite.  I'm sorry to tease you but we're almost done! We have things left to do so no full pictures until it's done.  Sorry! :)

 Let's see what the experts have to say about Mr. T this week.

Babycenter.com:
Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of his first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely he's in a head-down position. But if he isn't, your practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating him from the outside of your belly.

Alphamom.com:
Your Baby is six pounds. SIX. POUNDS. You probably have clothes in your house that already fit a six-pound baby. He is still not fully cooked yet, even though MOST babies born at this point will do just fine. But the lungs are better off with a couple more weeks of maturity.  The size of your baby will start displacing amniotic fluid over the final few weeks. As the fluid gets reabsorbed into your body, you may notice that your baby’s movements feel “different.” You might not feel as many kicks as you used to, or the sensations are just…well, “different.” It’s mostly because of the cramped quarters in there and less fluid.
You are not done yet. I am sorry. You have gained 25 to 30 pounds, according to the books, which also say that it’s “not unusual” for your weight to remain unchanged between weekly OB appointments. Say it with me: SHUT UP, BOOKS.


Me:

My doctor's appointment this week went well.  The doctor felt around my belly and said the baby was definitely in the head down position (HOORAY!) and she could feel his back and his butt.  It was crazy to see what she was talking about as she was feeling around.  My belly is usually lopsided and that's exactly where his back was.  I know where his body parts are! It's nuts! 

But seriously, what is the deal with the hiccups??? He has them probably twice a day.  Freaks me out a little.  But I know it's normal and healthy.  It's just so often. What's he doing in there to cause those hiccups? Poor guy.

Now it's time for your weekly Baby Care Class...

Can you tell I'm missing the potent potables?

I found a few more pregnancy lessons for you all. 

 Yeah, there it is again with the alcohol.  It's been awhile.  

Let's try another lesson...

Yes, that's good advice.  No witch doctors.  Unless they have something that tastes like a Captain and Coke, then I could be persuaded. 

Happy Birthday Max: Our Indy Visit

We made a day trip to Indy on Saturday for Max's 1st birthday party.  Boy, it was weird to go to a party there with 8 babies and 4 preggos.  The last time we were at their house was for a New Year's Eve party complete with a full beer pong tournament.  The day/night turned out much different this time around. 

Starting with BIRTHDAY CAKE!!

YUM! Sugar high!

Here's Andrew holding Max's best bud Jack.  I'm sure Jack was a little jealous of the cake chow down but his birthday is in a few weeks too.  Just hang on until then, Jack. Not too much longer!

Here are the best buds Jack and Max playing with the coolest toy.  I want one! (Do they make them in adult sizes?)  It's Max's inflatable hopping horse named Rody! So cool! It comes in many colors.  It's also French.  Oh la la. :)

Just as we were thinking about taking off, Max became extremely interested in those bright shiny presents in the corner.  Turns out, he started opening ours first! Andrew picked out and wrapped this gift all by himself so I couldn't wait to see how Max would like it. 

Oddly enough, it became a baby magnet! Everyone wanted to play with the cool new toy.  It is this top-like device that you put plastic balls in, press down on the top, and the inside starts spinning.  When the inside spins it throws the balls around and when you open the window the balls fly out.  It was a HIT! They would pick up the balls and put them back in and watch them shoot out again.  Tons of fun for those baby boys!

Note to self: Have Andrew pick out all kids gifts from now.  :)

Look at how fun this is!

After the birthday bash, we headed over to the Glovers to see new baby Jack. 

Look at him!! So tiny and so cute! Happy 3rd day of life Baby Jack!
I'm sad I didn't get a picture with Megan or Tristan but I guess that's what happens when you have a baby. Better get used to it huh? :-)
I can't believe we're going to have one of these soon! CRAZY!

Oh quick side note.  We woke up Saturday morning to THIS before leaving South Bend.

Yep, the Great White North is back for another season! It was fun to show everyone in Indy how much snow we got. 
I really don't think they were jealous.  Weird, huh? :)

But by the time we got home that night, the snow was mostly gone.  This is abnormal for South Bend, only because we usually have snow like this in October so it's a little late this year.  Yeah, abnormal in THAT regard.  Oh joy.  

The Super Happy News Post!!!

I love super happy news.  I've got three super happy things to share.

First! Happy Super Belated Birthday Brittany!!!

Brittany was my Very First Birthday Post last year! I've been wishing happy birthdays through my mega awesome Paint skills for a YEAR now.  Can you believe it? Happy Birthday to you, Sweeney-ass and Happy Birthday to birthday posts on my blog. 

SECOND! Happy Birthday to Sweet Baby Ray! He is one year old on November 2nd!
Here he is one year ago...

Here he is... well not today.  But back in August.  I wish I had a more updated picture of him (Meeghan!).

But who cares because that picture is so darn cute!

FINALLY, your last bit of super happy news.

Welcome to the world, John "Jack" Casey Glover!!! Bi-yotch looks gorgeous, no? Did she really *just* have a baby??  Come on, mess your hair or something! Ha!

You remember Megan from this post about our eggos being preggo together, right? It has been quite fun comparing preggo stories.

So anyway, Jack was born on November 3rd at 5:25 am weighing in at 5 lbs 10 oz.  He was in a slight rush to meet mom and dad but of course he was perfectly healthy.  Happy happy news for the Glover family. 

