Saturday, April 25
Angelo's Restaurant
Elmhurst, IL
Hosted/Planned By:
"Grandma" Laura Giacomino
"Great Aunt" Mindy LeVar
"Great Grandma" Kathy Connors
"Great Great Aunt" Donna Doyle
Our second and final Silly Baby Shower was held this past Saturday in downtown Elmhurst. It was so much fun and a great success! Tim and I are very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends who not only host these celebrations for us, but do SUCH a terrific job!!!
Tim and I would like to sincerely thank our hosts for this wonderful event!
Mom G,
Thank you for hosting and planning this shower for us. The invitations were perfect for our Silly Baby theme, the cupcakes were delicious and the favors (potted flowers) are lovely - mine are blossoming as I type this! The lullaby game was great and I will be spending a lot of time on Google the next few weeks taking a crash course on lullabies! (Tim & I only guessed 5 correctly. Whoops!)
Aunt Mindy,
Thank you so much for coming to town for the Shower and for all your great games! Tim is still grossed out by the baby food guessing game, we are both still freaked out by the "Tim & Monica baby faces" game and I learned I need to change a baby much quicker in the dark and Tim needs to learn how to be a tad gentler when changing the baby.
Grandma Kathy & Aunt Donna,
Thank you for travelling across the country to come to our Silly Baby shower and your help! It was great to see you ladies again. We hope your trip was worthwhile!
We got even more great gifts at this shower and now pretty much have everything we need to welcome Silly Baby in the world in just a matter of weeks! We received our remaining *big* gifts - high chair and bedding and also the rest of our nursery decor. So Silly Baby's monkey/safari-themed nursery is complete!
We never realized how many crafty people we know until these showers. We received several handmade, adorable blankets for Silly Baby! Handmade gifts are priceless and we are so grateful to be surrounded by such creative people!
Thank you to everyone who came to the shower and celebrated Silly Baby's impending arrival with us. We are in the home stretch now and because of your generosity, we are well-prepared for the journey that is upon us.
My nesting urge has kicked into full gear as I've been busy washing all of the new blankets, clothes and bedding we've received. We are continuing to find the best organization for the nursery and making the best of the space we have.
Once the nursery is complete, I will be posting yet another slide show on this blog for everyone to see the progression since the room was painted.
I will also be posting pictures from the Chicago Silly Baby Shower sometime this week. If you have any pictures you can share, please email them to me at monicaoneill@sbcglobal.net.
Thank you everyone!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Week #34: The 8th Doctor's Appointment
Wednesday, April 22
This was the doctor's appointment we had been looking forward to since our ultrasound in the 20th week. Tim took the day off of work as we felt this would be the most important of these final prenatal visits for him to be a part of. We were finally going to see Silly Baby again! It has been 14 weeks since our last ultrasound and the sonogram hanging on our fridge is clearly outdated!
I lay on the exam table, holding Tim's hand and get ready for the "show", anxious in anticipation to see Silly Baby's face! First we got to see the top of the head, which is in position (head down in my womb), they take the measurement of the head and move on.
Next, we get to see Silly Baby's belly which looked all sortsa round and plump in my opinion! Then just a quick glimpse of Silly Baby's legs. The technician continued taking measurements of my amniotic fluid level and whatever else they measure to estimate the baby's weight.
The technician moved the wand back to Silly Baby's head, but unfortunately for us (and for all of you hoping to see another sonogram!), it was not to be. Silly Baby was facing my back so we couldn't see any facial features, not even a profile shot. So that was that! Silly Baby is very shy!
There's a chance I would get an ultrasound around 40 weeks if I seem to be going past-term, but most likely not. So, along with gender, Silly Baby's face will remain a mystery until s/he comes out to meet us! Which, should be sometime in the next 4-6 weeks!
Here are some stats we got from the appointment:
This was the doctor's appointment we had been looking forward to since our ultrasound in the 20th week. Tim took the day off of work as we felt this would be the most important of these final prenatal visits for him to be a part of. We were finally going to see Silly Baby again! It has been 14 weeks since our last ultrasound and the sonogram hanging on our fridge is clearly outdated!
