Saturday Shower

We had our third shower on Saturday which included Adam's family and some family friends. We are truly blessed to be loved by so many people and are definitely prepared for when the baby comes!

Melissa with Adam's cousin Julie, the host of the shower - thank you so much Julie! It was a wonderful day!


One of the cute outfits we received. The baby will have enough outfits that we will be able to have her in 4 or more a day!


Adam's dad Dave and aunt Cheryl (with brother Jordan's bunny ears in the background!):


Adam and his Grandma Mild (or should I say Great Great Grandma?!):


Marni and her mom Laury - thank you for making it to the shower!


Thank you everyone for coming to the shower and for all of the wonderful gifts! We appreciate you all!

Love,
Melissa

Thank You Room 206!

Wow! What a surprise! The teacher and kids in the room that I interpret threw a surprise baby shower for me today!

I guess they have been bringing money in to contribute to a group gift and they brought enough in that we got lots of gifts -

A blanket with the theme we picked for the baby's room:


Cubes in the same matching theme:


A quilt that one of the student's moms made (we also got burp rags from them earlier in the year that match!):


And the most surprising of all the gifts - a pack 'n play! We also got a sheet for the pad that lays on the bottom:


Here's the pack 'n play all set up in our living room (for now):


Thank you to all the families of the students in Mrs. Bergh's 2nd Grade classroom. Adam and I appreciate your thoughtfulness and generosity!

I was also surprised with a book of advice from the 2nd Graders on how to take care of the baby and how to be good parents. Some of the tips they gave included:

"To feed a baby you can nurse it or give it a bottle. It doesn't really matter."
"Baby's seem like hard work. Well, I think they are."
"Make sure that you fee your baby lots of cold milk!"
"You have to give her lots of hugs and kisses."
"Taking care of the smelly diaper is a hard job!"
"The best part is kissing the baby's cheeks!"
"Talk gently to the baby so she can not be sad or cry."
"Rock the baby, but not too fast."

Mrs. Bergh had me read the pages outloud to the kids since they hadn't heard the other kids' advice yet:


Here's a picture of the whole class (except for two that were absent):


Thanks for everything Room 206! And a huge thank you to Jeanna Miller and Colleen Bergh who got everything together and were still able to keep it a secret!

- Melissa

Easter Sunday

We had a great time yesterday at Grandpa and Grandma Mild's! Adam and Uncle Gary played their traditional ping pong games both before and after dinner. The following is a picture of the two of them (Gary says that Melissa is the reason he lost this game - because he had to pose for the pictures!).





After leaving Grandpa and Grandma Mild's we went to Dad Dave's to hang out for a while. We had a really relaxing time and got to see a lot of the family.

Brunswick Zone

Last night Adam and I went out to eat at Space Aliens with Bryan and Marni. After that, we went to Brunswick Zone for bowling. We had a really great time and afterwards we went into the arcade so the guys could play a game. Here's a picture of what one they decided on (it's a little blurry because they kept moving!):

Yet Another Doctor Visit!

I went to another Doctor appointment last night as a follow-up to my ultrasound and received different information than what the ultrasound tech gave us.

Although I am measuring 38 weeks and 3 days and the baby is already at 7 1/2 lbs., our doctor said that he would like to keep our due date the same (April 14th). The reason for this is that if the baby is big (he said the ultrasound could be off by a pound either way) that it wouldn't be good to induce me and try to push her out if she's a huge baby. So if she's 7 1/2 lbs. now (+/- 1 lb.) and gains 1/2 lb. per week, she could weigh anywhere between 8 1/2 - 10 1/2 lbs. when she's born!

He also said that he would like me to have another ultrasound around my due date (if she's not born yet!). If she is more than 5000 grams (10 1/2 lbs.), he will want to do a C-section. However, if she's under that he would like to have me try to have her the normal way.

We will definitely keep you all updated and let you know when she finally arrives!

- Melissa