Count Down - 9 Days From Due Date

With only 9 days till my due date, when do you think I will go into labor? I am taking a poll, just for fun, to see when YOU think Brooke will arrive. Just so you know I had an appointment this past Monday (10/11/10) and my doctor informed me that I was "almost at 1 cm." I think he was just being nice. So... take the poll at the right of the page and let us know when you think our little girl will be gracing us with her presence!

More Preggo Pics

October 12, 2010 - 38 weeks & 4 days / 9 months

Only 11 days till my due date!

I'm carrying a "pumpkin"!

September 11, 2010 - 34 weeks / 8 months

September 11, 2010 - We just returned from a 9/11 memorial that was held in Fresno

Luncheon Baby Shower

Natalie, Me, Jean, & Amanda

The 3 women I am sitting with are wonderful friends that I came to know during my time working at the preschool. They were so kind to throw me a little get-together at Red Robin's on Saturday, September 25, 2010. Yummy! When I arrived the table was cutely decorated with balloons and "BABY" blocks. Our waitress had planned some fun Red Robin games for us to partake in while there. The first was to find the one and only picture in the restaurant that is turned completely upside down. I guess every Red Robin has one picture this way. It is not the same picture at each location. This challenge turned out to be harder then we thought it would be and ended up having to ask which one it was. The other game she had us play was diapering a stuffed animal. The "diapers" were the triangle paper sleeves that they wrap their hamburgers in. Apparently these are called "diapers" for the hamburgers. Who would have thought!?!

It was great to see these friends and get to catch up. The next time we get together I will be a Mommy and they will get to meet little Brooke! Thank you ladies, it was a lot of fun!

Bay Area Baby Shower

My amazing Mom, wonderful friend Loni, great cousins Kathryn and Koryn, and terrific Aunt Liz threw me a beautiful baby shower on Saturday, September 18, 2010. The shower was held at my Mom's house, which was the perfect location. It felt so nice to be back "home," celebrating with those I care about. The sun shined threw on us (it even turned out to be a little on the hot side) as we ate a fabulous brunch, played a few games, opened gifts, and guests decorated scrapbook pages for Brooke. I felt very loved and truly lucky to have such wonderful family and friends surrounding me, and supporting James and I in our next adventure in our life together... having a baby! Brooke doesn't know it yet but she is entering into two large families!

This was the favors handed out at the shower. There was a total of 8 different designs on the handmade soaps.