I lay on the exam table, holding Tim's hand and get ready for the "show", anxious in anticipation to see Silly Baby's face! First we got to see the top of the head, which is in position (head down in my womb), they take the measurement of the head and move on.
Next, we get to see Silly Baby's belly which looked all sortsa round and plump in my opinion! Then just a quick glimpse of Silly Baby's legs. The technician continued taking measurements of my amniotic fluid level and whatever else they measure to estimate the baby's weight.
The technician moved the wand back to Silly Baby's head, but unfortunately for us (and for all of you hoping to see another sonogram!), it was not to be. Silly Baby was facing my back so we couldn't see any facial features, not even a profile shot. So that was that! Silly Baby is very shy!
There's a chance I would get an ultrasound around 40 weeks if I seem to be going past-term, but most likely not. So, along with gender, Silly Baby's face will remain a mystery until s/he comes out to meet us! Which, should be sometime in the next 4-6 weeks!
Here are some stats we got from the appointment:
- Silly Baby weighs 5lbs. 8oz.
- S/he is in the 50th percentile of weight
- Heart rate was 133
My next appointment will be in 2 weeks - Friday, May 1. I will have weekly check-ups after that point. In the next appointment I will take the Group B Strep test; which, if I have it, I will be given antibiotics during labor so the baby is not affected by it.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
Silly Baby Shower
April 4, 2009
Meyer's Restaurant
Milwaukee, WI
Hosted/Planned by:
"Grandma" Diane Simon
"Auntie" Lorie Simon
Katie Nelson
We had our first Baby Shower for Silly Baby last Saturday in Milwaukee. It was a lot of fun and a great success!
I would first like to thank the hosts for their awesome work planning and preparing for the Shower. It means so much to us to have such wonderful family and friend surrounding us during this time as we prepare to welcome our Silly Baby into the world!
Mom,
Thank you for hosting the shower. Meyer's was a great set-up, the food was delicious and the cake was just as adorable as it was yummy! The basket of goodies to stuff our diaper bag was a great idea and so helpful with all the items everyone brought!
Lorie,
Thank you for planning and creating the favors! (For those not there, Lorie made little vases with tulips with each guest's name on them!) The safari cookies are the best and the homemade chocolate-covered Monkey Oreos were such a cute touch to the shower!
Katie,
Thank you for lending your creative craftiness once again by creating the invitations! They were so unique and just plain awesome! The games (we played "Match the baby animal name to its parent name" and "Baby Gift Bingo") were so clever and fun for everyone to play!
We got some really great gifts for Silly Baby, including some of the BIG items: car seat, stroller and pack 'n play. Our new diaper bag will be well stuffed with all the Silly Baby necessities - rattles, teethers, wipes, etc. we received!
We also received a few handmade blankets (including one that is Packers on one side, Bears on the other!), swaddles, clothing and lots of toys and books!!!
The guests spoiled us with great gifts which will keep Silly Baby clean, entertained, safe, looking cute and soothed; the nursery organized and decorated; and Silly Mommy & Daddy sane and responsible!
Thank you to all my friends and family who came to the Shower and helped "shower" Silly Baby. It was great to see everyone again and we are so thankful for the wonderful gifts. We are planning to make a trip to Milwaukee sometime this summer so everyone can actually meet Silly Baby in person!
If you have any photos from the Shower, please send them my way monicaoneill@sbcglobal.net I'd love to include them in a scrapbook as well as post them on this blog!
Meyer's Restaurant
Milwaukee, WI
Hosted/Planned by:
"Grandma" Diane Simon
"Auntie" Lorie Simon
Katie Nelson
We had our first Baby Shower for Silly Baby last Saturday in Milwaukee. It was a lot of fun and a great success!
I would first like to thank the hosts for their awesome work planning and preparing for the Shower. It means so much to us to have such wonderful family and friend surrounding us during this time as we prepare to welcome our Silly Baby into the world!
