Busy, Busy, Busy!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated! Our life has been crazy lately but thankfully it has slowed down for a couple of days. We had our last wonderful shower a couple of weeks ago. Matthew's aunts threw it for us and it was a lot of fun. Lots of family came and we had a nice lunch. Here are some pics:

 Me with the amazing hostesses

 Cathy, me and mom

Hannah, Grandma, me, Katina, and Sallie

I was so thankful that my family could come!

Matthew and I finally moved last weekend! It was a long, stressful move but we finally did it. Matthew and his friends did an awesome job of moving our big things, and we had tons of help from our parents as well. We are so thankful to have friends and family who are more than willing to help us out!

We also went to our last Ranger's game without a baby last week. We had a great time together.

Here are my pregnancy pictures from the last two weeks. I am getting huge!!!

 36 weeks

37 weeks

And here are pictures of the nursery. If Sam came right now I actually think we'd be pretty  much ready! What a wonderful thought...I thought we would NEVER get here!!

I think that's it for now! I'm so looking forward to having the day off tomorrow. Matthew and I are going to lunch and a movie and then to a Roughrider's game. Should be lots of fun!



The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Before my pregnancy is over, I thought I would make a list of the good and bad about pregnancy. I'm just mainly writing this so that I will be able to remember it in the future:

The Good:
Feeling Samuel move all the time!
Feeling Samuel get the hiccups all the time!
Having Samuel with me all the time!
People helping me out because they see I'm huge
My kids at school helping me out all the time
Strangers congratulating me on my baby
The excitement of meeting him
All of the ADORABLE clothes we've gotten
No stretch marks (yet)
Seeing Matthew so excited to be a dad
Our friends' and family's excitement over the baby

The Bad:
No diet cokes (I do break this one sometimes...)
The scale...
No lunchmeat
Back pain
Not being able to breathe in the mornings
Not being able to sleep on my back
Being super emotional
The unknown of labor
HEARTBURN
Not having any clothes that fit
Being worried about him because I can't see him

The Ugly
I have a nasty stomach virus right now...believe me, it's ugly!!


Cute story: Yesterday we had an assembly at school and before it started the lady doing it was doing little sitting-down dances with the kids. Just like the macarana with her arms and other arm movements. I started doing them too and one of my kids was like "Look. Mrs. Irby can do that??" And then another kid said "She can still do SOME stuff." It was really funny.

Have a great week!

Easter and BridgeWay Shower

We had a nice Easter. That Saturday we went to a childbirth class where we learned so much. That night we had an Easter dinner at Matthew's parents'. That's always fun. Then on Sunday we went to church and lunch with friends. It was a busy weekend but lots of fun. Here we are at lunch:

This past weekend was my shower at church. It was a lot of fun and we got some great things!! Here are a few pics:

 The Ranger's decorations were adorable!!

Cute baseball cupcakes

awesome sign!

opening the sweet gifts

me and the hostesses

Sara, me, and Cathy

me and mom

Here I am at 33 weeks. I can't believe how big I'm getting!

This week will be pretty low-key (I think) and then this weekend I am meeting mom in Granbury for Mother's Day. It'll be lots of fun! We are moving to our townhome in less than 3 weeks and I CAN'T WAIT!! I am so excited to set up the nursery.

Have a great week!