Baby Shower

On Saturday afternoon my sister-in-law Melanie threw me a baby shower. It was so much fun, and had very very good food, fun games, and cute decorations. It had a fall theme, and it was a perfect beautiful fall day. It even "showered" right when the shower was starting kinda cute I thought. Lots of people showed up (family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers) and I got lots of good presents. Thanks a lot to Melanie for throwing the shower and to Jared (her husband) who helped her out a lot, and everyone who came and helped in other ways!

Melanie got me a bunch of onesies plus the shower, they looked so cute over the fireplace!

My due date!

All of the yummy food Melanie prepared. She made a butternut soup-delicious!!!!

Caramel Apples

Some of the guests- Aunt Donielle and Candella, Vicki, and Marie Cousin Matthew, Nicole, Melanie, and Grandma, Renee standing

This gift is from Cindy, it is actually the outfit Steve was blessed in as a baby.

From Steve's Grandma, a baby book and blanket that she knitted.

Cute snowman pajamas with snowflakes on the feet and another one that said "SMILE" from Monica

A high chair from Cindy and Mike

Nicole and Me eating the good food.

Me with the presents!Renee and I with the presents

There are more pictures but I forgot to turn the flash on on my camera and they turned out a little blurry, so those will be in a photo album on facebook sometime in the near future...

Baby-ness

Quite a while ago someone (I think maybe one of Steve's sisters) decided we needed to have predictions for when the baby would come and how much he will weigh. I have had the list on a bulletin board in our room since then, and am finally going to publish it for all to see. Right now it only has Steve's family on it, and my mom, so if other people want to put in predictions I will add them, but only people who will be in Reno are eligible for the prize, sorry but I don't want to send a candy bar in the mail! The winner, which is whoever is the closest to the real date he comes, will win a Baby Ruth candy bar. And also whoever is closest to how much he weighs will win a Baby Ruth candy Bar. Just a little background info. I weighed 7 lbs 11 1/2 oz. Steve weighed 7 lbs 13 oz. Not sure about how early or late we were, but I think we were both a little bit early. My official due date is November 12th, but when they did that first ultrasound the tech said it looked closer to November 6th, but its not enough of a difference to change the date, and then they say plus or minus two weeks anyways. But almost everyone thinks he is coming early and hoping for Halloween or Nevada Day as it is called here. We will see. Here are the predictions (names are as I know people not how baby will know them), wish I could put them in a calendar, but I'm not that high-tech.
Wednesday October 29- Melanie
Thursday October 30-
Friday October 31- Grandma (Naomi)
Saturday November 1- Grandpa (John)
Sunday November 2-
Monday November 3- Kristy
Tuesday November 4-
Wednesday November 5- Renee
Thursday November 6- Jodi
Friday November 7- CindyMom
Saturday November 8- Mom (Cathy)
Sunday November 9- Amy
Monday Novemer 10-
Tuesday November 11- Mike
Wednesday November 12- Official Due Date
Thursday November 13- Kari (ME!)
Friday November 14- Leslie
Saturday November 15-
Sunday November 16-
Monday November 17- Steve
*It's interesting that Steve and I are the only ones that guessed anything past my due date, perhaps everyone else is quite anxious for this and reality is hitting us that we aren't quite ready yet... Like my sister Leslie says, they are a lot easier to take care of when they are inside of you then out.

And For the weight guesses, a separate competition.

6 lbs 5 oz- Renee
6 lbs 6 oz- Mike
6 lbs 9 oz- Grandpa
6 lbs 13 oz- Cindy
7 lbs 2 oz- Steve and Grandma
7 lb 5 oz- Amy
7 lb 6 oz- Jodi
7 lb 7 oz- Melanie
7 lb 8 oz- Mom
7 lb 9 oz- Leslie
7 lb 11 oz- Kristy
8 lb 3 oz- Me
*What kind of person guesses a weight this high for herself, you would think I hate my self or something, I should be wanting like 6 lbs or something little!

And one last little note... Baby names... coming soon, a topic I am bitter about so it will get its own post.