Mom,
Thank you for hosting the shower. Meyer's was a great set-up, the food was delicious and the cake was just as adorable as it was yummy! The basket of goodies to stuff our diaper bag was a great idea and so helpful with all the items everyone brought!
Lorie,
Thank you for planning and creating the favors! (For those not there, Lorie made little vases with tulips with each guest's name on them!) The safari cookies are the best and the homemade chocolate-covered Monkey Oreos were such a cute touch to the shower!
Katie,
Thank you for lending your creative craftiness once again by creating the invitations! They were so unique and just plain awesome! The games (we played "Match the baby animal name to its parent name" and "Baby Gift Bingo") were so clever and fun for everyone to play!
We got some really great gifts for Silly Baby, including some of the BIG items: car seat, stroller and pack 'n play. Our new diaper bag will be well stuffed with all the Silly Baby necessities - rattles, teethers, wipes, etc. we received!
We also received a few handmade blankets (including one that is Packers on one side, Bears on the other!), swaddles, clothing and lots of toys and books!!!
The guests spoiled us with great gifts which will keep Silly Baby clean, entertained, safe, looking cute and soothed; the nursery organized and decorated; and Silly Mommy & Daddy sane and responsible!
Thank you to all my friends and family who came to the Shower and helped "shower" Silly Baby. It was great to see everyone again and we are so thankful for the wonderful gifts. We are planning to make a trip to Milwaukee sometime this summer so everyone can actually meet Silly Baby in person!
If you have any photos from the Shower, please send them my way monicaoneill@sbcglobal.net I'd love to include them in a scrapbook as well as post them on this blog!
Monday, April 6, 2009
WEEK #31: The Seventh Dr.'s Appointment
Friday, April 3
I had my seventh prenatal appointment last Friday. It was just a routine office visit, so nothing too exciting. My blood pressure is still normal, and my uterus is also measuring normal (the doctor just measures my belly from the outside with a tape measurer - no internal exams just yet!!!).
I got to hear Silly Baby's heartbeat once again. At the last appointment, Silly Baby was being - well - silly - and kept flopping around so it was hard for the doctor to catch the heartbeat! But this time Silly Baby was more calm and the heartbeat was picked up right away - and very strong!
My next appointment is Wednesday, April 22 - and it's a big one! It will be our fourth and final ultrasound! We haven't seen Silly Baby since week 20, so that's over three months! The ultrasound will certainly look different from the ones we've been looking at for the past several months. The doctor will measure the baby's growth and positioning, as well as amniotic fluid condition. So we may get a better idea if May 31 is still a true due date and to make sure Silly Baby is head down. The doctor will also take the Group B strep screening test.
Actually, this week (week 32) Silly Baby should be moving into the head down position. Which may have actually happened, because over the weekend I was feeling more movement way down below vs. the usual kicks and flutters in the center of my belly.
Following the doctor's appointment on April 22, I will begin weekly doctor's appointments until Silly Baby is here!
I had my seventh prenatal appointment last Friday. It was just a routine office visit, so nothing too exciting. My blood pressure is still normal, and my uterus is also measuring normal (the doctor just measures my belly from the outside with a tape measurer - no internal exams just yet!!!).
I got to hear Silly Baby's heartbeat once again. At the last appointment, Silly Baby was being - well - silly - and kept flopping around so it was hard for the doctor to catch the heartbeat! But this time Silly Baby was more calm and the heartbeat was picked up right away - and very strong!
My next appointment is Wednesday, April 22 - and it's a big one! It will be our fourth and final ultrasound! We haven't seen Silly Baby since week 20, so that's over three months! The ultrasound will certainly look different from the ones we've been looking at for the past several months. The doctor will measure the baby's growth and positioning, as well as amniotic fluid condition. So we may get a better idea if May 31 is still a true due date and to make sure Silly Baby is head down. The doctor will also take the Group B strep screening test.
Actually, this week (week 32) Silly Baby should be moving into the head down position. Which may have actually happened, because over the weekend I was feeling more movement way down below vs. the usual kicks and flutters in the center of my belly.
Following the doctor's appointment on April 22, I will begin weekly doctor's appointments until Silly Baby is here!
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