This week in the Life...

This week turned out to be much busier than I expected-all in all it's been a great one though!

I had a Dr. appointment on Wednesday, and much to my surprise I was told that they wanted to do an ultrasound to find out exactly how baby is doing growth-wise. This was really exciting (and slightly disappointing since Aaron and I didn't know ahead of time and he was at work and wasn't able to be there) but the ultrasound tech got a couple of great pics-our baby actually looks like a baby now, and not a little alien!

 Overall, baby and I are both doing well. My blood pressure was high for me, so we're keeping an eye on that, but overall things are good. Baby Aiden weighs about 6 pounds 1 ounce, so he could still stand to bulk up a little, but the Dr. said that he could come at any point now-wow!! Unfortunately, the possibility of him coming at any time means that I am not allowed to take the trip to Fairhope that I had planned for this weekend :-( I am so disappointed about this, but I have to listen to the Doc and do what I'm told...bummer.

So yes, I am officially grounded until the baby comes, but I am going to try very hard to enjoy these last few weeks of pregnancy, and quiet time, and just relax and enjoy my days! 

I am involved in a great women's bible study on Thursday mornings, and yesterday my small group threw me a little baby shower during our small group time. This was so much fun, and meant so much to me that they would do this! We had three new girls join our group yesterday, and two of them announced that they were also expecting, so I see more baby showers in our groups' future! There must be something in the water in Florida, I know 4 women in the Niceville area that are expecting! Here are a couple pics from the shower, I still did not do a good job of taking more pics, but I'm trying to do better!

Unfortunately I did not get pictures of all of the ladies in our group-there are about 12-15 of us that come every week, and I am really enjoying getting to know this group of ladies! Many of them are grandmothers, so we got some really cool gifts! Thank you ladies :-)

I have been doing some babysitting for a local family for the past two months or so, which has been a lot of fun (and good preparation!) The oldest is Ethan, who is 2, and Blakley is about 8 1/2 months. She learned how to scowl this week, and I just had to share these pics with you. She totally doesn't understand the context of when to use her new "mean face" so she just switches back and forth between her normal expression and her mean face for no reason- it is too funny!

Here is Blakley's normal face-isn't she a cutie?!

Ok, now for her new "mean face":

Isn't that hilarious??!! Kids are so funny....

So that's my week so far, now I sense some cleaning/nesting in my immediate future! Oh, and I have thank-you notes to write, and new baby clothes to wash... Have a great weekend everyone!