New Background

I have a new background!! I found out that even though I have a background from a different website, I can still customize the colors of my text and stuff, so I have been messing around with that for a while. What do you think? Are all of the different colors too much? I love fall. We have one tree at the end of the street that has already changed colors, and the others are soon to follow I am sure. It has cooled down significantly, and this is what I consider perfect weather. Warm during the day and just cool enough in the evenings that all you need is a long sleeved shirt. Not cold enough for heat or warm for AC. I love it!!!

Christmas Advent Calendar

So at Sunday dinner Melanie was talking about how she found the avon advent (is it an advent calendar if it doesn't have candy in it?) calendar on Ebay that their family had growing up and she bought one, and I decided that I wanted one too. My family had the same calendar to count down until Christmas and Steve had it too so I thought it would be especially cool to have one since we both had it growing up. So I went on to ebay, found the calendar and then did the make an offer option to buy my very own. It ended up being 22.80 with shipping and handling, I think I probably could have gotten it for 20.80 but oh well. I paid less than the guy was asking, and less than their starting auction bid if I was to buy it from the store that way. It should come in a couple of days!! I am super excited to have a family tradition for our little family that we both grew up with, and think it was totally worth the money I spent on it! If you are interested in buying one I got it from the seller twiceirish511 or search for "Vintage Avon Christmas Countdown Calendar with Mouse"

Picture from http://www.crwflags.com/page0383.html who also sells the calendar, they say its $10 plus at least $7 for shipping, and their slightly confusing page made it look an additional $7.50 for paying with your credit card... not sure though, so that could be a cheaper route to go...

I'm Sick! :(

So I am just wondering if anyone has any really good home/herbal remedies for colds. I have a major killer cold right now and it is making me miserable. I have cough syrup but it's really hard for me to take, and I don't really like taking drugs especially since I am pregnant. So if any of you know of any good things I can do, please please let me know!!

World's Largest Ice Cream Social

Tonight Steve and I went to the World's Largest Ice Cream Social at Cold Stone. We were all about the free ice cream so we went to two different places to get some, and we were able to both have our own helping of each flavor and didn't even have to share! We did donate money though at each place for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Thanks to Leslie who was my source of info on this wonderful promotion. Here are the details about it off of the Cold Stone website:

Celebrate the 7th Annual World's Largest Ice Cream Social and Support the Make-A-Wish Foundation® with Cold Stone Creamery

Throughout the month of September, Cold Stone Creamery will be selling Make-A-Wish wall stars to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Be sure to visit your local Cold Stone Creamery to try two new flavors, Nutter Butter^® and Marshmallow, and the very special “Make-A-Wish Creations” inspired by Jack and Emily, two Wish Children.

• Jack's Creation - Marshmallow ice cream with OREO® Cookies, Chocolate Chips and Fudge
• Emily's Creation - Nutter Butter® ice cream with White Chocolate Chips, Kit Kat® and Yellow Cake

To cap off this special month, don't miss the 7th Annual World’s Largest Ice Cream Social at participating Cold Stone Creamery locations nationwide, a special night to join together and share the simple pleasures of life with a FREE ice cream and family fun. On September 25th from 5:00 - 8:00PM, guests will be treated to a 3 oz. serving of Jack or Emily's Creation. All donations will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Tagged by Arielle

So the questions can only be responded to with one word answers.

1. Where is your cell phone? recliner
2. Your significant other? Steve
3. Your hair? curly
4. Your mother? silly
5. Your father? Papa-bear
6. Your favorite thing? ice cream
7. Your dream last night? nonexistent
8 Your favorite drink? water
9. Your dream/goal? Stay-at-home-mom
10. The room you’re in? living
11. Your hobby? sleeping
12. Your fear? the dark
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? family
14. What you’re not? tall
15. Muffins? blueberry
16. One of your wish list items? WiiFit
17. Where you grew up? everywhere
18. The last thing you did? walk
19. What are you wearing? PJS!
20. Favorite gadget? body pillow
21. Your pets? MoJoNo
22. Your computer? ill-situated
23.Your mood? sleepy
24. Missing someone? family
25.Your car? new brakes!
26. Something you’re not wearing? earrings
27. Favorite store? Ross
28. Like someone? Steve
29. Your favorite color? blue
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? today

I tag: Whoever wants to do it! My family might kill me if I keep tagging them on these things!