When it Rains, it Pours: Showers Galore! - Weeks 34, 35, and 36

Lil Fil, you are the most loved baby of all time.  To back that up, I had three showers the past two weeks (and attended a fourth for a friend).  Here are some highlights through pictures.


First up was our office shower at our boss JD's house.  Jamie was really excited that it was co-ed.

A pic where I almost don't look pregnant!  Yay!

Game #1: Drinking beer out of baby bottles.  Sounds
exciting, but it took them nearly five minutes to finish.
To protect the reputation of a particular expectant 
father, I won't say who won (or didn't win).

Game #2:  Walk with a lemon between your legs and drop
the lemon in the cup.  I was thankful I just got to spectate :)

The next day I traveled to Charlotte for a family shower.

My lovely aunts and hostesses Mary Ann and Debbie

With Grammie and Gigi

The whole group

Finally, last weekend several family friends from the neighborhood I grew up in got together for my very last shower.  Now we're officially ready, Lil Fil...hint.  

Me and Grammie with hostesses Mary, Grace, and Wendy.

The greatest cupcakes I have ever seen

Group shot

Recap of Weeks 34 - 36:

• Lil Fil is the size of: ..?  Again, there's no telling at this point.  When I went in for my checkup a few days ago (I go in weekly now), my doctor measured my stomach and made a sound.  I said, "What?  Good?  Bad?  Big?"  He said, "It's...prominent."  So...big.
• I have gained:  about 27 pounds.
• I physically feel: swollen!  My cankles are out of control, and for my last shower, I couldn't even fit my feet into sandals.  
• I emotionally feel: good, but done with this pregnancy thing.
• I love: the confidence the breastfeeding class video gave me about myself after a lifetime struggle of dealing with a small chest  Sorry if this is too much information for you...but trust me, there are a LOT of ugly ones out there, especially when viewed close up on a giant projector screen. 
• I hate: that Harris Teeter has an Expectant Mothers parking spot.  Jamie always wants to park there just because we can, but I'm against it on principal.  Walking is good for you, preggos, and ten more feet isn't going to kill you.  I feel like I'm finally allowed to say this now that I'm in my last month and still don't park there.  If anything, it should be a New Mothers parking since you have to haul around the baby that's no longer inside of you.  
• Comment(s) of the week:   "You still don't even look pregnant from behind."  - An attorney at the courthouse.  That's not the easiest angle to work, but I'll take whatever angle I've got these days, even if it means bringing back the moonwalk.
• Milestone: Lil Fil is due THIS month!  Even if it is the very end of it.  If it's not this month, I'll throw a tantrum.  

34 weeks

35 weeks