Weston's first Baby Shower

Ok, so I know that I said that this was coming a long time ago, but things just got away from me.
My sister and some friends from work threw me a co-ed Baby Shower for Weston (located at work) on April 19th. It was a lot of fun... though I now know which baby games are ok, and which ones are just plain mean, as well as the fact that the women with 8-10 month old babies are obviously going to win any baby food smelling/tasting identification contest. But anyways, Weston got some amazing gifts, including over 40 size 0-6 month onesies... and yes, I will admit that we did receive a few duplicates, and that I exchanged them for the exact same thing only in a larger size. On a side note, we cleaned out West's room this weekend, and that might be why I am finally getting to this particular blog. : )

Here's a look at the fun we had:

<---- This was our cake. We are going with

a Mideival theme of Dragons and Knights for Weston's room. You know... to bring magic, loyalty, honor and courage to a boy's youth.

Shannon and Traci put together the Tower of Ballons. --->

These balloons were great! I took them home where they proceeded to fall to the floor within 24 hours. But I kept most of them for a scrapbook.

<--- Shannon was the first to actually taste the baby food during the identification game. She still didn't win.
That's my Chi O Sister Melissa (Fisher) Spencer with Shannon. My Chi Omega "Big Sis" Marinee made it to the shower and Jayme Johnson did a drive by (quick hello, hug and gift drop off. It was still great to see her!)

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Family came in from Clinton for the Co-ed Shower!

That's Uncle David, Aunt Linda,

my Mom, Mary Anne and my Dad Chris.

My mom is unrolling toilet paper to play the horribly evil game of guessing how many TP sheets equal my size around my waist. Horrible game for the fat girl,

even if she's pregnant.

<--- We received so many presents for West. This is just one of many creatively and beautifully wrapped packages that our friends and family brought for us.

Here's another gift... West got a baby gym! --->

This way he can have tummy time as soon as he is ready!

Thanks so much to all of our friends and family who were able to make it to the shower, and for all of the gifts! West is definitely going to be the best dressed little boy for quite a while!

Weston is still A Boy!!!

The last 2 Saturdays have been filled with Pictures!

We chose to have a 4D Ultrasound done so that we could be sure that Weston was doing great (the diabetes issues) and so that we could be absolutely sure that he is a boy. And believe me, he left no doubt in our minds that he is a boy! I've always said that he snuggles down as deep as he can when he wants to, and we actually watched him do it! He buries his face into Mommy and hides from the ultrasound! Vindication is great, but really annoying when you pay $150 for pictures. :)

Here's a look at our Baby Boy!

"Cash & Prizes"
He's Still a Boy!!! And he has no problem sharing that part of him with the World.

Weston's adorable face! He weighed 2 lbs, 7 oz here.

His Cheeks are so Chubby!!!


His foot is measuring at 2" long already! And we have 11 weeks to go!

Weston's left profile. I think he has my nose and Scott's face shape.

What do you think?

Mommy's Little Rocker!!!

Scott dropped Shannon and I off in Cherokee Saturday night for Jess' Bachelorette Party. He did his own thing and we joined Jess and 7 other ladies for a Girls' Night Out at the Lakes. (For those of you who don't know Iowa, the Lakes are Spirit Lake, Lake Okaboji, and many smaller lakes north of Spencer, Iowa. It's the Iowa version of Minnesota.) We had dinner and then ended up at some bars. Long story short, dinner left a lot to be desired. It could have been a wonderful time, but our server was awful, and some of the food/drinks needed to be served in a timely manner.

So, we ended up at a bar 2 floors underground of a building called the Emporium. First of all, the men in North West Iowa are much better looking, and they pack into the same buildings. Very convenient. So we were herded to a table by a slightly odd man, positioned right in front of the band. I have never been to a concert while pregnant, our loudest event was a hockey game. So, of course Weston got all quiet and stopped moving around. That bar ended up being a bust (drinks weren't great, $1.50 for a 6oz Diet Coke!!! and the band was too loud.) so we moved on. We ended up at the Captain's "Something." Great bar, lots of chairs, free Diet Coke (!) and an awesome band! They played a few '60s, more '70s, lots of '80s and some from today. As we're hanging out, some dancing, others just talking and listening, "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven comes on, and my son wakes up. He starts moving around more and more. A few songs later, Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name" starts. And West really got going! He started kicking to the beat of the main Bass Drum! As a former Percussionist, this was awesome! He kept time, kicking away. He'd take a few bars off, rest, and start right back in, in time to the music!!! I have little rhythm, Scott has less, so this was very exciting! (Check out the Video for the song: http://www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/media_videos.php )

And when we were trying to show Scott in the car Sunday, West started right back up again when he heard Bon Jovi. It was hilarious! Mommy's little Rock Star!!!