Baby Shower

This weekend was my sister-in-law's baby shower. I rented out the community clubhouse in our housing development and it turned out very nice. I am not even sure how many women ended up coming--at least 40 I would say. My other s-i-l planned all the games and my m-i-l made all the wonderful food. I was the official 'greeter.' Which is very funny to me since 1) I didn't know anybody 2) I detest baby showers 3) I was/am sick and 4) I am majorly introverted. I agreed to do it and it went ok. My choices were to be a greeter and assistant m/c or work in the kitchen. I will do almost anything to NOT have to work in the kitchen.

I psyched myself up by getting a new haircut the day before (and a diptheria/tetinus shot--more on that later) and wearing a cute skirt with flip flops. The part that made the day bearable was the fact that my surrogate attended. I had brunch at her table and sat with her and her mom for the gift unwrapping. The gifts are always the hardest part for me. I just sit and wonder if I will ever unwrap wee clothes, shoes, toys...etc. All the cutesy stuff that means baby. I did ok though. I made THE official crib bedding and was kind of stressed about it. My s-i-l and I have very different tastes and these are the colors she wanted. I am not very fond of them. She ended up loving it (or at least said she did) and the surprise went over well.

That afternoon we stopped by J's house to drop off some more stuff from the pharmacy. I noticed she was wearing jeans again and I was kind of bummed. When she was at Disneyland two weeks ago she had to buy sweats in the middle of the day because she was uncomfortable. That was exciting to me. (It is sad what excites me these days.) So, I asked her about it. She said they were from the maternity store 0-3 months and had an elastic waist! Is that the strangest thing to be happy over or what?!

This Tuesday is our first ultrasound. J will be 6 weeks and 6 days. There should be a heartbeat by now. We are all very anxious for Tuesday to come.