A couple of bump pictures and City of Houston shower

Hello!

Here are some pictures from last weekend (34 weeks). We were celebrating at a Halloween themed wine tasting!! Very fun it was too.

We have an appointment on Tuesday so more updates after then. Maybe I will get a swine flu shot . . .

Yesterday we celebrated at Auggie's work! The lovely people at the City of Houston put on a great shower for us with cake, punch, games, candy and lots of presents. April and Christine took plenty of pictures so watch this space for those. Auggie seemed pretty excited by his "Daddy to Be" medal and his "New Daddy" mug!

33/34 weeks and XOM Baby Shower

Well, We were fortunate enough to have another shower last Friday hosted by my lovely work friends. The theme was My Little Pony :-) Lots of us gathered to celebrate Evangeline's arrival and we were lucky enough to get so much stuff we had to go and register for more!!! Evangeline now has a mattress, travel cot, video monitor, pink dresses, sun visors, a personalised lullaby CD, and bottles among many other things! It was a lot of fun and I will post pictures as soon as I get them from Jana.

We had our 33 week appointment on Wednesday and I will be 34 weeks tomorrow. So, time for another update . . .

Weeks: 33-34. On Wednesday I measured a perfect 33 cm.

Weight Gain: Only up 1/2 pound from two weeks ago! yippeeee! I was beginning to worry about gaining a zillion pounds but it looks like I am on course to gain 30-34 which is fine by me.

How big is Evangeline? 4 - 4 1/2 pounds. The doc is very pleased with her progress. She is firmly head down and has dropped slightly (so I can breath! yay!). Her heart rate is stable at around 140bpm. Doc says we are looking good for a natural delivery of an average sized baby!! This is a good sign because since I am going non-epidural, I don't fancy a 10 pound monster.

Maternity Clothes? About 90 % of the time. I have a slight problem that bump is getting too big for size S but M swamps me everywhere other than bump area. Very annoying. For this reason I have been wearing a lot of dresses with leggings.

Stretch Marks? None so far

Sleep? Still very nice thank you!

Best Moment of the Week? Hearing Evangeline's heart is always good. But also good was the labor and delivery tour we did last Sunday. It was fun to see the rooms and everything. I was a bit disappointed by the lack of babies in the nursery though :-( Apparently no one was born in Memorial City last weekend.

Movement: I think she is running out of room. I feel her stretch a lot and stick her little heels and knees out. This morning she kicked away my hand

Food Cravings: none :-)

Labor Signs: None

Belly Button: In

What I miss: Grace and Elegance and champagne. And toned thighs

What am I looking forward to? Another shower on Friday, this time at the City of Houston. I am also looking forward to getting Evie's curtains put up and finally finishing off everything in her room.

So, that's it from here. We can't believe there are only a few more weeks to go. I think they will go very fast as we are on weekly visits and have our final ultrasound on November 10th. I can't wait to see big Evangeline!!!

Jane xxx

Amazing Baby Shower!!!!

On Saturday we had our first baby shower!!! It was hosted by Evangeline's fabulous Nana at her house in Houston. 36 of us celebrated Evie's upcoming arrival including her Grandma, Great Grannie, Aunts, and lots of friends!! It was a LOT of fun, possibly due to the flowing champagne :-) Evangeline decided not to play for the occasion which is not entirely unexpected given her performance at ultrasounds. She would not kick for anyone.
We received an insane amount of goodies including two wonderful homemade blankets (which I LOVE), enough clothes for Evie's first 9 months, her whirlpool spa bath and her super-duper Britax car seat. We feel very lucky indeed!
Auggie had his own boy party at our house which comprised of beer drinking, beer brewing, burger grilling and football. Our party was MUCH more fun. Here are some photo highlights . . .




Here's me with super Nana by the amazing food. I should add that while most of the food was catered by a British Catering company, some was cooked at the house. Nana used the oven. This is really quite a momentous event that will not be forgotten for a long time.


Evangline's Grandma and Granny came from Georgetown and San Angelo! They looked very lovely indeed and brought Evie lots and lots of exciting goodies!!
AMAZING cake made by my friend Melissa Rodriguez. It tasted even better than it looked.

Amazing Food! Yummy! Sausage rolls, cucumber sandwiches, coronation chicken, hula hoops etc etc :-) There were also cookies by Grandma and scones by the ever fantabulous Susanna.

Auntie Christine made this amazing nappy cake!! Most excitingly it was all held up by a tres yummy bottle of champagne. Erica came in from San Antonio. She is 16 weeks and has no bump. I'm jealous!! Fran is the third part of our singing group and it was fabulous to see these girls!!

It was a really really great time and I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as Evangeline and I did!!

Jane xxx

31 Weeks!!!

Well, it has been a while since we have posted but that's probably because we have not been up to anything remotely interesting. We did have a lovely visit from Bill and Judy which was all too short. They brought lovely presents including Evangeline's first doll from Great Ma and Great Pa. She's adorable and has been called Elizabeth. According to the doctor we are progressing well and everything looks good. With that in mind, here's a 31 week update!!

Weeks: 31

Weight gain? 25 pounds so far. This is sad as 25 was the internal limit I gave myself back in April. Looks like the crunchie bars are catching up with me!

How big is baby? Apparently around 3 1/2 pounds.

Maternity Clothes? YES!! big time. Especially for pants and tops. I can still wear non maternity dresses although some now need leggings to be decent.

Stretch marks? Not yet

Sleep? Still good thanks to snoogle and not drinking after 8pm

Best Moment of the week? Feeling more alien movements. She amuses me still, especially when other people notice my belly moving from across the room.

Movement? See above. She's rarely sleeping these days. Hopefully she will learn the benefit of sleeping in 8 weeks or so . . . .

Food Cravings? None! yay!

Labor signs? none

Belly button in or out? in still

What I miss? See previous posts. I also miss being able to move around with some form of grace.

What am I looking forward to? I have Mama's shower this weekend which should be a LOT of fun and then we have my work shower after that. I'm also looking forward to getting the H1N1 shot so I can stop worrying about it.

Milestone: clearing the closet in Evangeline's room.

Here are some pics of my 31 week bump! I am all gymmed up on our way out for a walk. Please consider the shadow when deciding if I'm huge!!

Jane xxxx