6 Weeks to Go!

Things are rolling right along here in the Delaney House, with only 6 weeks left we are really starting to feel like we are getting close. Overall, I have been feeling pretty well. I did start having a hard time sleeping this past week, which lead John and I to take a trip to Babies R Us and purchase a body pillow. I slept with it last night and I was much more comfortable. Although the thing is huge and sometimes you feel like you are all tangled up. One web review said of it “Rolling over is like wrestling with a giant worm!” I have to say that is a pretty accurate assessment.

Over the last few weeks we have been busy as usual. We had our last baby-free airplane ride the second week of July when we flew to Kansas City to attend the wedding of our friends Curtis and Erica. Marena and Adam hosted us while we were in town and we really had a great weekend. Marena and I learned that our men will never stop thinking that they can still party like the 19 year old college roomies that they once were!

On July 18th we had the baby shower at our place, I had a really great time! Of course I know I have great friends, and they proved me right by throwing me a beautiful shower. Thanks so much to Marena, Becky, Lexi, Jess, Darcy, Stephanie, and my mom! We spent the day chatting with friends and family, munching on yummy food, and oohing and ahhing over adorable baby gifts. Special thanks to Marena and Bonnie for both traveling from so far to share in the fun! After the shower Marena was nice enough to help me unpack all the gifts and organize the nursery, a big help and it looks great.

The following week John and I went to Wrigley Field to see Elton John and Billy Joel in concert. I have long been a fan of Billy Joel and have gone to a few of his concerts already, but couldn’t pass up the opportunity to see him with Elton John at Wrigley. It was neat to see them in that setting, however I was not very impressed with Elton John. He really doesn’t put on an exciting show, meaning he doesn’t talk to the crowd at all, and just sits at the piano and sings each song. Of course Billy Joel tells stories, talks to the crowd and dances around. While I liked hearing the Elton John songs, I also felt that when they sang duets I’d rather just hear the original artist sing the song. If you are a diehard fan, you don’t want to hear Elton John singing your favorite Billy Joel songs. All in all, it was a great show and I enjoyed it. I’m glad we went, with Billy Joel getting older it’s hard to know how much longer he’ll tour and with a baby on the way it’s hard to know if we’ll ever be able to afford a concert again =)

I also had a doctors appointment that week, everything went well as usual. The dr informed me that I am right on schedule for delivering Sept 12th which he claimed he almost never says.

The next weekend I went to my last of 4 Cubs games for the year, unless John and I decide to go to another one spur of the moment. It was great weather and they won, what more can you ask for? That night was spent at a friends 30th birthday party-honestly we have been to about 30 of these by now. It was a fun night spent catching up with friends at a nice outdoor beer garden. I am realizing how few of these fun nights out we have left before Anabelle comes, and trying to make the most of them.

This past weekend John and I didn’t have much to do so we decided to head out to Ikea and pick up the dresser/changing table that my parents got for us for the nursery. Of course you can never go to Ikea and buy just one thing, so we also ended up with 2 new rugs, one for our bedroom and one for Anabelle’s bedroom. John spent the rest of the day assembling the dresser and then we put everything in its place. The room looks great, and really feels like a little girls room, now we just need our little girl.

In other news I have about 3 weeks left of work before I am on maternity leave, I am taking some time off before the baby comes. I am definitely looking forward to the time off. The preschoolers I teach are pretty funny, by now they are very aware that I am pregnant, and they like to pretend that they are too. I also get lots of great questions. The other day a little girl in the next class over asked me, “Why is your tummy so big?” I responded, “Because I have a baby in there.” In a second, before I could stop her she was pulling the neck of my shirt out and peering down my shirt saying “In there? Where?” Like I was hiding a baby under my shirt, kids are so literal- I love it!

This week I am taking Tuesday off of work to have a fun shopping day with my mom, and later in the week I have another doctors appointment. Then on the weekend John and I are going to a musical (Spring Awakening) on Friday and Saturday to the Wisconsin State Fair-I can’t wait to have some corn and cream puffs!