Such a sweetie! I can't wait for our boys to make trouble together! (Meeghan, you'll need to make sure Ray keeps Jack and Baby T in line, being that he's older and wiser!)
  

35 Weeks: Batter Up!

Growing and growing...

Babycenter.com:
Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that he's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, he isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times he kicks should remain about the same. His kidneys are fully developed now, and his liver can process some waste products. Most of his basic physical development is now complete — he'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.
Alphamom.com:
Your Baby is over five pounds now, although these weight guesstimates will start getting very useless very quickly over the next few weeks. Since most of your baby’s organs are fully functional and major developmental milestones behind him or her, the next month is all about weight gain. And since “normal” weights for newborns these days can be anything between six and 10 pounds, it’s hard to predict how big YOUR baby will be from here on in.
You are the very picture of motherly grace and beauty. Also: waddling. Fatigue may be a big problem right now. You may need a daily nap, or find yourself crawling into bed by 9 pm. (I can barely make it to my toddler’s 8:30 bedtime most nights.) And while I’ve always seethed at people who love to cheerfully remind pregnant women to “Get some sleep! Once the baby’s here you won’t get any sleep!” I have to say…dude, get some sleep.


Group B Strep Test
At this week's appointment, I had the Group B streptococci test.  They do this to test for a certain kind of bacteria and they test for it by swabbing the area... DOWN THERE.  Ew.  It was also going to be my first appointment with a male OBGYN.  It doesn't help that almost every girl I've talked to who goes to the same practice said this guy was super hot.  Grrrrrrrreat.  So I'm nervous but I'm thinking to myself, "This won't be so bad.  No big deal.  He can't be THAT hot."  :) Luckily he wasn't.  He was just a nice-looking man.  No where NEAR as attractive as Drewfus.  So that's was good.  Not sure what all the fuss was about. 

But the ROOM! Oh, the room is what made this day interesting.  This room was different from the others we have been in.  This room had extra equipment and it was smaller.  It was full.  Because it was so full, there was only one place for a chair for Andrew to sit in.  Normally Andrew sits on one side by my head.  But this time...

Well I'll have to draw you a mental picture.......
Morgan on the exam table.  The stirrups form somewhat of a batter's box if you will (sorry for the unfortunate comparison).  The doctor, we'll just say, is the batter with his Swab.  Then there's Andrew... the poor, horribly uncomfortable catcher.  He was RIGHT THERE, FRONT ROW, and there was nowhere for him to go.  He could only look UP because there was no where else to look. 

Look, I'm not kidding.  Say, like, in a different world where babies SHOOT out of a mother's pelvis? Well Andrew could have easily caught the baby without moving.  SO UNCOMFORTABLE. 

Now I know, I know.  All modesty goes out the window when you have babies.  I'm prepared for that.  But it was such an unfortunate set up that all I could picture was the Baby T World Series.  AWKWARD!

Baby Thornburg
So I told you I would post more pics from Halloween.  Well, guess what Baby T was for Halloween?

THAT, my friends, was really hard to do! Obviously, it was done by looking in a mirror. :) But I did it all by myself! Can you believe that? But don't ask me to do that again.  It was exhausting!

Instructional Poster of the Week

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Halloween is my favorite holiday but we only had plans to stay home and work on the house.  Boo!
I guess you could say it's our SCAAAARRRIIIEEESSSTTT Halloween yet... we're becoming PARENTS!! WOOOOOOO!!! Scary!! :)

So we (and by we, I mean Andrew) ripped up the carpet for the new carpet install next week.  Fun times were had by all (and by all, I mean no one).  Andrew cut himself and bled all over.  But that just adds to the love that we're putting into the house, right?

We're replacing carpet on the stairs and the hallway...

 The baby's room...

 and the guest room.

I gotta tell ya... the house smells 10 times better.  I mean, you can see a few dog stains here and there but just getting that stanky carpet out of our house is a HUGE improvement. (I feel bad for all the people that have had to stay in our house with that nasty smell.)  Thanks, former owners! Glad you could take the time to let your dog out once in awhile!!!! Oh wait, nope, you actually didn't.  Poor poor pup. :( 

Andrew got a little surprise when he tore up the carpet in the baby's room.  The baby's room just happens to be the room where the former owner's teenage daughter lived. 

She had hidden some notes underneath the carpet!! I wonder if she remembers leaving those there? Well anyway, now we have them and we know ALL HER SECRETS!! HAHA! We're gonna call her parents!! Just kidding. But these notes are hilarious. Typical teenage stuff.
I whited out a few things to protect the innocent.  But boy, do I remember being that age....
and I'm glad I don't have to go back! :)

So I know my brother Brandon has been waiting for this for months but I FINALLY broke out the Belly Painting Kit that he got me for my birthday back in August! Perfect for Halloween!  

I should have posed in MY picture like this muchacha.  What in the heck is she looking at? And how photoshopped is that picture? Wow. 

This picture is obviously not photoshopped.  Here is your Jack O'Lantern for Halloween! Andrew helped me on this one.  It's really hard to paint your own giant gut.

Stayed tuned for later in the week when I post my other painting masterpiece.
But for now, you'll just have to wait. HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!

Oh and by the way for trick or treaters this year, we had about 7 kids and a horse. Not joking about the horse.