Lamaze, a vacation, a Baby Shower and Halloween!

Our vacation: Big Bear Lake!

Baby Shower: Tent and Table set-up.
Our Guests.
The Baby Shower cake.
Bottle Bowling! A hit with the kids!!!
Opening gifts!
'Onesie' decorating...hey "Who Tooted?"
More gifts...
Christine, the witch.
Jonah, a baby brewing inside!
Frankenstein (spooky)!
Week # 27 (13 to go)!

Wow, what a month! We have been in the throws of beginning our Lamaze and Breastfeeding baby classes (before the holidays), coordinating the baby shower at our home and yes, spending some time decorating for Halloween; one of our favorite holidays since we get to dress up!

Our classes run about 2 hours long and are held at the hospital we will be delivering. There are about 6 other couples, looking about as lost as we are. We are learning so much, we are always so amazed at the subject matter and the depth of what we are going to need to know! Terms like Breech, Let-down and Football hold…who knew? We have 1 more Lamaze class and we graduate. We are also taking a baby care basics, baby saver and post-partum class together. The videos are as bad as we have been warned or should I say as graphic. Let’s hope the room has a stable and comfortable chair for me come delivery time. Otherwise, my 6’2” body will fall like a tree (BAM!).

We spent a very quiet and slow-paced time in Big Bear Lake for a week. It was the perfect place on the lake to relax, feed ducks, play bingo and swim (we were like 2 seniors in our prime)!

The baby shower October 22nd was an event we will remember all of our lives; it is part 1 of 2 family showers with Christine’s Dad’s next weekend November 13th. Mary Jo (Sean’s Mom), Dee (Christine’s Mom), Brandon (Sean’s Brother), Gina (Christine’s Sister), Lauren (Christine’s Sister) and Deana (Sean’s Cousin) all pitched in to make the event as successful as it was. About 40 or so people showed up at our home for Food, games and football (yes, the USC game was on and the men really appreciated that). No cancellations, can you believe that? Brandon and Deana coordinated the games that included ‘onesie’ decorating, bottle bowling (for the kids) and the ‘guess Mommies size’ with yarn! We received many gifts/sentiments and are extremely grateful for everyone’s love and support with our growing family!

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays…we love seeing the kids dressed up, decorating our home and dressing up ourselves! Our house was spooky, scary music and fog machine blowing! Christine dressed up as a witch (no direct relation to the higher than normal hormones…ha ha) and I dressed as Frankenstein (though, the kids said I looked like a monkey…go figure). Christine made a sign for Jonah (over her belly) saying “Baby Brewing Inside”. It was a fun and busy evening with more and more kids coming out every year…no left over candy this year, it is a 1st!

Other than all of this, the Doctor’s visits are on track and Christine’s blood sugar/pressure is on track. The Doctor is pleased with her weight, baby Jonah keeps kicking and kicking and kicking. If he is anything like me as a child, Lord help us!