Baby preparation and Family Time

Tuesday, Paul and I took a tour of the family birthing unit at the hospital. The unit is in the new east addition of the hospital, the rooms are clean and spacious! And we made sure we know where to check in and park the car--Important details!

Wednesday, we went to the Gold Cross Car Seat Clinic. After inspection, it was installed correctly! Paul did an awesome job!

And tonight, we met Luke, Carolyn, Dan and Pierre at House of Pizza for dinner. We had great conversation and celebrated Pierre's new job and Luke's acceptance for an internship. And we received an awesome baby gift from Luke and Carolyn...small wood blocks, colored yellow and gray, that had each family member's picture on them! It was a great night!



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Family, projects, 36 weeks

My parents came to visit for the weekend. They came Friday night and we spent the evening visiting into early morning(1:30 am)! We got to hear all about their trip to Norway and got some awesome gifts including these hats!


We slept in Saturday, had a nice breakfast, and spent more time visited and hearing family stories!

Then my mom and I spent the afternoon shopping and had lunch while my dad and Paul put up the fan in the baby's room and then went out on their own.

For dinner we cooked hotdogs over a campfire and had home made broccoli cheese soup. The evening included lounging and watching tv(boys downstairs watching football and girls upstairs watching hgtv)!

And today we went to church, Paul lectored. Then mom helped me put up Christmas decorations and dad helped Paul put up Christmas lights! We all had lunch then my parents headed home. It was awesome to have them here. We had a wonderful time visiting and we are thankful for the help with the fan and Christmas lights!






After they left, I organized the baby room closet, put away gifts we received, did laundry and Paul put up the shelves in the baby room!


36 week baby bump!


Only 4 weeks left! Things on the list to do this week...tour of the hospital family birthing unit, car seat clinic(make sure we put it in correctly!), and pack bag for the hospital. Then I think we're pretty much set!

We ended the night with pizza and watching football! And I had to take a picture of our awesome Christmas lights!


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Thanksgiving

So much to be thankful for this year...family, friends, jobs, house, puppy, and baby on the way! We celebrated with the Menards in Rosemount and had a wonderful meal and family time.








We are blessed!

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Baby update

I saw a flyer at work indicating 2nd year sonogram students at the St.Cloud Technical College were were needing clinical experience for ultrasounds and looking for pregnant women. So I called and scheduled an ultrasound! Paul and I went yesterday(11/19) for the ultrasound at 35 weeks, 3 days along. We got to see our baby who is growing healthy, heart beat of 141, head is down, saw all 4 chambers of the heart, hands, feet, tummy, and the profile of the head. The student told us she hadn't done an ultrasound with a mom so far along an she kept saying "you're all baby" She said it was hard to get good pictures because baby was so big and not much room to move around. The ultrasound was about an hour and we were sent home with a CD of the images! It was amazing to see the growth of baby from the 20 week ultrasound to this one!

And today (11/20) we had our 36 week appt with our doctor! It was a shorter visit as he had a patient in labor but it was a good, quick appt. Baby's heart beat was around 140, head is down and baby is of healthy size. I only measured 30 weeks (which made me nervous) but my doctor said he's not concerned cause baby is sitting so low in my pelvis and that why measurement is off. He said we'll monitor and possibly have an ultrasound at 38 weeks. I will have weekly appts now until baby comes! We are quite excited for this little one's arrival!

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Menard Shower

On Sunday, Nov 18, my sister-in-law Renee hosted a Menard baby shower! It was wonderful...great food, games and conversation!





















We've been very lucky and blessed to have such amazing friends and family who have showered us and this baby with gifts, love and support!

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Meals

Exhausted after spending the entire day making 30 meals! We went to Sam's Club and Coborn's to get all the groceries.



Then came home, prepped and prepared 30 meals! Now the meals are in the freezer and ready to go for after the baby is born!


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34 weeks

Baby bump pic at 34 weeks!


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Nov 2-4

Paul had a conference in the cities on Friday and we planned a weekend in the cities, so after work on Friday, I picked him up in Minneapolis. We had a wonderful dinner date at the The News Room, then went to Paul's parents in Rosemount. We visited and then headed to bed. We had a lazy morning and then spent the day doing a bit of shopping and visiting my grandparents. We were able to help them fill out their absentee ballots to vote. We had great conversation and enjoyed the Bakers Square pie we brought for an afternoon treat! We also got a chance to visit with my aunt and cousin who also stopped to visit my grandparents.















Saturday night, Paul and I took Paul's parents out to eat at an amazing Italian restaurant called Guiseppi's in Rosemount. We had a great meal and conversation.

Then Sunday, a Dual Shower!
I'm due Dec 21 an my best friend Court is due Jan 19. We were lucky to have mutual friends from college, Tiffany and Laura, throw us a dual shower! The theme The Little Night Owls.


The decorations were so cute an the food and drinks were delicious! Several scrumptious desserts and tasty drinks!














So thankful for amazing friends!












And moms



And bestie





So thankful and blessed for the generosity and support from friends and family!




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Surprise Work Shower

My coworker Kari had mentioned about going out for dinner sometime so we planned to go out Thursday, November 1. So after work, she picked me up at my house and I was able to show her the baby's room! Then we got in the car and she told me we were going to a restaurant that I've never been to but swore that it would be really good and i would like it. She then asked me to close my eyes because she wanted me to be surprised. I should've known something was up at that point but no, I went along with the plan. I was a little confused as Kari appeared to be lost and had to call someone for directions. But then the car stopped and we got out, to my surprise, at our coworker Kim's house. The door opened and all of my coworkers, case management team was there. It was amazing! I was completely taken off guard by my coworkers! Everything was awesome...the decorations, food, games and conversation! Everyone was so generous with their gifts and support! I'm so thankful and blessed to work with such amazing people!


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