Baby Shower November 5, 2011

My wonderful friends Jackie, Jess and Steph organized, designed and hosted my baby shower.  I heart them. 

Amazing cake made by Susan

Me & Jess <3

Me & Mom

Missing Dad

Funniest game ever



I look SO pregnant



Party planners

Time to eat cake!!

30 Weeks 2 Days

EEK!  30 weeks!  10 more weeks to go. 

Emily is more and more active throughout the day.  I could spend hours watching my stomach move around and I'm in awe each time.  I'm getting more and more tired, am constantly out of breath and my feet are really starting to ache.  I washed all of Emily's clothes yesterday and tried to organize her room a little more.  We still need a few things before she arrives and it's making me anxious and nervous at the same time.  I can't wait to meet her.  I'm mostly anxious about labor and delivery because I have no idea what to expect since this is my first time.  Emily, please don't hurt mommy. 

Bacon

I've really been loving bacon during this pregnancy.  My ususal breakfast at work lately is a bacon breakfast sandwich with a decaff coffee.  Today, I asked for an extra slice or two.  The chefs at work know how obsessed I am with bacon and they hooked me up with this:



LOL!!  Bacon overload! Love it!!!

Current obsession

THE BEST!!!!

Shy

Baby Han loves to be sneaky.  She'll kick and punch up a storm but as soon as hubby or anyone puts their hand on my belly, she stops and likes to stay still.  Maybe she is shy like mommy but I hope she is an outgoing chatterbox like her daddy. 

I've been trying to capture video of my belly moving when she's twisting and turning but she seems to know and only moves when I give up or look away. 

I get the feeling that she has dropped or is head down now because I feel pelvic pressure and it's especially intense the first few seconds when I get up from sitting.  It feels very tight and heavy inside my lower belly and I feel this intense urge to pee even though my bladder is empty.  I'm pretty sure this feeling is somewhat normal at this stage of pregnancy but I'll wait and see what my doctor says next week.

I cleared up my questions regarding my maternity leave with the new temp HR at work.  PDL (Pregnancy disability leave) and FMLA run concurrent which means my FMLA will start on Dec 26th which was the day I was planning to start my leave.  Dec 26th marks the beginning of my 36th week and I wanted my doctor to start my "disability" then.  I had originally thought PDL and FMLA do not run concurrent so I was going to take advantage of disability until my FMLA started.  I definitely want more time after the baby comes so I will try to stay at work until my water breaks....(oh my).  In addition to 12 weeks of FMLA leave, I'm also entitled to an additional 12 weeks of CFRA (California Family Rights Act) for mommy and baby bonding time.  I plan to take full advantage of this also and if all goes according to plan, I will be out for a total of 24 weeks. 

Did you know New Zealand moms get an entire year of maternity leave??

YESSS!!

My friend Elisa has Amazon Prime so she got free shipping and no tax.  I hope hubby is ready to give me my lower back massage!  :)

Must Have

I'm on a mission to find this Homedics hand held mini massager.  Why is it that I used to see this everywhere and now that I actually need it, I can't find it anywhere?!  I think it'll be be great for hubby to use for my lower back.  It costs $4.99 and I don't want to pay more than that in shipping to purchase online.  Must find it!!