Cute little things

I thought these little things might make everyone else smile because they made me smile.

Stephanie has been talking to Owen about his new baby cousin and he didn't really get it until recently.  Stephanie bought a book about a new baby and has been reading it with "Aunt Emily and Uncle Joe".  So last time I saw Owen, Stephanie asked him who was in my tummy and Owen said "baby" and then she asked "What is Baby's name?" Owen responded "Vinny!"  So now Owen knows his baby cousin is in my tummy and his name is Vinny.  Then the next day Owen went to Stephanie and said, "Baby Vinny, out!"  Sounds like he's just as ready as everyone else for him to be here. I just hope he isn't disappointed when the baby gets here and gets a different name and wonders to himself "Who is this and what happened to Vinny!" :-) 

The other great/cute thing that happened is that I noticed Joe looking at baby books online.  I really think he's looking forward to reading with his little guy.  I know he's going to be such a good dad for so many reasons but even with the books he was doing research on what the best books for babies are and then he was looking at board books and regular books.  I love him so much and I can't wait to start this new chapter of our life together.  

Funny things people do around pregnant women...

So Joe and I were out and about in Ann Arbor doing some shopping and on our way out of the mall we went into Baby Gap and found a cute outfit we both like that we think we'll bring Baby V home in.  As we're checking out the store clerk asked if we would like a gift receipt! :-)   She pretty quickly realized how ridiculous the question was and said, "Oh it's probably for your baby!" I thought what a funny question when you could take a pretty good guess that the outfit was for the baby inside of me.  My response was, "I hope he's not planning on returning any of the clothes I buy him any time soon."  So we all got a good chuckle out of the interaction but I did thing. Boy lady, take a hint by the huge belly right in front of you. :-)

34 week doctor appointmet

Surprise, surprise everything was just fine at my appointment today. It's kind of nice knowing that I'm close enough to the delivery date that I have to come in every 2 weeks but since it's been so uneventful I kind of wish I didn't have to go so frequently. I know it is what is best for the little guy. My next appointment (in 3 weeks) will be a quick ultrasound just to double check his position. Hmmm...what else? Oh right, nothing.

Decorative additions to Baby V's room

So I engaged in a little more nesting over the weekend. With only living here for a short amount of time I didn't want to spend lots of time painting walls so this was my solution and we can pretty easily take these decorations with us. Also, I couldn't have finished this project tonight without my mom, so thank you mom, you're the best! You'll also see the wonderful addition that my mom provided for the room with the blanket she made. She's so talented.

New dots all over the wall. These are wood circles we painted and attached to the wall with Velcro. There is also a V in the middle but it's a little hard to see. We're trying to figure out ways to make it stand out more. We'll add more initials when we actually decide on a name and share his name after his arrival.
Some words of inspiration for Baby V and for anyone who changes one of his diapers. There is also a dot covered picture frame on the right hand side for our first family picture to go in.
My mom made this blanket. I love it and she's so talented!

32 week appointment

I also had another doctors appointment this week.  I'm now to on the every two week appointment schedule. It won't be too much longer before the little guy is here.  Again, everything is just fine.  He's measuring just right and his heart rate is good.  

For the most part I'm feeling really good.  Of course at the end of some days my back is a little tight and my feet and hands have started to get swollen by the end of the day especially if I'm standing lots but it isn't anything I can't handle.  So no big complaints or anything.  

So I have one appointment on the 17th for 34 weeks and then I'll have a brief ultrasound at 36 weeks except I couldn't get an appointment until December 1st.  

The days and weeks are ticking down.....

Verbeke Shower

This post is a little late for a variety of reasons.  On our way home from the shower my car decided to spring a leak in a parking lot in Flint.   Then we had to rent a car to get back to Albion.  This week has also been extremely busy and had its ups and downs  but thankfully it is the weekend now. :-) 

My shower with the Verbeke side of my family was on Saturday (November 1st) in Lapeer and we had a great time.  Joe came up to Lapeer with me and he had a good time at the shower too.  We had lots of good food, good punch, good cake and good cookies.  Here are some of the pictures from the shower. 

Dobbins Family Baby Shower

Here are pictures from my baby shower with my Dobbins family members. I had a really great time. Stephanie designed the whole theme of the shower. Isn't she amazing! She's available for hire. :-)

Yummy cakes. Don't they look awesome?

These were some of the decoations. Each circle had several names for each letter of the alphabet. This is Stepahnie's way of "getting back" at me for not giving her any hints on the name. She was happy to hear that 2 out of 4 potential first and middle names were on the decorations.

Don't the tables look so nice. Mom, Caroline and Stephanie did such a great job

Enjoying good food and good conversations.

I'm so excited for Baby V to get here so he can enjoy all of his new things.

So this is a bilibo and I was trying out all the ways you could have fun with it. This was just one of the ways, obviously this was using bilibo as a hat. :-) I've never seen one of these before but now I can't wait for Baby V to use it. I'm sure you'll see many pictures in the future of Baby V playing with his bilibo. Here is their website http://www.bilibo.com/en/home/ This could very easily be one of those toys that you need one for the adults too because they keep taking the kid's toy.

Baby V received lots of books but I think the tractor books might be his favorite because he'll be able to read it will his cousin Owen who LOVES all things heavy equipment.