Girls Weekend

This weekend my cousin Kristy came to visit. Jim was out of town for work through Sunday so it was nice to have someone coming to visit. She came on Friday night and we went out for dinner to a tasty Thai restaurant. After that we went home and played rummikub... both of our husbands are anti-board games so it was nice to be able to play one without any complaints!

Saturday Kristy went for a run while I took Hilo out for an early morning walk. It was SO nice outside. Then we went to the outlet mall to see what deals we could get on maternity/baby stuff. We stopped at motherhood maternity to check out nursing bras... ugh! I have avoided this at all cost up until this point. Kristy was quick to point out the good ones and within 45 minutes of leaving home I was buying 2 bras and a top. Nice. I am definitely not a shopper. We went around to a bunch of the other stores and found some really really cute baby clothes... I can't wait to find out what we are having!

After shopping we pampered ourselves with a pedicure then a movie... definitely don't recommend it. Friends with Money. It was fine to get us some rest after shopping, but really there wasn't a plot to follow at all. We went to a greek restaurant for dinner and it was fantastic! Thanks Kristy for leaving the soup behind by the way! We came back to watch another movie - one of my favorites - the Life of David Gale.

Sunday we got in some exercise right away in the morning then picked up Jim from the airport. After lunch Kristy took off and Jim and I found comfy spots on the couch to relax for the afternoon. After dinner I decided to go through the baby stuff and read up on the markers that were used to decorate all the onesies... Apparently the design needs to be ironed for 4 minutes before they can be washed... So I spent Sunday night watching TV and ironing onesies... Jim can't wait to tell our child, "Mom used to iron your onesies!". If the designs don't stay I am going to be so so disappointed! Because they are way too cute!

Hilo is 1 years old!

Today is Hilo's first birthday. I can't believe how tiny he used to be! So here is the latest and greatest picture of Mr. Hilo and of course one when we first brought him home... He is about 50lbs now we think... when we brought him home he was barely 6 lbs!

He is definitely in his "terrible two's" now as he likes to get into absolutely anything that we don't want him too. His favorite is kleenex and and cardboard from the bathroom garbage cans. Nice! Definitely something I don't understand... But he is a dog!

Yes, he is back at daycare today... And let me tell you how excited he was to go. I was hoping to get him there super early this morning - but he once again decided to wake me up at 3am and then again at 5:30 am. This meant that getting up before 6am was not going to happen. So finally at 7:30 am I was down in the kitchen packing up breakfast and I casually mentioned the word "Daycare" to Hilo... He started pacing around and around the kitchen. I opened the door to the garage and he sprinted to the back of the car and waited for me to open up the back. The entire drive there he did a whimper and occassional howl... GEEZ O PETE he really likes daycare! As soon as we got there he bolted toward the door... and the collar snapped right off! Thankfully the dogsitters rescued me and got Hilo back into the play area!

39 days to go!

Today was the last of the 2 week appointments... next week begins the weekly doctor visits! Wow has time flown by! Here are the stats... Belly is measuring 43" around, weight is up 28 lbs, baby is measuring 35 cm, heartbeat was 145bpm, no hiccups this time, and my anxiety attacks are normal. Ha ha! I have been getting these "anxiety attacks" lately... where I will be out shopping for example and all of a sudden my heart will start racing and I will start getting all light headed... then usually get clammy... i have been finding a nice spot to sit whenever this comes on and it eventually goes away. But they are happening more often lately - maybe every couple days now. Doctor said it was normal but if I ever faint or they happen more frequently, to give them a call. I think we'll be okay.

And I am back to believing baby is a girl...

Getting the list of things to bring to the hospital together... I bought my first calling card in years... apparently it would be bad to call family and friends with my cell phone while at the hospital... it supposedly interferes with the equipment... I have seen Mythbusters and know this is highly unlikely, however I will follow the rules. And driving directions have been completed, printed, and emailed to the future "Grandparents". So we are doing well.

Happy Easter!

This weekend the Walsh family came to visit. Mom and Dad got into town late Thursday night and then the siblings all showed up late Friday night. Jim and the 'rents' spent Friday grocery shopping for the Easter dinner and mom organized the baby kitchen stuff. I got home from work around 3pm and we lounged for a bit. We had dinner at Emiliano's in Appleton and then hit up The Hobby Lobby - my mom's FAVORITE store! The boys thoroughly enjoyed it. We got home and agreed on the movie "Departed" while we waited for the siblings to show up... they got there with only 20 minutes left in the movie so of course we paused it... by the time we finished watching the movie it was close to 1:30 am! We ended up finally all going to bed Friday night around 2 am.

Saturday was a very busy day. Shannon, mom, and I went down to Mandy's to visit/meet baby Willa... She is HUGE! not really - but since she is only a month old she has gained 5lbs! They grow so quickly! After that we did some shopping... We returned to find dinner on the table and ready to eat! Jim had prepared an entire feast for us... and even had time to build a makeshift leaf for our dining room table so it could fit all 8 of us! It was delicious!

That night we carried on the Walsh tradition of painting eggs - and this year we went all out by putting in 3 tablets per color rather than just one... the eggs were SO much brighter! Everyone also took the time to decorate a onesie for baby. This was quite the "arts and crafts" night for the Walsh family. And it definitely required some hard thinking on sayings...

Sunday the fam went to church and then came home for a big breakfast... egg bake, fresh pinneaple, and yummy caramel rolls! Around 1:30 everyone left and it was just Jimbo, Hilo, and I. So quiet! We spent the afternoon vegging on the couch. I think that is where I am going to back to as soon as this post is up!